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Why does the north remain so unimpressed by the Olympics?

Reported by guardian.co.uk on Friday, 29 June 2012 (on June 29, 2012)

Swifter, higher, stronger? We don't seem to think so. And even the relatively good housekeeping of the games budget hasn't cut much ice. *Ed Jacobs* ponders

It is now just over a year ago since I

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