10,000 Olympic athletes descend on London 2012
The stage is set for 10,000 athletes to descend on London’s Olympic village for the London 2012 Olympics.
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Police say missing millionairess Carole Waugh is presumed dead, and a man arrested at Luton Airport yesterday is suspected of posing as her brother to sell her £650,000 mews flat.
Boris Johnson gets stuck halfway along a zip wire and dangles in the air while celebrating Team GB’s first gold Olympic medal.
Latest updates on day four of the Olympic Games in London.
Despite restrictions on non-Olympic sponsors at the London Games, organisers are facing a challenge from a company that has handed out headphones to members of Team GB.
The world’s greatest sporting event is taking place at venues around the capital – but tourist organisations are reporting a slump in bookings and custom.
As London’s transport system faces its first major test of the Olympics, organisers say security has not been compromised by the loss of keys at Wembley Stadium.
After a week of sunny weather, rain and the forecast of hail on the second day of competition affected tennis at Wimbledon and made for slippery conditions in the women’s cycling road race.
Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins kicks-off an all-singing, all-dancing opening ceremony which charts Britain’s social and cultural history from Bond to Bean, via the NHS.
As London 2012 stages its spectacular opening ceremony, world reaction welcomes the event – apart from backbench Conservative MP Aidan Burley, who dismisses it as “leftie”.
“How many medals will we win? This one’s a bit easier. The answer’s 62. Fact.”
The stage is set for 10,000 athletes to descend on London’s Olympic village for the London 2012 Olympics.
The Olympics opening ceremony will not be “global pap”, Mayor of London Boris Johnson tells Channel 4 News, but “ingeniously traditional”.
He insulted his British hosts before he even arrived – and was mocked by London mayor Boris Johnson in front of thousands. But this isn’t the first time Mitt Romney has bashed the Brits.
United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Foreign Secretary William Hague meet in London for talks aimed at ending Syria’s civil war.
London 2012 organisers apologise to the North Korean Olympic team following an embarrassing mix-up that saw the flag of a rival nation mistakenly displayed at the first sporting event of the Games.