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Royal Mail must modernise or die

08.10.09

We shall find out today whether a national postal strike is on the way, perhaps even as early as next Thursday... more

Olympic hope for an old Eastender’s restaurant

10.09.09

The Games forced fish smoker H Forman to move, but you can now eat its produce at the new premises... more

Bells ringing out for Creed's mass start to the Olympics

14.08.09

Martin Creed has been shortlisted to create an Olympic-themed work of art with his plan to mark the start of the Games with a mass bell-ringing session... more

Dancing Seb Coe launches London 2012 Open Weekend

24.07.09

Former Olympic champion Lord Coe proved his versatility as he made an impressive debut as a ballet dancer... more

Olympics stadium could turn into 'white elephant' after 2012

01.07.09

The 2012 Olympic Stadium is in danger of becoming a "white elephant", a London Assembly committee claimed... more

Dagenham's warning for the Olympics

26.03.09

Football: Olympic chiefs have been urged to pay special attention to power supplies for 2012 in the aftermath of Dagenham's floodlight failure... more

2012 track 'will be the fastest in cycling history'

25.03.09

The 2012 velodrome will have the fastest track in cycling history, Olympics chiefs pledged... more

Don’t play Games with Greenwich, Lord Coe

23.03.09

THERE comes a point where you can no longer keep saying that black is white and get away with it: a Stephen Byers moment, where someone once taken seriously sets out towards discredit and defeat. For the London Olympics, that moment arrived last week. ... more

Watmore is new FA chief

18.02.09

Football: The Football Association has appointed civil servant Ian Watmore as their chief executive... more

New Jurys hotels to create 1100 UK jobs

12.02.09

Leisure: Former London Olympics boss Barbara Cassani is creating 1100 new hotel-industry jobs in the UK... more

Sebastian Coe: I absolutely think we were right to bid

16.01.09

Sebastian Coe says preparing London for the Olympics is the biggest challenge for the city outside wartime... more

2012 chief: Greenwich Park won't be harmed

05.12.08

Staging equestrian events in Greenwich Park will not be an expensive and damaging exercise with no legacy, the capital's Olympics chief has claimed ... more

Public get say on Olympic priority lanes

24.11.08

Londoners will be able to air their views on so-called "Zil lanes" to be implemented on the capital's roads for the London Olympics when a 12-week public consultation begins next month... more

Saved: key athletics stadium for 2012 legacy

17.10.08

A Ł1.2m refurbishment has been agreed for a crumbling athletics stadium, in a major boost for the capital's commitment to sport after 2012... more

Sport

08.10.08

Sport in general has received a major morale boost with Britain's unexpected success at the Beijing Olympics. Already the excitement is building towards the London 2012 Games. ... more

Credit crisis is hitting funds for village, say Games chiefs

23.09.08

London 2012 chiefs have admitted the international financial crisis is making it "just about impossible" to secure private funding for the Olympic village... more

We need to be brave – and scale back the 2012 Games

09.09.08

As concerns grow about the shortfall in funding the venues for the London Olympics, tough decisions need to be taken ... 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

Commentary: Football is still the best bet to avoid a white elephant

05.09.08

Building work is well advanced on the Olympic Stadium... more

Winning minority golds is no substitute for major triumphs

15.08.08

In the solemn belief that there is nothing worse than the curmudgeon who tries to ruin the party when it's in full swing, I intend today to get cracking before the party has even begun... more

Gerry's the weak link in our Olympics team

11.08.08

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Gerry's the weak link in our Olympics team

11.08.08

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2012 and the threat to an iconic London landscape

28.07.08

A keystone of our Olympic bid was the offer to hold the equestrian events in Greenwich Park. Now the Evening Standard can reveal just how devastating this could be... more

Comment: The real goal for the 2012 Games

09.07.08

The 2012 Games are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for London to boost grassroots participation in sport, and it must not be allowed to slip away... more

Olympic torch relay cost Ł25,000 a mile to police

22.04.08

The cost of security for the Olympic torch relay through London was almost £750,000 - about £25,000 for every mile of the 31-mile event... more

China's thugs and fears over 2012 'gun guards'

08.04.08

The Olympic flame fiasco has ignited a row over foreign security services helping to police the 2012 Olympics, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Shameful echoes in Lord Coe's defence of Olympic hypocrisy

07.04.08

The Beijing Olympics, Grand National, Premiership and FA Cup - Matthew Norman has his say... more

BT will look after Olympic telecoms in Ł50m deal

05.03.08

BT completed a deal worth £50 million today to become official telecommunications partner of the 2012 Olympics... more

Fury at drug cheat Linford's Olympic role

22.02.08

Mayor Ken Livingstone is under pressure to drop disgraced sprinter Linford Christie from the Olympic torch procession... more

Networker who brings a touch of class to the catwalk

13.02.08

It's London Fashion Week, and Jaeger boss Harold Tillman - the new man at the helm - is under fire but keeping his cool over size zero models ... more