2012 Olympics Event Won't Help Britain to Boost Tourism: VisitBritain, UK Tourist Authority

LONDON, UK (Dec. 20) – Despite of the two biggest events in decades to be hosted by the Britain; the country is not expecting any increase in the number of tourists visiting next year, the UK tourist authority said on Tuesday.

2012 Olympics Event Won't Help Britain to Boost Tourism

According to VisitBritain; the events like Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and 2012 Olympic Games in the months of June and July-August respectively will adorn the UK calendar in next year, but neither of these big moments will produce a large boom in tourists from abroad.

The UK tourist authority has estimated that 30.7 million tourists will head to Britain next year, approximately the same number who have recorded as visiting over the last 12 months.

The authority puts this projected stagnation down to the Olympics being as much a turn-off for some would-be tourists as they are a reason to travel for others.

The government has already announced a £100million marketing fund to bring in tourists over the next four years – although the economic benefit of next year’s 30.7million visitors is expected to be just £17.6million.

American Athlete LaShawn Merritt Won Appeal against an International Olympic Committee Doping Law

LaShawn Merritt can defend his Olympic 400m title at London 2012 after winning an appeal against an International Olympic Committee doping law.

LaShawn Merritt was penalized by 2-year ban, later reduced by 3 months

The IOC's rule had barred any athlete who has received a doping suspension of more than six months from competing in the next Games.

The American, 25, believed it went beyond World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) sanctions of a maximum two-year ban.

The outcome could force British chiefs to re-think their regulations.

 

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London 2012 Olympics - - Representatives from more than 200 countries to attend the Chef de Missions seminar amidst London riots

London 2012 Olympics: Chef de Missions seminar amidst London riots

LONDON (August 9) - The riots, ignited from Tottenham (north London) on Saturday (August 6) night after police shot dead Mark Duggan on Thursday night in an apparent gunfight, have spread across London on Tuesday night.

Riots spread in Croydon, Peckham and Lewisham in the south of the city, while gangs of looters roamed the streets of Hackney in the east, Clapham in the south, Camden in the north and Ealing in the west.

Rioting could hardly have come at a worse time for London 2012 with representatives from nearly 200 countries in the capital to attend the Chef de Missions seminar to discuss preparations for next year.

Rioters not only set different buildings on fire but also looting spree was reported in the areas hit by the worst rioting in the capital in years.

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London 2012 Olympics - - Mother of Britain's Andy Turner in Pressure for Her Son's Olympics Dreams

Golden moment: Britain's Andy Turner produces the goods when it matters to capture the gold medal in the 100m hurdles in Barcelona

The mother of double Olympian Andy Turner says she still feels the pressure on race day despite having watched her son compete for 20 years.

Turner, 30, from Hucknall, won his first major titles in 2010, clinching European and Commonwealth 110m hurdles gold medals.

He has represented Team GB at the last two Olympics and hopes to be at the London 2012 party.

Yvonne Turner and her husband have supported their son, with both time and money, since he joined Notts Athletic Club at the age of nine.

She said she was "the proudest person ever" but finds watching the big races difficult.

"The pressure for me and Andy's dad is enormous. I get nervous and quite distressed," she said.

Yvonne said Andy loved sport from an early age and started to show promise as an athlete, aged seven, at school sports days.

"He used to win quite a lot and it got to the stage where people didn't want to race him," she said.

After joining Notts Athletic Club his parents' time was spent ferrying him from one event to another.

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Olympic Torch to be Brought to North Norfolk: London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (Locog)

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Last week, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (Locog) announced Norwich as one of the evening celebration locations during the torch’s 70-day trip around Britain.

Norwich will be visited on July 4, the day after going to Peterborough, and the day before moving on to Ipswich.

The detailed route, including the places it will pass through and stop at between the main locations, is set to be announced later this year.

Now North Norfolk District Council’s chief executive Philip Burton has written to Locog chief executive Paul Deighton, urging him to ensure that the final route includes Cromer and other parts of the district.

In a letter signed by Cromer district councillors Helen Eales, John Lee, Keith Johnson and Benjie Cabbell-Manners, Mr Burton wrote: “Specifically, we would like to suggest that the journey from Peterborough is via King’s Lynn and Cromer and then to Norwich.

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London 2012 Olympics - - Four technical sections unveiled after schools competition

Four technical sections unveiled after schools competition

Four sections of the London 2012 mountain bike course at Hadleigh Farm, Essex, have been named The Rabbit Hole, Leap of Faith, Deanes Drop and The Breathtaker by local schoolchildren.

The 5km track was completed in March, with rocky, root-strewn drop-offs, tight, single track ascents and lightning-fast, swooping berms built by course designer Martin Seddon and his four-strong team.

And, with a test event planned for July 31, the course continues to take shape following a competition, run as part of the London 2012 Get Set programme, to name key technical sections.

The Leap of Faith drop-off was named by Baddow Junior School, while the rocky Deanes Drop descent was named by the Deanes School.

The Breathtaker climb was chosen by pupils at Hadleigh Junior School, while The Rabbit Hole, named by Chelmer Valley High School, is the tunnel section pictured left.

"The cyclists have to go over the top, go round the corner and then come back through," Chelmer Valley student Ed Humphreys told Inside the Games.

"So I came up with the name 'rabbit hole' because that's what a rabbit would do. It feels a great privilege to have that name seen across the world and I'm really pleased about it."

The Hadleigh Farm International will see approximately 100 of the world's top riders, from 40-50 countries, take part in July's dress rehearsal.

Tickets, which go on sale through Ticketmaster from May 26, will cost between £10 and £20, giving fans the chance to sample world-class cross-country action 12 months before the Games.

London 2012 Olympics - - Katie Long Vows to be Part of Great Britain Squad

Katie Long concedes there will be 14 disappointed hockey players come the London 2012 Olympics - but after sampling similar woe last year she is vowing not to be one of them.

Long enjoyed a dream summer in 2010 winning Champions Trophy bronze in July and bronze again at the World Cup in September both as part of an 18-strong England squad.

However with the team trimmed by two for the Commonwealth Games in October the 22-year-old suffered the heartache of being selected only as a reserve as England went on to claim another bronze.

Long knows only 16 again will be selected when England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland come together as Great Britain for the London 2012 Olympics in less than 500 days time.

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