Tuesday, 22 May 2012

A shore thing

18/03/2011

She survived the furore surrounding the future of London’s Olympic stadium and impressed Boris Johnson. Now, as tickets for the games go on sale, Baroness Margaret Ford is vowing to get taxpayers their money’s worth as she delivers the £7 billion Olympic legacy. Stuart Macdonald met her.

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