Build-up to London 2012 Olympic Ceremony

Key Points

• The public have started entering the Olympic Park ahead of the opening ceremony which begins at 21:00 BST. BBC One's special programme, available online in the UK, is from 19:00 BST
• The Olympic flame has travelled down the Thames and will stay in City Hall until it appears at the opening ceremony for the cauldron lighting
• Today's Olympic events got under way with preliminary archery at Lord's cricket ground, where the first two world records of London 2012 were claimed by South Korea