Olympic torch: Flame flies into Orkney and Shetland

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The Olympic flame has visited its most northern destination as it travelled around Kirkwall in Orkney and Lerwick in the Shetland Islands.

A total of 40 torchbearers covered more than 29 miles across the Northern Isles on day 23 of the relay.

Lorna Gordon reports.

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