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  • Elderly man passes the Olympic rings in Stratford on his way after shopping with his basket. While the London 2012 Olympic Games drives commerce to the area, those who live a poor existence continues.
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  • Elderly man passes the Olympic rings in Stratford on his way after shopping with his basket. While the London 2012 Olympic Games drives commerce to the area, those who live a poor existence continues.
    20120712man olympic rings_B.jpg
  • The London Aquatics Centre at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford on the 21st September 2019 in London in the United Kingdom. The London Aquatics Centre was the swimming & diving venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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  • A Games Maker volunteer welcomes spectators during the London 2012 Olympics, the 30th Olympiad, at the Westfield mall. Games Makers help to make the Games happen and up to 70,000 take on a wide variety of roles across the venues: from welcoming visitors; to transporting athletes; to helping out behind the scenes in the Technology team to make sure the results get displayed as quickly and accurately as possible. Games Makers come from a diverse range of communities and backgrounds, from across the UK and abroad. The vast majority are giving up at least 10 days to volunteer during the Games. Situated on the fringe of the 2012 Olympic park, Westfield is Europe's largest urban shopping centre providing the main access to the Olympic park with a central 'street' giving 75% of Olympic visitors access to the main stadium so retail space.
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  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Official Olympic BMW car on a games lane on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
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  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Official Olympic BMW car on a games lane on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_L.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Official Olympic BMW car on a games lane on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_G.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Official Olympic BMW car on a games lane on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_F.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Official Olympic BMW car on Parliament Square in Westminster leading to the Houses of Parliament and the tower of Big Ben on a games lane on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_AD.jpg
  • With the main stadium and the Orbit art tower behind, a choir of volunteer Games Makers sing for the entertainment of arriving spectators in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. One of their number advertised in an Olympic newsletter for singers to join in resulting in 100 asking to join. Volunteers are called ‘Games Makers’, as they are helping to make the Games happen. Up to 70,000 Games Makers take on a wide variety of roles across the venues: from welcoming visitors; to transporting athletes; to helping out behind the scenes in the Technology team to make sure the results get displayed as quickly and accurately as possible. Games Makers come from a diverse range of communities and backgrounds, from across the UK and abroad. The vast majority are giving up at least 10 days to volunteer during the Games.
    olympic_park64-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Official Olympic BMW car with 2012 logo on a games lane on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_AB.jpg
  • A Games Maker volunteer shows her direction hand for spectators to follow towards the London 2012 Olympic Park during the games. London 2012 volunteers are called ‘Games Makers’, as they are helping to make the Games happen. Up to 70,000 Games Makers take on a wide variety of roles across the venues: from welcoming visitors; to transporting athletes; to helping out behind the scenes in the Technology team to make sure the results get displayed as quickly and accurately as possible. Games Makers come from a diverse range of communities and backgrounds, from across the UK and abroad. The vast majority are giving up at least 10 days to volunteer during the Games.
    olympic_park05-02-08-2012.jpg
  • A Games Maker volunteer uses a megaphone to entertain spectators passing a Usain Bolt Visa billboard  during the London 2012 Olympic Park during the games. London 2012 volunteers are called ‘Games Makers’, as they are helping to make the Games happen. Up to 70,000 Games Makers take on a wide variety of roles across the venues: from welcoming visitors; to transporting athletes; to helping out behind the scenes in the Technology team to make sure the results get displayed as quickly and accurately as possible. Games Makers come from a diverse range of communities and backgrounds, from across the UK and abroad. The vast majority are giving up at least 10 days to volunteer during the Games.
    olympic_park08-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Olympic volunteers await the arrival of road cycling competitors on the first day of competition of the London 2012 Olympic 250km mens' road race. London 2012 volunteers are called ‘Games Makers’, as they are helping to make the Games happen. Up to 70,000 Games Makers take on a wide variety of roles across the venues: from welcoming visitors; to transporting athletes; to helping out behind the scenes in the Technology team to make sure the results get displayed as quickly and accurately as possible. Games Makers come from a diverse range of communities and backgrounds, from across the UK and abroad. The vast majority are giving up at least 10 days to volunteer during the Games.
    olympic_cycling23-28-07-2012.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Busy traffic on a games lane at Upper Thames Street on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_S.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Sign advising motorists that they are now not allowed to use the Games lanes on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_V.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Games lanes on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_U.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Busy traffic on a games lane at Upper Thames Street on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
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  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Busy traffic on a games lane at Upper Thames Street on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_P.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Busy traffic on a games lane at Upper Thames Street on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_N.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Sign advising motorists that they are allowed to use the Games lanes on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_K.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Games lanes signs on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
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  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Sign advising motorists that they are allowed to use the Games lanes on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_J.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Games lane on Parliament Square in Westminster on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_AA.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Games lanes signs on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_E.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. CCTV camera car patrols, looking people to fine. Games lanes on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_C.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Games lanes on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_B.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Games lane on Parliament Square in Westminster leading to the Houses of Parliament and the tower of Big Ben on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_AG.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Games lane on Parliament Square in Westminster leading to the Houses of Parliament and the tower of Big Ben on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_AF.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Games lane on Parliament Square in Westminster on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_AE.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Games lane on Embankment on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
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  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Games lane on Parliament Square in Westminster on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_Z.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Games lanes on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_T.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Games lane on Embankment on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_X.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Busy traffic on a games lane at Upper Thames Street on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_R.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Sign advising motorists that they are now not allowed to use the Games lanes on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_W.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Busy traffic on a games lane at Upper Thames Street on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_O.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Sign advising motorists that they are allowed to use the Games lanes on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_I.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Police bikes in a games lane on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_H.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Games lane on Parliament Square in Westminster leading to the Houses of Parliament and the tower of Big Ben on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_AC.jpg
  • London, UK. Wednesday 25th July 2012. Games lanes on the Olympic Route Network. Transport is a huge issue in and around the London 2012 Olympic Games. With many roads closed off to regular traffic, the inevitable problems occur.
    20120725olympic games lane_A.jpg
  • Londoners traffic pass beneath a giant billboard mural wrapped around the exterior of the John Lewis department store in Oxford Street in Central London, during the London 2012 Olympic Games. As part of their partnership with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), John Lewis work with their partners giving an opportunity to work at LOCOG and in the build-up to the Games, furnishing lounge and reception areas at Games-time venues.
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  • The world's biggest McDonald's in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. or the past 40 years McDonalds has been the Official Restaurant Olympic Games. All official sponsors  they have paid $957 million to the IOC for the 19 days competition. Hundreds of food outlets at Olympic venues have been forced to take chips off the menu, because of a demand from sponsor McDonald's. Olympic chiefs banned all 800 food retailers at the 40 Games venues across Britain from dishing up chips because of 'sponsorship obligations. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park102-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Set in English garden wildflowers is the world's biggest McDonald's in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. For the past 40 years McDonalds has been the Official Restaurant Olympic Games. All official sponsors  they have paid $957 million to the IOC for the 19 days competition. Hundreds of food outlets at Olympic venues have been forced to take chips off the menu, because of a demand from sponsor McDonald's. Olympic chiefs banned all 800 food retailers at the 40 Games venues across Britain from dishing up chips because of 'sponsorship obligations. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park21-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Volunteers rest between canoe slalom heats at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, north east London, on day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. London 2012 volunteers are called ‘Games Makers’, as they are helping to make the Games happen. Up to 70,000 Games Makers take on a wide variety of roles across the venues: from welcoming visitors; to transporting athletes; to helping out behind the scenes in the Technology team to make sure the results get displayed as quickly and accurately as possible. Games Makers come from a diverse range of communities and backgrounds, from across the UK and abroad. The vast majority are giving up at least 10 days to volunteer during the Games.
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  • A volunteer directs spectators before the start of the canoe slalom heats at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, north east London, on day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. London 2012 volunteers are called ‘Games Makers’, as they are helping to make the Games happen. Up to 70,000 Games Makers take on a wide variety of roles across the venues: from welcoming visitors; to transporting athletes; to helping out behind the scenes in the Technology team to make sure the results get displayed as quickly and accurately as possible. Games Makers come from a diverse range of communities and backgrounds, from across the UK and abroad. The vast majority are giving up at least 10 days to volunteer during the Games.
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  • A map and exterior of the £105m Siberian Pine Velodrome curved roof during the London 2012 Olympics. The London Velopark is a cycling centre in Leyton in east London. It is one of the permanent Olympic and Paralympic venues for the 2012 Games. The Velopark is at the northern end of Olympic Park. It has a velodrome and BMX racing track, which will be used for the Games, as well as a one-mile (1.6 km) road course and a mountain bike track.[2] The park replaces the Eastway Cycle Circuit demolished to make way for it. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village.
    olympic_park40-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Exterior of the £105m Siberian Pine Velodrome curved roof during the London 2012 Olympics. The London Velopark is a cycling centre in Leyton in east London. It is one of the permanent Olympic and Paralympic venues for the 2012 Games. The Velopark is at the northern end of Olympic Park. It has a velodrome and BMX racing track, which will be used for the Games, as well as a one-mile (1.6 km) road course and a mountain bike track.[2] The park replaces the Eastway Cycle Circuit demolished to make way for it. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village.
    olympic_park20-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Exterior of the £105m Siberian Pine Velodrome curved roof during the London 2012 Olympics. The London Velopark is a cycling centre in Leyton in east London. It is one of the permanent Olympic and Paralympic venues for the 2012 Games. The Velopark is at the northern end of Olympic Park. It has a velodrome and BMX racing track, which will be used for the Games, as well as a one-mile (1.6 km) road course and a mountain bike track.[2] The park replaces the Eastway Cycle Circuit demolished to make way for it. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village.
    olympic_park35-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Exterior of the £105m Siberian Pine Velodrome curved roof during the London 2012 Olympics. The London Velopark is a cycling centre in Leyton in east London. It is one of the permanent Olympic and Paralympic venues for the 2012 Games. The Velopark is at the northern end of Olympic Park. It has a velodrome and BMX racing track, which will be used for the Games, as well as a one-mile (1.6 km) road course and a mountain bike track.[2] The park replaces the Eastway Cycle Circuit demolished to make way for it. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village.
    olympic_park37-10-08-2012.jpg
  • The world's biggest McDonald's in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. For the past 40 years McDonalds has been the Official Restaurant Olympic Games. As official sponsors they have paid $957 million to the IOC for the 19 days competition. Hundreds of food outlets at Olympic venues have been forced to take chips off the menu, because of a demand from sponsor McDonald's. Olympic chiefs banned all 800 food retailers at the 40 Games venues across Britain from dishing up chips because of 'sponsorship obligations.
    olympic_park06-10-08-2012.jpg
  • A portrait of a Lance Corporal in the Rifles regiment of the British army next to the Olympic rings logo before the start of the canoe slalom heats at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, north east London, on day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
    canoe_slalom04-29-07-2012_1.jpg
  • Exterior of the of the £105m Siberian Pine Velodrome curved roof during the London 2012 Olympics. The London Velopark is a cycling centre in Leyton in east London. It is one of the permanent Olympic and Paralympic venues for the 2012 Games. The Velopark is at the northern end of Olympic Park. It has a velodrome and BMX racing track, which will be used for the Games, as well as a one-mile (1.6 km) road course and a mountain bike track.[2] The park replaces the Eastway Cycle Circuit demolished to make way for it. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village.
    olympic_park44-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Exterior of the of the £105m Siberian Pine Velodrome curved roof during the London 2012 Olympics. The London Velopark is a cycling centre in Leyton in east London. It is one of the permanent Olympic and Paralympic venues for the 2012 Games. The Velopark is at the northern end of Olympic Park. It has a velodrome and BMX racing track, which will be used for the Games, as well as a one-mile (1.6 km) road course and a mountain bike track.[2] The park replaces the Eastway Cycle Circuit demolished to make way for it. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village.
    olympic_park45-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Along the north side Embankment of central London is one of the Olympic Games lanes which will ensure that Olympic officials and althletes will be able to travel to and from venues without delats. London, England, UK.
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  • Along the north side Embankment of central London is one of the Olympic Games lanes which will ensure that Olympic officials and althletes will be able to travel to and from venues without delats. London, England, UK.
    20120723olympic games lane_F.jpg
  • Along the north side Embankment of central London is one of the Olympic Games lanes which will ensure that Olympic officials and althletes will be able to travel to and from venues without delats. London, England, UK.
    20120723olympic games lane_B.jpg
  • Along the north side Embankment of central London is one of the Olympic Games lanes which will ensure that Olympic officials and althletes will be able to travel to and from venues without delats. London, England, UK.
    20120723olympic games lane_E.jpg
  • Along the north side Embankment of central London is one of the Olympic Games lanes which will ensure that Olympic officials and althletes will be able to travel to and from venues without delats. London, England, UK.
    20120723olympic games lane_C.jpg
  • Along the north side Embankment of central London is one of the Olympic Games lanes which will ensure that Olympic officials and althletes will be able to travel to and from venues without delats. London, England, UK.
    20120723olympic games lane_A.jpg
  • Along a road in south London is one of the Olympic Games lanes which will ensure that Olympic officials and althletes will be able to travel to and from venues without delats. London, England, UK.
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  • Cases of Rapier surface-to-air missile equipment stationed on Blackheath, a security measure in readiness for the London 2012 Olympic games. The Rapiers arrived in Blackheath yesterday in a bid to defend London against a "worst-case scenario" 9/11-style attack. As part of a multi-layered defence system installed around the capital during the games in July 2012, the missiles are positioned here and other sites during an exercise named Olympic Guardian, which began earlier this week on the coast and in London's airspace. RAF Air Vice-Marshall Stuart Atha said the missiles were for the "worst-case scenario" of a "very unlikely attack" on the Games and chose Blackheath as one of six "favourite" sites.
    greenwich_missiles04-04-05-2012_1.jpg
  • Cases of Rapier surface-to-air missile equipment stationed on Blackheath, a security measure in readiness for the London 2012 Olympic games. The Rapiers arrived in Blackheath yesterday in a bid to defend London against a "worst-case scenario" 9/11-style attack. As part of a multi-layered defence system installed around the capital during the games in July 2012, the missiles are positioned here and other sites during an exercise named Olympic Guardian, which began earlier this week on the coast and in London's airspace. RAF Air Vice-Marshall Stuart Atha said the missiles were for the "worst-case scenario" of a "very unlikely attack" on the Games and chose Blackheath as one of six "favourite" sites.
    greenwich_missiles03-04-05-2012_1.jpg
  • Rapier surface-to-air missiles stationed on Blackheath, a security measure in readiness for the London 2012 Olympic games. The Rapiers arrived in Blackheath yesterday in a bid to defend London against a "worst-case scenario" 9/11-style attack. As part of a multi-layered defence system installed around the capital during the games in July 2012, the missiles are positioned here and other sites during an exercise named Olympic Guardian, which began earlier this week on the coast and in London's airspace. RAF Air Vice-Marshall Stuart Atha said the missiles were for the "worst-case scenario" of a "very unlikely attack" on the Games and chose Blackheath as one of six "favourite" sites.
    greenwich_missiles02-04-05-2012_1.jpg
  • A British soldier of the Royal Marines sits in a Games Maker's high chair to oversee an entrance to the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park126-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Families and spectators watch a televised rowing race on the grass in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park51-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Police officers from Humberside in the North east of England stand in front of the main entrance to the Olympic Park as a visible presence during the London 2012 Olympics. More than 230 officers from across the Humber region travelled to London to help police the Olympic Games. Holidays were restricted, training reduced and special constables  drafted in to provide cover in Hull and the East Riding as officers were sent to London to police the city while the Games are on. Senior officers say they have been working hard to ensure "core policing" across Hull and the East Riding is not weakened.
    olympic_park03-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Police officers from Humberside in the North east of England stand in front of the main entrance to the Olympic Park as a visible presence during the London 2012 Olympics. More than 230 officers from across the Humber region travelled to London to help police the Olympic Games. Holidays were restricted, training reduced and special constables  drafted in to provide cover in Hull and the East Riding as officers were sent to London to police the city while the Games are on. Senior officers say they have been working hard to ensure "core policing" across Hull and the East Riding is not weakened.
    olympic_park02-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Olympic 2012 banner and Sir Christopher Wren architecture at the old Royal Naval College, Greenwich on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Greenwich Park is hosting the Olympic Equestrian competitions, plus the combined running and shooting event of the Modern Pentathlon. The Old Royal Naval College is the architectural centrepiece of Maritime Greenwich, a World Heritage Site in Greenwich, London. The buildings were originally constructed to serve as the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, now generally known as Greenwich Hospital, which was designed by Wren, and built between 1696 and 1712.
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  • French spectators enjoy the spirit of the Olympics and international competition in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. The sports fans support the weight of their friend and pass him overhead. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park76-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Wide view of the canoe slalom at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, north east London, on day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Lee Valley White Water Centre is located 30 kilometres north of the Olympic Park, on the edge of the 1,000-acre River Lee Country Park – part of the Lee Valley Regional Park. The centre has two separate courses: a 300 metre Olympic-standard competition course with a 5.5m descent, and a 160m intermediate/training course with a 1.6m descent. Whitewater course specialists Whitewater Parks International, working with civil and structural engineers Cundall, are the designers of the whitewater courses.
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  • Spectators watch live TV coverage of the Diving event with young Team GB athlete Tom Daley at the old Royal Naval College, Greenwich on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Greenwich Park is hosting the Olympic Equestrian competitions, plus the combined running and shooting event of the Modern Pentathlon. The Old Royal Naval College is the architectural centrepiece of Maritime Greenwich, a World Heritage Site in Greenwich, London. The buildings were originally constructed to serve as the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, now generally known as Greenwich Hospital, which was designed by Christopher Wren, and built between 1696 and 1712.
    greenwich_olympics48-30-07-2012_1.jpg
  • Watching live TV coverage of Equestrian events, Swedish spectators and other sports fans sit in summer deckchairs at the old Royal Naval College, Greenwich on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Greenwich Park is hosting the Olympic Equestrian competitions, plus the combined running and shooting event of the Modern Pentathlon. The Old Royal Naval College is the architectural centrepiece of Maritime Greenwich, a World Heritage Site in Greenwich, London. The buildings were originally constructed to serve as the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, now generally known as Greenwich Hospital, which was designed by Christopher Wren, and built between 1696 and 1712.
    greenwich_olympics17-30-07-2012_1.jpg
  • Watching live TV coverage of Equestrian events, British spectators and other sports fans sit in summer deckchairs at the old Royal Naval College, Greenwich on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Greenwich Park is hosting the Olympic Equestrian competitions, plus the combined running and shooting event of the Modern Pentathlon. The Old Royal Naval College is the architectural centrepiece of Maritime Greenwich, a World Heritage Site in Greenwich, London. The buildings were originally constructed to serve as the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, now generally known as Greenwich Hospital, which was designed by Christopher Wren, and built between 1696 and 1712.
    greenwich_olympics13-30-07-2012_1.jpg
  • Alongside the Olympic rings logo, a young couple share an intimate moment before the start of the canoe slalom heats at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, north east London, on day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
    canoe_slalom07-29-07-2012_1.jpg
  • Known as the Ribbon of Gold, 7 annual species of English garden flowers created by 100 staff with the main Olympic stadium in the background during the London 2012 Olympics. London’s Olympic Park, at just under a square mile, is the largest new park in the city for more than 100 years. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park18-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Known as the Ribbon of Gold, 7 annual species of English garden flowers created by 100 staff with the main Olympic stadium in the background during the London 2012 Olympics. London’s Olympic Park, at just under a square mile, is the largest new park in the city for more than 100 years. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park17-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Direction signs and spectators at the old Royal Naval College, Greenwich on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Greenwich Park is hosting the Olympic Equestrian competitions, plus the combined running and shooting event of the Modern Pentathlon. The Old Royal Naval College is the architectural centrepiece of Maritime Greenwich, a World Heritage Site in Greenwich, London. The buildings were originally constructed to serve as the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, now generally known as Greenwich Hospital, which was designed by Christopher Wren, and built between 1696 and 1712.
    greenwich_olympics18-30-07-2012_1.jpg
  • A soldier of the British army stand guarding the entrance to the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
    olympics_westminster24-31-07-2012.jpg
  • A soldier of the Royal Artillery regiment in the British army helps tourists while standing guard the entrance to  the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
    olympics_westminster07-31-07-2012.jpg
  • Soldiers of the Rifles regiment in the British army stand guarding the entrance to  the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
    olympics_westminster10-31-07-2012.jpg
  • Soldiers the Royal Artillery regiment in the British army stand guarding the entrance to  the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
    olympics_westminster09-31-07-2012.jpg
  • Soldiers of the Royal Artillery regiment in the British army stand guarding the entrance to  the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
    olympics_westminster04-31-07-2012.jpg
  • A soldier of the British army stand guarding the entrance to the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
    olympics_westminster02-31-07-2012.jpg
  • Soldiers of the British army stand guarding the entrance to  the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
    olympics_westminster01-31-07-2012.jpg
  • Giant Olympic rings seen behind a tree located on a hill in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park52-02-08-2012.jpg
  • A soldier of the Royal Artillery regiment in the British army stand guarding the entrance to  the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A further 1,200 military personnel are being deployed to help secure the 2012 Olympics in London following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
    olympics_westminster05-31-07-2012.jpg
  • Brit spectators enjoy a hot summer on their union jack towels in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics, sitting on green grass located on a hilltop across from the iconic Velodrome venue. London’s Olympic Park, at just under a square mile, is the largest new park in the city for more than 100 years. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park60-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Children practice winning a sprint final on the grid-like patterned floor in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. The kids race under a pretend track tape held by two volunteer Games Makers who offer the everyone winners' chocolate gold medals. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park81-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Crowds of spectators gather on grass in the Olympic Park to watch large tv screens of live sports coverage during the London 2012 Olympics. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park61-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Crowds of spectators gather on grass in the Olympic Park to watch large tv screens of live sports coverage during the London 2012 Olympics. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park123-02-08-2012.jpg
  • London, UK. Friday 27th July 2012. The London 2012 Olympic Games torch makes it's way up the River Thames on the final day of the torch relay. On the banks of the river crowds gather in celebration, including this town crier.
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  • The light artwork called Run seen during the London 2012 Olympics. Artist Monica Bonvicini created one of the largest works of art for the Games -a  staggered row of three shiny giant letters – 9m high, 5m wide, 1.2m deep spell out the word “RUN” and reflect their surroundings like a mirror during the day, blend in with them and reflect the observer. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park32-02-08-2012.jpg
  • The words Inspire a Generation for the main Olympic slogan on a sign in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. Stretched across a bridge near the Riverbank Arena where the Hockey games are played, the British Olympic organisation (LOCOG) hope that as the tally for gold medals climbed, British youth will be inspired enough to take up sport when declining spending and interest has been a national issue. In times of austerity, schools and sports clubs had their budgets for sport reduced and Team GB's success raised more concerns for the future of British youth as potential medal winners.
    olympic_park21-10-08-2012.jpg
  • A landscape of facilities and equipment outside the curved wooden roof of the iconic Velodrome during the London 2012 Olympics. The final bill for the 2012 Olympics could be ten times higher than the original estimate, according to an investigation. The predicted cost of the games when London won the bid in 2005 was £2.37billion. That figure has now spiralled to more than £12billion and could reach as much as £24billion, the Sky Sports investigation claims. The Olympics public sector funding package, which covers the building of the venues, security and policing, was upped to around £9.3bn in 2007. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village.
    olympic_park39-10-08-2012.jpg
  • London 2012 Olympic spectators from Australia hold home-made signs asking for unwanted equestrian tickets as visitors arrive along the old streets of Greenwich, London. On the day that 3,000 extra tickets were put on sale after criticism of empty seats at some events, sports fans were desperate to see the eventing and dressage on day 4 of the London games.
    greenwich_olympics04-30-07-2012_1.jpg
  • Families rest before the start of the canoe slalom heats at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, north east London, on day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The slogan 'Inspire a Generation' is written on a London 2012 banner asking Britons to help encourage and influence the next generation of young people into sport, to promote health and confidence in times of economic austerity plus poor health and diet.
    canoe_slalom06-29-07-2012_1.jpg
  • London 2012 Olympic spectator holds a home-made sign asking for unwanted equestrian tickets as visitors arrive along the old streets of Greenwich, London. On the day that 3,000 extra tickets were put on sale after criticism of empty seats at some events, sports fans were desperate to see the eventing and dressage on day 4 of the London games.
    greenwich_olympics08-30-07-2012_1.jpg
  • French fans hold up their national flags surrounded by crowds of sports supporters seem en mass during the canoe slalom heats at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, north east London, on day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
    canoe_slalom27-29-07-2012_1.jpg
  • As a little boy drifts off to sleep, a father with a painted face holds a giant union jack hand as British fans cheer on their hero David Florence during the canoe slalom heats at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, north east London, on day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
    canoe_slalom41-29-07-2012_1.jpg
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