With more storms on the way in Britain, the government and the United Kingdom’s insurance industry are engaged in mutual finger-pointing.
The company heading Olympic security, G4S, has acknowledged the company’s failure to hire enough guards has turned into a national embarrassment.
Britain’s spending watchdogs warned Olympic organisers of the risk of exceeding their £9.3-billion budget and have little room for unforeseen costs.
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/ 21 November 2011
Hospitality packages are a new venture for the Olympics, giving smaller businesses and people with extra money a different experience of the event.
The BBC has admitted it was taken for a ride by a cabbie. The network apologised to its viewers for a studio mix-up that resulted in a cab driver appearing on live television as an expert on internet music downloads. "We interviewed the wrong person," a BBC spokesperson said on Monday while speaking on condition of anonymity in line with company policy.