LONDON 2012: SET TO KICK OFF OLYMPICS FIRST EVENTS AT CARDIFF'S MILLENNIUM STADIUM

 The London 2012 Olympic Games is under way with a women's football match at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
More than 40,000 fans were expected to watch Great Britain play New Zealand in the first of two games at the stadium on Wednesday.
But people were still queueing to have bags searched outside the stadium as the match kicked off at 16:00 BST.
Stadium manager Gerry Toms said: "We've got to follow procedure - in the next 15 minutes we'll have everybody in."
He told BBC Wales: "The vast majority of people have come in the last hour and the search requirements are really strict.
"You'll notice the people who aren't carrying bags have gone straight in."
Most people were waiting patiently to buy tickets but there were some complaints.
Dr Jonathan Murphy, from Barry, told BBC Wales he had been waiting 25 minutes in the queue for the booths.
"I bought my tickets in advance, I'm just picking them up," he said.
"They've got two windows closed and there was no information where to come.
"There was also no differentiation between sales and picking up. This is unbelievable."
The football tournaments are beginning two days ahead of the opening ceremony in London on Friday.

Earlier, London 2012 chairman Lord Coe arrived to hail the opening of the games.

He said it was important the 2012 Olympics were not uniquely a London story.
At around 14:30 BST the Team GB women passed along Westgate Street by coach on the way to the stadium to cheering, flag-waving crowds.
Fans started going into the stadium just after 14:00 BST, with queues forming for people to have their bags searched.
One of the security staff monitoring bag searches said it was taking anything from 45 seconds to three minutes to search each bag.
He said the biggest cause of the delay was bottles of water and that he "felt sorry" for the searches who had received "some flak simply because they were sticking to the rules."
There were virtually no queues for people who didn't have bags.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter is among those attending the opening event of the Games.

It will be followed by another women's match - Cameroon v Brazil at 18:45 BST - among 11 matches being held at the Millennium Stadium throughout the Games.

Meanwhile, the security operation around the city is being stepped up, while roads around the stadium have been closed.

South Wales Police Assistant Chief Constable Julian Kirby said the eyes of the world are on Cardiff .