Spectators arriving for Olympics opening ceremony

Thousands of people are gathering at the Olympic Park as excitement builds for the official opening of the London 2012 Games

Thousands of people are arriving at the Olympic Park ahead of the £27m opening ceremony of the London Games.

The three-hour spectacle in the Olympic Stadium will be viewed by a global TV audience of around one billion people.
The Olympic flame is at City Hall ahead of its ceremony appearance, on the last leg of its 70-day nationwide journey.
Details of the ceremony remain a closely-guarded secret. Its artistic director, Danny Boyle, has dedicated it to the 15,000 volunteers taking part.
Mr Boyle has spoken of his "excitement" for the ceremony, as well as feeling "nervousness" for all the volunteers participating in it.
The chairman of London 2012, Lord Coe, told the BBC he was "as excited as hell".
Crowds of people, many of them dressed up in their nation's colours, are gathering in large numbers at the Olympic Park. There have been no reports of any major transport problems.
The day of celebration began at 08:12 BST (07:12 GMT) with a mass bell ringing. Big Ben rang for three minutes for the first time since King George VI's funeral.