Olympic Park

Olympic Park Architect John Hopkins Dies

PA | Posted 31.03.2013 | Home

John Hopkins, the visionary landscape architect and mastermind of London's Olympic parklands, has died aged 59. In directing the team who created t...

Olympic Park To Become 'World-Class' Music Venue

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.01.2013 | UK

London's Olympic Park will be used to host concerts and festivals this summer, exactly one year since the venue hosted the 2012 London Games. Live ...

'21st Century Pleasure Garden'

PA | Posted 20.01.2013 | UK

The Olympic Park is being transformed into the largest new urban park for a century, which will include a "21st century pleasure garden", organisers s...

Transforming London's Olympic Park

Vesela Gladicheva | Posted 14.02.2013 | UK Sport
Vesela Gladicheva

On a grey Saturday morning I brave the freezing weather to go on a trip to the Olympic Park in east London. No, it hasn't reopened yet. This is a post...

Labour Demands Investigation Into Olympic 'Blacklist'

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 02.11.2012 | UK

Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna is calling on the culture secretary to answer allegations that Olympic contractors used blacklists on London 20...

Emerging Icons at The Paralympics- Day Eight: James Craise, Call The Doctor, The Moth Lantern and Gecko

Kat Jackman | Posted 08.11.2012 | UK Entertainment
Kat Jackman

Today was a particularly special day for the us at the Olympic Park, because we had silver medal-winning gymnast Louis Smith down to pay the Emerging Icons stage a visit.

Emerging Icons at The Paralympics - Day Seven: Larissa Eddie, Liz Lawrence, Alice Watts and Longfellow

Kat Jackman | Posted 07.11.2012 | UK Entertainment
Kat Jackman

Today the Olympic Park gasped as Larissa Eddie took a gamble and pitched herself to battle the epitome of killer heels... luckily gravity was on her side and there were no Naomi Campbell moments, just widespread shoe envy from her female audience.

Cheer We Go

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.09.2012 | UK

David Cameron and Boris Johnson hailed Britain's most successful team of Olympic athletes as one million people turned out onto the streets of London ...

GB Still Going For Gold On Final Full Day Of Games

PA | Posted 08.09.2012 | UK Sport

Great Britain's Paralympians go into the final full day of a stunning games having won a record number of medals in front of packed-out stadiums and u...

Emerging Icons at The Paralympics- Day Five: Raphaella, Tankus The Henge, Samuel J and Wille and the Bandits

Kat Jackman | Posted 04.11.2012 | UK Entertainment
Kat Jackman

Raphaella made a welcome return to the Olympic Park for the Paralympics today- in between her busy schedule of writing, recording and charity work. Yes, this lady really is something else.

Frankie Boyle, Edwina Currie To Present Paralympics Medals?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 04.09.2012 | UK Comedy

Following the popular surprise appearance by Chancellor George Osborne at a Paralympics medal ceremony on Monday night, bookies are now offering odds ...

Emerging Icons at the Paralympics - Day Three: Erin K, Battle 0f You and Bibelots

Kat Jackman | Posted 02.11.2012 | UK Entertainment
Kat Jackman

Day three at the Paralympics and our line-up had it all. From folky loveliness to balls-out grooves the crowds at the Emerging Icons stage were sure to be entertained.

Time For Some Olympic-Sized Lying

Richard Holt | Posted 13.10.2012 | UK Sport
Richard Holt

Of all the wonderful Olympic moments, I can't decide which to claim that I witnessed first hand. I could go for something obvious, like Mo's 5000m or Jessica Ennis wrapped in the flag. But I am more minded to choose something less-anticipated - yet no less amazing - like Nicola Adams doing the Ali shuffle, or Gemma Gibbons mouthing words of love to her late mother.

The Heat Is On: Warm Weather Expected For Olympic Park

PA | Posted 09.08.2012 | UK

Temperatures are set to rise at the Olympic Park in the coming days as the Games enjoys a spell of summery weather. The mercury is set to hit 26C i...

The Best Building on the Park?

Shaun McCarthy | Posted 07.10.2012 | UK Sport
Shaun McCarthy

When the competition is over, the judges' scores are counted and the chairperson of the judging panel adjudicates the result, which buildings will get the medals?

Store Charges Customers £2 For View Of Olympic Site

Posted 03.08.2012 | UK

A store overlooking the Olympic Park has begun charging customers for the privilege of looking out of its main viewing window. The John Lewis store...

Samuel Luckhurst

Jessica Ennis Smashes 100m Hurdle Heptathlon And British Record

HuffingtonPost.com | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 03.08.2012 | UK Sport

Jessica Ennis stormed to victory in the last heptathlon heat of the 100m hurdles, posting the fastest time for a heptathlete in 100m hurdles and break...

Did It Have To Be Today? Central Line Suspended Ahead Of Athletics

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.08.2012 | UK

One of the main Tube lines serving the Olympic Park was suspended in east London on Friday morning as hundreds of thousands of people made their way t...

Cyclist Who Died At Olympic Park Blogged About Following Road Rules

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 02.08.2012 | UK

The 28-year-old who was killed by a bus outside the Olympic park tweeted about his love of cycling and how bike riders who jumped red lights "give the...

Olympic Bus Driver Arrested After Cyclist Death Crash

PA | Posted 02.08.2012 | UK

The driver of an official Olympic bus has been arrested after a cyclist was knocked down and killed. The 28-year-old died last night after being hi...

Cyclist Dies In 'Olympic Bus' Crash

PA | Posted 01.08.2012 | UK

A cyclist was killed tonight after being hit by an "Olympic bus", Scotland Yard said. The man, who is believed to be aged around 30, was struck by ...

A Day at the Olympics, Pluses and Minuses

Mark Perryman | Posted 30.09.2012 | UK Sport
Mark Perryman

Over the past few days I've lost count of the number of politicians decrying critics of the Olympics. Labour's newly appointed 'Olympic Legacy Adviser' Tony Blair has returned to one of his favourite themes, declaring war on cynicism.

Samuel Luckhurst

Easy Rider - HuffPost UK Sport Actually Enjoyed The Trek To The Olympics

HuffingtonPost.com | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 28.02.2013 | UK Sport

The London 2012 opening ceremony's moving spectacle has, for the time being at least, acted as a harbinger for Britons to appreciate magnitude of the ...

Raining On London's Parade: Heavens Open On Olympic Fans

PA | Posted 29.07.2012 | UK

Drenched London 2012 spectators had a true taste of British summer after the heavens opened above the Olympic Park. There has been heavy rain over ...

Olympic Games, Olympic Lanes and the Death of Life as We Know It

Olivia Rose | Posted 25.09.2012 | UK
Olivia Rose

To be honest, the Olympics really scare me. And I actually mean it. The thought of the Olympics fills me with nothing but dread and a queasy sense of claustrophobia... Just how bad is it going to get, folks?