The Sutton Guardian have reported on local spending on the Olympic torch relay disclosed as part of Help Me Investigate’s investigation. Mike Pyle writes that the local council paid £9,000 for the torch’s journey through the area. This covered stewards, … Continue reading →
Apologies for not publishing this earlier, but we have also been publishing the data on public spending on the torch relay in The Guardian Datablog. You can find it here.
The Birmingham Mail have published one of the stories from our investigation into torch relay spending: “Birmingham City Council spent over £16,000 on letters to residents when the Olympic torch relay came through the region – almost as much as … Continue reading →
We’re opening up our database of £4m of spending based on FOI request responses from 100 local councils and police authorities. As we reported last week, the responses contain some interesting budget decisions – from a specific staff position in … Continue reading →
Our ebook 8,000 Holes: How the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay Lost its Way has now been published in the Kindle store. All proceeds go to the Brittle Bone Society. Tell your friends – or gift it!
It’s now two months since we first gathered data on Olympic torchbearers. In that time people have appeared on the list and then disappeared, appeared late, appeared without stories, or not appeared at all. Here is the data gathered across … Continue reading →
In the final part of the serialisation of Help Me Investigate’s first ebook – 8,000 Holes: How the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay Lost its Way we look at how the story affected one inspirational individual who did carry the torch – and … Continue reading →
In the second part of a serialisation of Help Me Investigate’s first ebook – 8,000 Holes: How the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay Lost its Way we look at how the presenting partners’ allocation of torchbearer places was handled. You can download … Continue reading →
This is the first part of a serialisation of Help Me Investigate’s first ebook – 8,000 Holes: How the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay Lost its Way. You can download the book for free – or choose to pay a donation, … Continue reading →