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Only a quarter of UK adults believe the 2012 London Olympics will help their area, according to a BBC survey.
A BBC survey has found that 73% of people in the UK believe the 2012 London Olympics will bring no real benefit to their area.
Current affairs programme Inside Out carried out the survey of 2,000 adults at the end of January. Even in London six out of 10 people said there was nothing really in the Games for them.
On one specific promise of the Olympics, the poll suggests that only one in five people would be inspired to take part in sport or exercise because of them.
Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell claimed, however, that the Games would bring unprecedented benefits to all the UK:
We're not idiots here. We have actually given more thought and careful planning than any other city has ever done before, in making sure that people all round the country have a part in the Games and benefit from the Games."
You can join in the debate on the BBC website. Click on http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7327693.stm.
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