London 2012 'on track' says Olympic boss Jacques Rogge

International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge says preparations to host the London Olympics will stay on track even if the government changes.
Speaking at the SportAccord International Convention in Dubai, Mr Rogge said he was comfortable with the possibility of a shake-up.
He said: "We discussed the possibility of a change of government.
"We're at ease about that as the Olympics has a strong multi-party support."
"We are pleased by the pace of construction, preparation and marketing."
'Brilliant venues'
Paul Deighton, CEO of the organising committee for the London Games, added: "We are on time and on budget.
"Anyone who has concerns about preparations should come along and take a look at the Olympic Park and they will be left in no doubt that we will be ready.
"We will have brilliant venues; existing ones as well as new."
Via a video message to delegates, London Mayor Boris Johnson joked that the city should stage the Games a year earlier than planned to "get a head start on the rest of the sporting world".
London will host the 2011 edition of the SportAccord International Convention.
The event will bring together more than 1,500 stakeholders from the sports industry and Olympic movement.

Britain's biggest piece of public art.

Towering, twisted mass of metal will be Britain's lasting monument to the nation's role in hosting the 2012 games.

Turner Prize-winning artist Anish Kapoor unveiled his design for the £19million sculpture yesterday, a ruby red, helter skelter-style structure that, at 377ft, will stand more than twice as tall as Nelson's column.
It was instantly nicknamed the Eyeful Tower - and likened enthusiastically by London Mayor Boris Johnson to a giant 'hubble-bubble' shisha pipe.

But contributors to Twitter and similar internet sites took only minutes to criticise the work. One described it as 'a rollercoaster that costs £19million a go'. Other early phrases included 'twisted spaghetti', 'horrific squiggles' and 'Meccano on crack'.

Work on the officially-named ArcelorMittal Orbit, which will house a restaurant and viewing platform, has yet to start - and it still needs planning permission.
About 700 visitors an hour will be able to visit the site next to the 193 feet high Olympic stadium. The tower will have a viewing platform and an outdoor walkway.
At its unveiling today, Kapoor, 56, said it was 'thrilling' to be offered the chance to create for the capital something on a par with what Gustave Eiffel made in Paris