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• Boxing legend is a hit with residents Local people met boxing hero Barry McGuigan at fun health and fitness sessions this week. The former world featherweight champion was at York Hall, Tower Hamlets on Sunday 16 June with the Barry McGuigan Boxing Academy’s Boxing for Health Initiative.
• New state-of-the-art radio training studio in east London A state-of-the-art radio training studio in east London, funded by London Legacy Development Corporation, has the potential to train more than 120 more young people in radio production over the next two years.
• Standard Life GB Men Return to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park For the first time since their participation at the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Standard Life Great Britain Men’s basketball team will be stepping out on home soil in an exciting match-up against Puerto Rico at the GLL operated Copper Box Arena ahead of EuroBasket 2013.
• New panel members wanted to help shape future of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Additional experts are wanted for the independent Quality Review Panel that helps shape the future design of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the surrounding area.
• Search for a Young Poet Laureate to be the new voice of London The search is on for a young person to be London’s first Young Poet Laureate as part of a long-term arts and culture programme, commissioned by the London Legacy Development Corporation.
• Frank Warren and GLL Announce Six Fight Boxing Deal at Copper Box Leading boxing promoter Frank Warren has today (10th June 2013) announced a major multi-fight agreement for the Copper Box Arena with venue operator GLL, the UK’s largest Social Enterprise.
• 50 DAYS TO GO: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Countdown The London Legacy Development Corporation today marked 50 days to go until the anniversary of London 2012 Games and the start of the phased opening of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
• Boxing hero a knock out for local residents Local people met boxing hero Barry McGuigan at fun health and fitness sessions this week. The former world featherweight champion was at Woodberry Down Youth Hub (The Edge) in Hackney with the Barry McGuigan Boxing Academy’s Boxing for Health Initiative.
• Call for champions as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park prepares for Summer Events Series The London Legacy Development Corporation is now looking for ‘Champions’ – volunteers to help out with its busy programme of summer events. The move coincides with the start of Volunteers’ Week, which runs from 1-7 June.
• Electric Daisy carnival London - more acts announced Electric Daisy Carnival London announces the addition of Idris Elba (Driis) to the already impressive line-up coming to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Saturday 20th July 2013.