Seventh Person Held in Terror Probe – London Evening Standard

Posted on July 12, 2012 by pmkbncscience

Police have arrested a seventh person as part of an ongoing investigation into a suspected terror plot. A 22-year-old woman was detained at a residential address in Hackney, east London, early today. She was arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism under the Terrorism Act 2000, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said. The arrest, by officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, follows six others made on Thursday.

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Seventh Person Held in Terror Probe – London Evening Standard – July 7, 2012
By: Jennifer Cockerell
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Seventh Person Arrested in London Anti-Terror Raids – The Guardian

Posted on July 12, 2012 by pmkbncscience

Police have arrested a seventh person in London as part of an ongoing investigation into a suspected terror plot. A 22-year-old woman is in custody at a south-east London police station after she was detained at a residential address in Hackney, east London, early on Saturday. She was arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism under the Terrorism Act 2000, a spokesman for the Metropolitan police said.

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Seventh Person Arrested in London Anti-Terror Raids – The Guardian – July 7, 2012
By David Batty
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UK Sport Set Games Medal Target – The London Evening Standard

Posted on July 7, 2012 by pmkbncscience

Britain has been set at an official target of fourth place in the medals table at the London Olympics with at least 48 medals won across 12 sports. The target by UK Sport, the body which distributes Lottery money to Olympic sports, means Team GB need to at least match their achievements in Beijing four years. In 2008, Britain finished fourth in the table with 19 gold medals and a total of 47 medals from across 11 sports.
UK Sport chair Baroness Sue Campbell said: “This is a significant milestone for British sport. Thanks to the backing of our Government and the National Lottery over the past 15 years, and more recently the investment we have received from Team 2012, we are able to confirm that our goal of top four in the Olympic medal table at our home Games remains on track.”

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UK Sport Set Games Medal Target – The London Evening Standard – July 4, 2012
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Social Media Is the Message for Olympics – New York Times

Posted on July 5, 2012 by pmkbncscience

At the Olympic Games in London, set to begin this month, the official motto of “swifter, higher, stronger” will be supplemented by a new label. If some marketers, fans and athletes have anything to say, these Games will be the first Social Media Olympics — the “Socialympics,” as some are calling them. Even the Olympic movement, which sometimes steps into the future with great caution, has warily accepted the idea.

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Social Media Is the Message for Olympics – New York Times – July 1, 2012
By ERIC PFANNER
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Charles van Commenee Says He Will Quit If His Squad Fails – The Guardian

Posted on July 5, 2012 by pmkbncscience

UK Athletics’ head coach, Charles van Commenee, has said he will take ultimate responsibility and fall on his sword if his 77-strong team fail to meet expectations at the London Olympics. The unveiling of the track and field squad, which includes the once-banned sprinter Dwain Chambers and his teenage rival Adam Gemili, was not without controversy. Selectors gambled by picking Lynsey Sharp for the 800m despite her recording only a B qualifying time this season. The selection of the European silver medallist meant four other athletes who have run faster times in the past two years, including the 2009 world bronze medallist Jenny Meadows, missed out and two places went unfilled under International Association of Athletics Federations rules.

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London 2012: Charles van Commenee Says he Will Quit if his Squad Fail – The Guardian – July 3, 2012
By Owen Gibson
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Team GB Set Target of Minimum 48 Medals at Olympics – The Guardian

Posted on July 5, 2012 by pmkbncscience

Team GB’s competitors have been set an official medal target of at least 48 medals across 12 sports in London, which would represent their best performance for more than a century. UK Sport, which has invested more than £300m of taxpayer and Lottery funding in Olympic and Paralympic sport over the past four years, promised British athletes would do better than in Beijing. In 2008, they also finished fourth in the medal table, with 47 medals across 11 sports including 19 golds.

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London 2012: Team GB Set Target of Minimum 48 Medals at Olympics – The Guardian – July 4, 2012
By Owen Gibson
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Londoners Wary of Olympics Makeover – Financial Times

Posted on July 1, 2012 by pmkbncscience

As London’s recasting for its starring role in the world’s biggest sporting extravaganza got under way in earnest this week, the city’s residents could see for themselves the evidence of its transformation.
With less than a month to go before the games open, huge Olympic rings have been suspended beneath Tower Bridge, tired-looking high streets have been jet-washed, primped and painted and Olympic signage festooned on lampposts. When the sun is ready to shine, London will be ready to dazzle.

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Londoners Wary of Olympics Makeover – Financial Times – June 29, 2012
By James Pickford and Helen Warrell Link to Financial Times article

Olympic Rings Adorn Tower Bridge – London Evening Standard

Posted on June 29, 2012 by pmkbncscience

Giant Olympic rings have become the crowning glory on Tower Bridge to mark the countdown to the London 2012 Games. London 2012 chairman Lord Coe and mayor Boris Johnson were among the VIPs who watched as the rings – 25 metres wide and 11.5 metres tall – were lowered into place on the central London landmark on the River Thames. The rings, which weigh three tonnes, cost £259,817 to produce and installing them is estimated to have cost £53,000.

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Olympic Rings Adorn Tower Bridge – London Evening Standard – June 27, 2012
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Police Draw Up Hitlist in Crackdown on Black Market – The Guardian

Posted on June 26, 2012 by pmkbncscience

A hitlist of 30 international websites and 970 individuals, many linked to serious organised crime, are being targeted by police investigating the multimillion-pound black market in sports tickets in the runup to the Olympics.
One man is being hunted in Belgium for attempting to sell large quantities of Olympic tickets, and the Metropolitan police are liaising with the US national Olympic committee over several unauthorised sites attempting to sell seats illegally.

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Olympic tickets: police draw up hitlist in crackdown on black market – The Guardian – June 19, 2012
By Martin Cross
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Man Held by Police in Leicester Over London 2012 Ticketing – Metro

Posted on June 25, 2012 by pmkbncscience

The 39-year-old was held in Leicester while a business address in the city was searched, Scotland Yard said.
He was arrested on suspicion of fraud by misrepresentation and unauthorised sale of tickets by officers with Operation Podium, the Met’s dedicated unit tackling crime affecting the economy of the Olympics and Paralympics, and remains in custody.

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Man Held by Police in Leicester Over London 2012 Ticketing – Metro – June 20, 2012
By Martin Cross
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Three More Arrests Over Sale of Olympics Tickets – The Independent

Posted on June 25, 2012 by pmkbncscience

Another three people have been arrested on suspicion of the unauthorised sale of Olympics tickets.
Two men and one woman, who are also suspected of fraud, were arrested yesterday by detectives from Operation Podium, the investigation into the unauthorised sale of Olympic and Paralympic tickets, and Leicestershire Police.

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Three More Arrests Over Sale of Olympics Tickets – The Independent – June 21, 2012
By Martin Cross
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Olympic Executives Talk London Plans – Sports Business Journal

Posted on June 21, 2012 by pmkbncscience

“The first ambition was to recruit teenagers, and that is a challenge because right now teens aren’t very interested in the Olympic Games.”
-Scott McCune (VP, Worldwide Media, Sports and Entertainment Marketing, Coca-Cola)

Long before the Olympic flame was extinguished in Beijing, marketing executives began setting their sights on the 2012 London Games. London offers an opportunity like few Games before it. As one of the world’s most diverse and international cities, it promises to capture the attention of consumers, key customers and business partners in ways few Olympic cities can.

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Olympic Executives Talk London Plans – Sports Business Journal
By Tripp Mickle
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London Games to be First Social Media Olympics – The Sydney Morning Herald

Posted on June 20, 2012 by pmkbncscience

Tweet this: The London Games will be the first Olympics told in 140 characters or less.

The London Games will be the most tweeted, liked and tagged in history, with fans offered a never before seen insider’s view of what many are calling the social media Olympics, or the “socialympics.”

Hash tags, (at) signs and “like” symbols will be as prevalent as national flags, Olympic pins and medal ceremonies. Some athletes may spend more time on Twitter and Facebook than the playing field.

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London Games to be First Social Media Olympics – The Sydney Morning Herald
By DAVID STRINGER and STEPHEN WILSON
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Olympic ‘Stress Tests’ Expose Problems – Financial Times

Posted on June 18, 2012 by pmkbncscience

A quarter of companies who participated in London’s biggest cross-sector Olympics “stress test” found that using alternative work locations and methods of transport were ineffective. The news raises concerns about how the capital’s businesses will cope during the games.

Transport for London expects about a million extra visitors in London during the games, resulting in three million extra public transport journeys each day. It is relying on companies to encourage staff to reduce pressure on the Tube by cycling or using the bus, or to work from home, among other measures.

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Olympic ‘stress tests’ expose problems—Financial Times—June 18, 2012
By Vanessa Kortekaas
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Olympics Ticketing Scandal Set to Cast Shadow Over London Games – The Guardian

Posted on June 18, 2012 by pmkbncscience

A ticketing scandal involving more than a quarter of the 204 countries represented at the Olympics looks set to hang over the London Games, after it emerged that an internal investigation is unlikely to be completed before the opening ceremony.

The International Olympic Committee has promised to investigate allegations that 27 agents representing 54 countries were prepared to offer thousands of unauthorised tickets at prices of up to £6,000 to undercover Sunday Times reporters posing as envoys for a ticket broker from the Middle East.

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Olympics ticketing scandal set to cast shadow over London Games—The Guardian—June 17, 2012
By Owen Gibson
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