Welcome to the Games-time edition of inFocus providing you with a regular round up of news and updates during the 2012 Games

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Every day we will outline some of the main issues expected for the following day's travel via public transport and road.

You are advised to check official websites including getaheadofthegames.com, Transport for London live travel news and follow twitter feeds such as TfL Travel Alerts, TfL Traffic News and GetAheadof theGames

Public transport - Friday 27 July

  Central London will be very busy with people watching the Torch Relay go along the River Thames from Hampton Court to Tower Bridge starting at 7.30am and finishing at 1pm.

  Westfield Stratford City will be closed from 3pm in preparation for the Opening Ceremony starting at 7.30pm. You are advised to avoid Stratford completely unless you are going to the Opening Ceremony.

More information: public transport bulletin

Road travel - Friday 27 July

  Areas that will be particularly affected: Kingston-upon-Thames, Richmond-upon-Thames, Hounslow, Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth.

More information: road travel bulletin

Travel routes will be extremely busy along the Torch Route and around Stratford on Friday. Significant disruption between 3pm and 8pm and 10pm and 1am expected.

First Lady coming to UEL

First Lady Michelle Obama is coming to SportsDock tomorrow as part of the presidential delegation to the opening of the Olympic Games. This is an extremely exciting event for UEL so look out for photos and coverage on our 2012 twitter feed and website tomorrow!

Anyone driving to work on Friday is reminded that it is likely to be an extremely busy day on campus (particularly between 8am and 10am).

UEL honorary, Ade Adepitan, carries the Olympic Torch

Paralympic basketball medallist and UEL honorary, Ade Adepitan, carried the Olympic Torch on the Millenium Bridge earlier today as the relay reaches its penultimate day.

Post during the Games

Please ensure that external mail that requires posting is in postrooms no later than 4pm each day. Post received after the deadline will be sent the next day. Contact Theresa Hines with any queries.

Sneak preview of the Opening Ceremony

As a Hackney resident, Professor Mark McDermott from the School of Psychology was lucky enough to attend the dress rehearsal of the Opening Ceremony on Monday. Although the 60,000 or so people who attended were asked by artistic director, Danny Boyle, to #savethesurprise, Mark was able to tell us a little bit about what's in store (no spoilers here don't worry!)

Mark explained: "What was it like? Well, the words 'awesome, magnificent, a triumph' come to mind. In fact I would go so far as to say it was the most amazing live event I have witnessed in my 50 plus years! 'Surprise' is definitely the key word as the show has lots of big-scale surprises - I was definitely not expecting anything like it!"

Tune in tomorrow night from 9pm - 12.30am on BBC1 to see what all the fuss is about.

Mark outside the Olympic Stadium.

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