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• Olympic facilities to be altered for use by public
• £292m scheme will be completed in spring 2014…
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From 27 to 29 August, Hackney Council’s London Fields Lido will be the training venue for the US Paralympic swimming team. For five sessions on these three days, the lido will be closed to the public while the swimming team is put through their final preparations for the Paralympic…
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First Lady Michelle Obama met with Hackney primary school students, at the US Ambassador’s official London residence in Regent’s Park on Friday, 27 July. 87 of Hackney’s 102 Primary 2012 Ambassadors, attended a function with Mrs Obama, where they came face-to-face with the First Lady on the sports-field, on the…
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Just a week before the games begin, folks in Hackney get their chance to witness the torch come through their borough - one of the Olympic boroughs. Although the planned event in Clissold Park have been cancelled due to the site being waterlogged, you can still enjoy several others in…
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To support businesses while LOCOG’s Olympic parking zone is in place, Hackney Council has identified 41 streets and installed temporary business visitors’ parking bays. All businesses in the zone area have been provided with visitors’ vouchers, giving customers permission to park for free near local businesses. More vouchers are…
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• Concerns over fitness of 33-year-old triple jumper
• Idowu is seen as a strong medal hope for Olympic Games…
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Last year, a BBC World Service documentary began to chronicle the lives and hopes of people, living steps away from the Olympic Park. Earlier this month, journalist Nina Robinson returned to the large Clapton housing estate to continue filming. She talks with skeptical and hopeful residents about the legacy of…
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An exciting and ambitious project is under way in East London, in time for the 2012 Olympics and Paraplegic Games as well as the cultural and entertainment activities leading up to and surrounding the events. It will be developed by artists Nina Pope and Karen Guthrie (known collectively as Somewhere),…
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The 2012 Olympics are being promoted under the slogan ‘everyone’s games’, but if plans to change the route of the marathon go ahead, residents of East London will be entitled to feel a little left out. The Evening Standard reported last week that LOCOG, the Olympic organisers, intend to replace…
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Olympics 2012 have changed the Lower Lea Valley beyond recognition
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When the pop group Saint Etienne made a film in 2005 about London's Lower Lea Valley, they knew the Olympic bid would change its desolate air for ever. But they never imagined quite how much…
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