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Hackney and Scarborough will be sharing the Olympic vibe in an unusual new twinning arrangement.
The two local authorities may have little in common – one, Britain’s first seaside resort on the edge of rural Yorkshire which is under no overall control, the other a densely-populated Labour-run London borough – but that has not prevented them from taking part in an Olympic-themed link designed to spread the experience of the 2012 Games.
Throughout 2012, Hackney and Scarborough will join together in a range of cultural and sporting events as part of the Coast 2012 scheme. The scheme is to be run by the two local authorities together with the Scarborough charity Seachange.
