25/07/2012
What can and what can't you take into an Olympic venue? As the first events take place today, Shari Vahl has the definitive guide on what is allowed.
What can and what can't you take into an Olympic venue? As the first events take place today we'll have the definitive guide on what you'll be allowed to take into Olympic venues.
We'll have the latest on The Portas Pilots and the government's plans to revitalise the high street.
Plus why alcohol sales are falling.
And are you fed up with being presented with those boxes of squiggly text online where you have to type the barely decipherable words to prove that you are human? A new online security checker allows websites to replace those 'CAPTCHA' boxes with short interactive games.
The presenter is Shari Vahl
The producer is Joe Kent.
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Olympic tickets
Police fear thousands of people hoping to get Olympic tickets won’t receive them – and won’t get their money back. They’d failed to heed warnings to only buy from official websites.
Duration: 03:11
Alcohol
New figures show we are spending less on alcohol from shops and off-licences. Shari speaks to Adam Leyalnd, editor of The Grocer.
Duration: 03:47
Portas Pilots
As another 15 ‘Portas Pilot’ towns are announced – we speak to the man behind one of the successful bids in Lemmington Spa.
Duration: 04:28
Are you a human?
An alternative to captcha – those white boxes of squiggly text you’re asked to decipher online to prove you’re not a computer.
Duration: 05:09
What can and can’t you take into an Olympic venue?
We have the definitive guide, and speak to the Head of Venue Security for London 2012, Ian Thomas.
Duration: 08:00
Broadcasts
- Wed 25 Jul 2012 12:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4 FM
- Wed 25 Jul 2012 12:04Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4 LW
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