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The chief executive of the Royal Opera House was today appointed to the organising committee of the 2012 London Olympics and charged with delivering a “world class” Cultural Olympiad. Since the bid was won in 2005, partly on a platform of London’s unique...
Tags: London Development Agency, film nation, U.K. Film Council
Boris Johnson 's chief of staff faces tough questions today after the resignation of his deputy mayor revealed evidence of a lax expenses regime within his administration. Sir Simon Milton, one of Johnson's three remaining deputy mayors, is due to face...
Tags: London Development Agency, Greater London Authority, Boris Johnson, olympic accounts, deputy mayor
A group of 8 gypsy families who had been forced off the grounds of 2012 Olympics in England have now been relocated in Hackney in East London. This has caused resentment among the locals. The area is predominantly of the poor but the accommodation that...
Tags: hackney, east london, gypsies, london development agency, 2012 olympics
Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, announced on Tuesday a range of measures to help support small businesses in the capital through the current economic downturn. Speaking at the London Development Agency's (LDA) annual public meeting, the Mayor...
OECD slashes forecasts for UK and eurozone By Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt Published: September 2 2008 10:16 Last updated: September 2 2008 10:16 The eurozone and UK economies will “barely creep forward” in the second half of this year, the Organisation...
Tags: Bank of Canada, canada holds, U.S, London Development Agency, overnight rate, commodity prices, central banks, rate steady
Major Matt Davies, of the Royal Engineers, said his team carried out a controlled explosion on the 1,000kg bomb, which police said was the largest found in London in three decades. It was discovered last Monday by construction workers preparing a site...
Tags: East London, London Development Agency, military engineers, war ii, olympic games, wwii bombs, era bombs, British Army, giant bombs
The Mayor of London, however, said that the move was intended to enable Lee Jasper, his race and policing adviser, to clear his name. Mr Livingstone has been increasingly embattled over claims of financial irregularities in publicly-funded
Tags: Ken Livingstone, London Development Agency, London Ben Webster Transport, Mr Livingstone, Mr Jasper, Lee Jasper, Paris