If you bought Olympic tickets from anywhere other than the official London 2012 website you need to double check they're valid asap!

Thousands of people have been conned by rogue traders and shelled out for tickets only to be turned away at the stadiums.

The OFT have cracked down on one seller in particular - Andreas Gyrre, the director of Euroteam AS, Uncus AS and Ticket and Travel AS.

Together his companies sold 20,000 Olympic tickets - even though they only had 5,000 tickets available and weren't even authorised to do so!

If you ordered from one of these companies you need to be aware that your tickets may not materialise and, if they do; that they may not get you entry to the games.

However, you will be able to recoup their full cost.

To claim your refund you need to send a copy of your receipt and tickets (if they arrived) to the address on the website you bought them from.

You can check the London 2012 site if you're unsure whether you bought your tickets from an official reseller.

What else is happening?

RBS have set aside £125m to compensate customers badly affected by their computer glitch

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The Bank of England base rate will remain at 0.5% for another month

The Monetary Policy Committee has voted against any changes to the base rate. They also decided against from pumping more money into the economy via Quantitative Easing.

A range of 'simple' financial products that make life easier for consumers are on their way

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Homeowners that get solar panels fitted from now on will earn less when they sell their excess energy back to the National Grid

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Bankruptcies in England and Wales are at their lowest level since 2003

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