Security under the spotlight for London Olympics

(Vatican Radio) Airspace restrictions are set to be put in place as part of security arrangements for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.. Areas of London and the Southeast of England will be affected.The controls will come into force from Saturday. Yesterday, it emerged that 3,500 British soldiers have been told to prepare to perform security tasks at the Games.

These latest measures come despite complaints of overzealous security arrangements in the lead up to the Olympics.

Lydia O’Kane spoke to the Catholic co-ordinator for London 2012, James Parker about the issue of security.

He says,… “There’s a real sense in which we recognise there is a risk of security and clearly nobody wants missiles anywhere near to their own homes for fear that those missiles might be used and therefore they get attacked, but there is still nevertheless an underlying feeling that security is of the utmost importance…”

The London Summer Olympic Games begins on July 27^th. Listen