Beijing back to pre-Olympic congestion

Beijing was grinding back to its congested normal on Saturday after two months of traffic restrictions and factory closures which kept the city's notorious pollution at bay for the Olympic and Paralympic games.

The Chinese capital is one of the world's most polluted cities and there has been widespread debate about whether the traffic control measures should be retained.

Although the Olympic regulations do not officially expire until midnight on Saturday, cars with both odd and even number plates were already on the streets of central Beijing by mid-morning.