guardian.co.uk Film:
London Children's Film Festival, LondonIs it wrong that the prospect of a Tim Burton Bedtime Stories Pyjama Party is as appealing to adults as it will be to movie-loving kids? With a sweet-making workshop and screenings of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and Corpse Bride, it's just one of loads of great activities over th (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Autocar's Hilton Holloway:The news that BMW has won the bid to become to official vehicle supplier to the 2012 London Olympics is a serious disappointment. Not because there's likely to be much wrong with the next-generation 1-series and 3-series, but because the Blue Propeller has succeeded in crowding out a much more inno (Read More)
SF Gate:
BMW is the latest top-tier domestic sponsor of the 2012 London Olympics, and organizers remain in talks with additional potential investors. The German carmaker was presented Wednesday as the official automotive sponsor of the games in a deal worth an... BMW - 2012 Summer Olympics - Olympic Games - Sport - Olympic (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
• BMW becomes 'official automative provider' for Games• Deal involves fleet of 4,000 vehicles for athletes and officialsGerman carmaker BMW have been confirmed as the 24th sponsor of the London 2012 Games.The deal means that a fleet of 4,000 vehicles, including the BMW, the Mini and also BMW bicycles and motorcycles will be (Read More)
The Guardian:
• Pressure could arise if Stratford site is kept at 80,000• Debate continues as to future use of Olympic stadiumThe financial pressures on Wembley could increase if the Olympic Stadium in Stratford is retained as an 80,000-capacity stadium following the games, the stadium's chairman admitted yesterday.David Bernstein, who t (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
In a decade defined by fatalism and impotence, film-makers and writers have been quick to tap into our sense of impending doomJust to make sure filmgoers leave the present decade on a high, this month brings two suitably upbeat blockbusters. The first is 2012, which topped box office takings in the US and Britain at the wee (Read More)
The Guardian:
With its swooping curves, impossible angles and haunting views, Zaha Hadid's new museum of 21st-century art is her best work yet. Jonathan Glancey gets a guided tour in RomeI remember looking at Zaha Hadid's drawings for Rome's new museum of 21st-century arts a decade ago and wondering how on earth this structural adventure (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
A decade ago there were calls for the sport to be banned on safety grounds. Now even its harshest critics have been won overBoxing is undergoing a big resurgence, with tens of thousands of people taking part in schools and gyms across the country each week. The number of people registered with amateur clubs in England has n (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
• Jade Johnson 'panicking a bit' after knee injury• Long-jumper had planned to resume training in JanuaryJade Johnson said she is "panicking" after picking up an injury while practising for Strictly Come Dancing.The British long jumper said she heard a loud pop in her knee at the end of her dress rehearsal, and was told by (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
A year after a career-threatening injury, she defied the doubters to become our first world heptathlon champion. Here she reveals her seven steps to global dominationA slightly smelly cupboard with no windows is a strange place to interview the darling of British athletics. But with the table tennis English Open on at Sheff (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
A visit to Caster Semenya's training camp in Pretoria shows how her life has changed since winning the women's 800m in BerlinOn a stormy afternoon in Pretoria a hooded figure runs steadily in the distance, head held high against the big black clouds rolling over the city. It is hard to tell if we are following a man or a wo (Read More)
The Guardian:
• ECB says thousands of coaches will lose jobs if Sky deal goes• BOA unhappy at delisting of Winter OlympicsThe England and Wales Cricket Board has claimed plans to add Ashes cricket, home and away international football qualifiers, Wimbledon and Open golf to the list of events reserved for live broadcast on free-to-air TV (Read More)
The Guardian:
'Nothing wrong' with women not working when they have childrenTeenage girls need to be taught a heavy dose of realism – that it may not be possible to be a perfect mother and career woman, the president of the Girls' Schools Association (GSA) will say next week.Jill Berry, headteacher of Dame Alice Harpur school in Bedford, (Read More)