BBC London | People and Places | 2012

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01/16/11--01:05: Q&A: How to get London 2012 tickets (chan 1380320)

Tickets to the London 2012 Olympic Games go on sale on 15 March 2011 but how do you get your hands on them?


01/18/11--00:41: Spurs' stadium plan 'appalling' (chan 1380320)

A budding sports star who became one of the faces of the London 2012 bid campaign attacks the plan that would lead to the Olympic Stadium being demolished after the Games.


01/21/11--01:00: £40m loan to West Ham is approved (chan 1380320)

A local council arranges a £40m loan to finance West Ham's potential move into the Olympic Stadium.


01/21/11--07:17: Football greats in stadium debate (chan 1380320)

Football greats Pele and Jimmy Greaves weigh into the debate over the future of the 2012 Olympic Stadium as Spurs and West Ham finalise their bids.


01/24/11--08:55: Olympics celebrate disabled art (chan 1380320)

Commissions for the Cultural Olympiad develop and promote the work of disabled and deaf artists in the build up to the London 2012 Olympics.


01/24/11--11:16: Olympic Stadium decision on hold (chan 1380320)

A decision on the future use of the Olympic Stadium, scheduled for Friday, is postponed.


01/26/11--03:55: Don't ignore taxpayers (chan 1380320)

BBC London poll on which club should move to 2012 stadium shows public won't be ignored


01/26/11--08:34: IOC 'doesn't care' about legacy (chan 1380320)

The leader of the Paris bid for the 2012 Games says the London Olympic Stadium row is a consequence of Olympic chiefs not taking legacy planning seriously enough.


01/26/11--09:54: Zoe Smith calls for 2012 funding (chan 1380320)

Zoe Smith talks about training hard to have her personal Olympic funding reinstated.


01/26/11--10:25: Poll rejects Spurs stadium plans (chan 1380320)

Tottenham Hotspur's plans to dismantle the £500m Olympic Stadium do not have the support of most Londoners, a BBC poll finds.


01/27/11--10:37: Spurs release Crystal Palace pics (chan 1380320)

Tottenham Hotspur release the first images of their proposed revamp of Crystal Palace athletics stadium.


01/28/11--00:35: Memories and hopes of veteran (chan 1380320)

Ken Woolcott has been involved in sport all his life attending a combined total of six Olympic and Commonwealth Games.