The medals are polished, the training is done, the performers are ready, and the cauldron is waiting to hold the Olympic Flame.
The Opening Ceremony begins at 9pm BST – hope you will be watching it with us!
This is it, this is GREAT Britain
With one more day to go, did you know London 2012 will be the 1st public transport games, the 1st games to calculate its complete carbon footprint and the 1st games to leave an international legacy by bringing sport to more than 12 million children in 20 countries.
Find out more UK Olympic firsts.
With only 2 days to go, the Olympic Torch is getting tantalisingly close to the Olympic Stadium.
Today it will pass through the London Borough of Brent, home to Wembley Stadium. Did you know that two gold medals will be awarded in Wembley Stadium - to the winners of the Men’s and Women’s Olympic Football competitions.
Find out more about these matches and the others taken place around the UK.
Neymar scores Brazil’s second goal during the international friendly match between Team GB and Brazil.
In just three days time, London will become the first city to have hosted the modern Olympic Games three times: 1908, 1948 and 2012.
You can see century old photographs from the 1908 games on the BBC 1908 London Olympics Gallery:
Find out more information on GREAT British heritage
More than four thousand smooth newts, 100 toads and 300 common lizards were found happy new homes off the Olympic Park site before construction started, as part of the Ecology Action Plan.
You can find out more about why being Green is GREAT Britain.
Champion rower, Sir Steve Redgrave, is the only British Athlete to have won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games. He is one of only six athletes ever to have won gold at five or more different Olympic Games.
Find out more about British sporting greats.
The UK has more than three hundred higher and further education institutions including six Ancient Universities - that means they were founded between the 12th and 16th century.
These are the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh.
Find out more about why the UK is a GREAT place to study.
The journey time between central London and the Olympic Park will be just 7 minutes by the Javelin train service from London Kings Cross St Pancras station.
Find out more about travelling to the Games.
by Matt Buck
As part of its 8000 mile journey, the Olympic Torch sailed through the Falkirk Wheel last month. Did you know that each rotation of the Wheel uses only 1.5kWh of energy - that’s the same amount as it would take to boil 8 household kettles.
Find out more about the Falkirk Wheel and the Olympic Torch’s visit.
The Olympic Truce originated in the 9th Century BC when warring groups were called to put down their weapons to allow athletes to travel safely to the Ancient Greek Olympic Games. Today, the Truce aims to build a more peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideals.
Find out more about the Truce around the World.
