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It's business as usual for the organisers of the London Olympics despite the widespread rioting across the capital.

Several nights of trouble, including in host boroughs Newham, Greenwich and Hackney, will not prevent the scheduled test events taking place.

The cash row between the Organising Committee for the 2012 Games and the British Olympic Association has been settled.

The two parties were squabbling about the amount of money due to the BOA after next year's Games, but have now reached a compromise agreement. It means the BOA's threat to take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport has been withdrawn.

The first official impact report into preparations for a Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games has concluded that London 2012 is set to leave a sustainable legacy for the host city.

Researchers from the University of East London (UEL) assessed 56 key indicators including carbon emission, housing, employment and public transport as part of the pre-Games report for the Olympic Games Impact (OGI) study.

Tower Hamlets residents need to be on their toes if they are to take advantage of the job opportunities coming their way from the Olympics.

The borough missed out on staging any events during the Games, but to compensate Locog are offering residents the first chance to apply for jobs created through the award of supplier contracts.

The row between the British Olympic Association and the London Organising Committe for the 2012 Games overshadowed the end of the latest inspection visit by the International Olympic Committee.

The IOC and Locog held a press conference this afternoon, and proceedings were dominated by the dispute about the cash surplus due to the BOA after 2012.

It will become a venue of legends and today the final piece of turf at the Olympic Stadium was laid as preparations for the 2012 Games continue apace.

A delegation of delegates from the International Olympic Committee helped lay the last pieces of turf, with former sprinter Frankie Fredericks among those doing the honours.

The organisers of the London Olympics have confirmed today they will not be building a £40million temporary venue next to The O2 for the Games.

Instead the two sports which would have been housed there, badminton and rhythmic gymnastics, will be held at Wembley Arena in 2012.

The International Olympic Committee Coordination Commission wrapped up their inspection visit to London by giving the preparations for the 2012 Games a ringing endorsement.

At a press conference in Canary Wharf this afternoon Commission chairman Denis Oswald declared London was "right on track".