Olympic news roundup for 11:21:
- Olympic torch cost £639 a minute through Northampton – Business News – Northampton Chronicle and Echo –
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- Olympic Torch relay costs Waltham Forest second most in UK (From This Is Local London) –
- Sunderland’s Olympic Torch celebrations total £28,000 cost revealed – All News – Sunderland Echo – A Freedom of Information request by the Echo has revealed the authority spent £11,764 on preparing the torch’s route through the city, and another £16,199 on Herrington Country Park’s celebration event. Road closures along the route cost the council £4,425, while its preparation and eventual clean-up
- Bexley Council defends spending on Olympic Torch Relay (From News Shopper) – Defending the investment, a Bexley Council spokeswoman said: “The Torch Relay and evening celebration were once in a lifetime events and were a great success “Sixty per cent of the total budget, £166,000, was secured from external funds. “The remaining 40 per cent, £113,000, was met from existing bud