£250,000 a day to protect Olympic venues

It's reported it's costing £250,000 a day to keep London's Olympic venues secure.

The security figure's understood to have risen from £71,000 a day this time last year.

It's believed the figure could rise further following reports last week America's not happy about our plans and is flying 1000 special agents to London next summer.

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