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Let's be honest - the Olympics are the London games

News that Ministers were warned back in 2002 that the Olympics wouldn't raise huge sums of money for the nation reminded me of a slightly bad-tempered interview I conducted with the Culture Secretary earlier this year. I asked Andy Burnham...

Posted by Jonathan Walker on December 4, 2008 5:32 PM

Coventry teenagers show off their enterprise

By Staff Reporter PUPILS from three Coventry schools teamed up to take part in a national business challenge. Teenagers from Sherbourne Fields School, in Rowington Close, and Coundon Court School, in North Brook Road, Coundon, spent the day at President...

Posted by Esh Capelo on November 19, 2008 10:03 AM

All talk, but no action

THIS week, MPs are debating the transparency of international aid, modernising the Commons, how to scrutinise European legislation and their own pension fund. Before that, it was welfare-to-work, the Olympic legacy and the Congo crisis. Okay, the last, in particular,...

Posted by Rob Merrick on November 12, 2008 10:49 PM

A blast from the past

LAST week I came face to face with the man who ended my dreams of winning an Olympic gold medal....

Posted by Tony Jeffries on November 10, 2008 10:54 AM

From work of art to fashion model

I'LL be able to add something else to my cv after Monday night - catwalk model. It might sound surprising but after being a work of art last week, I suppose anything's possible!...

Posted by Tony Jeffries on October 31, 2008 11:36 AM

From mingling at the Mobos to quizzing the Queen

THIS week I've been speaking to the rich and famous but my inquisitive nature got me in a little bit of trouble when I went to Buckingham Palace. On Wednesday Team GB's Olympic and Paralympic teams went on a parade...

Posted by Tony Jeffries on October 17, 2008 5:39 PM

Olympics are a complete waste of money

Name five our Britain's Olympic gold medal winners. Tough isn't it? The grand parade through the streets of London demonstrated not how well we remember their achievements. But how quickly we have forgotten. And there's a reason for that. The...

Posted by George Tyndale on October 16, 2008 2:12 PM

Why I'm fighting Terry's corner

THE future of Terry Edwards, Great Britain's Olympic coach, is in doubt at the moment but I hope he's back in charge of the team for the 2012 Games. That might surprise a few people who know about the run-ins...

Posted by Tony Jeffries on October 10, 2008 12:42 PM

Keeping out of Keano's way

Sunderland light-heavyweight boxer Tony Jeffries won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics. In the first part of his new Journal blog, he explains what he has been doing since - including hunting for his Beijing prize and avoiding an...

Posted by Tony Jeffries on October 1, 2008 8:14 PM

Olympic medallist returns to Hexham

Olympic bronze medallist Matt Wells has returned to the club where he learned his sport, but investment will be as important as his inspiration if the next generation of Hexham rowers are to follow in his footsteps. The 29-year-old now...

Posted by Graeme Whitfield on September 4, 2008 10:50 AM

Splish splash

If you're over 60 Andy Burnham, the Culture and Sports Secretary, is going to make sure you swim, and he's not going to charge you a penny. Which is fine, assuming the swimming is voluntary, but as with all these...

Posted by Adrian Pearson on September 3, 2008 6:41 PM

Olympic star Staff at Hayes circuit

ON Tuesday, August 26 the day after flying back from Beijing as part of the triumphant Team GB, Jamie Staff winner of a Gold Medal in the Team Sprint track cycling event at the Olympics visited the Hillingdon Cycle Circuit...

Posted by Adrian Seal on August 29, 2008 7:24 AM

Olympic heroes and heroines - but at what cost?

I need to preface this posting with the following comment: I am as happy as the next woman that Team GB did so well in the Olympic medal table. One cannot fail to have been moved by the mix of...

Posted by Sarah Gee on August 27, 2008 9:08 PM

Why I snubbed David Beckham and Led Zeppelin

What a difference a weekend makes! This was my first weekend off all year, and I spent it down in London with friends and family, firstly at one of my best mate's weddings, then my normal sporting routine took over...

Posted by Luke Wilkins on August 27, 2008 9:59 AM

Ruislip girl meets Olympic medalists

Rebecca Creighton from Ruislip double swimming gold medalist Rebecaa Addlington; gymnast bronze medalist Louis Smith; cycling gold medalist Nichole Cooke and gold medal winning rower Pete Reed.,...

Posted by Adrian Seal on August 27, 2008 9:58 AM

Now make UK cycling facilities golden

So our Olympic "heroes" are now back in the UK and sport bosses predict a surge in teenagers eschewing X-Box games in favour of Yngling or flat water kayaking after our most successful games in 100 years, or something. I...

Posted by Amy Hunt on August 26, 2008 8:15 AM

A gold will be for Rafa Benitez - Javier Mascherano

JAVIER MASCHERANO is on a mission to win Olympic gold for Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez. The Argentinian midfielder lines up against Everton's Nigerian striker Victor Anichebe in tomorrow's football final in Beijing (kick-off 5am). Mascherano has played a key role...

Posted by Administrator on August 22, 2008 10:58 PM

8th in the World but left wanting more

After an injury-stricken indoor season and a slow start to my 2008 outdoor campaign, an 8th placed finish in the Olympic high jump final would have be a fantastic achievement. However, such was my form coming into the Olympics, my...

Posted by Tom Parsons on August 22, 2008 6:16 PM

Let's all laugh at the Aussies - then thank em

DAME Edna Everage, Dame Nellie Melba, Paul Hogan, Steve Waugh, Skippy the Kangaroo, Paul Keating, Captain Cook, Rolf Harries, Germaine Greer, can you hear me? Can you hear me Kylie Minogue, Elle Macpherson, Ian Thorpe, Sir Donald Bradman, David...

Posted by Jon Tunney on August 21, 2008 12:00 PM

The Olympics. They're really rather good. Shame the Chinese don't turn out though

Having groaned at the number of times the word "Olympics" appeared on the BBC's schedules last week, something stranged happen on Saturday morning. Having got up at 6am to drive to a wedding on the south coast, I'd parked up...

Posted by Remote Control on August 21, 2008 12:01 AM