http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12004490#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa The latest stories from the Olympic Torch Relay section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Thu, 10 May 2012 11:43:43 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12004490#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 120 60 15 The flame for the London 2012 torch relay and Olympic Games is lit in Olympia, Greece, and briefly goes out. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18002760#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18002760 Thu, 10 May 2012 15:19:06 GMT The BBC begins its Olympics marketing campaign with a 60-second torch relay trail. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17894190#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17894190 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:00:02 GMT Find out which streets in your area the Olympic torch will be carried on. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17358291#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17358291 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:16:24 GMT Roger Mosey on the BBC's Olympic torch relay coverage plans. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/davidbond/2012/05/olympic_torch.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/davidbond/2012/05/olympic_torch.html Wed, 09 May 2012 15:08:58 GMT A man from London says he is excited to be the first UK resident to run with the Olympic torch after it is lit in Greece. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17982743#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17982743 Mon, 07 May 2012 14:39:59 GMT More than 200 cyclists will escort the Olympic Torch when it arrives in York, it is announced. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-17995973#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-17995973 Wed, 09 May 2012 05:18:16 GMT A full dress rehearsal of the Olympic torch relay is being staged http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17770271#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17770271 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:12:23 GMT The London Olympic torch wins the prestigious Design of the Year award 2012. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17815364#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17815364 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:32:54 GMT English villages and towns bypassed by the official Olympic torch relay route are creating their own alternative relays. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17643906#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17643906 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:06:44 GMT A man who has been accused of halting the University Boat Race by swimming in the River Thames appears in court. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17812166#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17812166 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:51:26 GMT The Olympic torch has undergone extreme tests to weather proof it for a British summer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17738920#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17738920 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:40:50 GMT The street-by-street route for the London 2012 Olympic torch relay is set out as over 7,000 torchbearers are confirmed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17379058#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17379058 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:33:51 GMT The Olympic torch relay will take in four Royal residences on its journey ahead of the 2012 Games. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17739404#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17739404 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:09:40 GMT Homes and businesses in Leicestershire and Rutland are warned to expect disruption ahead of a dress rehearsal for the London 2012 Olympic torch relay. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-17675960#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-17675960 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:17:36 GMT Award-winning rapper Dizzee Rascal and chart-topping boy band The Wanted will perform at concerts as part of the London 2012 torch relay celebrations. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17523541#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17523541 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:28:44 GMT A £3m investment will improve facilities at a Cornish tourist attraction, where the Olympic torch relay will begin next month. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-17663328#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-17663328 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:25:53 GMT Londoner Diana Gould will be 100 when she carries the Olympic flame and she is busy getting in some training for the big day. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17427914#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17427914 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:32:22 GMT With six months to go to the start of the Paralympics, the torch design is revealed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17198230#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17198230 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:20:30 GMT Thousands of people who applied to be Olympic torchbearers are finding out by email if they have been offered a place. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16072614#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16072614 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:55:25 GMT The Olympic Torch is to visit Dublin in the run-up to the London 2012 Games - its only detour outside of the UK. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16090127#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16090127 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:23:55 GMT The 1,018 places the London 2012 Olympic torch will visit and the highlights on its journey are revealed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15572381#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15572381 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:53:21 GMT The Olympic flame will be taken by rail to the summit of Snowdon, the highest point of the 2012 relay route. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15563973#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15563973 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:14:04 GMT The Olympic flame is to be carried on a zip-wire from the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle as part of its tour of the country. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-15528021#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-15528021 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:39:55 GMT The Olympic torch will visit Stonehenge as it passes through Wiltshire next year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-15546250#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-15546250 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:00:38 GMT The Olympic torch will be taken on a cable car at the Heights of Abraham during its relay journey through Derbyshire. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-15553806#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-15553806 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:33:32 GMT The Olympic flame arrives in Belfast on 3 June with relay runners carrying it to more than 60 towns and villages as well as a number of beauty spots. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15571931#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15571931 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:33:28 GMT Pictures of some of the iconic stops on the torch relay route. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-15575078#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-15575078 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:01:16 GMT The making of a modern phenomenon http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12297876#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12297876 Wed, 09 May 2012 16:40:22 GMT When London staged the 'Austerity Games' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12760836#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12760836 Wed, 18 May 2011 06:48:43 GMT Explore the torches from 1936 onwards http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13424048#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13424048 Wed, 18 May 2011 06:51:58 GMT Key moments from past torch relays http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13411437#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13411437 Wed, 18 May 2011 07:54:01 GMT Corporate sponsors will receive almost three-quarters of the torchbearers' places, finds BBC Sports Editor David Bond http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/davidbond/2011/05/torch_relay_begins_journey.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/davidbond/2011/05/torch_relay_begins_journey.html Wed, 18 May 2011 14:09:22 GMT Deciding where the torch goes on its 70-day journey is a complex business http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/rogermosey/2011/05/torch_blog.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/rogermosey/2011/05/torch_blog.html Wed, 18 May 2011 08:29:52 GMT Let's find ordinary, extraordinary people to carry the London 2012 torch http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adrianwarner/2011/05/we_want_special_but_ordinary_t.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adrianwarner/2011/05/we_want_special_but_ordinary_t.html Thu, 19 May 2011 08:54:07 GMT The Olympic flame has been lit in Greece, at the start of a journey that will take it to London in time for the opening of the Games in July. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18016224#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18016224 Thu, 10 May 2012 10:06:03 GMT A Cumbrian vet is chosen to carry the Olympic torch when it arrives in Workington. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-18004107#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-18004107 Wed, 09 May 2012 15:25:59 GMT The Olympic torch makes its way from Leicester to Peterborough as part of a test day for the full UK Olympic torch relay. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17789610#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17789610 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:01:57 GMT See exclusive video of a lit torch being exposed to the elements. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17775032#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17775032 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:43:21 GMT Lord Coe, head of the London 2012 Organising Committee, describes the UK torch relay and explains what happens if the flame should go out. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15616414#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15616414 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 07:25:58 GMT The names of the majority of the 8,000 people who will carry the Olympic torch on its 8,000 mile journey have also been confirmed by Games organisers Locog. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17431116#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17431116 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:01:40 GMT The street-by-street route the London 2012 Olympic torch relay will take around the UK has been set out. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17430267#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17430267 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:03:48 GMT A woman whose parents died in the M5 crash in Somerset, is chosen to take part in the Olympic torch relay. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-17442583#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-17442583 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:10:44 GMT The Olympic torch will visit a number of famous landmarks in the East Midlands during its relay journey across the UK. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17440546#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17440546 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:23:29 GMT The route for the 2012 Olympic torch relay in the South East has been unveiled. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17440482#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17440482 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:45:09 GMT An 84-year-old multiple international fencing medallist from Norwich has been selected to carry the Olympic torch through her home city. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-17430413#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-17430413 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:02:28 GMT People chosen to be Olympic torchbearers in the south of England have spoken of their honour at being chosen to take part in the torch relay. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-17440106#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-17440106 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:47:57 GMT Hundreds of people across Scotland are officially confirmed as Olympic torchbearers as the relay route is announced. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-17430479#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-17430479 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:17:21 GMT The names of some of the 600 people chosen to carry the Olympic torch around Wales are announced. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17436541#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17436541 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:44:06 GMT Two people from Kent who were chosen to take part in the London 2012 Torch Relay say they are very proud. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17433812#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17433812 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:44:01 GMT There will be 16 people carrying the Olympic torch when it comes to Jersey on 15 July. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-17440150#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-17440150 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:20:19 GMT An Oxfordshire man who raised money for charity after his friend died of leukaemia is to carry the Olympic flame. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-17440105#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-17440105 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:19:25 GMT An Isle of Man endurance racer and charity fundraiser has said she was 'thrilled' to be an Olympic torch bearer http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/17433879#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/17433879 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:57:07 GMT Watch the torch arrive at the 1948 London Olympics opening ceremony http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13391235#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13391235 Wed, 18 May 2011 05:44:28 GMT Sport, news and more 2012 information from the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/2012/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/2012/ Tue, 17 May 2011 16:14:03 GMT http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/school_report/news_day_2011/9489057.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/school_report/news_day_2011/9489057.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/london_2012/9488945.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/london_2012/9488945.stm