Last week we reported on the company where 4 out of 7 executive directors were carrying the Olympic torch. As part of our process of investigating the allocation of torchbearer places, we’re publishing the data behind that investigation. This is … Continue reading →
Tweet Sheila Oliver has been investigating the decision to build a school on contaminated land over at sheilaoliver.org/toxic-waste-dump-school-.html – the processes that should have been followed… “After much harranguing by local residents the Council grudgingly carried out contamination investigations. These were completely … Continue reading →
Here are the Olympic-related links we’ve been looking at over the last week from June 28th through June 29th: Why does the north remain so unimpressed by the Olympics? | UK news | guardian.co.uk – Analysing the results of the … Continue reading →
Embedded above is a report from the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee on preparations for the Olympic and Paralymic Games. Some of the contents were covered (mainly on specialist blogs) when it was published in April, such as the … Continue reading →
While LOCOG argues that sponsors are needed to support the Olympic torch relay, and councils struggle to meet the costs of hosting it, there’s a genuine Olympic spirit quietly at work in a series of grassroots alternatives across the country. From … Continue reading →
Here are the health-related links that have caught our eyes between June 20th and July 11th: McKinsey’s unhealthy profits | Red Pepper- It has certainly offered to share information gained from its work on privatisation for the Department of Health … Continue reading →
TweetKath Torney has been investigating pupil attendance in Northern Ireland. She explains: Figures on attendance rates for every primary, secondary and grammar school have been released to The Detail by the Department of Education (DENI) in response to a Freedom … Continue reading →
TweetEarlier this year, Naric, a UK government agency, recognised the International Certificate of Christian Education (ICCE) as comparable to Cambridge International A-Level standard. This is a travesty, and not just because of Creationism. ICCE is the certificate students get for completing the fundamentalist Accelerated … Continue reading →
I've written a piece for the Telegraph about the process behind our investigation on Help Me Investigate the Olympics. This expands on some of the details in a previous post for The Guardian, adding how the collaborative publishing proc…
Here are the Olympic-related links we’ve been looking at over the last week from June 22nd through June 27th: BBC’s Olympic rights under threat from new TV deal | Sport | The Guardian – total, $3.91bn was raised from TV … Continue reading →