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Gunman charged over illegal use of Olympic race-starting noise

the 'ell of the LawA crazed gunman who ran amok with a pistol in a busy shopping centre has been told he faces prosecution for copyright infringement, due to his unauthorised use of the Official Race-Starting Noise of the London 2012 Olympics.

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Posted: Jul 19th, 2012
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Olympic opening ceremony shortened to stop it overlapping with closing ceremony

The Olympic opening ceremony, which included 10,000 dancing nurses, mime artists and the performance of every Shakespeare play, has been shortened in length. Lord Coe explained; ‘The problem was that several performers were also required for the closing ceremony and there was no way they could be in both.’

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Posted: Jul 19th, 2012
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Re-using Jubilee flags for Olympics ‘would be act of treason’, warns LOCOG

‘These flags we’ve seen everywhere for the Jubilee are sometimes home-made and usually completely devoid of sponsorship logos,’ said Lord Coe.

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Posted: Jun 2nd, 2012
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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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Olympic legacy threatened by plans to return East End to crime-blighted slum

Boris knows bestThe Olympic stadium will be demolished immediately after the games to make way for a derelict wasteland for petty criminals and drug pushers.

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Posted: Jan 24th, 2011
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