Telecoms operator BT has announced that London 2012 Live Site screens across the UK, which are big video displays and event spaces in urban centres that offer live information and TV style coverage, will soon be spammed by lots of annoying "tweets, texts, emails and photos" when they become "Love Sites" instead. Oh no, not.. love sites :laugh: .

Not to be confused with adult dating or pornography. BT claims that "romantics" will be able to send their messages to appear on the Live Site screens between Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th February from 11.00 - 18.00, and on Monday 14th from 10.00 - 18.00.

Members of the public can tweet their messages to @BTLoveSites, including the hashtag relevant to their location; or email [email protected] quoting the relevant location (e.g. "London"). They can also send a text, including the location to 82010 (25p plus your standard network fee).


Mercifully BT "reserves the right not to display messages which are non- English, incomplete, misspelt, or otherwise not fit for public viewing", which perhaps risks excluding most of your typical text messages. Sadly they also reserve the right to charge you for the messages even if they're not published, which is nice.

Those of you wishing to retain your sanity should therefore avoid the following live site locations on the allotted dates of infamy.

Live Sites participating in BT’s Valentine’s activity:
* Birmingham, Victoria Square, B1 1BB
* Bradford - Centenary Square, BD1 1SD
* Bristol - Millennium Square, Waterfront, BS1 5DB
* Cardiff - The Hayes, CF10 2DP
* Derby - Market Place, DE1 3AE
* Dover - Market Square, CT16 1NX
* Edinburgh - Festival Square, EH3 9SR
* Leeds - Millennium Square, LS1 3DP
* Leicester - Humberstone Gate, LE1 1WA
* Manchester - Exchange Square, M4 3TR
* Middlesbrough - Centre Square, TS1 2QQ
* Norwich - Chapelfield Shopping Centre, NR1 3SH
* Plymouth - Armada Way, PL1 1DY
* Portsmouth - Guildhall Square, PO1 2AD
* Swansea - Castle Square, SA1 1JF
* Swindon - Wharf Green, SN1 5AH
* Waltham Forest - Town Square, Walthamstow, E17 7JN