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23 May 2012 Last updated at 01:50 ET

Zara Phillips to ride with torch

On day five of the relay, the torch will be placed in the royal hands of Zara Phillips to finish its journey from Bristol to Cheltenham.

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Beacon will not be lit on beacon

A beacon for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee will not be lit on Painswick Beacon in Gloucestershire.

Beacon jubilee plans under threat

Home for large blue butterflies
A nature charity acquires a new site in the Cotswolds for the UK's rarest butterfly
Boy to honour granddad at relay
The grandson of an athlete who ran in the 1948 Olympics will sing at a torch relay arrival party
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