The Olympic Flame will travel on the Heights of Abraham cable car and visit Chatsworth House on its journey from Nottingham to Derby on Day 42 of the Torch Relay.
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Day 41: Olympic Flame visits Lincoln Cathedral and Sherwood Forest
June 28, 2012 Comment Off 26 ViewsToday the Olympic Flame will travel 100.4 miles through 17 communities on its journey from Lincoln to Nottingham.
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London 2012 announces plans to entertain and educate spectators
June 27, 2012 Comment Off 31 ViewsThe London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) has announced today that spectators attending the Games will be treated to a programme of innovative sport presentation.
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Michael Morpurgo launches London 2012 Festival storytelling programme
June 27, 2012 Comment Off 27 ViewsMuch-loved writer Michael Morpurgo has launched a golden summer of reading and storytelling for children all over the United Kingdom as part of the London 2012 Festival.
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First London 2012 venue opens to mark one month until Olympic Games
June 27, 2012 Comment Off 30 ViewsWith exactly one?month to go until the London 2012 Olympic Games,?the?Main Press Centre (MPC) has today been officially opened.
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Day 40: Olympic Flame journeys from Grimsby Docks to Lincoln
June 27, 2012 Comment Off 32 ViewsThe Olympic?Torch Relay?will start Day 40 with an abseil down one of the Humber region’s most iconic landmarks.
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Day 39: Olympic Flame visits Don Valley Stadium
June 26, 2012 Comment Off 15 ViewsThe 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 25 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 23 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 35 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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