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The opening ceremony of London's Olympic Games will be called Isles of Wonder, inspired from Shakespeare's play The Tempest.

The announcement was made this morning by artistic director Danny Boyle at an event to mark the start of the six-month countdown to the event.

Sebastian Coe has defended the decision to double the budget for the opening and closing cermonies of the Olympic and Parlympic Games.

The Government announced last week it would put £41million of taxpayers money into the four ceremonies, a decision criticised by marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe as "frivolous".

Anyone wanting to be part of next year's Olympic Games now has the chance - and you don't need any sporting talent to be involved.

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympics Games (Locog) has begun a search for adult volunteer performers to participate in the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 Games.

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