Romford Town Conservatives

Friday 10 August 
Travel hotspots and disruption  ·

       As some of today's events at the Olympic Park, ExCeL, North Greenwich Arena, Hyde Park, Earls Court and Wembley Arena continue into this evening, spectators are reminded to check times of their last train home, while non-spectators should continue to avoid the busiest stations at the busiest times.Because the basketball finals are taking place at North Greenwich Arena this evening, the Jubilee line is expected to be busy all night, with North Greenwich Tube station and the DLR particularly affected.Spectators will be leaving Wembley Arena and heading into London in the evening peak.·   
    The public transport network is expected to be at its busiest between 4.30pm-7pm and after 9pm tonight.·     
  The road network in London is expected to be busy today with the Olympic Route Network (ORN) serving venues across London. Transport news·        Hadleigh Farm is hosting the Olympic Mountain Bike events on Saturday and Sunday, August 11 and 12.
Around 280 Games Family Vehicles are expected to be travelling to and from the event on the A13. There will also be17,000 ticketed spectators at the event on each day.·    
   Therefore the Olympic Route Network (ORN) will be in operation on the A13 this weekend. The A12 and A127 are part of the Additional ORN (AORN), so will also be affected if anything happens on the A13 or it becomes too crowded
.Please note, as and when Games venues are no longer required, work to remove the ORN route to those venues will begin.·     
  The London 2012 Olympic Games closing ceremony takes place on Sunday evening, so might see additional traffic travelling into Stratford.·        Paralympic Games travel alerts: TfL will start sending daily travel advice for the Paralympics on Wednesday, August 29.
As most of the Paralympic venues are in east London, there will still be an impact on London’s transport network, particularly when the schools go back. This afternoon’s Team GB highlights·      

 Today we have already seen silver medals for Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell and Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark in sailing's 470 division.·        This takes Britain's total medal haul to 54. That's two fewer than Russia, but Team GB lead on gold difference - we have 25 to Russia's 12.Anthony Agogo wins Bronze in the middleweight boxingBritain's Luke Campbell has won the semi-final of the men's bantam 56kg boxing bout against Japan. He is now guaranteed at least a silver as he looks towards the final on Sunday (against Ireland).Shanaze Reade will be going for gold after qualifying fifth fastest for the BMX semi-finals. The final will take place later this afternoon. Fellow Brit Liam Phillips also hopes to secure a medal in the men’s final after making quick progress to the semis.Team GB has two finalists in the women’s 1500m, Lisa Dobriskey and Laura Weightman. Sophie Hitchon will be in the hammer final and the relays will continue today with the finals of the women’s 4x100m and the men’s 4x400m. The Jamaicans are expected to star in the first round of the men’s 4x100m.The women's hockey bronze tie - GB v NZ - is this afternoon.Lutalo Muhammad has made it through to the -80kg taekwondo quarter-finals - he faces Nicolas Garcia Hemme of Spain this afternoon.


 Havering Show and Hornchurch Live While we have your attention, we thought we'd remind you that there's only two weeks to go until Hornchurch Live and the Havering Show. Both events take place at Harrow Lodge Park, Hornchurch - with free entry - over the August bank holiday weekend.  Watch out for singers Misha B and Gareth Gates performing at Hornchurch Live. Rocker Suzi Quatro and sixties hitmakers the Merseybeats and The Searchers are the music highlights at the Havering Show - alongside the Arena Acts and a Big Top. For details about these fantastic events, visit www.hornchurch-live.co.uk and www.havering.gov.uk/Pages/Campaigns/Havering-show.aspx