• 14 years ago
With exactly one year to go until the 2012 Games begin, we look back at the highs and lows since the announcement was made in 2005.

Recommended

1:18
Up next
Rachel Reeves grilled on past opposition to airport expansion over environmental concerns
The Independent
0:21
Officials say US has 'safest airspace in world' after American Airlines plane and military helicopter crash
The Independent
1:13
Minute-by-minute timeline of how American Airlines and military helicopter collision unfolded
The Independent
20:00
EU should engage with Trump in a 'calm manner, without anxiety,' António Costa tells Euronews
euronews (in English)
6:05
Barca and Real Madrid: ‘El Clasico’ – football’s iconic rivalry
euronews (in English)
2:12
ESA lead astronaut – Europe on front seat to the moon
euronews (in English)
2:57
Watch as storm-chaser captures first supercell of the autumn in northern Croatia
Newsflare
1:16
Cloud of thousands of bats fly out of cave in remote Cambodia
Newsflare
1:02
Traffic halts on Sri Lanka road as huge herd of elephants cross en masse
Newsflare
1:33
Cooper outlines new border bill to crackdown on crossings
ODN
2:24
Brown and Blair pay touching tributes to Prescott at funeral
ODN
2:17
Political figures arrive for John Prescott’s funeral
ODN
2:00
Tories: We need something earlier than Heathrow expansion
ODN
1:43
Reeves: This government is going to crack on and deliver
ODN
2:14
Reeves joins business reception and visits medical facility
ODN
0:58
'Rachel Rubbish hasn't a clue' says airline boss
ODN
1:56
Starmer: Badenoch's going to be the next lettuce
ODN
1:22
Mayor of London does not support Heathrow expansion
ODN
2:20
Chancellor unveils 'Oxford-Cambridge corridor' plans
ODN
2:29
Govt backs Heathrow expansion to boost economic growth
ODN
2:10
Tories: Starmer is no Margaret Thatcher
ODN
2:18
Govt minister: We have to accept the trade-offs of growth
ODN
1:21
'Sentinel': Scientists pioneering an underwater living space
ODN
1:22
Nigel Havers: 'Fix the potholes, Mr Mayor!'
ODN
2:14
Leicester helicopter crash an 'accident waiting to happen'
ODN