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Five things the Olympics got wrong
Home Counties ticket holders, overblown legacy claims – let’s not be blind to where the London Games didn’t deliver
Olympic torch route, day 64: there’s something for everyone in Clissold Park
Virginia Woolf, skater kids, Bugaboo mums, Ninja Turtles, and now the torch – this green space has seen it all
London legacy: bridge-building in Hackney Wick
A dispute between Olympic legacy planning authorities and a small community in Hackney over a proposed bridge highlights some larger legacy issues
‘Mole Man’ house fetches £1m at auction
Planning permission sees huge speculator interest in flawed Hackney house
London legacy: Hackney’s mayor ‘delighted’ as media centre’s preferred bidder is named
The legacy corporation has settled on a potential tenant after speculation that press and broadcast buildings might be demolished instead
The White Building/Lea River Park – review
Hackney Wick’s offbeat White Building has all the hallmarks of a sensitive Olympic legacy, but the possible scrapping of the Lea River Park walkway suggests that petty politics not community is the driving force
London 2012: Phillips Idowu pull-out sends shivers through home nation
• Olympic triple jump silver medallist troubled by ‘hip tightness’ • Worries for Tiffany Porter, Robbie Grabarz, men’s sprint relay
London 2012: Phillips Idowu says he is focused and denies injury fears
• Charles van Commenee had said triple jumper was injured • Idowu will jump at Diamond League meeting on Saturday
London legacy: security and towpath protests
Small tales of local resentment of the Games underline the need for a true Olympic legacy to be delivered
Chatsworth Road: the frontline of Hackney’s gentrification
Five years ago, it was one of London’s roughest areas. Then the middle classes moved in; galleries, cafes and a Sunday market followed – and prices shot up. But not everyone’s happy
Olympic Park legacy plan threatens Tech City growth, report warns
Thinktank says tech scene around Silicon Roundabout in London now comprises at least 3,200 firms with 48,000 jobs
Pentonville prison escapee John Massey recaptured in Kent
John Massey, 64, who escaped from Pentonville prison, was arrested at a house in Kent, say Metropolitan police
Olympic Park’s former artist in residence to deal with disillusionment
Neville Gabie’s next project will ‘explore how far away we might have moved from the original spirit of the Games’
The Olympic Park – review
The Velodrome, the Copper Box, the Energy Centre: some fine buildings will grace London 2012. But tawdry compromise is never far away…
Sam Hallam criticises Metropolitan police after murder conviction quashed
Young man jailed over 2004 killing then released by court blames Met police for taking away eight years of his life