Live 8 organisers slam eBay

Within hours of texts being sent out notifying winners of the ticket auction, adverts were appearing on eBay for around £500 per pair. Organisers Bob Geldof, Midge Ure and Harvey Goldmsith have today demanded the immediate removal of such adverts.

Geldof says, "I am sick with this. It is a disgrace. It is completely against the interests of the poor.  The people who are selling these tickets on websites are miserable wretches who are capitalising on people's misery: I am ...

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