“A few of us were asked to volunteer for an additional Saturday morning shift”, said Games Maker Sallie Sumnall, a retiree from Chichester who now...
The prospect of finding accommodation during the Olympics left many visitors to the capital desperately trawling through websites looking for hotels a...
Britain won silver in the 200m breaststroke final on Wednesday night, completing a stellar fifth day for the Great Britain team. Scot Michael Jamieso...
The all-access, media accredited Olympic pass - sought after, hunted, desired - a tablet-sized piece of laminate that you wouldn't swap for a Jacuzzi session with Jessica Ennis. From the opening ceremony onwards, this picture frame medal with lanyard has dangled limply around my neck like Flavor Flav's massive clock. I did say 'clock' there, didn't I?
Team GB's Gemma Gibbons lost her under-78kg judo final 2-0 to the USA's Kayla Harrison to win silver at the London 2012 Olympics. After the emotion...
Singer Lily Allen announced on Thursday she is changing her professional name to Lily Rose Cooper. The 27-year-old - who rose to fame through socia...
Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks was formally charged with phone hacking on Thursday and will appear in court next month, Scot...
The Prime Minister on Thursday urged people to "come back into the capital" following claims that the 2012 Games had turned London into a "ghost town"...
Records fell in the early hours of Friday morning as the US team posted the highest ever score in Olympic basketball history. Boasting some of the...
The London 2012 Games - a showcase for global sporting excellence and a chance for the fans - nearly a million of them - to use the flag as a sarong. ...
UPDATE: Since the time of publication, Great Britain has won three more gold medals. The sight of Australian swimmer Emily Seebohm breaking down i...
Great Britain's men's team pursuit powered to Olympic gold at the velodrome on Friday evening, setting a new world record with victory over Australia....
There was triple golden glory for the British team on Friday as Victoria Pendleton became queen of the velodrome, its cyclists smashed a world record ...
Andy Murray beat Novak Djokovic in straight sets at Wimbledon to progress to the final of the Olympic tennis tournament on Friday. The Wimbledon fi...
A three-year-old boy has died after falling from a window at a block of flats. Emergency services were called to Denhead Crescent in Dundee at arou...
Mo Farah became the latest Brit to add to Team GB's burgeoning medal haul, winning gold in the 10,000m on Saturday night. In one of the marquee ev...
The women of Great Briton's Team Pursuit landed gold on Saturday evening, setting a new world record at the Olympic velodrome. Dani King, Laura ...
Christine Ohuruogu ran a hugely a gutsy season's best but failed to reclaim the Olympic crown she so impressively captured in Beijing, finishing secon...
A man has been arrested after a bottle was thrown on to the track at the start of the men's 100m final at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday night, the Met...
Usain Bolt has taken a swipe the organisers of the London Games for the “weird, silly rules” that athletes are subjected to in and around the Olym...
Kate and Wills managed to secure a pair of Olympic passes for the Games (they must have applied through the lottery), with the couple enjoying a succe...
An elderly man has died after driving his mobility scooter off a cliff at Beachy Head in East Sussex. Police confirmed the 81-year-old man had bee...
Usain Bolt – what a sportsman, but also what a gentleman. The reigning Olympic champion, who won the 100m final on Sunday evening, was giving a trac...
TV duo Ant and Dec have been subjected to a Twitter backlash following news that the forthcoming series of ITV's Red or Black, which the pair host, is...
Searches were continuing for missing Tia Sharp, whose stepfather on Tuesday begged: "Just find my little girl". Around 100 people gathered at Croyd...
