Press release Tuesday 15 May 2012 For immediate use Ed Miliband’s new frontbench team Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party, has today announced changes to his frontbench team. Jon Cruddas is to become Coordinator of the Labour Party Policy Review. Ed Miliband will recommend to the National Policy Forum that Angela Eagle becomes its new chair. Owen Smith is to replace Peter Hain as Shadow Secretary of State for Wales. Andrew Adonis will advise the Policy Review on areas of Labour’s industrial strategy. Ed Miliband said:  “I am delighted to welcome the new members of our team. “Jon Cruddas is already known as one of the most radical and deepest thinkers in the party. As the policy review enters its next phase, I look forward to him bringing his energy and new ideas. “I am also delighted he will be working with Angela Eagle, in her proposed role as Chair of the National Policy Forum, combined with Shadow Leader of the House. She brings great policy and political acumen to the role. “Owen Smith has shown himself to be a real talent and I welcome him to the post of Shadow Welsh Secretary. “I am also pleased Andrew Adonis will be working on areas of industrial strategy, bringing his experience of government and fresh thinking to the role. “I want to thank Liam for his excellent work in kick starting the ideas that Labour will need to win in 2015, and for working so hard to make sure our agenda is rooted firmly in the issues that matter to hardworking people in Britain.” Ends  The Olympic Flame for the London 2012 Games is lit in Ancient Olympia Actors dressed in the robes of the ancient Greeks perform in the ancient Olympic stadium following the lighting ceremony at the Temple of Hera in Ancient Olympia, Greece  London 2012 offers first Torchbearer places for the Paralympic Torch Relay The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) has announced the first 332 people who have been chosen to carry the Paralympic Flame as Torchbearers in the London 2012 Paralympic Torch Relay. Three chosen Torchbearer teams had the opportunity to hold the Torch for the first time and try on the Torchbearer uniform at an event in Trafalgar Square.  BUCS VISA Athletics Championships 2012 View of the Olympic Stadium during day two of the BUCS VISA Athletics Championships 2012 London 2012 Olympic Stadium officially opened London 2012 Organising Committee Chair Seb Coe, hosts Gabby Logan and Vernon Kay, and Paralympic archer Danielle Brown join nine-year-old Niamh Clarke-Willis from Hackney to release a mass of balloons and officially open the Olympic Stadium. The Olympic Flame for the London 2012 Games is lit in Ancient Olympia Alex Loukos from Great Britain (right) is the second person to receive the torch during the torch relay. Children play with hula hoops from specially designed sports kits in Chiputo, eastern Mozambique International Inspiration has distributed more than 700 sports kits to UNICEF-supported child-friendly schools in Mozambique, giving children high-quality equipment for their physical education, sports and recreation sessions. The Olympic Flame for the London 2012 Games is lit in Ancient Olympia Actors dressed in the robes of the ancient Greeks perform in the ancient Olympic stadium following the lighting ceremony at the Temple of Hera in Ancient Olympia, Greece. Olympic Flame for the London 2012 Games is lit in Ancient Olympia Actors dressed in the robes of the ancient Greeks perform in the ancient Olympic stadium following the lighting ceremony at the Temple of Hera in Ancient Olympia, Greece. Olympic Flame for the London 2012 Games is lit in Ancient Olympia Olympic Flame for the London 2012 Games is lit in Ancient Olympia The event, called 2012 Hours to Go: An Evening of Athletics and Entertainment, featured a host of celebrities and athletes taking part in a series of stunts and games in front of 40,000 spectators.