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Sadiq Khan has said he will explore the possibility of bringing the Olympics back to London if he is re-elected. Credit: PA/Newsquest Sadiq Khan says he will explore the possibility of bringing the Olympic Games back to London in 2036 or 2040 if he is re-elected on Thursday. Ahead of the election on May 6, the current Mayor of London has pledged to set up a committee that will explore launching a bid for London to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games for a fourth time. Mr Khan has said he would want the games to be “the most sustainable games ever”.

Sadiq Khan said he will look to bring the Olympic and Paralympic Games back to London if he is re-elected as the capital’s mayor.

Sadiq Khan pledges to explore 2036 London Olympics bid if re-elected The Olympic rings are seen at Tower Bridge as part of the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium (Getty Images) Sadiq Khan has pledged to launch an “exploratory committee” to look at a potential 2036 or 2040 London Olympics bid if re-elected as London mayor on Thursday. Khan said this evening that if London was chosen to hold either of the games that he would want them to be “the most sustainable Olympic and Paralympic Games ever hosted”. This would involve using �...

Four by-elections will be held in Lewisham next month Candidates hoping to be a councillor in Bellingham have set out what they would do if elected. A by-election will be held on Thursday, May 6, for the Bellingham ward following the death of  Labour Councillor Sue Hordijenko this year.  Cllr Hordijenko, who was elected in 2016 after a by-election, was described by her friends and colleagues as “warm”, “friendly” and a “true advocate for her constituents”.   Lewisham Council is made up almost entirely of Labour or Labour and Co-operative councillors, with on...