The Olympic Flame visits the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield today as it travels through 16 communities to Cleethorpes.
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Schools across the UK celebrate London 2012 World Sport Day
June 25, 2012 Comment Off 30 ViewsThousands of schools and local communities across the UK are showing how they are ready to welcome the world to the London 2012 Games by celebrating World Sport Day, presented by Lloyds TSB.
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Day 38: Olympic Flame continues its journey from Leeds to Sheffield
June 25, 2012 Comment Off 27 ViewsToday the Relay will travel 76.95 miles and will be carried by 142 Torchbearers, including young fundraiser Steven Tomlinson and Olympians Dorothy Hyman, Robert Geldard and Sebastian Coe.
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Day 37: Sir Bobby Charlton carries the Torch as the Olympic Flame journeys from Manchester to Leeds
June 24, 2012 Comment Off 40 ViewsSir Bobby Charlton carries the Flame up Sir Matt Busby Way to the front of Old Trafford. Bobby was a member of the England World Cup winning side in 1966 and was also won the Ballon d’Or for
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Day 36: Sir Chris Hoy carries Flame on its journey from Lytham St Anne’s to Manchester
June 23, 2012 Comment Off 22 ViewsOlympic gold medallist Sir Chris Hoy will carry the Olympic Flame in Manchester on Day 36 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay.
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Four million people have seen the Olympic Flame at the halfway mark of the Torch Relay
June 22, 2012 Comment Off 31 ViewsThe Olympic Flame has been carried by 3,529 Torchbearers over 35 days so far.
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Additional London 2012 tickets go on sale
June 22, 2012 Comment Off 41 ViewsA further batch of contingency tickets to a number of sports are on sale today.
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Day 35: Olympic Flame visits Kendal Castle and the Blackpool Tower Ballroom at the halfway point of the Torch Relay
June 22, 2012 Comment Off 47 ViewsThe Flame is carried by 139 Torchbearers, including Strictly Come Dancing champions Harry Judd and Aliona Vilani, from Kendal to Blackpool.
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Day 34: Olympic Flame visits the Robert Burns statue and travels by steam boat on Windermere
June 21, 2012 Comment Off 21 ViewsToday the Olympic Flame will cover 121.77 miles on a journey from Dumfries in Scotland to Bowness-on-Windermere in the Lake District.
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London 2012 Festival launches with five spectacular events
June 21, 2012 Comment Off 60 ViewsThe 12-week?London 2012 Festival launches today with five headline events across the UK.
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