London Daily Photo: Royal Ascot

London Daily Photo: Royal Ascot
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Olympics 2012 Security: Let's Get it Right!

Peer warns over Olympics security
The safety of the 2012 Olympics could be jeopardised if the government fails to make clear how transport security will be funded, a peer has said.
BBC News
Last Updated: Monday, 7 January 2008, 17:28 GMT

He said: "Eighty per cent of people attending the London 2012 games will do so by using the rail network and that will require a capacity to move and ensure the security of a peak of 240,000 people an hour using rail services to and from the Olympic park."

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New Pool for Hillingdon, West London

New Olympic-sized pool for London
The new pool will include a movable floorWest London is to get its first Olympic-sized swimming pool for more than 40 years.
BBC News
Last Updated: Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 09:05 GMT 10:05 UK

Hillingdon Council has approved plans for a new £22m sports and leisure complex which will include a 50m pool and an athletics stadium.

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Surf's Up, London!

Surf complex planned near docks
A surfing centre is being planned as part of a £1.5bn development in east London, near to the Olympic Park site.
BBC News
Last Updated: Monday, 17 September 2007, 10:54 GMT 11:54 UK

The main surf pool will generate clean 100m-long (33ft) waves measuring anything up to 1.8m (6ft) all year round, said designers.

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London Daily Photo: Tour de France Comes to London

Tour de France Comes to London
Photography by Anna Krsikova © 2007
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London to become Surf City?

Indoor surfing centre for London Indoor surfing centre for London
An huge indoor surf park boasting machine-generated waves is being planned for London. An huge indoor surf park boasting machine-generated waves is being planned for London.
BBC News
Last Updated: Wednesday, 21 February 2007, 19:31 GMT










The Surfdome, the first of its kind in Europe, will feature a 75m long pool recreating perfect surfing waves ... Discussions have been taking place with developers in Stratford, Greenwich in east London and Wembley, north London, for a suitable site in the city.

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Roll with this bloody good idea for Valentine's Day weekend!

St Valentine’s Love Massacre

with the London Rollergirls
Saturday 17 February
8pm-3am
BAR MONSTA
18 Kentish Town Road
Camden London NW1 9LJ
























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London hosts strip poker championship

Strip poker championships bring mass a-peel
Contestants from 12 countries in naked pursuit of ‘Gold Fig Leaf’
© Reuters 2006
Updated: 12:22 p.m. ET Aug. 19, 2006



Organized by Irish bookmaker Paddy Power, the inaugural World Strip Poker Championship takes place at the prestigious Cafe Royal in central London with players battling it out in games of "No Limit Texas Hold 'em".

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