Babies must have their own tickets for Olympics

Babies will be banned from this year’s Olympic Games unless they have their own ticket – even if they were not conceived when their parents bought seats. The 2012 organisers have said every child, including small babies carried in their parents’ arms, must have their own ticket or they will be excluded.

A spokesman for London 2012 said: “Of course we understand some new mums may want to take their babies to events they have tickets to and we will look at what we can do in April.”