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London MP Tessa Jowell has stood down from her position as the shadow Olympics minister. As the MP for Dulwich and West Norwood, she described planning the London Games as a “privilege”. She said: “After 10 years with the Olympics and Paralympics it is job done.” Labour leader Ed Miliband commented on her career and […]
Andy Murray is the first British man to win a tennis grand title in 76 years. Murray beat the tournament favourite Novak Djokovic in the US Open final in a tense match. He won the first tennis grand slam for Britain since Fred Perry. Coincidently the 25-year-old’s victory came 79 years to the day since […]
Helena Lucas took gold today and fellow teammates Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell were awarded bronze as Britain won its first ever Paralympic sailing medals in Weymouth. Lucas was first in the 2.4mR class and Rickham and Birrell third in the Skud. She finished nine points ahead of Germany’s Heiko Kroger. Lucas is the only […]
IOC chief insists that everything will be fine by the time the opening ceremony begins Despite a welter of negative headlines in recent days, Jacques Rogge, president of the IOC, has insisted that the London Games have not become an ‘Olympishambles’. According to The Daily Telegraph the closure of the M4 (now reopened), the security crisis, problems at Heathrow […]
Frank Lampard is almost certainly out of Euro 2012 because of the thigh injury that has put Jordan Henderson on the brink of a late call-up and left England looking increasingly depleted with only 11 days to their opening game of the tournament, against France. Lampard was hurt chasing a ball into a corner during England’s training session and the […]
Didier Drogba scored the winning penalty as Chelsea won the Champions League final with a thrilling 4-3 shoot-out victory over Bayern Munich. Bayern had numerous chances to wreck Chelsea’s dream and even led 3-1 in the shoot-out after goalkeeper Manuel Neuer had scored. But Ivica Olic and Bastian Schweinsteiger both failed from the spot to […]
(Reuters) – Britain’s military has told residents of an upscale apartment development near the Olympic Park in east London it is installing a missile battery on top of a tower within their housing complex to defend the 2012 Games this summer. The site is one of a number around the capital the army is considering […]
There’s so much at stake in the restaurant industry these days – from money, to reputation, to loyal customers, and then there’s ego. Heading to a restaurant that headlines with three prominent names one might expect these to be the chef, owners, artistic directors or culinary visionaries. But no, I later (and thankfully) find out. […]
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