British Airways aircraft will be repainted with a special dove to celebrate the London 2012 Games.
Finishing touches are still being made to the artwork by Brighton-based design tutor Pascal Anson, 38, who beat hundreds of rivals in the BA Great Britons programme.
A mixture of long-haul and short-haul aircraft, including a Boeing A319, will be turned in to a giant flying canvas complete with a new paint colour that will be used as part of the livery.
Mr Anson has been working on the design over the past few month, under the watchful eye of Royal Academician and mentor Tracey Emin, who was part of the judging panel.
The starting point was his commute to London, looking up at landing aircraft and wondering “if it’s a ‘bird or a plane’, and the idea developed from there”.
Car advertisement banned
A Citroen car advertisement has been banned after it sparked a string of complaints from viewers claiming it brought on epilepsy symptoms and caused a seizure.
The ad, which contained flashing images, was broadcast on channels including Sky, ITV and UK Gold.
But 10 people objected to its content, with some reporting the onset of symptoms associated with photo-sensitive epilepsy and one viewer apparently suffered a fit.
Train is new baby express
A woman got the morning commute of her life when she gave birth to her first child on a train to New York.
The 31-year-old said she was heading into the city with her husband because she had been feeling some contraction-like pains. Along the way, the couple realised that their son had already started to come out.
Rail workers turned the train into an express, bypassing most stops so that it would get to its destination as soon as possible.
Never again, says Gervais
Ricky Gervais has said he never wants to host the Golden Globes again after describing it as “like a parachute jump”.
The comic, who recently hosted the awards for the third time, caused controversy last year with a series of near-the-knuckle remarks about some of Hollywood’s biggest names.
This year he came under fire from critics for not being funny enough, with one writing his performance “felt forced and heavy-handed”.
Writing on his blog, Mr Gervais said he had “a blast” but did not want to do it again.
He said: “I’ve told my agent to never let me be persuaded to do it again though. It’s like a parachute jump. You can only really enjoy it in retrospect when you realise you didn’t die and it was quite an amazing thing to do.”
Mr Gervais, who found fame as the star and co-creator of the BBC sitcom The Office, said the crowds “were great this year too”, adding, “I think they finally worked out that my gags only seemed rude and nasty but were actually not too scary at all.”