A host of former British athletes have made a passionate plea in an open letter for the Olympic Stadium to retain an athletics track after the 2012 Games
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The Queen, Barack Obama and Arsenal and Chelsea football clubs write to a 16-year-old refugee from Afghanistan living in London to wish her good luck in her exams... more
The struggle to turn around some failing institutions has seen community leaders and politicians willing to embrace radical new teaching and funding methods.
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Sebastian Coe has predicted an extraordinary weekend for Great Britain with the prospect of more golds in rowing, cycling, sailing and athletics... more
Theo Walcott, the England and Arsenal footballer, has been unveiled as one of the carriers of the Olympic torch as it passes through London on Sunday... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows