With a little over a week to go before the games’ opening ceremony, the Pope is to fast-track an application for recognition of the Olympic Flame as a Saint.
Posted: Jul 16th, 2012
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Home Secretary Teresa May has announced that ASBOs will be phased out in response to public criticism that recipients are selling them on Ebay.
Posted: May 23rd, 2012
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The official Olympic cigarette – a Rothmans – was ceremoniously lit in Athens yesterday, and the smoker will run three quarters of a mile with it before the next smoker gets a light off it, takes a drag and runs to the next stage.
Posted: May 11th, 2012
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Lord Coe has announced the official route of the Olympic torch, which will bring the boring spectacle of a burning stick to many parts of the UK. Much of the route passes through towns so far from London that the event won’t cause a whiff of interest, but even the Home Counties are expected to be underwhelmed by the sight of a man carrying a big match while being followed by a van with its hazard lights on.
Posted: Nov 7th, 2011
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