Strictly Come Dancing stars dance with torch in Blackpool

Heavy rain and high winds momentarily put out the Olympic flame and forced Blackpool's evening celebration indoors as the torch relay reached its halfway point.

But thousands still turned out to cheer on the day's torchbearers before McFly's Harry Judd and dancer Aliona Vilani swept across the Blackpool Tower ballroom floor to light the cauldron.

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