Results tagged “money”

Contactless payment has arrived at The O2 arena with more than 250 card payment terminals at the venue converted to the technology.

From today the introduction of the speedy payment system at the arena should see visitors benefit from shorter queues at bars, restaurants and merchandise stands and at other quick pay terminals, such as car parks.

Two people were arrested today (July 26) in connection with the robbery of a pensioner in Whitechapel last month.

The arrest concerns the theft of several thousand pounds from the 77-year-old victim who had just withdrawn the cash from Barclays bank on Whitechapel Road to pay for his wife's funeral.

A thaw in relations between the British Olympic Association and the London 2012 Organising Committee appears to be setting in after the BOA announced it was suspending its legal action.

The BOA was to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over how the surplus due to it after next year's Olympics was to be calculated, but is now to have further talks with Locog over the issue.

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.

Television presenter Kirsty Gallacher was in Reuters Plaza last Thursday encouraging workers to try their luck on a golf green made of money.

The one time junior golfer and daughter of Ryder Cup legend Bernard Gallacher was keeping an eye on the American Express Platinum Cashback campaign competition to find the fastest putter on the Wharf. Every hole in one sunk on the replica cash course raised £100 for Cancer Research UK.

I've been riding around for more than a month and it's been very enjoyable. But my intention in setting up this column was not just to see whether I like being on two wheels compared with a commute via public transport. It was also to see whether the cost of travel offers any sort of reasonable competition to the prices charged by TfL.