The Olympics will sign off with a spectacular concert in Hyde Park with the Rolling Stones, Adele and Blur all being courted for a "Best of British" night ...

Boy band JLS backed the Get London Running campaign urging readers to enter the Sport Relief Mile ...

Scores of bright purple Olympic information kiosks will be set up around the capital to help tourists get to the Games event ...

London 2012 chief Sebastian Coe has embarked on a world tour to drum up international enthusiasm ...

Schoolchildren from Tower Hamlets will train with top US athletes at the American team's high-security training base as part of an Olympics legacy deal ...

EXCLUSIVE: An American firm has been handed the multi-million-pound contract to print the tickets for the London Olympics, sparking fury among British companies, the Standard reveals ...

Some of the volunteers aiming to make the London Olympics tick have told of their delight at being at the heart of the Games ...

In an occasional series, five times gold medallist Steve Redgrave picks legendary moments from the Olympic Games' 116-year history, starting with the unsung Australian who made the iconic picture of the black power salute at the 1968 Olympic Games possible ...

Anna Lord, 26, PR account executive, lives in the Old Kent Road and talks to the Evening Standard's Lucy Tobin ...

Marie Winckler discovers the art of the running jump by talking to Olympic athlete Greg Rutherford ...

The Games may be happening in east London, but west London is where most sponsors and dignitaries will be pressing the flesh. Matthew Beard reveals who's doing what, and where ...

The Evening Standard's Cathy Wood talks to discus thrower Lawrence Okoye... ...

The BBC'S biggest free festival, which is to be held in east London, today added more star acts to its already stellar line-up ...

Thousands of schools across the capital find out how many free tickets they are to receive for the Olympic and Paralympic Games ...

The Team GB Olympic hopefuls duelled among the plants to promote a £1 million, five-year sponsorship deal ...

Britons will be asked to holiday at home and watch the Olympics this summer instead of flying abroad - in a TV advertising blitz funded by the Government ...

Sections of London's roads reserved for official Olympic traffic could be reopened to the public at quieter periods during the Games ...

How will our transport system cope with the greatest show on Earth? TfL's Peter Hendy tells Andrew Neather we should grab a pint before the journey home, use Twitter to plan our route and even jump on a Boris Bike ...

Commuters should go the pub after work to avoid inevitable travel disruption during the Olympics, London's transport chief said ...

Matthew Beard profiles some of the nations whose athletes have had to overcome the odds to participate at the Olympic Games ...