http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-37523-david-higgins/topic-rss.do David Higgins RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23767637-watershed-for-2012-swimmers.do 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 2009-11-11T07:49:42Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/health/article-23744772-shape-up-at-tenpilates.do Models, actresses and socialites have achieved taut, toned bodies thanks to one of London’s elite exercise gurus 2009-09-16T08:19:16Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23720416-2012-bosses-give-themselves-60k-bonus.do Bosses at the Olympic Delivery Authority enjoyed average bonuses of £60,000 each in the past 12 months 2009-07-16T14:24:38Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23717908-were-on-a-winner-with-the-village-despite-a-false-start.do 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 2009-07-10T07:39:50Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23715208-big-bonus-for-2012-olympic-venues-boss.do 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 2009-07-03T08:08:28Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23709612-baroness-with-nous-has-a-white-elephant-to-kill.do The London Development Agency owes £60 million more than previously estimated to dispossessed owners of land compulsorily purchased to build the Olympics 2009-06-19T06:50:09Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-olympics/article-23688738-2012-stadium-to-host-new-year-fireworks-spectacular.do 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 2009-05-11T08:32:41Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23688864-champion-swimmers-see-2012-centre-take-shape.do The British swimming squad, including double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington, have visited the London 2012 Aquatics Centre 2009-05-11T11:35:10Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23669335-esquire-boss-stole-20000-in-scam.do The former managing editor of men's magazine Esquire could be jailed after he admitted stealing more than £20,000 from the publisher 2009-03-31T13:29:22Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23664672-fancy-a-shares-spree-you-may-have-missed-the-boat.do 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 2009-03-20T08:31:09Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23630899-legacy-fears-over-bisley-as-2012-venue-for-shooting.do Olympics chiefs have raised concerns that the national shooting centre at Bisley could become a white elephant if chosen as a Games venue 2009-01-29T08:44:22Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23614403-how-the-2012-olympic-village-will-look.do New images of the £900million Olympic village in Stratford have been released by the Olympic Delivery Authority 2009-01-08T09:30:59Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23597839-official-third-of-2012-workers-from-overseas.do The London Olympics is employing one third of its workers from overseas, official statistics reveal 2008-12-05T15:07:04Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23582859-the-greening-of-the-games.do These images reveal how the Olympic Park will be transformed into a green haven for plants, wildlife and people 2008-11-06T08:58:56Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-olympics/article-23575794-olympic-village-loses-600-flats-in-bid-to-cut-bill.do The capacity of the Olympic village has been cut by a further 600 flats as 2012 chiefs struggle to contain costs 2008-10-21T11:44:56Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-olympics/article-23566306-taxpayers-could-foot-whole-bill-for-1bn-olympic-village.do Games chiefs have admitted they may be forced to nationalise the £1 billion Olympic village amid the current economic turmoil 2008-10-08T08:12:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23552280-olympics-may-leave-us-feeling-like-village-idiots.do Four years from now, we should be basking in the glory of the 2012 Olympics. Fingers firmly crossed that is the case 2008-09-08T10:11:48Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-olympics/article-23552044-welcome-to-the-velodrome---designs-unveiled.do Olympic triple gold medallist Chris Hoy unveiled the design for London's VeloPark, where Britain's cyclists aim to recreate their Beijing success 2008-09-08T07:45:44Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-olympics/article-23527513-comment-olympic-legacy---where-is-the-plan.do The party atmosphere in Beijing is mounting as the Olympic torch makes its way through the city 2008-08-06T08:45:08Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-olympics/article-23527476-how-our-olympics-are-being-held-to-ransom.do 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 2008-08-06T08:10:23Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-olympics/article-23519431-600000-staff-costs-of-quango-that-hands-out-lottery-grants.do 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 2008-07-23T08:03:01Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-olympics/article-23518895-games-village-is-from-soviet-era.do The design of the athletes' village for the 2012 London Olympic Games resembles "Soviet-style blocks", a senior London Assembly member has warned 2008-07-22T07:55:22Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23518887-should-we-pay-a-bonus-for-simply-doing-the-job-well.do 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 2008-07-22T07:40:59Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-olympics/article-23518715-2012-bosses-pick-up-17m-bonuses-despite-cost-rises.do Olympics chiefs came under fire today for paying themselves "staggering" bonuses of £1.7 million in the past year 2008-07-21T15:12:28Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23506947-credit-crunch-forces-big-cut-in-2012-village-homes.do London Games chiefs are cutting the number of homes at the Olympic Village by a quarter to save costs 2008-07-03T09:44:08Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23496987-olympic-village-runs-out-of-cash.do The 2012 Olympics were plunged into a major cash crisis as the firm building the athletes' village admitted it could not raise the money 2008-06-20T08:05:15Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23495715-olympic-village-is-delayed-by-funding-problems.do Olympic chiefs have been warned about a year-long delay in the financing of the 2012 athletes' village caused by the credit crunch 2008-06-17T07:45:18Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23479688-bill-for-london-2012-games-could-rise-to-12billion-warn-mps.do Ministers' claims to have the £9.3 billion costs of the London Olympics under control have been dealt a blow 2008-04-22T08:43:05Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23478765-mps-set-to-condemn-spiralling-budget-for-2012-olympic-games.do MPs are preparing to issue a scathing condemnation of the soaring cost of the 2012 Olympics 2008-04-16T12:45:28Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23475809-final-bill-for-2012-velodrome-doubles-to-80-million.do The planned 2012 Olympics velodrome has doubled in cost to £80million 2008-04-08T12:31:16Z