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2012 Olympics budget 'now £12billion'

09.11.09
Campaigners demand 'full transparency' on Olympic finances after it was claimed that the budget for the 2012 Games has risen to £12billion... more

Media chiefs in a spin over legacy

12.08.09
Communications chiefs held a brain-storming session last week to discuss how to put a positive spin on the promised sports legacy of the London Olympics... more

£30m funding for Prince's Trust sport project is dropped

20.07.09
Government has cut funding to a proposed £30million project in which Prince Charles was to help boost sport participation ahead of the 2012 Games... more

Revealed: First images of poignant 7/7 memorial

03.07.09
These are the first images of the striking memorial in Hyde Park to the victims of the July 7 bombings... more

Jowell gets a £14,500 new office

28.04.09
Whitehall has spent more than £14,500 furnishing a new office for Olympics minister Tessa Jowell, MPs have been told... more

Cash boost for Greenwich site

16.04.09
The Government has pledged £700,000 for a centre telling the story of the Greenwich World Heritage site... more

Digging and planting will count towards fitness target for 2012

03.04.09
Gardening will rank alongside sport to meet a government target to make Britons more active ahead of the Olympics... more

British Museum reveals its £135m extension

01.04.09
The British Museum is planning to build a £135million extension to display blockbuster exhibitions, the Evening Standard has learned... 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

Half a million tickets to lure young to drama

10.02.09
Rupert Penry-Jones and Sheridan Smith have launched a £2.5 million scheme to get young people into theatre... more

Budget for Stratford velodrome rises to £100m

04.02.09
The budget for the Olympic velodrome has risen by £20million to at least £100million because of construction complications, the Government will admit this week... more

Dress-code harmony is still elusive at EMI

23.12.08
It's not been the happiest of years at EMI, where staff at the music company and their private-equity bosses at Terra Firma still regard each other as aliens... more

Ministers blamed for £32m palace repairs backlog

10.12.08
The Government came under fire for allowing the Royal Palaces to accumulate a £32 million repair backlog... more

£79m funding gap 'will doom British hockey to failure at 2012 Games'

05.11.08
British hockey has become the latest sport to warn that it may flop at the London Olympics if the Government fails to plug a £79million black hole in funding... more

Handball could get the elbow over £79m shortfall

21.10.08
Handball is in danger of being cut from Britain's 2012 Olympic plans because of a £79 million shortfall in funding for athletes... more

'Too many bean-counters working on the Olympics'

17.10.08
Olympics chiefs are accused of "staggering" excess as it emerged that nearly 1,000 people are administrating the 2012 project most at taxpayers' expense... more

£9m shortfall threatens free swimming scheme

15.09.08
A scheme to provide free swimming was thrown into doubt by an apparent £9 million shortfall... more

Six ministers, 13 departments but no single leader

04.09.08
The chaos hampering London's 2012 sporting legacy is revealed today. No single individual is dedicated to realising the promised Olympics sports legacy and there are growing fears that the ambitious scheme will end up mired in bureaucracy... more

Promises made for 2012 bid: Can we keep them?

01.09.08
London clinched victory in a tough race for the 2012 Olympics thanks largely to a pledge that it would deliver a legacy for sport... more

'Junket' to China costs taxpayer £7m

07.08.08
The Government is under fire over the number of public servants heading to the Beijing Olympics at a reported £7million cost... more

Fewer people playing sport in Olympics city

25.07.08
The number of Londoners taking part in sport has declined since the capital was awarded the 2012 Games, official statistics reveal... more

Watered down... plan to curb drink adverts on children's TV

16.07.08
Draconian plans to curb teenage binge drinking by banning alcohol adverts on children's TV and near schools may be dumped... more

Rising costs and not enough cash ... just like us, your Majesty

27.06.08
The Queen is struggling with soaring costs after her budget was frozen... more

Olympic stadium unwrapped

06.06.08
Details of the 80,000-capacity Olympic stadium have been produced by Games chiefs... more

Hospitals face doubling in drink cases

02.06.08
The number of cases of alcoholrelated illnesses being treated in hospital has almost doubled in one area in just three years and has rocketed in many other districts... more

Somerset House in talks with hotel firm

18.04.08
A section of the Grade I-listed Somerset House could be converted into a hotel... 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

Theatreland up in arms over Arts Council sexuality quiz

02.04.08
The Arts Council has encountered ridicule and anger over attempts to force theatre and museum trustees to disclose their sexuality to obtain funding... more

Internet ban on download cheats

12.02.08
People who illegally download music and films face being cut off from the web under plans being considered by ministers... more

Cosmic Greenwich opens to the stars

18.05.07
The National Maritime Museum's new planetarium opens next week, promising that visitors will be able to sit back and travel into outer space... more

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