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Olympic Games 2012

G4S Loses 28% Of Olympics Security Pay After Locog Claws Back £70m

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Charlie Thomas | Posted 12.02.2013 | UK
Read More: Olympic Games 2012, G4S Security Olympics, Olympics 2012, Locog, G4S Security, Business News, Paralympic Games, UK Business, London Paralympics, Security, g4s, UK News

G4S - the security firm whose bungled attempts to provide enough people for the Olympic Games made headlines worldwide, is to take a bigger-than-expec...

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Twitter Jokes Of The Week: Olympics Edition!

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.08.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Olympic Games 2012, Video, Olympics News, Twitter Jokes of the Week, Funny Tweets, Twitter Jokes, Pics & Giggles, London Olympics, Olympic Jokes, Slideexpand, Twitter Olympic Jokes, UK Comedy News

Aidan Burley. Mitt Romney. Eight badminton players - and Boris Johnson. The London Olympics have already been full of jokes - and thanks to Twitte...

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Buckles Only Learned 'Nine Days Ago' Firm Was Struggling To Fulfill Contract

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.09.2012 | UK
Read More: Olympic Games 2012, UK News, 2012 London Olympic Games, Olympic Games, G4S Security, G4S Olympics, Poll, g4s, UK News

G4S boss Nick Buckles was under pressure on Saturday night to explain why he only learned "eight or nine days ago" that his firm was struggling to fin...

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Olympic Security Staff May Not Speak English

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.07.2012 | UK
Read More: Olympic Games 2012, UK News, 2012 London Olympic Games, Olympic Games, G4S Security, G4S Olympics, Poll, g4s, UK News

The chief executive of G4S has admitted that the company “underestimated” the job of supplying more than 10,000 guards for the Olympic Games. ...

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Olympics Comedy Festival Put On Ice

The Guardian | Posted 07.06.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Comedy Gossip, Olympic Games 2012, Scipmylo, The Guardian, London Olympics, Olympics Comedy Festival, 2012 Olympics, Alan Davies, Olympics Cultural Festival, UK Comedy News

A major comedy and cultural festival due to run alongside the Olympics has been put on hold. Organisers of the first Scipmylo festival – Olympics...

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Johnson And Cameron Square Up In 'Friendly' Tennis Match

Olivia Williams | Posted 09.11.2011 | UK
Read More: Paralympics, Olympic Games 2012, UK News, Olympics, David Cameron, Boris Johnson, UK News

Prime Minister David Cameron and the London mayor Boris Johnson clashed racquets as they took to the tennis court to raise awareness of next year's Pa...

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Hi-Tech Wrap For Olympic Stadium Finds Sponsor At Last

Press Association | Press Association | Posted 04.10.2011 | UK
Read More: London Olympics, London 2012, Olympic Games 2012, Populous, Seb Code, Olympic Stadium, Olympic Games, UK News

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- The Olympic Stadium will get the hi-tech fabric wrap that was ditched in the Government spending cuts. The Dow Chemical Compan...

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Olivia Williams

How Valuable Will The Olympic Legacy Really Be?

HuffingtonPost.com | Olivia Williams | Posted 26.09.2011 | UK
Read More: Newham, Olympic Games 2012, UK Issues, Stratford, Olympics, UK Politics, Olympic Park, UK News

With one year to go until the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony in London, the question of how much it will really benefit the economy, and Stratford in p...

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