PA Media – Assignments
Guinness World Records Day 2012
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- Guinness World Records Day 2012
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- 1:39
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- 2-minute news package including record attempts from around the World - Most People Crammed In A Mini (London), Largest Kaikottikali Dance (India), Longest Note On A Didgeridoo (Australia) and Most Pogo Stick Jumps in One Minute/Highest Forward Flip Pogo Stick Jump (U.S.).
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- Vince Cable announces £60m to boost science innovation
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- 2:12
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, announces a £60m investment into over 30 UK universities to help scientists and engineers create successful businesses from their research.
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- Big Lottery Fund's Early Years
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- 2:03
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- The first three years of life can profoundly influence children's life chances. Today the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) has moved to invest £165 million in improving the life chances of over 10,000 of England's most vulnerable babies.
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- Lord Mayor's Coach Leaves for Parade
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- The Lord Mayor's coach has been removed from the Museum of London for the annual Lord Mayor's Show. The Lord Mayor's coach is one of the Museum's most memorable exhibits. Built at a cost of £860 in 1757, it was first used in the Lord Mayor of London's Show in 1757 and is still taken out from the Museum once a year for one of the oldest and most popular civic procession in the world.
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- EE launches UK's first 4G network
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- On 30th October 2012 EE, formerly known as Everything Everywhere, launched its range of 4G products and services. The new mobile service has gone live in 11 major cities across UK. The Forth Generation service is said to offer smartphone users five times faster internet speed than the currently widespread 3G and improved coverage for customers.
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- Launch of Philips hue
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Hepworth Hospital Drawings Exhibition
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- 2:26
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Today, 27th October, the largest exhibition of Barbara Hepworth's drawings is displayed at the Hepworth, Wakefiled. On display are previously unseen Post-ar Britain "Hospital Drawings" inspired by the launch of the NHS.
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- The National Lottery celebrated 3000th Millionaire
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- 2:24
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- This week the National lottery is celebrating creating its 3000th millionaire since its launch in 1994. The combined total of their winnings has reached a staggering £8.5billion -- an average win of more than £2.8m per person.
To coincide with this landmark, the brains of Oxford Economics have studied how winners have spent their prize money, the effect on their friends and family, and the economic impact.
The study reveals that a massive 98% of winners gave money to children, family and friends immediately, creating an additional 3,780 millionaires. And whilst 59% of winners gave up work after their win, a further 31% have given up their time to do unpaid voluntary work. Just 19% carried on working as normal.
When asked what they bought first, cars came top of the list, with 17,190 new cars and caravans purchased to date, with the most popular car of choice an Audi. Also high up on the shopping list is a new home (7,985 bought to date) and ...
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- International Day of the Girl
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- 2:18
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Sarah Brown and a host of female stars from sport, art, and entertainment will speed mentor hundreds of girls from across London in the first ever all female take-over at London's iconic South Bank. Led by the Southbank centre, and global charity Plan UK, the day long event will be held in honour of the UK's first International Day of the Girl.
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- Our Londinium 2012
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- 4:11
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Museum of London exhibition- Our Londinium. Young people have reinvented the Roman London Gallery through a variety of mediums to discover how Roman London still lives on in today's Capital.
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- Zoe Ball launches the Disney Storytelling Academy
- Runtime
- 1:49
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Paddy Power's Giant Tweets of Support at The Ryder Cup
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- 1:17
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Thousands join Sir Richard Branson and a host of other celebs in Virgin Active London Triathlon
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- 2:19
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Sir Richard Branson hosts Virgin Active London Triathlon with a number of other celebrities including David Hasselhoff and Alexandra Burke.
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- Canterbury England Rugby Kit Launch
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- 1:46
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- The launch of the new England Rugby kit by Canterbury in partnership with the RFU featuring England skipper Chris Robshaw.
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- World's Shortest Man and Woman meet for the first time
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Big Lottery Fund Improving Financial Confidence
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- 1:46
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- The Big Lottery Fund invest a £31.7m investment into 37 projects that aim to help the most vulnerable social housing tenants across England from spiraling into debt.
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- Punch and Judy Re-booted
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- 2:21
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Punch and Judy Re-Booted appears in Covent Garden as it gets a 21st Century make-over. Well known comedy writers drag the traditional seaside entertainment kicking and screaming into the modern era, intorducing new characters including PC Boris Johnson, Cleggy the Clown, and super hero Prince Harry.
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- Kid Witness News Global Awards Ceremony
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- 2:39
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Today (Friday 10th Augst), Panasonic announces the winner of the Grand Prix Award at the Kid Witness News Awards. Representatives from the 6 finalist schools attend to pick up each prize at the ceremony at Grand Connaught Rooms, London.
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- Kelly Brook behind the scenes with Philips
- Runtime
- 2:53
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Commonwealth Bank and 935 Aussies set World Record to welcome Team Australia to London
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- 1:27
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- 935 Australians joined Commonwealth Bank, Australia's largest bank, to smash the previous Guinness World Record™ of 537 for the "Most People Wearing the Same Full Team Kit". Australians in London came together and donned the famous green and gold to welcome the Australian Olympic Team to the UK.
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- Una Healy gives top tips on how to tackle unpredictable weather
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- 3:32
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
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- Kelly Brook launches London's Magnum Pop-Up Store
- Runtime
- 1:19
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Park and Ride during the Olympics with Gary Neville
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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Plum Cookery School Part 4
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- 9:01
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Plum Cookery School Part 3
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- 11:43
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Plum Cookery School Part 2
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- 11:00
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Plum Cookery School Part 1
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- 12:17
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Mums go without to ensure only best food for baby
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- 3:19
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- New research released today [18th July] has found that mums are willing to go to extreme lengths to ensure their babies can eat top quality, organic food. Over a third of mums (35 per cent) are happy to forego eating organic themselves to be able to afford luxury food for their babies with a further third (31 per cent) prepared to go one step further, giving up their favourite beauty treatments such as manicures, pedicures and even regular haircuts in order to buy organic.
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- The launch of The Canal & River Trust
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- 2:21
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- A new charity launching today, Thursday 12th July, pledges to clean up 2,000 miles of historic canals and rivers across England and Wales. With the Prince of Wales giving his personal seal of approval as Patron, the new charity aims to build upon the public passion for the nation's canals which rescued them from dereliction and decline in the last century.
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- Qatar Airways' global unveiling of revolutionary Boeing 787
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- 1:38
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Qatar Airways unveils revolutionary plane at Farnborough International Air Show
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- GWR Totally Bonkers Sporting Champions
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Science Museum Oldest Electric Cab
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- 1:34
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Launch party of Tinchy Stryder's new headphones
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- 1:37
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- The rap star wowed a VIP crowd to celebrate the launch of his new audio range. Working exclusively with urban label, Goji, in conjunction with Currys and PC World, Tinchy Stryder provided creative direction on the function and design of the new audio collection, 'Goji Tinchy Stryder: On Cloud 9'. The range includes headphones and, later this summer, travel speakers, - designed with the young, dynamic and style-conscious in mind.
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- Citihenge pops up in London
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- 1:11
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Car giant ŠKODA has installed a unique replica of Wiltshire's iconic Stonehenge - made entirely from recycled car parts - on London's Southbank.
The sculpture, which has been unveiled in time for the evening of the Summer Solstice (20th June), has been specially positioned to sit on little known ley lines and is set to become one of the key talking points in the capital this summer...
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- Bounce for Barnados
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- 1:42
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- London, 17th June -- Celebs including Jeff Brazier, Chloe Sims, Hollyoaks cast members and Donna Air gathered with families at the weekend, at the Mini Babybel 'Bounce for Barnardo's' charity event, which saw a new World Record being set for bouncing 50 metres on a spacehopper in the fastest time. Each celebrity personalised their space hopper, with Chloe adding some extra vajazzle sparkle to hers to make it 'Essex'.
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- Peace Mix Launch at Westbourne Studios
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- 2:05
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Peace Mix, a new campaign from the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) launches today aiming to spread a message of peace and unity to young people through music. The launch party was held at the famous Westbourne Studios in London.
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- Roy The Redeemer Revealed
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Paddy Power have responded to the plight of anxious England fans who felt their team needed 'divine intervention' for success in this month's European Football Championship with the construction and unveiling today of Roy the Redeemer on the white cliffs of Dover!
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- Richard Branson and Ofra Strauss launch Virgin Pure
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- 1:19
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Richard Branson, founder of Virgin, and Ofra Strauss, Chairperson of Strauss Group today revealed plans to transform the way Britain drinks water at home, with the launch of Virgin Pure, improving life with Strauss Water.
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- Gazza in Umbro's Faces of England
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- 1:51
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Paul Gascoigne, one of the finest footballing talents this country has ever produced, was in London today (25th May) to launch 'Faces of England' -- a new campaign from the suppliers of the England football kit - Umbro - which celebrates icons of England.
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- Everything Everywhere 4G Launch
- Runtime
- 2:35
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- TCM launch Hell on Wheels using a western taxi through London
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- 2:04
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- LONDON, 17th May 2012: Commuters and tourists were treated to an alternative take on a taxi today, as a 19th Century Wild West horse and carriage come London Hackney cab 'Hell on Wheels' rode into the streets of the capital
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- Royal Mail Honours Best of British Fashion on Set of Stamps
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- 1:55
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Royal Mail has celebrated Britain's contribution to the world of fashion with the launch of a new set of stamps.
Britain is famous around the world for the creative vision of its home grown fashion designers. The ten first class stamps feature some of the most influential designers to have come out of the country since World War II. The set will include Hardy Aimes, Norman Hartnell, Granny Takes a Trip, Ossie Clark with Celia Birtwell, Tommy Nutter, Jean Muir, Zandra Rhodes, Vivienne Westwood, Paul Smith and Alexander McQueen.
The team at Royal Mail worked closely with Claire Wilcox, Senior Curator of Fashion at London's Victoria and Albert Museum, to draw up the list of the UK's most influential post war fashion design houses.
Each stamp showcases a prime example of the selected designer's work, shot especially for the issue by renowned fashion photographer, Sølve Sundsbø. These include Tommy Nutter's suit for Beatle Ringo Starr, which was r...
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- Realising Ambitions
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- 2:35
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- £25million is being invested into 25 projects across the UK to help prevent youth crime. These tried and tested projects will benefit 250,000 young people on the brink of criminality who expereince grief, violence, substance abuse, isolation, or exclusion.
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- Monkeys go nuts for toughest car challenge
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- 1:32
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- There was plenty of monkeying around when Hyundai set its new family car the ultimate wear and tear challenge this week (11th May 2012).
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- TNR Video Production Showreel
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Our expertise in creative design, branding, graphics and animation, combined with broadcast standard filming and editing, means whatever video production service you need, we are able to help bring your brand to life.
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- Hidden Talent TV Show hosted by Richard Bacon
- Runtime
- 2:43
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- The new Channel 4 series (which launches tonight April 24th 2012 at 9pm) inspired by American Express, puts a new twist on finding talent. Through rigorous large-scale testing of hundreds of people around the country, overseen by scientists and academics, nine individuals were found to have special physical, mental, sensory or creative talents; of which they were totally unaware.
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- Jodie Kidd petitions to reinstate Polo in the Olympics
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- 1:46
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Today, (Monday 23rd April 2012), former model and Polo player Jodie Kidd has urged IOC to reinstate Polo as an Olympic sport. Team GB have enjoyed former gold medal glory in the London Olympics in 1908 at the home of Polo, The Hurlingham Club. It was last played as an Olympic sport in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, but was abandoned in the London 1948 games as the War took hold, in what became known as The Austerity Games. Today (23rd April 2012) Jodie Kidd, Ambassador for MINT Polo in the Park, is launching a petition to reinstate Polo as an Olympic sport.
Last year alone, 30,000 spectators enjoyed the Polo in the Park international event, which is making a welcomed return this year on the 8th, 9th and 10th June 2012. As well as championing the return of the sport, Jodie was also there to draw the teams who will be competing in this years Polo in the Park at Hurlingham.
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- Opening of Blackfriars South Station
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- 2:21
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Hundreds of unsuspecting commuters and rail passengers heading into Blackfriars today (19th April 2012) will find themselves entertained by acts of Shakespearian comedy being performed live on Thameslink trains. It is to mark the opening of Blackfriars South Station, the first new station to be built in this part of London for 120 years.
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- GB Rowing Team World Cup Annoucement
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- 2:10
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Today (4th April 2012), the GB Rowing Team is announcing its crews for the Opening World Cup giving a strong indication of who might feature in the Olympic boats later this year. The crews will compete in the first world cup of the 2012 season in Belgrade from 4-6 May.
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- National Lottery Olympic Park Run
- Runtime
- 2:37
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Saturday 31st March, over 5,000 members of the public will become the first people ever to cross the finish line at the Olympic Stadium in the Olympic Park Run. They will run a 5 mile course giving them access to the Olympic Park on a scale not yet experienced by members of the public.

