Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE

Olympic flame handed to London in Greece
17 May 2012, 13:23 GMT
Today the Olympic Flame will be handed to London for the third time since the birth of the Olympic Games. Its journey to the UK and the Opening Ceremony of London 2012 will begin.
1948 Olympics and Cold War online exhibition
15 May 2012, 14:06 GMT
The Foreign Office Historians have launched their latest online exhibition, which looks at the 1948 Olympics held in London and examines how the Cold War was played out at the Games.
Foreign Office Minister marks the lighting of the Olympic flame
10 May 2012, 09:02 GMT
Earlier this morning the Olympic Flame was lit by the rays of the sun in an hour long traditional ceremony at the Temple of Hera, in the Ancient Stadium in Olympia, where the first Ancient Olympic Games took place.

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