http://www.londonolympics2012.comNews from London Olympics 2012(c)londonolympics2012.com 2000-20085More must be done to tackle the harmful emissions from construction equipment used to build facilities for the 2012 London Olympic Games, MPs have said. A cross-party section of MPs and leading experts in transport pollution have signed an early day motion urging organisers to observe best practice. They said the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has not done enough to control dust and other emissions. The ODA said it was committed to mitigating any effects of construction. - www.pvgeneration.comhttp://www.londonolympics2012.com/default.aspx?atk=1218Wed, 23 Jul 2008 www.pvgeneration.comlondon_atk1218Preparations for the 2012 London Olympics are being affected by the global financial turmoil, which could make the project go over budget. The Olympic Delivery Authority published the warning Monday in its annual report, which stressed that strong progress in the last year means preparations are on track with four years to go. "There will always be financial challenges on a multibillion pound program of this complexity," wrote ODA chief executive David Higgins. "We are directly impacted by the credit crunch and the deteriorating property market. - www.iht.comhttp://www.londonolympics2012.com/default.aspx?atk=1215Tue, 22 Jul 2008 www.iht.comlondon_atk1215The consultants hired to keep costs down for the London 2012 Olympics cost the taxpayer £87m in the last financial year, according to a government report. The CLM consortium's fee accounted for 15 per cent of the £563m spent by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), the government agency building the infrastructure for the 2012 Games. Meanwhile the ODA's accounts also show that Olympic bosses were given generous pay rises last year, while staff costs leapt by 36 per cent, from £18.7m to £29.2m. - www.thefirstpost.co.ukhttp://www.londonolympics2012.com/default.aspx?atk=1216Tue, 22 Jul 2008 www.thefirstpost.co.uklondon_atk1216LONDON - Almost three fifths of UK marketers have serious doubts about the effectiveness of the 2012 London Olympic logo, according to a survey by the Chartered Institute of Marketing. The marketing trends survey, conducted by Ipsos Mori for the Chartered Institute of Marketing, found that 57% of marketers believe that the logo is not an effective design, including 30% who feel strongly that it is ineffective. - www.brandrepublic.comhttp://www.londonolympics2012.com/default.aspx?atk=1217Tue, 22 Jul 2008 www.brandrepublic.comlondon_atk1217Morning haze hung over Beijing on Monday, the first workday for restrictions on car use under a bold plan to clear the Olympic city of its notorious smog-choked skies. Under a two-month plan that started Sunday, half of the capital's 3.3 million cars will be removed from city streets on alternate days, depending on whether the license plate ends in an odd or even number. It could be several days before the impact of the cleanup plan, which also includes cutbacks on construction and factory closures, is noticeable. The government has not made public a specific target for vehicle emission levels, one of the city's biggest sources of pollution, or said how it will measure air quality. - ap.google.comhttp://www.londonolympics2012.com/default.aspx?atk=1213Mon, 21 Jul 2008 ap.google.comlondon_atk1213A BBC investigation has found that there are serious question marks over a key drug test just two weeks before the start of the Beijing Olympics. The BBC has seen indications that labs are classing positive tests for the blood-boosting drug EPO as negatives. Some samples have been described as suspicious - giving rise to fears that no action will be taken against cheats. - news.bbc.co.ukhttp://www.londonolympics2012.com/default.aspx?atk=1214Mon, 21 Jul 2008 news.bbc.co.uklondon_atk1214Sixty years separates the London Olympics in which Dorothy Tyler represented Britain and the Games about to start in China. But there is almost no similarity between the Olympics we are about to see. The events may be the same but the life the athletes live now, particularly the money they get, sets them worlds apart from Dorothy and the other sportsmen and women of her era. Then they were complete amateurs, fitting in training around work. - www.sundaymirror.co.ukhttp://www.londonolympics2012.com/default.aspx?atk=1211Sun, 20 Jul 2008 www.sundaymirror.co.uklondon_atk1211Lord Sebastian Coe has said he has spoken to Sir Alex Ferguson about him taking charge of a Great Britain football team at the London Olympics. Coe, London 2012 Organising Committee chairman, said he had discussed the matter with the Manchester United boss. "I would love to have him there because he is a phenomenal coach and a great man manager," he told BBC Radio 5 Live. - news.bbc.co.ukhttp://www.londonolympics2012.com/default.aspx?atk=1212Sun, 20 Jul 2008 news.bbc.co.uklondon_atk1212