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27 July 2012 Last updated at 17:29

Jeremy Hunt in Olympic bell clanger

Jeremy Hunt has had an Olympic nightmare. The government's Culture Secretary was ringing a bell at an Olympic event when it snapped off its handle and flew into a nearby crowd.

He was at the All the Bells celebration where thousands of bells are rung out across the UK to mark the official start of the Olympic Games.

Writing later on Twitter, Mr Hunt said: "Oops bell broke taking part in Martin Creed's ringing in of the Games...no one hurt."

"It was a clanger, if you'll forgive the pun," he added.

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