The research suggests 76 per cent of people are pleased London is staging the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in 2012 – with even higher backing among younger people and in London, southern England and Northern Ireland.
The poll, with more than 2,000 people questioned by the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB), also shows widespread optimism that the Games will have a positive effect on London and the whole country and high levels of confidence that the UK will stage successful Games in 2012.
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