London 2012 Olympics: Mayor of London Boris Johnson may add additional central London event

Boris Johnson may add an additional event in central London to allow tens of thousands more sports fans to watch the 2012 Olympic games if they miss out on tickets.

An insider has told The Telegraph that the Mayor of London is consider land on the rim of Thames next to the London Eye as a possible spot for one of his Olympic ‘live sites’, which will show sporting action for free during the games.

Mr Johnson has already announced there will be giant screens distribution 2012 events in London’s Hyde Park, Victoria Park, and on land next to his City Hall structure close to Tower Bridge, some of which could magnetize up to 80,000 people per day. But it is understood a fourth venue could be essential to cater for all those who fail to secure or cannot afford any of the 6.6 million Olympic tickets set for release next month.

The London Organising board of the Olympic Games established today it will run 18 others sites across town and city centres crossways the country throughout the Olympic and Paralympic Games, all of which will also be free.

London 2012 Olympics – Call for Volunteers

When it was first announced that London would host the 2012 Olympics it seemed that it was a long way away, but it is always surprising how quickly time seems to pass. Now the Olympics seem to be just round the corner and the opening ceremony is just a little over a year away.

Now a call has gone out to Britons to volunteer to help out at this historic event. The organising committee is seeking to recruit 70,000 volunteers and applications are now available to members of the general public. Volunteers will be called Games Makers and will receive no pay.

If you are interested in taking part, then you will need to be at least 18 year old by the first day of 2012 and you need to promise to work for a minimum of ten days and to be available for three training days. You can volunteer for either the Paralympic Games or the Olympic games.

In addition to the general volunteers, specialist volunteers are also needed. To date 8,000 specialist volunteers have been recruited already and a further 8,000 are required.

Volunteers are needed for a large variety of jobs which include interpreting, general ticketing duties, acting as visitor guides, advising on travel and accommodation, administering first aid, and keeping the general environment clean and tidy.

If you will be under 18, then there will still be an opportunity to take part. A number of Young Games Maker volunteers will be required and it is anticipated that a call to recruit 1,500 of them will be made during the summer of 2011.

Applications close on 27th October and interviews will be held over the following twelve months. If you have the time and want to have a small place in history, then this could be an ideal opportunity.

Carlton, Wiley and Time Out official publishers for London Olympics

Carlton, Wiley and Time Out have been appointed as the official publishers of the London 2012 Olympic Games to develop "a full range" of books, which will be hitting the shops later this year.
Carlton is to publish practical sports, children's, reference, history, companion and celebratory books. John Wiley & Sons has been charged with responsibility for the illustrated reference, photographic, commemorative, architecture and design books. Time Out Guides is publishing the travel guides and tourist books.
Charlie Wijeratna, director of commercial negotiations for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games, said: "Books are always a key feature of any Olympic Games or Paralympic Games and we’re thrilled to have three fantastic licensees on board to publish the official London 2012 books which we hope will educate, entertain and enchant the British public.
"We now have a great team of licensees producing London 2012 merchandise, with more to follow in the coming weeks and months."
The range, which includes The Book of Olympic Heroes and a Countdown to London 2012 children's book, is being developed alongside the LOCOG for launch "from the end of 2010".
This will be followed in 2011 by London 2012 travel guides, further London 2012 illustrated reference publications and the first architecture and design reference books. E-books will also be available