£10 million has been invested in upgrading pedestrian and cycling routes to Olympic venues, with more than 60 projects promoting greener travel inspired by London 2012.
Find out more on the London 2012 website.
Mark Foster cycling with children and followed by London 2012 Mascots Wenlock and Mandeville on an enhanced cycle scheme in Palatine Road, Hackney. by ODA.
The UK is well known for its stunning countryside but did you know that 11% of the country is made up of forests? One of the most famous is Sherwood Forest, the home of the medieval legend of Robin Hood.
Find out more about Sherwood.
The Robin Hood Statue
Nottingham Castle, Nottingham
The UK-wide celebration of culture for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, The London 2012 Festival, will last for 12 weeks. The Festival will feature more than 25,000 leading artists from all 204 competing nations.
Find out more about the 12,000 events and performances taking place across the UK.
Did you know that it takes just 13 days to set up a business in the UK?
Find out more reasons why the UK is a GREAT place to invest and do business.
Over 14,000 athletes will take part in the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London this summer. Who will you be cheering on?
Find the profile of every competing athlete at Games Time
by JJ Vico Bretones
The United Kingdom has 15 national parks, including the New Forest in southern England. The Olympic Torch will be continuing its journey near the New Forest today.
Find out more about all of the UK’s National Parks.
The New Forest by Reena Mahtani
It is 16 years since the Spice Girls created Girl Power with their UK No1 debut single “Wannabe”.
You can find out more about British artists’ impact on music and culture around the world at the interactive British Music Experience.
At the age of just 17, British Paralympian swimmer, Eleanor Simmonds, will be taking part in her second Paralympic Games in London this year. Ellie was the youngest British athlete in China in 2008 where she became the youngest ever Briton to win an individual gold medal at the Paralympic Games with two gold medals.
Find out more about Ellie and her Team GB Paralympics teammates.
The Olympic Torch will travel from Luton to Oxford today. On its journey, it will visit Bletchley Park, the birthplace of the modern computer and historic home of British code breakers.
During World War II, Bletchley’s priority was breaking the Enigma machine, the German communications machine which was invented in 1918.
Find out more about how the code breakers cracked the Enigma by visiting Bletchley Park.
Did you know that 19 per cent of the world’s top-selling medicines were developed in the UK – in this Britain is second only to the US – and we attract almost 10 per cent of the world’s pharmaceutical R&D funding.
Find out more about why innovation is GREAT Britain.
