London Olympics cost overruns

The scandal continues. Organisers of the 2012 London Olympics have block-booked 1,925 rooms in expensive London hotels for various hangers-on at a cost of £10 million.

London mayor Ken Livingstone has admitted he “ensnared” the government into bidding for the 2012 Olympic Games.

The credit crunch will cause delays and yet more cost overruns for the beleaguered £9.3 billion London Olympic Games project.

The cost of the swimming pool block for the London Olympics, pompoussly known as the aquatics centre just keeps rocketing.

Most British people believe the 2012 Olympic Games will bring no benefit to their area, a survey finds. 73% of people thought there would be no noticeable benefit for their region.

You probably didn't think there were 3,000 Olympic nobs planning to come to the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

In November 2007 it was admitted that costs for the 2012 London Olympics swimming pool block, the so-called aquatics centre, were likely to double.

Today's Times newspaper headlines that Britain faces a £1 billion black hole after the 2012 Olympics because of “ludicrous” property price projections backed by ministers.

It's not just the usual fat cats who plan to gouge as much as they can from the London Olympics.

Sebastian Coe, the face man of the London Olympics, has been accused of 'cleaning up' after it was discovered he earned £461,000 from speeches and personal endorsements in just a year.