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Massive new East London village with 785 flats could soon be built next to Olympic Park

Almost 800 new flats could soon be built as part of a huge development plan in the Olympic village. A proposal to build the flats in an area of the Olympic Park... Read more »
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The Hundred: London Spirit’s Deandra Dottin on her Olympic dream

Deandra Dottin took 2-33, and was 18 not out, as West Indies beat Australia in the 2016 Twenty20 World Cup Venue: Emirates Old Trafford Date: 10 August Time: 15:00 BST Coverage: Live... Read more »
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British Airways brings final Team GB Olympic athletes home | News

Over the last two weeks British Airways has been flying Team GB home from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, with the final flight carrying Olympians due to land today. The airline has... Read more »
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Tokyo Olympics: Team GB’s Mark England hails greatest achievement in British Olympic history | Olympics News

The Chef de Mission praised Team GB’s athletes for their achievements in a “most complex, challenging and difficult environment”; Team GB finished fourth in the Tokyo 2020 medal table with 22 gold,... Read more »
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This monstrous glowing orb makes a mockery of east London’s Olympic legacy | Lyn Brown

When London bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games, we were driven not just by sporting desire, but by a vision for a regenerated east London after decades of deindustrialisation and deprivation.... Read more »
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London floods: Frightening footage shows DLR station near Olympic Park underwater as water churns through ticket barriers

Dramatic footage of a DLR station being churned apart by flood water has emerged this evening (July 25) as infrastructure links in the city are further hampered by the weather. The footage,... Read more »

Meet Tokyo Olympic Team GB athletes from east London, Essex

Team GB athletes have so far gained 24 medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, including six golds. Competitors hail from up and down the country, with east London and Essex contributing its... Read more »
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Tom Dean and Duncan Scott win Olympic gold and silver medals for Team GB in men’s 200m freestyle

Team GB’s medals so far: Tom Dean, men’s 200m freestyle: GOLD Adam Peaty, men’s 100m breaststroke: GOLD Tom Daley & Matty Lee, sync 10m platform: GOLD Tom Pidcock, cross-country mountain biking: GOLD... Read more »

Golden homes – properties in UK Olympic boroughs more…

Olympic boroughs are in first place In 2012, the Olympic games were hosted in London. Benham and Reeves’ recent study reveals that houses in the borough the Olympic games are hosted tend... Read more »
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Tokyo 2020: Meet Laura Kenny – Cheshunt’s four-time Olympic gold medallist bidding for Tokyo glory

Laura Kenny CBE is Britain’s most successful female Olympian and an astounding Hertfordshire success story. The cycling star was born one month prematurely in Essex on April 24, 1992. But she grew... Read more »