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Lord Coe launches countdown to ‘50 days to go’ countdown

With London 2012′s ’100 days to go’ countdown firmly behind him, Lord Coe is keen to build on its success by launching a countdown to the ’50 days to go’ countdown.

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Posted: Apr 20th, 2012
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James Bond pulled from Olympics promo as ‘license to kill’ found to have expired

It transpires that his ‘license to kill’ expired in 1995, meaning he has technically committed 384 murders in the intervening period.

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Posted: Apr 4th, 2012
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Suicide bid for Olympics

‘No bugger helped me to top myself,’ she said. ‘They just kept putting the boot in by lengthening the season.’

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Posted: Mar 23rd, 2012
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Looters divided over Sunday shopping laws

‘The great thing is that supermarkets and big stores will be able to open,’ points out Winston Perks,19, who has studied Osborne’s plan. ‘So you’re not just confined to little corner shops or Tesco Express. But for obvious reasons it’s important that shops stay open well after dark.’

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Posted: Mar 22nd, 2012
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London 2012 posters portray suitable images of confusion and mayhem

The unveiling of the official London 2012 posters has caused chaos and downright fear as people attempt to work what is going on the various canvases.
’Leading UK artists’ like Tracy Emin and Chris Ofili have contributed to the selection of artwork which generally shows incomprehensible shapes and figures set against a background of swirling catastrophe [...]

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Posted: Nov 7th, 2011
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