London 2012: Torch relay thrill for blind woman

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A 21-year-old Peterborough woman who was given a year to live when she was 16, has been picked to run a leg of the Olympic Torch Relay in Bedford.

Tasha Floyd lost her sight shortly after a brain tumour was diagnosed while she was studying for her GCSE exams.

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