Olympics
London's six Olympic host boroughs look set to provide more than 40 per cent of security staff for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, its official security provider reveals.
Are you carrying the Olympic torch? Do you have a tale to tell or a tweet to share? Use our map to chart the journey of the flame around the British Isles.
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson blogs about the Olympic Torch
As more tickets go on sale for the London 2012 Olympics, Channel 4 News looks at what's left and what's not.
A photo gallery of the Olympic torch as it tours the UK for 70 days
This is the first in a series of blogs where you can send us your torch tales, building up a picture of Britain as it responds to 70 days of the Olympic torch odyssey through these islands.
The Olympic torch begins its 8,000 mile odyssey around the UK ahead of its arrival in London in time for the Games' opening ceremony in July.
Alex Thomson blogs ahead of the Olympic torch relay beginning in the UK.
Team GB will be hard-pushed to surpass their achievements in Beijing four years ago, when they won 47 medals, including 19 golds. But if they do not, it will not be for the want of trying.
The government has emphasised that while civil servants are being encouraged to vary their work journeys to avoid Olympic disruption, there will be no reduction in the amount of work they do.
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