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Watershed for 2012 swimmers as aquatics centre gets new roof

11.11.09
Work on the £300million Olympic aquatics centre - the architectural gem of the 2012 Games - reached a major milestone with the completion of the stingray-shaped roof... more

Shape up at TenPilates

16.09.09
Models, actresses and socialites have achieved taut, toned bodies thanks to one of London’s elite exercise gurus... more

2012 bosses give themselves £60k bonus

16.07.09
Bosses at the Olympic Delivery Authority enjoyed average bonuses of £60,000 each in the past 12 months... more

We're on a winner with the Village despite a false start

10.07.09
To the Olympic Village, where those responsible for its design and construction were keen to show how green and lovely the place will look when 17,000 athletes and their coaches arrive in almost exactly three years' time ... more

Big bonus for 2012 Olympic venues boss

03.07.09
The man in charge of delivering Olympic venues for the 2012 London Games is to pick up a six-figure bonus despite struggles to get the £8.1 billion project on track in the recession... more

Baroness with nous has a white elephant to kill

19.06.09
The London Development Agency owes £60 million more than previously estimated to dispossessed owners of land compulsorily purchased to build the Olympics... more

2012 stadium to host New Year fireworks spectacular

11.05.09
Boris Johnson is planning a spectacular free New Year’s Eve party for 80,000 Londoners in the Olympic stadium seven months before the Games begin... more

Champion swimmers see 2012 centre take shape

11.05.09
The British swimming squad, including double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington, have visited the London 2012 Aquatics Centre... more

Esquire boss stole £20,000 in scam

31.03.09
The former managing editor of men's magazine Esquire could be jailed after he admitted stealing more than £20,000 from the publisher... more

Fancy a shares spree? you may have missed the boat

20.03.09
Imagine, if you will, for one delicious moment, you have £9.6 billion in the bank. Then imagine on Monday you buy the entire share capital of seven big property companies in a daring dawn raid... more

Legacy fears over Bisley as 2012 venue for shooting

29.01.09
Olympics chiefs have raised concerns that the national shooting centre at Bisley could become a white elephant if chosen as a Games venue... more

How the 2012 Olympic village will look

08.01.09
New images of the £900million Olympic village in Stratford have been released by the Olympic Delivery Authority... more

Official: Third of 2012 workers from overseas

05.12.08
The London Olympics is employing one third of its workers from overseas, official statistics reveal... more

The greening of the Games

06.11.08
These images reveal how the Olympic Park will be transformed into a green haven for plants, wildlife and people... more

Olympic village loses 600 flats in bid to cut bill

21.10.08
The capacity of the Olympic village has been cut by a further 600 flats as 2012 chiefs struggle to contain costs... more

Taxpayers could foot whole bill for £1bn Olympic Village

08.10.08
Games chiefs have admitted they may be forced to nationalise the £1 billion Olympic village amid the current economic turmoil... more

Olympics may leave us feeling like village idiots

08.09.08
Four years from now, we should be basking in the glory of the 2012 Olympics. Fingers firmly crossed that is the case... more

Welcome to the velodrome - designs unveiled

08.09.08
Olympic triple gold medallist Chris Hoy unveiled the design for London's VeloPark, where Britain's cyclists aim to recreate their Beijing success... more

Comment: Olympic legacy - where is the plan?

06.08.08
The party atmosphere in Beijing is mounting as the Olympic torch makes its way through the city... more

How our Olympics are being held to ransom

06.08.08
China has been lauded for its exceptional preparations for the Games. But in London it is feared that the developer of the 2012 Village can't raise the cash so the taxpayer will have to bail it out... more

£600,000 staff costs of quango that hands out lottery grants

23.07.08
A quango established to distribute lottery cash to the Olympics has run up almost £600,000 in staff costs in the past year despite making only two grants... more

Games village 'is from Soviet era'

22.07.08
The design of the athletes' village for the 2012 London Olympic Games resembles "Soviet-style blocks", a senior London Assembly member has warned... more

Should we pay a bonus for simply doing the job well?

22.07.08
Huge payments to Network Rail and Thames Water executives are the latest sign of a spreading City trend. But outside the Square Mile these bonuses just don't make sense... more

2012 bosses pick up £1.7m bonuses despite cost rises

21.07.08
Olympics chiefs came under fire today for paying themselves "staggering" bonuses of £1.7 million in the past year... more

Credit crunch forces big cut in 2012 village homes

03.07.08
London Games chiefs are cutting the number of homes at the Olympic Village by a quarter to save costs... more

Olympic village runs out of cash

20.06.08
The 2012 Olympics were plunged into a major cash crisis as the firm building the athletes' village admitted it could not raise the money... more

Olympic village is delayed by funding problems

17.06.08
Olympic chiefs have been warned about a year-long delay in the financing of the 2012 athletes' village caused by the credit crunch... more

Bill for London 2012 Games could rise to £12billion, warn MPs

22.04.08
Ministers' claims to have the £9.3 billion costs of the London Olympics under control have been dealt a blow... more

MPs set to condemn spiralling budget for 2012 Olympic Games

16.04.08
MPs are preparing to issue a scathing condemnation of the soaring cost of the 2012 Olympics... more

Final bill for 2012 velodrome doubles to £80 million

08.04.08
The planned 2012 Olympics velodrome has doubled in cost to £80million... more

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