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Fulham council signs international polo deal

By Staff ⋅ November 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Fulham’s Hurlingham Park is set to undergo a major renovation after council bosses signed a deal to bring an international polo competition to the park next June. Under the deal local residents will benefit from improved facilities including an enlarged grass athletics track.

Mayor welcomes NFL’s return to London

By Martin Hoscik ⋅ October 23, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

Boris Johnson and the CEO of Visit London, James Bidwell will host a gala dinner on Thursday to welcome the return of the National Football League to London. The league is returning to the capital following London’s successful hosting last year of the first ever regular season game to be held outside the Americas.

Mayors of London and Beijing discuss Olympic legacies

By Staff ⋅ October 13, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Mayor of London Boris Johnson met Beijing’s Deputy Mayor, Chen Gang, at City Hall earlier today. The two men discussed ways Beijing can contribute to London’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012 including contributions which could be made by collaborations between London and Chinese universities.

Labour attack Coleman’s Olympic comments

By Staff ⋅ August 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Labour have attacked Conservative AM Brian Coleman after he said Britain’s Olympic gold medals were ‘tainted with the blood of Tibetans, Falun gong practitoners, and Roman catholic priests’

Boris in Beijing

By Staff ⋅ August 21, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has been meeting with his Beijing counterpart Guo Jinlong, to discuss lessons London can learn from Beijing’s successful hosting of the Olympics.

Boris Announces ‘Olympic Hero’ Parade

By Staff ⋅ August 18, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Mayor of London Boris Johnson, the British Olympic Association and the British Paralympic Association will host a ‘ heroes parade’ for Britain’s Olympic medal winners, City Hall announced today.

ODA ‘To Recycle And Reuse 90% Of Waste’

By Staff ⋅ August 2, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) plans to reuse or recycle 90 per cent of the waste created through the ‘big build’ phase of the construction of the London 2012 Olympic Park, it announed yesterday.

Ken Slams Boris Over Olympic Gaffe

By Staff ⋅ June 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Ken Livingstone has called it ‘bizarre’ that successor Boris Johnson was unaware of the existence of the memorandum of understanding agreed by him and the Government over the costs for the Olympic games.

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