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LONDON - Anti-China protesters tried to disrupt the Olympic torch relay when it began its London leg late last night (NZ time).
Police scuffled with protesters outside Wembley Stadium as the flame was carried on to a red double-decker bus in front of flag-waving spectators. Three people were arrested.
Later, a protester tried to grab the torch but was wrestled to the ground.
Five-times gold medallist Steve Redgrave started the torch's 50km journey through London at Wembley.
About 80 athletes and celebrities were to carry the torch by foot, bike, boat and bus across the capital for eight hours.
Police had been expecting up to 80,000 spectators to watch the relay but many may have been deterred by unseasonal snow showers.
Campaigners protesting against China's crackdown on independence activists in Tibet planned to line the route and target Downing St, where Prime Minister Gordon Brown intended to greet the flame.
Brown has said he will not boycott the Olympic Games in Beijing and says the Dalai Lama has not called for a boycott.
- REUTERS
