According The Times today, police intend to use anti-terror laws to search members of the public at the 2012 Olympic Games.

Olympic National Transport Security Co-ordinator for the Home Office, Steve Thomas, said tighter security measures were required given the increased threat Britain is sure to face during the Games.

"If there is a severe level of threat we will be looking to use Section 44 at every Underground and railway station," Thomas said.

The laws would allow police to stop and search members of the public at underground and railway stations across the country without any suspicion they were involved in acts of terrorism.