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- Day 1 Land's End to Plymouth May 19
- Day 2 Plymouth to Exeter May 20
- Day 3 Exeter to Taunton May 21
- Day 4 Taunton to Bristol May 22
- Day 5 Bristol to Cheltenham May 23
- Day 6 Gloucester to Worcester May 24
- Day 7 Worcester to Cardiff May 25
- Day 8 Cardiff to Swansea May 26
- Day 9 Swansea to Aberystwyth May 27
- Day 10 Aberystwyth to Bangor May 28
- Day 11 Beaumaris to Chester May 29
- Day 12 Chester to Stoke-on-Trent May 30
- Day 13 Stoke-on-Trent to Bolton May 31
- Day 14 Bolton to Liverpool June 1
- Day 15 Liverpool to Castletown June 2
- Day 16 Belfast to Portrush June 3
- Day 17 Carrick-a-Rede to Londonderry June 4
- Day 18 Londonderry to Newry June 5
- Day 19 Dublin to Belfast June 6
- Day 20 Newcastle to Moorfields June 7
- Day 21 Stranraer to Glasgow June 8
- Day 22 Glasgow to Inverness June 9
- Day 23 Kirkwall to Lerwick June 10
- Day 24 Stornoway to Aberdeen June 11
- Day 25 Aberdeen to Dundee June 12
- Day 26 St Andrews to Edinburgh June 13
- Day 27 Edinburgh to Alnwick June 14
- Day 28 Alnwick to Newcastle upon Tyne June 15
- Day 29 Gateshead to Durham June 16
- Day 30 Durham to Middlesbrough June 17
- Day 31 Middlesbrough to Hull June 18
- Day 32 Hull to York June 19
- Day 33 York to Carlisle June 20
- Day 34 Dumfries to Bowness-on-Windermere June 21
- Day 35 Kendal to Blackpool June 22
- Day 36 Lytham St Anne's to Manchester June 23
- Day 37 Salford to Leeds June 24
- Day 38 Leeds to Sheffield June 25
- Day 39 Sheffield to Cleethorpes June 26
- Day 40 Grimsby to Lincoln June 27
- Day 41 Lincoln to Nottingham June 28
- Day 42 Nottingham to Derby June 29
- Day 43 Derby to Birmingham June 30
- Day 44 Birmingham to Coventry July 1
- Day 45 Coventry to Leicester July 2
- Day 46 Leicester to Peterborough July 3
- Day 47 Peterborough to Norwich July 4
- Day 48 Norwich to Ipswich July 5
- Day 49 Ipswich to Chelmsford July 6
- Day 50 Chelmsford to Cambridge July 7
- Day 51 Cambridge to Luton July 8
- Day 52 Luton to Oxford July 9
- Day 53 Oxford to Reading July 10
- Day 54 Reading to Salisbury July 11
- Day 55 Salisbury to Weymouth July 12
- Day 56 Portland Bill to Bournemouth July 13
- Day 57 Bournemouth to Southampton July 14
- Day 58 Southampton to Portsmouth July 15
- Day 59 Portsmouth to Brighton July 16
- Day 60 Brighton to Hastings July 17
- Day 61 Hastings to Dover July 18
- Day 62 Deal to Maidstone July 19
- Day 63 Maidstone to Guildford July 20
- Day 64 Greenwich to Waltham Forest July 21
- Day 65 Redbridge to Bexley July 22
- Day 66 Lewisham to Wandsworth July 23
- Day 67 Kingston to Ealing July 24
- Day 68 Harrow to Haringey July 25
- Day 69 Camden to Westminster July 26
- Day 70 Hampton Court to Olympic Stadium July 27
70 days; 70 routes
- Day 1 Land's End to Plymouth
- Day 2 Plymouth to Exeter
- Day 3 Exeter to Taunton
- Day 4 Taunton to Bristol
- Day 5 Bristol to Cheltenham
- Day 6 Gloucester to Worcester
- Day 7 Worcester to Cardiff
- Day 8 Cardiff to Swansea
- Day 9 Swansea to Aberystwyth
- Day 10 Aberystwyth to Bangor
- Day 11 Beaumaris to Chester
- Day 12 Chester to Stoke-on-Trent
- Day 13 Stoke-on-Trent to Bolton
- Day 14 Bolton to Liverpool
- Day 15 Liverpool to Castletown
- Day 16 Belfast to Portrush
- Day 17 Carrick-a-Rede to Londonderry
- Day 18 Londonderry to Newry
- Day 19 Dublin to Belfast
- Day 20 Newcastle to Moorfields
- Day 21 Stranraer to Glasgow
- Day 22 Glasgow to Inverness
- Day 23 Kirkwall to Lerwick
- Day 24 Stornoway to Aberdeen
- Day 25 Aberdeen to Dundee
- Day 26 St Andrews to Edinburgh
- Day 27 Edinburgh to Alnwick
- Day 28 Alnwick to Newcastle upon Tyne
- Day 29 Gateshead to Durham
- Day 30 Durham to Middlesbrough
- Day 31 Middlesbrough to Hull
- Day 32 Hull to York
- Day 33 York to Carlisle
- Day 34 Dumfries to Bowness-on-Windermere
- Day 35 Kendal to Blackpool
- Day 36 Lytham St Anne's to Manchester
- Day 37 Salford to Leeds
- Day 38 Leeds to Sheffield
- Day 39 Sheffield to Cleethorpes
- Day 40 Grimsby to Lincoln
- Day 41 Lincoln to Nottingham
- Day 42 Nottingham to Derby
- Day 43 Derby to Birmingham
- Day 44 Birmingham to Coventry
- Day 45 Coventry to Leicester
- Day 46 Leicester to Peterborough
- Day 47 Peterborough to Norwich
- Day 48 Norwich to Ipswich
- Day 49 Ipswich to Chelmsford
- Day 50 Chelmsford to Cambridge
- Day 51 Cambridge to Luton
- Day 52 Luton to Oxford
- Day 53 Oxford to Reading
- Day 54 Reading to Salisbury
- Day 55 Salisbury to Weymouth
- Day 56 Portland Bill to Bournemouth
- Day 57 Bournemouth to Southampton
- Day 58 Southampton to Portsmouth
- Day 59 Portsmouth to Brighton
- Day 60 Brighton to Hastings
- Day 61 Hastings to Dover
- Day 62 Deal to Maidstone
- Day 63 Maidstone to Guildford
- Day 64 Greenwich to Waltham Forest
- Day 65 Redbridge to Bexley
- Day 66 Lewisham to Wandsworth
- Day 67 Kingston to Ealing
- Day 68 Harrow to Haringey
- Day 69 Camden to Westminster
- Day 70 Hampton Court to Olympic Stadium
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Salford
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- The Green, Media City
- The Quays
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Trafford
- Trafford Wharf Road
- Waters Reach
- Sir Matt Busby Way
- Warwick Road
- Talbot Road (A5014)
- Seymour Grove (B5217)
- Upper Chorlton Road (B5218)
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Moss Side
- Upper Chorlton Road (B5218)
- Moss Lane West (B5219)
- Moss Lane East (B5219)
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Rusholme
- Moss Lane East (B5219)
- Wilmslow Road (B5117)
- Dickenson Road (A6010)
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Longsight
- Dickenson Road (A6010)
- Stockport Road (A6)
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Levenshulme
- Stockport Road (A6)
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Stockport
- Wellington Road North (A6)
- Wellington Road South (A6)
- Buxton Road (A6)
- New Moor Lane
- Bramhall Moor Lane
- Pepper Road
- Adidas Offices
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Ashton-under-Lyne
- Manchester Road (A635)
- Park Parade (A635)
- Cricket's Lane
- Penny Meadow (A670)
- Market Street
- Market Avenue
- Penny Meadow (A670)
- Wellington Road (A670)
- Oldham Road (A627)
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Oldham
- Ashton Road (A627)
- King Street
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- St Mary's Way (B6477)
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Marsh
- New Hey Road (A640)
- Trinity Street (A640)
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Huddersfield
- Trinity Street (A640)
- Railway Street
- John William Street
- Castlegate (A62)
- Bradford Road (A641)
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Brighouse
- Bradford Road (A641)
- Huddersfield Road (A641)
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- Briggate
- Commercial Street
- Gooder Street
- Halifax Road (A644)
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Halifax
- Godley Lane (A58)
- New Bank
- North Bridge
- Northgate
- Winding Road
- Smithy Street
- Church Street
- Hatters Fold
- Piece Hall
- Blackledge
- Church Street
- Prescott Street
- Portland Place (A629)
- Trinity Road
- Halifax Offices
- Harrison Road
- Portland Place (A629)
- Cow Green (A629)
- Broad Street (A629)
- Orange Street (A629)
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Bradford
- Manchester Road (A641)
- Hall Ings (A6181)
- Channing Way
- Centenary Square
- Bridge Street
- Barry Street
- Westgate (A6181)
- Drewton Road (A6181)
- Manningham Lane (A650)
- Keighley Road (A650)
- Lister Park
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Keighley
- South Street (A629)
- Bridge Street (A629)
- High Street (A629)
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Skipton
- Keighley Road (A6131)
- High Street
- Newmarket Street (A6069)
- Otley Road (A6069)
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Ilkley
- Skipton Road (A65)
- Church Street (A65)
- Leeds Road (A65)
- Ilkley Grammar School Sports Grounds
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Headingley
- Kirkstall Lane (B6157)
- Headingley Carnegie Stadium
- Centre of Cricket Ground
- Kirkstall Lane (B6157)
- North Lane (B6157)
- Otley Road (A660)
- Shaw Lane (B6157)
- Grove Lane (B6159)
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Potternewton
- Grove Lane (B6159)
- Stainbeck Road (B6159)
- Potternewton Lane (B6159)
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Harehills
- Harrogate Road
- Harehills Lane (B6159)
- Lupton Avenue
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Richmond Hill
- York Road
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- East End Park
- East Park Parade
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Leeds
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0545: Rain, rain go away, come again another day! Good morning and welcome to day 37 of the Olympic torch relay - and it's another wet one.
0548: It's also a double BBC day first thing this morning with this commentary being written from TV Centre and the event starting at the new MediaCity building in Salford.
Michael Hirst and Ian Westbrook are your early text commentators and we will guide you through the torch's morning adventures as the flame makes the 121-mile journey from Manchester to Leeds.
0551: The relay crew were up and at 'em at 04:30 BST today - and BBC torch relay editor Imelda Flattery tweeted this picture of the convoy vehicles ready for action:
0558: There are some hardy souls out to great the start of today's relay at MediaCity - brollies and Union Jacks at the ready!
0602: Team GB's BMX world champion Shanaze Reade looks ready to kick things off in a few minutes.
The 24-year-old, from Cheshire, has won six world titles across BMX and track cycling and competed in her first Olympics at Beijing.
Wonder how she'll cope cycling over the Salford terrain whilst carrying the Olympic flame?
0604: The crowds have swelled to hundreds-strong outside MediaCity which is now live on BBC Breakfast, with enthusiastic spectators telling the BBC this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the flame - and that it wouldn't be a proper Manchester welcome if it wasn't raining...
0606: Shanaze tells the BBC her stint with the Olympic flame brings the Olympics home, adding that the torch relay makes towns across the UK feel a part of the Olympics.
0609: Shanaze's torch is lit, she's mounted her BMX and is cycling along the Quays under streams of confetti - with crowds lining her whole route!
0614: Shanaze passes the flame to Kirsty Howard, 16, who is renowned for her charity work with Kirsty's Appeal, and has created to raise £5 million for Francis House, the hospice where she receives care.
Kirsty was born in Manchester with her heart back-to-front, causing the misplacement of her internal organs. An extremely rare form of situs ambiguus, Kirsty is the only person in the UK, and only the second in the world, to be diagnosed with it. The condition is inoperable, and requires extensive treatment, including a constant oxygen supply.
In February 1999, she was given only six weeks to live, but defied the odds. In 2001, she was the mascot for the 2002 World Cup qualifying match between England and Greece. In 2002, Kirsty and David Beckham presented the Jubilee Baton to Queen Elizabeth II during the opening ceremony of the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.
Kirsty makes her way to the Imperial War Museum, from where the flame will make its way to the hallowed turf of Old Trafford.
0616: Thanks for getting up so early to join us today! We'd love to know what you're up to wherever you are, so drop us a tweet to say hello - @BBC2012. If you're heading out to see the Olympic flame later, we're expecting the weather will clear up a little later. Fingers crossed...
0618: As #bbctorchcam sits on the sidelines, chomping at the bit to get some torch action - being mounted in a horsebox it can't gain access to those pedestrian areas, try as it might - Kirsty passes the flame to 68-year-old Frank Cygler from Bury.
He has coached youngsters in squash for 40 years and also twice managed the Great Britain team to a bronze medal at the Maccabiah Games.
0622: It's amazing to think that seven years ago when Britain was awarded the Olympics today's torch launch venue MediaCity did not exist.
Eve Bell, a student at the Oasis Academy 700m from the BBC's northern HQ, was determined not to miss this historic day for the city.
"It's my 13th birthday and this is a great way to celebrate," she tells the BBC.
More than 200 scouts and guides were adamant they would form a guard of honour for the Olympic flame, so they slept in the nearby Imperial War Museum.
"Nobody got to sleep but everyone got to touch the torch," says one bleary eyed scout leader!
0627: Here's a damp, but smiling, Eve Bell - happy birthday!
0628: To a big cheer, the Olympic flame is passed to football legend Sir Bobby Charlton. The former England and Manchester United star was a member of the 1966-World Cup winning side. He won what was at the time a record 106 caps for his country and scored what is still an England record 49 goals.
He also held United's appearance record of 758 games until he was overtaken by Ryan Giggs in 2008.
Bobby elder brother, the former Ireland manager and England defender Jack Charlton, carried the torch during its journey through Newcastle on 15 June.
Matt Colledge, the leader of Trafford Council, said Sir Bobby was "a footballing legend and a wonderful ambassador for the area We are proud that he will be running with the torch through Old Trafford," he said.
0630: Hi to Rv Deol who's tweeted us from India: "big fan of Sir Bobby Charlton, so watching it live on the internet from India just to see the legend carry it."
Sir Bobby was in Singapore with the British delegation when it was announced we'd won the Olympics. The 74-year-old holds the flame high and even takes a brief jog with the torch - he's clearly still got it.
0633: As Sir Bobby nears Old Trafford, the crowd swells - looks like Red Devils fans have mobilised for this monring's event. There are Man Utd flags in evidence and the footballing legend shakes the hands of some spectators before stepping onto the forecourt of Old Trafford.
0636: There's a kiss on the cheek for a girl in a pink mac, and Sir Bobby stands to pose for a gaggle of snappers outside Old Trafford before his torch kiss with Heather Davidson, 51.
Heather suffers from cerebral palsy and other medical conditioins but despite living in constant pain she is taking a computing degree and gives all her spare time to help a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender group aimed at young people struggling with their sexuality and the attitudes of others.
She was also nominated for Manchester's inspirational young person of the year award.
0639: Despite being a Chelsea fan, Melanie Hazlehurst has been impressed with Sir Bobby's torch stint as she tweets: "Well done Sir Bobby Charlton carrying the Olympic Torch in that wonderful Manchester weather!"
0641: Our next torchbearer is Mak Sharma, 54, who has inspired hundreds of students through their education.
0645: Next we have Alyson Euridge, who for many years has worked with children who are on the autistic spectrum and have other associated communication and behavioural problems. During the school holidays she also organises day camps for the youngsters.
0647: Masters student Adaezwe Afodile from Nigeria, who is studying at the University of Salford, saw the start of the torch relay in Salford.
"This is history, I had to come," she says. "I can't see the Olympics coming to Nigeria any time soon."
0651: As Filip Urbanek passes the flame to Geraldine Huse, here's one for the scrap boom - Sir Bobby Charlton and Heather Davidson with their Olympic torches outside the theatre of dreams - Old Trafford stadium.
0655: Bit early for an evening meal but next up is school dinner lady Angela Hilton. The 35-year-old is described as a "true local hero" in her nomination for the voluntary work that she performs at St Josephs Primary School in Sale.
The crowd has swelled - with one overly keen raincoated spectators being gently pushed back by the security team - and banners are being held aloft as the flame makes its way through Trafford.
0657: Continuing the cooking theme - Angela hands over to Dan McCormack, who works 70 hours a week in his job as head chef at the HI Hull Marina. He also gives up what little time he has left to help out local charities, including the Smile Foundation, for who he has run events which have raised around £50,000 in total.
0701: Prepared for anything - including this weather hopefully - is cub scout leader Rachel Joyce, 43, who has just taken the flame. She has also helped run an Olympics project for schools in her local Halifax area.
She gets a big cheer fromt he Trafford crowd, who are lining the streets five-or-six deep in places!
0702: Good work to all of those who have braved the crack-of-dawn rain to see the Olympic flame. And to those who have logged onto our #bbctorchcam feed from home. Tip top of the morning to you!
CM Quertyman tweets: "The Olympic Flame'll be burning through Moss Side any minute now and I'll be there to watch."
Meanwhile, Mike McDonagh says: "Just wanted to thank all the volunteers from yesterday in Manchester. Cracking job done and the 50th party last night went too well." Happy birthday!
0704: As we near Moss Side, it's perfect weather for our next torchbearer Paralympian Rebecca Chin, 20. She became became British indoor rowing champion and in 2010 she won the single scull at the British Championships.
0710: Some story, this: Not many people can say they turned down the chance of training with the football academies of both Manchester United and Manchester City - but our next torchbearer Brendan Creed can.
The 20-year-old, the first torchbearer in Moss Side, preferred to play hockey and had a chance of playing at the last Commonwealth Games before suffering a back injury. During his recovery period he passed coaching badges and now passes his skills on to youngsters.
0713: Hi to the tea lady - whose twitter byline says she makes the half-time tea at Old Trafford.
She tweets: "Great to see the torch at a wet Old Trafford and to finally see torchcam who have provided compulsive viewing. Cheers."
Same to you - we'll pop the kettle on.
0716: As we pass the Machester Brewery - and a slim but screaming crowd - here's a lovely pic from the BBC's Jess Creighton in Manchester. Instagram brings out the best of a damp scene!
0725: Looks like there's a young athlete - complete with a GBR running top - jogging alongside th media vehicle. Early morning training? Oh no, he's stopping to take a picture on his phone, and then make a call - maybe he just came dressed in theme!
0727: Former rower Grainne McElroy is now bobbing along with the torch. The 48-year-old won at both the women's Henley regatta and British National Championships before supporting her husband as he coached the GB men's eight to gold at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
0729: While the streets of Moss Side aren't exactly basking in early morning sunshine, Manchester-born former Commonwealth Games 800m winner Diane Modahl is still basking in the afterglow of carrying the Olympic flame in Preston yesterday.
"Boy was it a moment," she tells BBC Radio Manchester.
0734: Our next torchbearer Satpal Singh Digwa, 64, was involved in a horrific car accident aged 37 and was told she would never walk again. However she defied doctors and learned how to walk once more, although she's using a wheelchair for her stint with the Olympic flame. We're told Satpal goes out of her way to help asylum seekers, ethnic minorities and the youth.
0737: If you've been wondering about the hi-tech gadgetry that keeps #bbctorchcam on the air, these are the sim cards that are responsible, courtsey of the BBC's torch relay guru Imelda Flattery. The magic of technology.
0741: Now we have Muaaz Khan, 25, who is taking over with the relay now in Rusholme. He has created, developed and executed a number of projects aimed at children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
0744: The restaurants may have been closed, but there were still big crowds on Manchester's Curry Mile this morning - great scenes!
0748: If you're just joining us, good morning and welcome to day 37 of the torch relay, from Salford to Leeds.
Highlights of this morning's action include Team GB BMX star Shanaze Reade biking with the flame outside the BBC's MediaCity and Sir Bobby Charlton carrying it to Old Trafford - the home of Manchester United.
Here's a video of some of the morning's best bits.
Remember you can rewind the video feed on the left to catch any part of this morning's relay action - use the slider beneath the pictures to get to the time you want to watch.
0753: Lovely moment as torchbearer Alex Atkinson stopped mid-run to embrace two young children - and then set off again with renewed vigour as if recharged by the emotion...
0758: A lovely highland fling to accompany the torch kiss there and it's best behaviour please as head teacher Sarah 'Lisa' Vyas takes over. She is in charge of both Ladybarn Primary School and neighbouring Green End Primary School.
Her nomination says: "She is a remarkable woman, totally dedicated to both schools and an inspirational role model to the children in her care and the wider community."
0800: There's a familiar tune with a difference - Chariots of Fire, as played by a steel band. Tune!
Robina Sheikh, who is now carrying the flame, was nominated by Asian women's group Pulling Together. Robina has been encouraging Asian women to achieve their potential for more than 20 years through arts and cultural activities.
She runs a voluntary group every Friday evening, with activities from rock-climbing to football. She has also arranged women's only-swimming sessions and helped in charity fundraising.
0803: Although it's still 12 hours away, if your minds are already focussed on a certain football match in Kiev this evening, here's an Olympic connection that'll provide positive food for thought: Every time an Olympic host has qualified for the Euro Finals, they've won the competition: West Germany in 1972 and Greece in 2004. A good omen - if you're English.
0805: And not wanting to put too positive a spin on it, but England are five places above Italy in the Fifa rankings....
0808: Meanwhile, Sir Bobby Charlton had a quick chat with the BBC after he carried the torch this morning, and said that England would win the tournament if they beat Italy tonight.
Well, you can't argue with a knight of the realm, can you? Might as well give us the trophy now. John Terry's playing, after all!
0810: We are now in Levenshulme where the current torchbearer walking arm-in-arm with a member of the security team is 19-year-old Vicky Kinsley, who was left totally blind at the age of 11 months by a brain tumour.
She is a member of the Oldham Youth Group for young people with visual impairment, and is described as "a brilliant role model for all" and someone who "will undoubtedly inspire other young people with disabilities".
0813: The flame passes to Pete Morgan, who ran in the Great Manchester 10k to raise money for Christie Cancer hospital after his wife Amanda was diagnosed with breast cancer. The £8,600 he collected helped the hospital open a new wing.
0816: As we approach our first convoy stint of the day, BBC Radio Manchester's Mat Trewern driving from Manchester to Stockport - where we'll be heading shortly - says it brings a lump to the throat to see the crowds who have gathered in the pouring rain.
0819: And the crowds are gathering further along today's relay route as well. LondonTents tweets: "excellent scenes. Got a full house today as it comes past our house in Halifax! Can't wait #OlympicTorchRelay is ace."
Look forward to seeing you there at around 1300 - give us a wave!
0821: Milliners ahoy! The Olympic flame is popped into a davey lantern for the first time today for a short drive up the A6. Next stop Stockport used to play a key role in the UK's hat-making industry.
The town's last hat works finally closed 15 years ago but the heritage lives on if you visit Hat Works, which describes itself as the UK's only museum dedicated solely to the hatting industry, hats and headwear.
0827: Into Stockport now where disappointingly there are not many hats in sight in the crowd. First up with the torch is Uvaraj Natarajan.
0829: Taking over now is Trevor Burchick MBE is an inspiration to all, having been given his MBE for his voluntary services to the communities across Greater Manchester. Trevor is well known for his creative PrideGames and in being a leading voice for community groups in chasing out hate crime and homophobia from sports by encouraging more lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people to take part in over thirty different sports.
The song 'Reach for the Stars' booms out from a speaker and there is an amazing number of people out on the streets considering it is only half-past eight in the morning on a Sunday.
0838: Caught a shot of the Stockport Arts Steel Band a moment ago - and now sports-mad Jade Bentley has her moment in the spotlight. As well as playing football, the teenager is always encouraging others to take up sport. She has led a boccia tournament for special needs children in the borough and gives up her lunch breaks to do a sports leadership course.
0840: Expect a fast past from Rob Downs, who three years ago founded the Bramhall Park Run, which now attracts 350 runners every Saturday morning. He has also run the London Marathon and was named Stockport Sports Personality of the Year for 2009.
0842: You may spot on the left-hand side of your picture a group of people in blue and yellow outfits.
We are told they are members of Wilmslow Running Club, who have been running alongside the flame the whole time it has been in Stockport.
0844: We now have Claudia Thomas carrying the flame. The 14-year-old has been raising money for charity for six years.
0848: Even the damp north-west running conditions will be a doddle for Yen Po Chen, 26, from Taipei.
He's been running for 18 years, and has competed in the 2010 Antarctic Ice Marathon and the Himalayan 100-mile stage race.
He was awarded the outstanding young person of Taiwan last year.
0850: Eighty-one-year-old Derek Howarth from Warrington has been associated with Leigh Harriers Athletics club for more than half a century - and he is still club treasurer.
Derek was instrumental in masterminding the move of the club from its home of over 100 years to its new ground at Leigh Sports Village a few years ago and he now spends at least some of his day at the track organising and keeping the place in check.
He is still a serious runner and has coached and mentored children and young people all his life and still coaches the runners today.
He was a school teacher before retirement and is a father of 6 children, grandfather to 13 and great grandfather to two.
0852: Don't forget we would love to hear from you this Sunday morning.
Get in touch with us especially if you have been out on the route today. Were you at Salford Quays at 6am today? If so, what made you get out of bed and travel in the rain to get there so early? Have you been watching the relay in other parts of Manchester, are you in Stockport now or are you planning to go and watch later?
Whatever your story or if you are just following the relay via #bbctorchcam and this live text, contact us via Twitter to @BBC2012 or visit our BBC London 2012 Facebook page.
Relief for Blue Peter editor Tim Levell who tells us: "Jonas, 7, having just seen the Torch go past in Manchester: "Well if that's what we were waiting for, it was worth the wait". Phew!"
While former Olympic sprinter Iwan Thomas says: "The torch relay looks so emotional every stage I see makes me feel more and more excited about 2012."
0856: Another experienced runner here, although Brian Leigh, 61, has only been a member of Stockport Harriers and Athletic Club for a mere 32 years.
Between 1983 and 1987 he Chaired the Stockport Athletic Track Appeal which raised £330,000 of funding for a synthetic track at Woodbank Park Stockport, Cheshire.
He continues to improve the facilities for athletes in Stockport area by campaigning for a new club house to replace a wooden classroom given to the club over 40 years ago. He assists at the Young athletes track and field leagues at Woodbank track.
He is actively involved in the following groups which he has raised over £10,000 a year for charities including Help for the Heroes, the Ghurkhas, Guide dogs for the blind, Beech wood trust, Macmillan cancer trust.
0900: Thanks for the swift replies to our 0852 entry where we asked for your experiences of watching the relay today.
On our BBC London 2012 Facebook page Meray Breeze was Mann tells us: "We were there this morning and Sir Bobby was a star and came out after to do photos and autographs."
While Janice McCarthy says: "At top of my road this morning in the rain at 6.30 on Seymour Grove to watch the torch go past - brilliant and a terrific atmosphere for everyone-won,t ever see that again-wonderful."
0904: Another strong runner here in the form of Peter Wood, 83, who joined the running boom in the 1970s to improve his fitness but soon recognised the opportunity to raise money for charity. In 1977 he founded the annual Glossop Jog, which has since raised more than £180,000 for various charities.
Peter's mother and sister both died of cancer. In 1992, thinking of the care they received, he joined the steering group for Willow Wood Hospice. As a chartered accountant, he became company secretary and volunteer director of the project. The hospice opened in 1999 after £2m was raised.
To date the highly regarded facility has provided palliative care for more than 2,000 people, mostly cancer sufferers. Peter continues working at the hospice 5 days a week.
Responsible for its £2m budget, he's also taken the lead in fund-raising activities, including 4 marathons, 7 half-marathons, a parachute jump and walk on red-hot coals.
Peter was awarded the MBE in 2007 for service to the local community and carried the relay baton before the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
The crowds are standing six or seven deep as Peter sets off.
0907: All sorts of spectators keeping an eye on Peter during his stint. A mother and daughter watching from a bedroom window before a woman in a pink anorak steps out, takes a photo and then gives him a huge kiss before being guided back into the crowd by a torch security team member.
0911: Peter keeps going past a superb homemade banner being held up by a group of spectators. Rectangular in shape it consists of lots of small Union Jacks joined together with the motif "Starlight Massive" hanging off it in separate letters.
0913: Mary Leigh has a degenerative eye condition called Retinitis Pigmentosa, and is registered blind, which caused her to give up work as a mental health nurse in 2006.
She is now a speaker and fundraiser for guide dogs, she is a member of a National helpline for the British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society, and an adviser for the Citizens Advice Bureau.
Mary, who is accompanied by her black guide dog, now rides with Riding for the Disabled Association and is riding dressage competitively to a high standard, competing in last years and this years National Para Championships. In 2000 she ran the London Marathon raising money for the RP Society.
0917: Running now in Holmes Chapel is Robin Money, 66, who played professional rugby for Leicester. Since retiring from the sport, he has worked on every single Olympic Games since 1984 with adidas. A year ago, he was diagnosed with cancer, but has been successful in fighting the disease and returned to work with a clean bill of health.
0923: Helen Beesley had an unhappy experience when trying to watch the relay earlier today. She tells us on our BBC London 2012 Facebook page: "Very disappointing, did not realise the flame got on a bus!! We were waiting outside McVities on Stockport Road, saw the flame in the distance and thought it was just changing runners. Next minute the bus and police went past and that was it - completely missed the torch. Thought there was a runner for each mile."
Sorry to hear of your ruined day Helen. Just to explain how the relay works - it is carried by torchbearers in towns, cities and villages but the flame is transferred to a lantern and travels in a vehicle between each place.
0928: Ever wanted to do what the Olympic flame does? Well the flame has gone to brew up a cuppa so I suggest you do the same while the relay stops for 15 minutes.
0943: Bang Tidy! It's Keith Lemon - or, to give him his proper name, the English comedian Leigh Francis.
You can't see him right now as he is on stage for a sponsor's event. However we will shortly be able to watch the second half of his run with the torch.
Leigh's most famous character Lemon rose to fame in Bo Selecta and now hosts the comedy panel show Celebrity Juice, with Holly Willoughby and Fearne Cotton.
0948: A tannoy announcer says to the crowd: "What you need to do is to create a pathway for Keith to run through. This is the moment where we are going to light Keith's flame."
Sounds like we will be seeing him imminently....
0950: And here is Keith Lemon, wearing yellow and black chunky trainers, coming out now to the sound of "Eye of the Tiger".
0955: A great shot there of exactly how the lantern is lit. A torch team security member uses a firelighter to take the flame from Keith's torch and then light the lantern. Keith, with a white glove on his right hand which he wears as a fashion accessory, disappears from view and so does Stockport as we undertake the 20-minute journey to our next stop Ashton-under-Lyne.
0956: Apart from the torch relay, the other big 2012 event going on today is day two of Radio 1's Hackney Weekend. Roger Mosey, the BBC's Director of 2012, says there were some impressive figures for Saturday's coverage: "An average of 626,000 people watched #R1Hackney in peak on BBC3. Great day for R1 and #London2012Festival. Hope for more success today."
Full details of the Hackney Weekend can be found here.
1000: So far today the relay has travelled through parts of Manchester and then moved on to Stockport. After visiting Ashton-under-Lyne it will then travel to Oldham, Marsh, Huddersfield, Brighouse, Halifax, where it stops for lunch, Bradford, Keighley, Skipton, Ilkley, Headingley, Potternewton, Harehills, Richmond Hill and Leeds.
1003: Ashton-under-Lyne was once a big home for the cotton industry with several mills built in the town. It also became a junction for three canals while other industries there included textile manufacture and engineering.
1009: More of you who have been out watching the relay (see 0923 & 0900) have been in touch via our BBC London 2012 Facebook page.
Katherine Lane-Serff has both watched the relay and read the live text (see 0817): "Just back from seeing the torch in Hazel Grove. I love the idea - mentioned on the BBC live text - that we should all have turned out in Stockport wearing hats in tribute the the historic local industry. Next time!"
However Carol Bird did not have such a pleasant experience: "Not sure about the route. I waited at the top end of Levenshulme this morning. Barely saw the torch as it was in the distance down Stockport road. I assumed it would go straight through into Stockport, but it didn't seem to."
1016: An expectant crowd looking on as the convoy arrives in Ashton-under-lyne has an Olympic plinth where people can perform for five minutes.
I wonder if any of them have tried their hand at the 'Tameside's Got Talent' Olympic plinth in the town where local people can perform for five minutes. After the flame leaves the celebrations will continue with a big outdoor event on Ashton Market Ground.
The torch is also going near the market which has been rebuilt after it was destroyed by a major fire in 2004.
1022: No coaching required for Martin Plant, 49, who is a level 1 qualified coach, developing the football skills of boys and girls from age 5-18 at the Stalybridge Celtic Soccer Centre in Cheshire.
1025: Martin has to stop for a moment and hand his torch to a security team member to hitch up his trousers. He continues his run but with one hand on his waistband - this is the second day in a row that someone has been afflicted in this way!
1026: Now it's Nick Koopman who has been an Olympics fan his entire life and who also performs lots of voluntary work at both Hyde FC and his local church St Paul's. He also helps French, German and Italian teenagers visit Britain.
1029: Taking the flame now is Kelly Outhwaite, who spends many hours each day signing to the deaf with her mother, Donna. Kelly learned to sign because of a local elderly couple. They were both deaf and after the man died, Kelly learned the skill because the old woman has no one else to talk to.
1036: Brief break while the torchbearer runs into an area which can't be accessed by #bbctorchcam - flame back with us shortly.
1038: Switching from single to multi-torchbearing mode with a team of 10 from one of the relay sponsors.
1041: Sir Bobby Charlton, Shanaze Reade, Keith Lemon... See action shots of highlights from today's torch relay as the Olympic flame wends its way away from Salford.
1048: It's convoy time for the short trip to Oldham, where the relay will arrive right in the middle of the town's celebration event, which runs until midday.
It includes Olympic-themed free family activities like fiery face painting, and 'make your own torch' in the celebration area in Curzon Street, plus displays from local sports organisations.
1053: Oldham propsered during the Industrial Revolution at the turn of the 19th century with textile making and cotton spinning big industries there.
The town's football club Oldham Athletic were one of the founder members of the Premier League in 1992, although they now play in League One. During the 1980s they were one of several clubs in England to install a plastic pitch at their ground, which they used for five seasons.
1055: "We could be on TV," we can hear a young boy say as the relay arrives into Oldham. Well son you will at least be on this website!
With the torch now is Lindsay Muir, who has worked as a nurse and in the voluntary sector. Later, as a single mother she recognised the needs of other single parents and set up Manchester One Parent Advice Centre to provide support for some of the most vulnerable families in society, helping to run a local community centre.
Her son is walking alongside with a ghetto blaster playing thumping tunes!
1056: Er....someone has not finished getting ready for the day it seems, as the camera picks up a woman who has dashed to her front door in her curlers to see the Olympic flame go past!
1101: Two women stand by the side of the road, each holding a small dog as they watch the relay.
Further down the road we see a group of people playing some sort of drums, possible kettle drums, as the relay continues. We can now hear a band with symbols and drums again being played as the flame is handed on to Andrew Lofthouse.
He has been the main carer for his sick mother for more than half his life. He has also represented England at world level at combat sport Muay Thai, winning one gold medal, two silvers and a bronze.
1103: Local lass Megan Cordwell is 13 and one of today's youngest torchbearers. She's a member of her school running team and the East Cheshire Harriers running club. She dreams of one day running for her county or eventually her country - running with the Olympic flame is not a bad start.
1105: Quick run from Megan there - her time with the torch over in around two minutes.
2012 will mark the 10th time in a row our next torchbearer Colin Bonfield, 37, has run the Great Manchester 10k Run - raising £5,000 in the process.
He hopes to inspire his three-year-old son (and any future additions to the family :-)) to take part in sport enjoy it.
1108: Rob Littlewood, 44, supports young people aged 16-21 living in supported housing. He's done a 100mile bike ride raising funds to further his project and has secured money to open a mixed Martial Arts gym in Manchester
1111: Now it's Elizabeth Stones, 72, who has been raising £25,000 for MedEquip4kids, a children's charity, for a decade by taking part in international treks - the Sahara and Sinai deserts, Peru, Morocco and the Grand Canyon are a few of the places which she has visited.
1115: Kirsten Clayton, 15, from Hyde, was diagnosed with a heart-wasting disease, cardiomyopathy, at the age of six, which resulted in her needing to have a heart transplant - and look at her recovery!
1121: A thumbs up from Catherine Stott as she takes the torch. Even though she is just 12 Catherine is described as an inspiration to others. She suffers from cerebral palsy and walks with a frame for support, but still takes part in sports including PE, gymnastics, netball and swimming.
1127: Thora Beddard is described as 94 going on 21 - a sporting bard who has penned 6,000 poems.
She has eight grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and six great-great grandchildren.
She learned to swim at 50, discovered yoga at 60, took up abseiling at 70 and later modelled lingerie for the older generation on live TV! She passed her English GCSE in her 80s and aged 84 carried the Commonwealth baton in Manchester. A regular visitor to the "old and frail", Thora is extremely active in her local community.
Speaking about her good health when she was chosen, she told the Manchester Evening News: "The secret is to keep active in every way - it is lovely to just sit in a chair but you can get too comfy and sit for too long. It's also about being sensible and knowing when it's time to stop and have another cup of tea."
I can feel Scott May welling up as he views #bbctorchcam: "Watching @BBC2012 makes me feel so patriotic! Amazing scenes in Oldham...hope Leeds can live up to them later today and tomorrow #torchcam"
1133: Moira Kelly, 48, left her home in Australia at 20 to work with Aboriginal children.
At 22, she worked alongside Mother Theresa in Calcutta, before returning home to work with AIDS sufferers and establish a special unit for boys with behavioural problems at Sutherland Homes.
She has been involved with humanitarian projects in Johannesburg, the Bronx, Romania, Bosnia and Albania, setting up soup kitchens, refugee camps, dental clinics, schools.
In 1994, Moira was awarded the inaugural Sir Edward Dunlop Award for humanitarian service and in 1995 Moira's efforts in Bosnia were honoured by a meeting with the Queen at Buckingham Palace. She has also received the White Flame Award given by Save the Children for those working with disadvantaged children, and Australia's Prime Minister's Award for outstanding community service.
She was also made an Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia. And what better way to recognise her work than let her run with the Olympic flame?!
1141: BBC Look North reporter Phil Bodmer is waiting for the torch's arrival in Brighouse, where it is due to arrive in just over an hour:
1142: Back into convoy mode once again for the next half hour or so, during which time we will cross over from Lancashire into Yorkshire.
The first stop there is Marsh, a suburb of Huddersfield, and so named apparently because it is built on what was formerly wetland.
Liz Littlewood appears to have had a day she will never forget: "Now I feel part of the Olympics. Was proud to see the torch go through the town of Stockport."
1154: Beautiful countryside on this convoy route - is that a tarn in a cwm off to the left? Who has their O-level geography?
1209: As we come into Marsh, spare a thought for the #bbctorchcam team. Relay guru Imelda Flattery tweets: "Enroute to Huddersfield with Torch Relay. Watching forward facing #bbctorchcam while travelling backwards. #carsick."
1211: The first runner in Marsh is Norma Ashton, who raises awareness and funds for Parkinson's and cares for her husband Alf, who has the disease.
And the security team's waterproof jackets have come off. The sun is even threatening to come out - all boding well for a fine afternoon on the route to Leeds!
1213: Momentary loss of pictures here: What's to blame - dodgy 3G signal, or the massive crowd's use of mobile devices? You decide...
1217: Has Huddersfield's populace come out en-masse? This crowd is seriously big! Spectators are everywhere! Standing on walls, leaning out of windows, clinging to lamp-posts. All to a sound-track of beating drums, tambourines, whistles and screaming children.
And Norma hands the flame on to Daniel Bird whose nomination says he has great patience, which he shows especially towards children and young people that are in need, helping to care for his younger brother, who has autism.
Daniel has "shone" through his difficulties, it says, as he takes up the torch here.
1221: Hazel Ainsworth, takes the torch now, doing a quick jig and side-step combination as she does so. A couple of stripy-socked lollipop ladies are ushed out of her way as she makes her way into Huddersfield.
Hazel is a runner and a climber - London marathon to the summit of Mount Fuji are some of the challenges she has taken on. Raising funds along the way, she has notched up more than £120,000 for charity.
1224: With Robert Morris carrying the torch through a street seemingly sagging under the weight of the crowd, the excitement is building up ahead in Brighouse.
Commercial Street is covered in turf for a mini-Olympic games, including an egg-and-spoon race, which was held this morning. The turf was laid between 2am to 8am, paid for by local businesses.
Paul Beaumont, from Brighouse and Raistrick Brass Band, which is entertaining the crowds before the torch's arrival, said: "It's amazing, absolutely amazing.
"Brighouse is always a good place for a party and a good time. It's good to be here to celebrate with everybody else."
1229: No messing here please crowd members, local lass Rebecca Kane, 27, is a kickboxer, who has been the world Filipino Martial Arts Champion five times, we're told.
She teaches children as young as three years old in her classes. Bear with us while we try to keep these pictures together - a busy network can play havoc with our coverage...
1231: Here comes a Manchester United player. Jack Grimwood, who is profoundly deaf, plays for Manchester United's Ability Counts team and development squad. He's making great time with his leg of the relay.
1237: These crowds are causing some issues - one of the security team took a tumble in Huddersfield town centre - but we're told he dusted himself off and is fine.
1242: Au revoir to Huddersfield now - in eight minutes time we will be in Brighouse.
1246: Hold the front page, here comes a positive story about a journalist for us to report on as we reach Brighouse!
David Dixie Dixon's nomination says he's a local journalist who works hard to forge strong links with West and South Yorkshire communities, including raising money for Help the Heroes.
1248: Time now for a Paralympic world record breaker Hannah Cockroft, the first person to break a world record at London's new Olympic Stadium.
Hannah won the T54 women's 100m in 18.56sec at test event ahead of the Games earlier this year.
She's praised in her nomination for her courage, determination and her hard work at training.
Let's see how fast that torch can go over 300m.
1251: Brighouse is home to the famous Brighouse & Rastrick Band, who were formed in 1881. Its website says it "is regarded by many as the best and most consistent 'public subscription band' in the world."
1253: Hundreds of people are gathered at Halifax's Piece Hall, where the torch will stop for lunch.
The Halifax Young Singers choir, made up of about 85 children aged 8-18, will perform a special anthem, written for the occasion, when the torch arrives, called When I Move the World Moves too.
Dave Nelson, who will lead the choir, said "It's a fantastic song… it's going to sound beautiful."
1255: Punches to the air here a distinct possibility as Saira Tabasum takes the torch. She is a female boxer and coaches at a local primary school.
She's also a volunteer helping with terminally ill patients at a Marie Curie Hospice.
The centre of Brighouse is absolutely heaving with people as Saira sets off.
1257: Rebecca Bell should have those jazz hands out for her spell in the spotlight. She works with special needs children teaching drama and dance, and life skills - giving children confidence.
"My dreams for the future are to qualify as a special needs teacher while also continuing to convey my passion for drama which may help to change the lives of others," she says.
1300: In Indonesia, the man running now is a football legend. Bambang Pamungkas, or 'Bepe' plays for Persija Jakarta and the Indonesian national side.
We're told he can deliver a great header, but its all about the hands and the feet here, Bambang.
1307: It's been quite a journey to being an Olympic torchbearer for Joanne Kempley.
She has Down's Syndrome, and had heart surgery aged six. Before the operation, she had little energy, but now she leads a full and varied life, her nomination says.
She captained the ladies team at the Down's Syndrome World Swimming Championships in Taiwan, bringing home two bronze and one silver relay medal . And she is European champion in the 50 and 100m breastroke events.
She also does voluntary work and is a member of a theatre company. Go Jo!
1309: On our BBC London 2012 Facebook page Luke Greavesy comes up with an interesting suggestion: "At the end of the 70 days, I think an award should be given to the city that creates the most noise and the biggest turn-out."
What do you think and if such an award which town or city would win it?
1311: The relay is running around 20 minutes late and Jo is given a gentle hurry-up by a member of the torch security team. This does not seem to affect her team of supporters who are walking alongside on the pavement wearing their "Go Jo" t-shirts.
1314: The relay may have left Brighouse but the fun is continuing with a mini-Olympics taking place:
1317: On the way to Halifax now, where lunch will be taken in a bit at the Piece Hall.
Roger Harvey OBE, Halifax businessman (chairman of Harveys of Halifax department store) and charity benefactor, said he was very proud of the town today. He told the BBC that the atmosphere in the Piece Hall was "absolutely amazing".
"The Piece Hall is buzzing. We have got singers, dancers, thousands of people in the town. It really has set up the whole thing going well. It's so wonderful to be in the Piece Hall now. This wouldn't have happened without the Olympic torch," he said.
1326: The relay is into Halifax now and it is quite the transformation here for Chris Green, from Hebden Bridge.
He spent yesterday clearing up flood damage at his offce in Mytholmroyd, and says it damaged some campaign stock of posters, t-shirts and badges.
Today he is centre stage on the torch relay route, carrying the flame.
He was nominated to run as he volunteers as Director of the White Ribbon Campaign, the national movement to engage men in tackling violence against women.
1329: As we were just saying here at torchcam live text HQ this morning, it's never too late to buy your first pair of running shoes.
Farmer Frank Chislett, 58, had a heart attack a few years ago, and has since taken up running and lost three and a half stone. He ran his first marathon in a respectable four hours and three minutes.
He runs on to North Bridge and we are shown spectacular views of hills on his left-hand side.
1335: Apologies but we have lost pictures - problems with the 3G signal. The relay is due to visit the Piece Hall, where it will take a lunch break.
At least we can see what it looks like thanks to this picture from Gary Verity, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire:
1340: Mexican waves went through the crowd at the Piece Hall, with people chanting for the flame to arrive. People were sitting on shoulders and standing on benches to try to get a glimpse of the torch. The cauldron was lit by Ika Trifiusanti and Gary Verity has come up with another photo for us:
1343: So while the torch grabs a sandwich, we will do the same and when this text commentary returns Ian and Mike will have been replaced by Claire Heald and Sarah Holt, who will guide you through the rest of the day.
1411: The flame is back after lunch, although we have lost pictures now, carrying the flame is a torchbearer after the heart of any shiftworker or parent.
Gerrry Beamond fundraises for a cancer charity. As part of that, he organises a national art exhibition and is aiming to break the record for visiting and drinking a coffee at the most coffee mornings in one go.
Make mine a latte with a double shot, Gerry.
1418: Ahead of Halifax on the torch route, Danie Linsell tweeted this picture of the crowds gathering in Bradford, where the flame is due to arrive in the next hour.
1419: The pictures that we are getting are of the torch on a little stop in Halifax.
The torch has just been handed to Matthew Norton. The 32-year-old is involved with the Maasai Heritage Preservation Foundation in Africa, helping build new schools and adjoining farms in Kenya and Tanzania.
Matthew founded the charity in the UK in 2009 and has since organised a cycle ride from Yorkshire to Africa.
1420: We hope to bring you a continuous feed of pictures as soon as we can, with the convoy moving off from the centre of Halifax, among the crowds.
1425: Looks like the 960g torch takes no lifting for our next bearer Frank Rothwell, a weightlifter who represented Ireland at the 1972 Olympics. Frank trained with the Israeli weightlifters at the 1972 Games and is still in contact with his fellow competitors at the ripe age of 75, reflecting on the camraderie of the Olympic spirit.
After moving to Yorkshire he set up a weightlifting centre of excellence in Hebden Bridge.
1428: And the torch is back in the bus and off to Bradford next.
1430: Bradford City Council say about 4,000 people are in City Park so far, with the flame less than 30 mins away.
"Numbers and excitement continuing to grow!" a spokesperson says.
Lovely scenes on the route here.
1437: Danie Linsell has been busy with the camera again, tweeting this picture of the Nigerian boxing team, who are training in Bradford at the moment, waiting for the flame.
1442: First to carry the torch here in Bradford, in front of some lovely big crowds in the sunshine is Ben Cropper.
Ben has cerebral palsy after suffering five cardiac arrests during his childhood. Now the 21-year-old is studying for a degree in sports journalism and reports on a local football team.
1445: Looks like they're having issues lighting the torch here - one of the back up flames has been sent for.
1446: Success, it's lit, and attached to Ben's chair.
He is off, with his assistance dog at his side.
1451: From Taipei City to the streets of Bradford comes our next torchbearer Mu-Piao Shih.
Ahead of him, the BBC's Danie Linsell tweets this picture of the scene set in the centre of the city.
She says: "Have never seen Bradford this busy. About 4000 people here."
1456: Our next torchbearer could be seen on a bigger screen than the #torchcam screen if things goes to plan. Aspiring actor Thomas Stokes is carrying the torch through his hometown of Bradford.
TJ, as he's known to his friends, has qualified as a football referee and been a member of the Bradford Youth Parliament. He's also helped run after school play sessions in some of the city's most disadvantaged areas and is now studying at the Manchester School of Acting.
1458: He takes a run round the city's square to commentary from a host here.
1459: Cries of "Jay-meh, Jay-meh" as Bradford's Jamie Brown has the torch for a stint through the streets of his home city.
The 18-year-old coaches swimming and hopes to raise the profile of Olympic swimming as a young ambassador for the 2012. If you were wondering what this involves, it means Jamie will go to schools to talk to them about the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Huge cheers from the crowds who have turned out in the sunshine to see the torch.
1500: Earlier, Jamie told BBC Radio Leeds he expected the torch to be heavy, but it's very light.
"It's an honour to carry it and I can't wait to get the flame. I can't wait for it," he said. Looks like his moment here was worth the anticipation.
1504: Our next torchbearer Stephen Newell has admitted in his nomination description that he recently experienced a mid-life crisis and so decided to take part in the Ironman UK competition.
He completed it in under 14 hours and raised over £1500 for Cancer Research. Stephen also brilliantly puts himself forward for "punishments" by his staff to raise money for Comic Relief and last year he raised £800 by having custard pies in his face.
1512: Alan Hutchinson has the torch now and he's getting plenty of support on his steady stint through Bradford. Here's a photo from the BBC's Danie Linsell which shows how super the support has been on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
1514: The torch has travelled a fair distance and now the turn of Philippa Millage to take it up. She reignited her passion for athletics at the age of 28 and represented Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
1515: Here's Chiun-Ping Peng from the city of Taoyuan in the north-west of Taiwan. Chiun-Ping set up programmes at home to provide technological training to young people and has also set up schools to offer vocational education to students.
Big waves with one arm, holding the torch high with the other.
1518: Over to Khalil Ashraf, who is on familar turf for his turn with the torch.
The Bradford local works as a learning mentor at a primary school but has been involved in his local community as a sports coach, youth club founder, minibus driver, race relations worker, Bradford City scout and first-aider - and that list is far from exhaustive.
Lots of supporters running along with Khalil.
1519: The Olympic flame has popped off in to picturesque Lister Park.
It was donated to the city of Bradford by Samuel Cunliffe Lister and boasts a boating lake, water garden, tennis and basketball courts and an art gallery. Something for everyone there.
We can't follow the torch through the park, but will be back with it on the other side.
In the meantime, while we wait, some nice shots of the gate.
1525: We're hearing reports from our team on the torchcam bus that some people in the area are throwing water bombs - balloons filled with water.
1527: That's it for Bradford, torch-watchers. Now we are off in convoy to Keighley.
1534: Back when the Domesday book was being scribbled, Keighley entered under the name of Chicehlai, which translates as the field belonging to Chyya.
From a field, the settlement expanded thanks to the wool and cotton industries. Now, the town is home to rugby league team the Keighley Cougars and the award-winning Timothy Taylor ale.
Keith Lemon carried the torch this morning in Manchester, locks flowing as he ran.
This afternoon he tweets: "Fanks to everyone for being right nice today whilst I carried the Olympic torch. Was proper chuffed!"
1544: Getting the relay up and running again here is Cat Bull.
The 24-year-old has rheumatoid arthritis and her experiences coping with her own illness made her decide to become a doctor. Cat has now completed three marathons, quite something given she could barely walk a few years ago.
She stops for a kiss with someone in the crowd.
1548: Manchester's Rodger Davies has made a trip across the Pennines to carry the torch in Keighley. Rodger set up Prestwich Athletics Club 25 years ago and he leads by example too as he's run over 30 marathons.
We're hearing from our reporters in Keighley that people are on top of buildings trying to get a good view of the torch.
Looks like the sunshine is really helping to get the crowds out, on the road and up high.
1549: Someone with a very fabulous Jubilympics union flag dress on there.
And wonderful view of the hills in the background.
1552: Further ahead in the next stop, Skipton, tourism boss Gary Verity tweets "Huge crowd of over 15,000 in #Skipton awaiting #Olympictorch...what an atmosphere..carnival or what!"
1553: Jerry Ward has the Olympic flame. The former Royal Air Force pilot and airline captain is confined to a wheelchair after injuring his spinal cord in 2007 but recently raised money for a children's charity by competing in the Great Manchester 10k Run.
1600: Our next torchbearer is Wichai Pornpratong from Samuth Prakarn in Thailand.
Wichai has visited remote areas in Thailand, bringing clothes, books and sport stuffs for the local children.
1606: That's it for Wichai, now we are off to Skipton in the torch relay convoy, a journey of just over 10 minutes.
1616: So, the relay is en route to Skipton which is known as the gateway to the rolling Yorkshire Dales, which are visited by thousands of walkers each year. If you fancy a potter rather than a ramble then the market town also has a 900-year-old castle and a famous market.
1619: Do we have a future sports star in the making in our next torchbearer Victoria Hughes. The 12-year-old plays hockey, netall, badminton and rounders as well as competing in cross-country running and athletics for Bramhall High School. She's also a member of the under-13 Greater Manchester hockey team. Multi-talented is the word.
1622: The sun is still shining as the crowds enjoy the specacle of the torch as it passes some bright blue canal boats.
1624: Keep an eye out for some fancy footwork as Aimee Lindley has the torch. The 19-year-old from Keyingham helped set up a girls football team for Preston amateur football club. She also helps out refereeing matches at school.
Hello to Claire Holt and family. They've got in touch on Twittter as they wait for the torch in Ilkley: "Gearing up for Olympic torch relay in Ilkley with tea and chocolate brownies @bbc2012."
1628: Huge crowds are lining the streets of Skipton to greet the torch. There is much cheering as it passes by.
1629: Elisha Jagger, 12, from Halifax is up next. She was nominated by her school, St Catherine's, to carry the Olympic flame. After being excited to be on the shortlist, Elisha described winning the chance to carry a torch as "bonkers." She now hopes she doesn't fall over when she's running. Fear not Elisha!
1632: Haroon Akram, a neighbourhood police officer from Rochdale, is running through Skipton with the Olympic flame. He's a school liaison officer and hopes the 2012 Olympics will encourage children to take up sport.
1634: At the age of 88, our next torchbearer is still hitting the road as a keen runner. A founder member of Leeds City Athletics Club, Arthur Cockcroft is thought to be the oldest active member of any sporting club in the city of Leeds. Arthur is also a dab hand in the kitchen, cooking his own soup, bread and biscuits!
1637: Curate Rev Richard Parkinson, from Ilkley All Saints Parish Church, told the BBC the atmosphere there was "fantastic, absolutely amazing". The church has been offering free tea and coffee, juice and buns to the crowds. "We certainly do know how to celebrate these sort of things in Ilkley and surrounding areas. Any excuse to have a party we think."
1640: Welcome to Yorkshire said there are 15,000 people in Skipton.
1644: The torch relay is heading to Ilkley next, a spa town in the Wharfe Valley. The southern slopes of the valley from Ilkley Moor, which was made famous in the Yorkshire folk song "On Ilkla Moor baht'at" - which basically is about going out without your hat on!
1658: Leeds local Tim Wilkinson gets the relay under way in Ilkley. The 50-year-old has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, trekked the Inca trail, run the New York marathon and, a bit closer to home, completed the Leeds half-marathon to raise funds for charities. His nomination also praises him for being a super step-Dad.
1703: Green hills looking stunning in the background, plenty of children jogging along to see as much of the torch as they can.
1709: Margaret Cook should be a popular torchbearer as she's Ilkley born and bred! The 74-year-old is a retired nurse and a member of the Soroptimist International organisation for professional females. As part of that group she recently helped raise more than £1mn to help women and girls in war-torn Sierra Leone.
Her friend Janet Williams told BBC Radio Leeds: "She does an awful lot for a lot of people. It's endless. She's been all over the world representing Soroptimists, even to the United Nations."
Rick on Twitter: "Who ever says the games are London-centric should watch these images of such joy."
1713: A local brass band has struck up a tune - On Ilka Moor Baht'at - which was also the theme tune to BBC One's Go With Noakes many years ago, for our older readers!
1718: The torch relay crew have pulled into Ilkley Grammar School sports ground for a cup of tea and, who knows, maybe an afternoon scone too before heading on to Leeds, the day's final destination.
1720: Just before this interlude, here's a bit of insight from the penultimate torchbearer in Ilkley Lan Ngo, a former Ms Vietnam, who told BBC Radio Leeds: "It feels so wonderful because the crowd here is absolutely amazing, the weather is so wonderful.
"I was really nervous at first because I'm not a runner, I'm a swimmer but with this absolutely amazing crowd you just want to run more."
1729: And we're off. In convoy now to Headingley, where the torch is due to visit the cricket ground.
Let's hope that under these blue skies it has dried out a bit from earlier in the week, when England's third one-day international against the West Indies had to be abandoned.
1754: The first torchbearer at Headingley is Richard Mccann, who runs a support group for the bereaved.
When he was five-years-old, his mother was murdered by the serial killer Peter Sutcliffe. He later lost his sister.
In 2005, he wrote a best-selling book about his experiences and he is now one of the UK's busiest inspirational speakers.
1759: How many marathons do you think a 65-year-old man could run during his lifetime? Well, torchbearer Ian Tippen runnning into the cricket ground here, has completed a knee-crunching 98 marathons and thrown in a 30-mile race for good measure too.
By the time he runs this relay leg, Ian should have completed his 100th marathon to raise funds for charity.
1804: We've lost pictures here.
But our reporter tells us there are dozens of people on the pitch at Headingley and hundreds more on seats around the pitch. Young cricketers dressed in white are among those welcoming the torch.
1810: Glenn Lamont is passing the flame on to Susan Marley. He has had a strong run in the sunshine in front of big crowds here in Headingley.
1813: Sue has run the Great North Run five times, organised 24-hour badminton matches, abseiled and cycled to raise money for cystic fybrosis charities.
1815: Our reporter on the torchcam bus tells us that just as the torch was coming out of Headingley, there was a man with a bucket water in the crowd.
The torch security team went into the crowd and pinned him down. No water thrown, no torch put out.
1816: Wakefield's Trevor Atkinson, running now, has been nominated by his wife to carry this leg of the Olympic torch relay.
For the last 12 years, he's been part of a volunteer moorland rescue team as well as running marathons from London to Berlin to raise funds for charity. He's not afraid of an odd peak or two either as he's climbed seven mountains, including the Matterhorn and Mount Fuji.
Hello to John Benner who's got in touch on Twitter to tell us: "@BBC2012 My Brother has just rang from Sydney. He has seen the BBC cam of the torch, passing thro the towns he knows so well, he is in tears."
1818: Tiffany Broome is running now. She's not alone. There are loads of people out.
1821: Simon Brocksom has the torch and lots of his supporters are running along the route with him.
He's captain of the 10th Leeds Boys' Brigade and a youth worker and manager of the Hyde Park drop-in centre for excluded young people.
1825: Next up with the flame is athlete Tom Bosworth and, even if he walks this leg you can still expect a decent turn of pace.
Tom is the British number one in the under-23 rankings for the 20km walk. He represented England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games but narrowly missed out on a place at this year's London Olympics.
A lovely steady pace here, in the evening light.
1828: Macclesfield's Amanda Keogh has just finished her leg. She arranged a charity rugby match where women faced off against men to raise awareness for breat and testicular cancer.
1830: Here's Yvonne Crowther. The 55-year-old from Leeds runs a youth club, where her aim is to show people "you can do it" even if "sometimes the road is tough". Let's hope this leg at this is easy for Yvonne.
Yvonne is holding the flame with both hands above her head and she's getting a good reception from the Potternewton crowds enjoying the early evening sunshine.
1834: Vikki Blake takes on the torch. She's helps out running coffee mornings and kids' tea-time clubs in Cottingley.
Fantastic really very high holding stance with the torch.
1837: The rousing support continues en route for Leeds local Dave Lighten, who has the flame. Dave is a community nurse whose other passion is attending a local community running club.
1839: Simon Buckden has the torch. Before he gets his hands on it, he and Dave do a handful of press-ups to applause from the crowd.
Simon served in Bosnia and the Gulf war but since returning from duty suffers from post-traumatic distress disorder. Despite this he is set on raising funds for the Help for Heroes charity and aims to run 100 marathons in 100 weeks.
1843: What's going on here then? It looks like Simon got down on one knee after his stint, we're guessing to propose to his girlfriend. Do let us know on @bbc2012 if you know the outcome!
1844: Here's boxer Qais Ashfaq. The 19-year-old won a gold medal in the national junior amatuer championships last year and hopes to compete at the Olympics in the future.
1846: Sarah Freeman has the flame. She works with the Ministry of Food to encourage people to eat healthily. My colleague has quipped she'd have a field day here at BBC Torch HQ. No, we've not eaten onion bhajis, chocolate biscuits, crisps and winegums this afternoon, honestly...
1848: Malcolm Plows lifts the torch aloft to a big cheer - and to the sound of a demented kazoo.
1850: Our colleagues at Radio Leeds have just confirmed Simon Buckden did propose but we're still waiting on the response!
1851: Seb Wilson Dyer Gough has the torch and gets his leg under way with a Usain Bolt style stance. He's the captain of the Leeds University athletics team and has plans to construct a portable athletics track to help promote track and field.
1852: This was the moment someone failed to throw a bucket of water over the torch relay, intercepted by the torch security team
1854: This is Colin Moynihan, chairman of the British Olympic Association, who has helped to deliver the Games to London.
Huge smiles from the former Olympic rowing coxswain as he jogs through the streets here.
1900: Francis Edwards has the Olympic flame now.
Francis has cerebral palsy but recently began riding at the donkey sanctuary in Leeds, which provides riding lessons for disabled children. Francis, 15, now goes weekly to volunteer there for the after-school club.
1904: This was the view above Headingley cricket ground, as tweeted from the West Yorkshire Police helicopter.
1904: Lots of waving and thumbs-up from Francis as he makes his way along the street with the flame here.
Great "Go Francis" banner up for him there too.
1908: The torch goes to another Leeds local, Aidan Dixon.
When he was 12, Aidan, who's now 19, was convicted of street robbery but he now volunteers at a local youth club and was recently employed by his old school as a behaviour support worker.
Aidan's nomination praises him for his caring attitude and for the positive change he has made in his life.
1910: The BBC's reporters at Temple Newsam, where the torch completes its journey today in about half an hour, say people have begun to line the route the torch will take.
The latest head count from the city council is 16,500 people there.
1913: People are taking in a great view here from the flyover and the elevated lanes at the side of the road.
Adam Cotton gets a good cheer, and some screams.
1914: The spectacularly-named Jesus Hilario Zapata Bozalongo now has the Olympic flame.
The 51-year-old Spaniard is sports-mad and now works at various sporting clubs to get more people involved in tennis, skiing, athletics and basketball.
1915: He is off through East End Park, where torchcam has to follow on the side.
1917: In front of a very neatly-trimmed hedge, he passes the flame on to Leeds-local Phil Marshall .
He's recently completed the Marathon Des Sables. Just to be clear on what that is, it involves running six marathons in seven days across the Sahara desert!
We can hear some supporters plotting by the road side to "give Phil a good cheer".
1920: The flame is going back in the bus now and to its final destination of the day - the historic estate of Temple Newsam.
The parkland here was landscaped by the famous green fingers of Capability Brown in the 18th century and right in the heart of that sits a Tudor-Jacobean mansion.
A lovely spot for a Sunday evening picnic - and a torch celebration - wouldn't you say?
1929: The torch convoy team has taken a wrong turn here.
They are trying to head to Temple Newsam, where the last torchbearer is Aaron Bell from Halifax.
He may only be 13 but Aaron has already got a black belt in karate. Because of his high achievement, he's now able to teach karate to others as well as keeping one eye on becoming a future karate world champion.
1936: That's it for today, torchcam will not be able to follow Aaron into the evening celebration and is powering down now.
Join us for more coverage tomorrow, when the Olympic torch relay leaves Leeds at 07:43 BST and calls in at Wakefield, Pontefract and Barnsley before ending the day in Sheffield.
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