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Inside this issue
• The capital’s preparations are going strong, for the time being
• Construction delays that afflicted Wembley football stadium and the Scottish parliament building in Holyrood appear to have been avoided - -
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City clears the first Olympic hurdles
Any athlete getting ready for the Olympics sees the three years up to the event as a short time for preparation.
The benefits of an early start out of the blocks
From his base on the 23rd floor of an east London tower block, Lord Coe is well placed to monitor progress on the city’s Olympic project.
Finish line is just the start of the race
The legacy to be left by the 2012 games for some poorer parts of the capital was at the heart of London’s Olympic bid.
Building is on track as recession drives down costs
“The Olympics can no more have a deficit than a man can have a baby.” So said Montreal’s mayor Jean Drapeau after the city’s winning bid to host the 1976 games.
A transport of delight?
Looking north from the Olympic Delivery Authority’s offices in Canary Wharf, east London, there is a striking sight.
Financial glue that binds Olympic rings holding firm
The recession has seen some long-term sponsors end their association with the games. Robert Orr questions whether this will have an impact on London in 2012.
A chance for business to benefit
Bob Sherwood explains why employees will gain, as well as the athletes
A legacy of magnificence
Kathrin Hille finds spectators queuing to get into the venues even without an event to watch
Rising in the east
Bob Sherwood looks at the effect on the local area
A mixed record so far on environmental issues
Tricia Holly Davis examines what has happened to London’s pledge to stage the greenest games in history
