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Council blasted over Olympics trip

11:00am Monday 1st September 2008

GREENWICH Council has been slammed after spending £14,000 sending six officials to the Beijing Olympics while London's main Olympic host borough sent just four for £9,000.

Flying the flag for Olympics

2:08pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

TWO boroughs celebrated the moment when the capital officially became an Olympic host city.

Council flags up countdown to 2012 Olympic Games

Bexley Council employee Mal Chivers raises the 2012 Olympic flag outside Bexley's civic offices on Sunday, marking the countdown in Bexley to the London Olympics

11:17am Wednesday 27th August 2008

THERE are just 1,430 days until the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games - and already Bexley is preparing.

Olympic park could close a year before games

Riding trainer Dane Rawlins says the venue is too small

1:53pm Monday 19th May 2008

A PARK could be closed to the public for Olympics preparations a year before the games, it has been claimed.

Bids to attract Olympic athletes

1:45pm Monday 10th March 2008

HOPES Bexley may play host to teams competing in the 2012 Olympics have received a boost.

Finding out benefits of 2012 Olympics

Sam Castleton and Ellice Head, both 14, get active at the Olympic Games roadshow

12:15pm Monday 10th March 2008

A TASTE of the Olympics came to Bexley as the London 2012 Roadshow arrived in the borough.

Venues chosen for London Olympics

3:28pm Wednesday 5th March 2008

SPORTING venues in north Kent will be used during the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Show jump-starts Olympics fever

Bimla Safka with 10-year-old Jemima Kestim on the jump mat

4:33pm Friday 29th February 2008

A ROADSHOW has been giving residents a flavour of the Olympic Games.

Olympic roadshow sprints into town

12:35pm Tuesday 22nd January 2008

VISITORS to an Olympic roadshow will be able to find out how they can benefit from the 2012 games.

Job opportunities promised by Olympics

Pods will visit the area

8:22am Thursday 10th January 2008

A ROADSHOW about how to benefit from job opportunities brought by the Olympics in 2012 will visit the area when it tours London.


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