London Olympics 2012: Pope Opens Sports Club And Weymouth Bans Fishermen
LONDON 2012 Olympics: Anorak’s look at the Olympics in the news: the Pope opens a new centre, Weymouth forgets its on, and Westminster wants more money…
The Pope Runs
Pope Benedict XVI is to launch the John Paul II Foundation for Sport at St Mary’s University College, Twickenham. The current Pope’s predecessor was a keen footballer. Pope Benedict was more into the marching in his youth.
Fishing Is Not an Olympic Sport
Weymouth and Portland Borough Council has banned fishermen, divers and ferries from using the waters during the Olympics. And the workers get no compensation.
* A fisherman’s right to land his catch freely in any part of Britain originates in the White Herring Fisheries Act 1771.
A row brews…
Westminster Loses
Westminster council wants £7 million from the Government. The money is, apparently needed for street cleaning, trading standards and operating the road network during the Games.
Londoners should expect the streets to gleam for 23 days and then revert to the norm…
Posted: 13th, September 2010 | In: Sports Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
