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The Olympic Games are still over two years away but planning for what will happen on the Park after 2012 is well underway.

The Olympic Park Legacy Company was set up last year to oversee the long-term development of the area and its chairwoman, Baroness Ford, recently gave evidence to a House of Commons select committee about its plans.

Olympics organisers must be open about how many seats will be available for paying customers in 2012 if they want to avoid the wrath of disgruntled Londoners.

That was the warning from the former chief executive of the Manchester Commonwealth Games who appeared at the London Assembly to give advice on ticket distribution.

Work to transform the Olympic Park into a community facility following the 2012 Games faces a shortfall of £450million.

Although construction of the site is ongoing scrutiny has already started on the cost of its legacy, with the likelihood taxpayers will foot the bill.

The focus of Olympic sport might be on Vancouver at the moment but that doesn't mean work stops on organising the 2012 Games.

While the world is watching the winter events unfold in Canada Debbie Jevans and her team are busy ensuring preparations for London stay on track.

The 2012 Olympics promised to leave a lasting legacy for east London and the man charged with overseeing the delivery is confident it's an opportunity that won't be wasted.

Andrew Altman is chief executive of the Olympic Park Legacy Company, set up to ensure the facilities and infrastructure in Stratford are not left to rot when the Games finish.

Olympic boxing champion James DeGale was the star attraction when he joined some 2012 hopefuls at Excel last week.

DeGale, who won middleweight gold in Beijing in 2008, turned professional at the start of last year, denying himself the chance of more Olympic glory in London.

Protestors against the use of Greenwich Park for events at the 2012 Olympics have dug up a 19th Century law they believe will "scupper" Games' planners.

Pressure group No To Greenwich Olympic Equestrian Events (Nogoe) claim the use of Circus Field in Blackheath, next to Greenwich Park, is illegal under the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866.

He's the sixth best squash player in the world but Limehouse's Peter Barker is targeting a tournament closer to home in his aims this year.

The 26-year-old ended 2009 with his highest ever world ranking but in 2010 there's one tournament he's desperate to win - the ISS Canary Wharf Classic.

The wave-shaped roof of the Olympic Aquatics centre has been put in place as work on the 2012 venues continues ahead of schedule.

Designed by Zaha Hadid the 160m long structure was lowered into place this week in one of the most complex engineering challenges of the project.

Legacy has been one of the keywords for the 2012 Olympics even before London was awarded the Games in 2005.

In the four years since great strides have been made in developing the infrastructure for the Games but less tangible are the long-term employment benefits for east London.

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.

Christine Ohuruogu is among a number of Newham & Essex Beagles athletes included in the Great Britain team for next month's World Championships.

The World and Olympic 400m champion has been handed the chance to defend her title in Berlin despite recent injury problems.

His discipline is overshadowed by other forms of rowing but Olympic kayaking champion Tim Brabants is hoping to change that, starting with an event in Docklands this weekend.

Brabants, who won gold in the K1 1,000m in Beijing last year, will be at the London Youth Games regatta in the Royal Docks this Saturday offering advice and encouragement to budding Olympians.

He's known as Old Stoneface for his ice-cool demeanour but darts legend John Lowe admits one thing that would make him smile would be seeing the sport attain Olympic status.

He said: "I'd love to see darts included in the Olympic Games. It's massively popular now and it would be a huge sport to have in.

Lord Sebastian Coe admitted he was delighted with the ringing endorsement from the IOC's Co-ordination Commission after their visit to check London's preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games.

Lord Coe, chairman of the London Organising Committee (Locog), spoke to The Wharf about the visit and the increased importance the Games have for London's economy.

London's Olympic Park will become a centre of academic as well as athletic achievement under plans unveiled by Boris Johnson.

The Mayor of London and the Government have published a proposal to develop a world-class research, learning and innovation centre at the Stratford site.

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".

Building work has started over a month early on the media centre for the London Olympics.

Work has started to sink 2,100 concrete piles up to 24m into the ground for the foundations of the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) and Main Press Centre (MPC) for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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