Timeline
From 27th July 2010
Volunteering
appeal for Games and London
Find out more
27th October 2010
Volunteering
deadline for applications
Watch Eddie Izzard
15th March 2011
Tickets on sale
followed by ballot
How do I apply?
May 2011
Torch relay
nominations open
Read about relay plans
Summer 2011
Olympic venues
due to be completed
Read about the milestones
October 2011
Volunteers
successful applicants informed
Find out more
February 2012
Volunteers
training begins
Volunteers’ memories
18th May 2012
Olympic flame
torch begins UK relay
Connecting people and places
21st June — 9th Sep 2012
Festival 2012
arts, pop, film, theatre
What can I see?
27th July — 12th Aug 2012
Olympic Games
26 sports over two weeks
Find out about the venues
29th Aug — 9th Sep 2012
Paralympic Games
world stage for athletes
Read about the sports
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Global tickets
How to buy a ticket for 2012 if you live outside the EU
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Full Q&A guide to tickets for EU residents
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Lord Coe explains the ticket process
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How to keep costs down when buying tickets
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2012 Olympics schedule revealed
News
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North West volunteer interviews begin
Interviews to select thousands of volunteers for the 2012 Olympics are taking place in Salford.
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Olympics ticket sales 'healthy'
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Olympic police funding 'unfair'
Sport
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Smith swaps college for competing
Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Zoe Smith quits her A-level studies to focus on qualifying for the London Olympics in 2012.
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GB open with double world bronze
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Olympic mountain bike site opened
BBC London
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Public to name Olympic suburbs
The public are invited to suggest names for five neighbourhoods to be built on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park after the 2012 Games.
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Schools perform Olympic dramas
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Olympics gets EastEnders postcode
Blogs
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Constantine Louloudis stands out
Matthew Pinsent on the 19-year-old Londoner who is an "efficient engine" in Saturday's Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race.
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Is GB football a team united?
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Looking to the track
Olympic venues
From the official London 2012 website
Find out about
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Tickets
8 million tickets The number of tickets available for the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Available from 2011 (Official 2012 site)
BBC Travel
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Olympia then and now
BBC Travel journeys to the Games in 480 BC and picks up some tips for the modern day visitor
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London Inviting people to name the new "Olympic" boroughs“Our city has some of the most famous place names of any city in the world”
BBC Archive
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Austerity Games
Relive the London 1948 Olympics through the BBC Archive
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Carrying a flame
The torch which marked part of 1948 relay
