It was a celebration of Britain like no other. Just over seven years after London was awarded the 2012 Olympics, the eyes of the world were on the Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremony of the ...

The Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Paralympic Games was held on August 29, 2012 at 20:30 local time in the Olympic Stadium. It featured a cast of more than 3,000 adult volunteers, along with ...

Rowan Atkinson's comic performance at the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony. Although he was performing under his own name, there was certainly a hint of Mr Bean. Atkinson takes to the keyboard as ...

The public have started entering the Olympic Park ahead of the opening ceremony which begins at 21:00 BST. BBC One's special programme, available online in the UK, is from 19:00 BST The Olympic ...

It's been 12 years since London hosted the Olympic Games, and the promises of legacy housing have yet to be fulfilled. Affordable housing is conspicuous by its absence in an increasingly exclusive ...

In his closing speech the then IPC President Sir Philip Craven described London 2012 as "the greatest Paralympic Games ever". London 2012 set the benchmark for all future Paralympic Games. The event ...