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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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Coventry
- Millennium Place
- Fairfax Street
- Priory Street
- Cathedral
- Priory Row
- Trinity Street
- Broadgate
- High Street
- Earl Street (B4544)
- Jordan Well
- Sky Blue Way (A4600)
- Binley Road (A428)
- Brandon Road (A428)
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Rugby
- Lawford Road (A428)
- Corporation Street (A426)
- North Street (B5414)
- Church Street (B5414)
- Whitehall Road (B5414)
- Hillmorton Road (A428)
- Horton Crescent
- Barby Road
- Rugby School
- Barby Road
- Laurence Sheriff Street
- Dunchurch Road (A426)
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Dunchurch
- Dunchurch Road (A426)
- Coventry Road (B4429)
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Northampton
- Weedon Road (A4500)
- St James Road (A428)
- St Peters' Way (A428)
- Bridge Street (A508)
- Bridge Street
- Drapery
- Market Square
- Abington Street
- St Giles Terrace
- St Giles Street
- Guildhall Road
- St Johns Street
- Victoria Gardens (A5123)
- Victoria Promenade (A5123)
- Beckets Park
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Wellingborough
- London Road (A5193)
- High Street (A5193)
- Harrowden Road (A5193)
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Isham
- Kettering Road (A509)
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Kettering
- Pytchley Road (A509)
- Barton Road (A6003)
- Windmill Avenue (A6098)
- St Mary's Road (A6900)
- London Road (A6003)
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- Sheep Street
- Market Street
- Market Place
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- Gold Street
- Montague Street (A4300)
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Geddington
- Stamford Road (A43)
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- Stamford Road (A43)
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Corby
- Weldon Road (A427)
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- Cottingham Road
- Elizabeth Street
- Alexandra Road
- George Street
- Westcott Way (A427)
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Dingley
- Harborough Road (A427)
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Market Harborough
- Rockingham Road (A4304)
- St Mary's Road (A4304)
- Adam & Eve Street
- Church Square
- High Street
- The Square (A4304)
- Coventry Road (A4304)
- Lubenham Hill (A4304)
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Lubenham
- Lubenham Hill (A4304)
- Main Street (A4304)
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Foxton
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Kibworth Harcourt
- Leicester Road (A6)
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Oadby
- Glen Road (A6)
- London Road
- London Road (B5403)
- The Parade
- Leicester Road (A6)
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Leicester
- London Road (A6)
- St George Street (A594)
- St George's Way (A594)
- Queen Street
- Rutland Street
- Granby Street
- Humberstone Gate
- Charles Street
- Belgrave Gate
- Belgrave Gate (A607)
- Belgrave Gate
- Abbey Park Road
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0645: At the weekend the Olympic flame had a touch of Shakespeare, a meeting with Elvis and was carried by Sir Cliff Richard - what will it have in store today?
0648: Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of day 45 of the Olympic torch relay which travels the 100 miles from Coventry to Leicester.
Your early morning text commentators are Andy Sully and Ian Westbrook.
0656: The relay is starting eight minutes earlier than advertised in a couple of minutes. We hope to see the first torchbearer emerge from the top of the spiral ramp outside the Museum of British Road Transport.
0659: We have switched our camera feed to the Midlands Today output so we can see Ali Abdillahi starting today's relay.
The 18-year-old is a former asylum speaker from Somalia who was fostered by a British couple. At 13, Ali could barely speak English, however he went on to pass nine GCSEs, gain a Btech in Sports and is now part of Coventry City FC's academy.
0705: Ali is heading towards Coventry Cathedral with the flame - there is a good early morning turnout of spectators in the city.
0708: Great shot of the new Coventry Cathedral, which replaced the one destroyed during the Second World War.
However we are now out of sight of the torch for a couple of minutes.
Greetings to our first overseas reader of the day Andrew Barnes, who says: "Sat home in Adelaide, Australia, day off to watch torch go to home town, Rugby, wish I was there. Thinking of you all.have great day."
The relay is due in Rugby at 08:21 BST, which if my world clock website is correct should be around 4.50pm in Andrew's house.
0712: We see the flame again and it's now with surveyor Sean O'Keefe. Sean, 46, has done voluntary work in Tanzania and South Africa as well as tirelessly raising funds for UK charities Leukaemia Research, Marie Curie and Macmillan Trust.
0714: Despite being registered blind, Bhanumati Dabhi, now carrying the torch, is a tireless charity worker. Bhanumati, who is 69, Queen's Golden Jubilee Award for Voluntary Service.
0720: Here's a familar face - this is triathlete Tim Don who competed in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games. Tim's career blossomed after winning the 1998 World Junior Triathlon Championships. The 34-year-old won the 2006 World triathlon title in Lausanne.
0726: A team of five people who all work with the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust's sports challenge now set off - the way this usually works is that they all run together and then every 300m a different person's torch is lit.
0735: Good bit of linking arms and jigging between Feng Shen and our next torchbearer Vicki James who is 62. Vicki, from Kilsby, has been heavily involved in girl guiding in Warwickshire for many years and has run projects overseas.
0740: The torch is currently being carried down Binley Road in Coventry, from where BBC Coventry & Warwickshire's reporter Alec Blackman tweets: "Hundreds of people are on either side of the road for the Olympic Torch relay."
0741: "Here it is," we hear a voice in the crowd shout as Alan Stapleton, 37, from Rugby, approaches with the flame. He is a church youth worker who has run camps for homeless youths in Poland, lead sponsored walks up Snowdon and worked with many young people in his local area.
0743: Woman asks BBC Coventry & Warwickshire presenter Shane O'Connor in Millennium Place - "Have I missed it?"
"Yes - By about 41 minutes!" is the answer.
0748: Big kiss there between David Wang and 35-year-old Faye Emery. She battled cancer while pregnant with her second child, Eve, and although Eve has cystic fibrosis, Faye has inspired others with her fund raising activities and the way she met those challenges.
0750: BBC School Reporters from Whitley Academy School have been on the streets of Coventry. They have a special link to the relay, having visited the factory where the torches were made. One of the reporters, Jamie, was interviewed live on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire:
0753: Cynthia Guevara, 25, from the Philippines now runs. Cynthia works for a charity that helps build homes for the poor in her native country.
0756: Alyson Wren from Leicester takes on the torch as it heads towards Rugby. Alyson raised £10,500 for charity in 2009 by completing an off road Land's End to John O'Groats run.
0758: BBC Coventry & Warwickshire's Breakfast Show with Shane O'Connor is providing live coverage of the relay while it is in Coventry. You can listen live here although make sure you keep following our live text and #bbctorchcam video.
0759: Happy birthday to our latest runner, Leigh Spires from Daventry. Leigh, 21 today, is a trainee actor who once ran from London to Southend-on-Sea non-stop and he and Alyson Wren link arms and dance around before they perform the 'torch kiss'.
0802: BBC Coventry & Warwickshire presenter Alec Blackman reports: "The torch is continuing up the Binley Road - horses in the field opposite are getting a prime view. The buses are backed up behind it. There's the 86, two 13As and a street-sweeping vehicle."
0808: The relay now prepares to leave Coventry for the 20-minute journey to Rugby.
0811: BBC Coventry & Warwickshire have tweeted a great photo of the media vehicle horse box with #bbctorchcam very prominent above the red bar at the back.
0822: The town of Rugby is best known of course for the invention of the oval ball sport. The story goes that the game was created by William Webb Ellis at Rugby School in 1823 when he picked up the ball during a football match and ran with it.
The trophy used in the rugby World Cup is called The Webb Ellis Cup while there is also a statue of him in front of Rugby School.
0828: Very quiet out there today - where are you all? We want to hear from you on Twitter at @BBC2012 or on our BBC London 2012 Facebook page with your views on the relay.
We are now amazingly already in week seven of the relay but what have been your highlights? So many memorable moments but which ones have stuck with you - either through watching on #bbctorchcam or especially if you were out on the streets watching the flame go by.
Please let us know and we will publish the best of your comments in this live commentary.
0832: As the flame enters Rugby, Tom Brennan starts it on its route. Tom, 45, is a qualified swimming coach and Amateur Swimming Association official. He has recently taken exams to start coaching synchronised swimming.
Among the spectators are a couple standing on what appears to the top of their bay window.
0838: This is athletics coach Kevin Murch, 53, who has held various javelin records and currently holds the men's 50s record. Kevin, who is from Rugby, coached his daughter Kerry to be UK number three in the discipline.
Welcome home to Linareed Shukla, who says: "Just got home from three days visiting L.A. and the first thing I had to do was get back to the Torch Relay!!! Missed you!"
0844: Birthday boy and torchbearer Leigh Spires (see 0759 entry) has just been interviewed on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire's Breakfast Show where he reflected on his run: "It was unbelievable and was very overhwleming. I was humbled by the turnout and I wasn't expecting it this time of the morning. It was brilliant having such a nice crowd cheering us on.
"I plan to take the torch round a few more schools and hopefully inspire more people into sport. Then I will put it away and one day give it to the grandkids."
When asked how he will spend the rest of his birthday, he added: "I think I will go home and have a nice chilled out day with my family. Once you have done something like this by 8.30 in the morning, there is nothing you can do to beat it."
0849: Eighty-year-old Jessie Eden is next with the torch. Jessie is well known in her native Milton Keynes for the hundreds of Easter bunnies and Christmas stockings she sews each year, all to raise money for charity.
0853: Torchcam being watched from near and far.
Marion Haworth says: "Watching for my brother and his grandson as the torch passes Lawrence Sherrif School in a few minutes!" while Clayton 'Castle' Mellington comments: "The weather is pretty bleak here in Australia. at least it's good in the UK for he relay! Good luck."
0855: The next torchbearer, Tony Woodhouse, lost his right leg in a serious motorcycle accident in 2010. Since then, Tony, from Rugby, has raised money and awareness of the work done by the air ambulance and the National Blood service.
Great scenes in Rugby as WestMidsfor2012 say: "Rugby carrying on the great atmosphere on the #torchrelay. People four to five deep on either side of road clapping, cheering, waving flags."
0859: BBC Coventry & Warwickshire's Vic Minett in Rugby reports: "Hundreds of people here. I'm so excited I waved at Wenlock, he waved back and so did a policeman. Hundreds of people are dashing behind it to get another glimpse. It's incredible the speed with which people gather up their stuff."
Spectator Paul Douglas told Vic: "It was a bit quick but it was worth it. It's an experience. There are quite a few people out - I didn't think there would be this many."
0905: Coventry's torchbearers have got back together now that the torch has left their city, as you can see in this photo from BBC Coventry and Warwickshire:
0907: Taking the last leg in his hometown and going into Rugby School shortly is 68-year-old John Richards. John has been actively involved in athletics in the Coventry and Warwickshire area for many years is described as an "unsung hero" of the sport locally.
0910: The flame has now disappeared from our sight for a photo opportunity at the school and unfortunately it appears we will not be able to bring you pictures.
However you can listen to live coverage here from BBC Coventry & Warwickshire.
0912: Double Olympic gold medallist Ed Moses is there and the BBC Coventry & Warwickshire coverage tells us that John Richards is currently doing a lap of the track in the school playing fields with the torch.
A recreation of what was supposed to be the first-ever game of rugby is also taking place.
0918: BBC Coventry & Warwickshire's Vic Minnett show took this picture of the torch being carried in Rugby:
0920: The relay crew are taking a tea break at Rugby School.
0927: Tea break over and we see lots of homemade torches being waved by a group of small primary schoolchildren. While they wait, a member of the torch security team prepares to take a photo and asks them to wave before he presses the shutter.
And now the flame emerges from Rugby School being carried by 13-year-old Katie Spaughton. She is a keen horsewoman and helps train others in the sport as well as being a stalwart member of her school's football team.
0929: As Katie continues her run a huge burst of gold bunting is showered across the road - it looks lovely but is getting in the way of the convoy vehicles and a torch security team member is trying to grab it out of the path of the vehicles, which continue undisturbed.
0932: The relay is due to arrive in Northampton in around 50 minutes time.
BBC reporter Rebecca Dickson at the bottom of Abington Street in Northampton, says: "The preparations are well under way here on Abington Street, there is already a crowd building up and stewards are starting to direct people to the best viewing spots."
Ten year-old Joseph from Northampton, told her: " I'm really excited to see the torch, it's really good because the Olympics is coming to England."
0936: Eighteen-year-old Charlotte Burrows from Northampton carries the torch now. She is a keen performer and leader for a number of activities for Northampton and Daventry School Sports Partnership.
During her run, she collects a small white flag with a photo on it from a spectator and completes her run holding that in her left hand and the torch in her left hand.
0941: Joseph Salmon, now with the torch, has, his nomination says "a passion for fitness and sharing the word in terms of helping others to be fit and healthy."
0943: Joseph's torch lights the lantern and we are back in convoy again - leaving Rugby.
Our next stop will be the historic village of Dunchurch, which famously was one of the places where the Gunpowder Plotters met in 1605 ahead of their unsuccessful attempt to blow up Parliament. As well as hosting the torch relay, Dunchurch has another Olympic claim-to-fame as the birthplace of sprinter Katharine Merry, a bronze medal winner at Sydney 2000.
0945: While we are on this short journey, take a quick first look at the BBC's Olympic titles for the Games, which we can now say start this month!
0946: Our very own Michael Hirst has been allowed out of the office today to join up with the torch relay convoy. He is on Northampton's Weedon Road and says: "It's grey and drizzly but the crowds gathering at Northampton's start point are hundreds-strong already, decked out with the now-standard Union Jack flags and blue sponsor's clackers.
"One caller to BBC Radio Northampton urged organisers not to let any of the Steelbacks (the county's one-day cricket team nickname) carry the torch, "because they'll drop it".
"Thankfully, the first sporting venue we'll be passing is Saints RFC, where the players have generally got much better hands...
"There are opportunist salesmen making a killing flogging torch paraphernalia: 'One pound a flag, two pound a torch!'"
0947: Carrying the torch into Dunchurch is Leonardo Cologna from Italy. Leonardo, 59, rushed to the aid of trapped people in the 1981 Irpinia earthquake, which killed more than 2,000 people - the start of a career in civil protection for the former bank employee.
0955: Dunchurch has really turned out in force for the relay. Huge crowds all along the main street and from every possible vantage point as Leonardo continues his turn.
But that's the village's 'Moment to Shine' over with and we now face a half-hour drive to Northampton.
1001: Michael Ellis, MP for Northampton North, told BBC Radio Northampton: "The Market Square in Northampton is busy for this time of the morning, I can tell that the atmosphere of excitement is building up and fortunately the rain is holding off.
"I think this is something that young people who come here today are going to remember for the rest of their lives."
1006: BBC 2012's Michael Hirst in Northampton reports: "The crowd's excited, but some people think it's overkill on the security front.
'We've seen seven or eight buses of police, as well as cars and motorbikes - anyone would think we were football hooligans,' said a grandmother-of-two who gave her name only as Sylvia.
"She's brought her family here for the once-in-a-lifetime experience from Bugbrooke, five miles away."
1016: Hundreds of people have already lined the streets in Northampton hoping to see the torch as it goes through the town, as you can see from these BBC Radio Northampton pictures:
1026: First up in Northampton is Julia Thornton.
1028: Light rain trying to make an appearance but the crowd in Northampton, some of whom have umbrellas up, are not moving until they've seen the torch:
1032: Hollie Coupland is now running. Hollie, 16, of Great Brington, is an allround sportswoman and musician. As well as representing her county at basketball and region at hurdles, she plays French horn for the county youth orchestra.
1033: Northampton is the historical home to the British shoe industry. From a village of 500 dwellings at the time of the Domesday Book, Northampton has grown into a large town with more than 200,000 citizens. It is, in fact, the third largest community in the UK not to be granted city status.
Its many sporting links include being the birthplace of cricketer Graeme Swann and runner Derek Redmond. On the entertainment front, it is also the home town of comic Alan Carr and presenter "Whispering" Bob Harris.
1036: Thirteen-year-old Fern Albrighton of Atherstone takes over the relay. Fern has helped run a brownie group in her hometown after it lost its Brown Owl to cancer.
1038: BBC Radio Northampton sports editor Geoff Doyle reports: "The wide-eyed expressions on the three and four year olds is so telling."
1040: Another Italian torchbearer takes the flame now, hoping no doubt to put thoughts of last night's Euro 2012 final out of his mind. Andrea Goti stepped in to help a young Chinese couple who were being attacked by a gang of thugs in his hometown. He drove the pregnant Chinese woman to hospital and helped police track down the attackers.
1042: The next runner is 19-year-old Jenny Simpson. As well as being an anti-bullying counsellor while at school, Jenny now serves as a Parish Councillor in her native village of Wolston.
1046: Now with the torch it's Marlene Freeman, 71, who is used to spending her time standing in the road after spending 38 years as a school lollipop lady, Marlene has been a keen runner over the years for Kettering Town Harriers.
1048: The next torchbearer, Harry Barrett, was a keen rugby player before he was diagnosed with a spinal cord tumour. Harry, 23, now coaches children's rugby. He says: "My dreams may never come true, but I want to help others achieve theirs."
1052: The next torchbearer Paul Davies, from Northampton, was best friends with James Cooper and James Kouzaris, the two Britons shot dead whilst holidaying in Florida last year. Paul's response was to help set up the charity Always A Chance to help inspire young people. The organisation raised more than £100,000 in its first 12 weeks of existence.
1054: EmLG was up early in Coventry to take this photo of torchbearer and birthday boy Leigh Spires (see 0844 & 0759):
1101: Chris Britton, of Windsor, is the next custodian of the flame. Chris, 54, says he lives and breathes sport. He once played for Brentford FC's youth side and had trials for Chelsea, Reading, Crystal Palace and West Ham. He now manages Windsor Great Park FC.
1108: Apologies for the flakiness of the pictures - the 3G signal is struggling a bit.
Now running through his hometown under some colourful bunting strung across the street is 45-year-old Andy Wightman. Andy is a very highly qualified karate teacher, who trains youngsters at a number of local clubs.
1110: With the torch now is Philip Highley, 73. Among Philip's many fundraising activities with the Rotary Club is a 1,200-mile journey criss-crossing Britain with the aid of his bus pass.
1112: Our final Northampton torchbearer is Carlo Bini from Rome. Carlo is noted for the day he helped trapped and injured passengers at a train crash in the Appenine Mountains in Italy.
1115: Sorry again for the loss of pictures but we are now due to go into convoy mode for the 20-minute drive to Wellingborough.
1131: The torch is due into Wellingborough shortly - and then will visit Isham, Kettering, where it stops for lunch, Geddington, Corby, Dingley, Market Harborough, Lubenham, Foxton, Kibworth Harcourt, Oadby and finally Leicester.
1133: The relay enters the outskirts of Wellingborough.
This market town was named after the Saxon chieftan Waendel. In the early 80s it achieved fame as the birthplace of the "goth rock" movement and its leading band Bauhaus. The town is also birthplace of Sir David Frost.
1134: Wellingborough's first torchbeasrer is 17-year-old Nicola Kenton from Rushden. Nicola has a medical condition that causes her joints to dislocate very easily. Despite this, she is a keen swimmer at her local club.
1137: Wellingborough native Kathy Randall is now with the torch. Kathy, 63, donated a kidney to her brother-in-law recently but hopes to run in a half-marathon to raise awareness of organ donation.
1138: We are due into Kettering in the next hour where we will find 101 pupils from Irthlingborough Infant and Primary school waiting for the relay on the Barton Road:
1145: Alexandra Riley, of Towcester, is now torchbearing. Alexandra attracted the praise of her local community by saving an 80-year-old woman from a burning building.
1149: Mayor of Wellingborough Ken Harrington tells BBC Radio Northampton: "This is fantastic for Wellingborough. It is wonderful to see something like this lift our spirits."
BBC reporters James Tzanoudakis says: "There are more than 5,000 schoolchildren here getting involved in Wellingborough."
1150: On through Wellingborough, and now Christine Hester takes the torch. Christine, 66, from Brackley, has fostered more than 400 children in the past 40 years, keeping up her wonderful work despite a battle with breast cancer and the loss of her husband.
1202: Another Italian torchbearer Andrea Malvestiti is now running. As a student, Andrea, 31, helped save an entire university dormitory when he detected a gas leak and managed to evacuate the packed building without turning on the lights or sounding alarms, which would have triggered an explosion.
The rain is coming down now as you can see from the raindrops on the camera lenses and the umbrellas up in the crowd.
1205: The torch is now on its way to Isham. This small village is home to a bird sanctuary called Safewings.
1212: Twelve-year-old Leicestershire youngster Ryan Cooper takes his turn with the torch now. Ryan is a keen sportsman despite physical and learning disability and a number of health problems. He recently won a place in his school's football squad.
1215: The next torchbearer John Doran of Geddington was forced from the police force in 2003 when he was diagnosed with cancer and given four years to live. Not only does John continue to exist, he is a stalwart of his community, organising charity fairs, concerts and fetes.
1218: BBC Northampton reporter Martin Borley in Kettering: "I've never seen a Mexican wave being done with umbrellas before but it just happened here."
1220: Our next stop, in around five minutes time, is Kettering where author HE Bates, who wrote The Darling Buds of May, attended the Grammar School which was also famous for tracking satellites in space.
The town is also home to Wicksteed Park amusement park, which opened in 1921. It is believed to be the oldest amusement park in England although it is not as old as the Blackgang Chine theme park on the Isle of Wight.
Hope Rob Lupine has his brolly: "Chucking it down in Kettering but there are still loads here #crazy."
1225: A medal winner here as we reach Kettering - Elaine O'Sullivan, 53, only took up running five years ago but last year won a silver medal for GB in the European Masters Championships in Ghent.
Running has changed her life "completely", and she is aiming for gold in the world championships in Rio de Janeiro in 2013.
1231: And this is another well-known name - Jim (Ovian) Redmond, father of former Olympic athlete Derek.
Back at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 he helped an injured Derek cross the finishing line during the 400m semi-finals after his son badly injured his hamstring.
1234: When Jim was chosen to be a torchbearer by the British Olympic Association, their chief executive Andy Hunt said of his moment in history: "It was a truly iconic moment. It represented what the Olympic spirit was about. It was an example of what it's like for parents to support through good and difficult times."
Jim remembered: "His leg went, but Derek being Derek would never give up. And then I don't know why but I had an instinct I had to go over to him. When I got to the track I didn't realise there was a pit at the front but I leapt over. We finished the race jointly.
"I didn't realise that 20 years later it would still be being talked about. I'm delighted, honoured and very, very proud. Derek is very happy I was chosen. It also means he stays in the frame and is still recognised too."
1237: Kettering's market place is the main point in the town where everyone is gathering and it is full of people.
The Mayor of Kettering Jim Hakewell told BBC Northampton presenter Helen Blaby: "How wonderful to see the market place being used in this way. This brings everyone together, whatever your sport or even if you don't like sport. This is a great opportunity to showcase Kettering and its market place."
A bird's eye view for Clive Collyer overlooking the market place in Kettering:
1239: All action woman Ruth Gillett is running now.
She plays volleyball for the Northampton National League Ladies Team, has abseiled down the Northampton lift tower for charity, helps out on the PTA and works with learning disabled adults.
Her nomination says: "The fact that the young men she looks after have been in her care since they were babies shows how highly the families of these people think of her."
1244: Ruth really enjoyed that run - she was smiling and waving and just seemed to relish every minute.
She finishes by linking arms with our next torchbearer Victoria Foster and the pair share a dance and a hug before the flame is passed on.
Victoria is a senior care assistant at a residential home for the elderly.
"A beacon of light, bringing laughter, love and hope to our residents," we're told, she helps support families whose older relatives have dementia.
1249: BBC 2012's Michael Hirst in Kettering reports: "The Salvation Army brass band is keeping spirits up in the market square before the sponsors' cavalcade pulls in blaring out Beyonce's Crazy right now and dishing out free drinks to keep the kids' sugar levels up."
1250: Staying grounded today, Italian Marine air rescue operator Paolo Dante, 42, is running now.
Ten years ago, he saved 13 people from the sea after an SOS call from around Saseno, an island off the coast of Albania.
1251: Expect some moves here from Hannah Sanchez, 18, who dances ballet and "Riverdances".
She helps out at Rainbows and is taking her adult leadership qualification for the Girl Guides.
1258: BREAKING NEWS Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton will carry the Olympic torch on 9 July when it travels from Luton to Oxford.
He was initially asked to carry it through his old hometown of Stevenage, but he will be competing in the British Grand Prix on the day it visits the town.
"I'm so honoured to have been asked to do it. Never in a million years did I think I'd get to do something so cool," Hamilton said.
1300: We have lost pictures of our final pre-lunch torchbearer Amy McDyre as she and the flame approach Kettering's Market Square. The convoy and flame are now due to grab a sandwich - and when they return, your text commentators for the rest of the day will be Claire Heald and Martin Gough.
The relay will resume at 13:34 BST.
Earlier today the torch visited the Althorp Estate, final resting place of Diana, Princess of Wales and the family home of Earl Spencer. The trip was what is known as a "spider event", which means it happens separately to the main relay. Althorp has been hosting an Olympic-themed sports day for 10 small rural schools in the villages surrounding the estate.
1332: We're back in Kettering Market Square, just waiting for the flame to put in an appearance.
1337: "Are we excited over here," shouts a presenter in the crowd. There is a slightly muted response from the soggy Market Square.
1339: The first runner after lunch is Alice Barnes, an age-group national mountain bike champion.
1341: Here's a man we could do with hanging on to for summer weather duty in the UK. Andrea Candotto Carniel, an Italian civil protection volunteer who helps prevent flood damage to people's homes.
1342: There are cheers as Andrea hands over to Gary Denyer, 49, who ran his first London Marathon last year, for the Children with Leukaemia charity, raising £12,000. He was inspired by the medics who treated his son. There is a band playing as Gary runs down the hill in Montague Street, left arm waving like a windmill to get the crowd shouting.
1345: Over now to Chris McDonald, a keen footballer who plays for Northampton Town's disability team and he is receiving massive support from the roadside. Born 10 weeks early, Chris has cerebral palsy. He won the national player of the year award last season.
1351: Just a couple of minutes ahead of schedule, Italian paramedic Tommaso Scollo from Florence is running now. He says he was changed the day he saved an elderly lady who was picked up by his ambulance team.
1356: It's into convoy mode for a quick trip to Geddington, a village with a history thought to date back to the eighth century. This large village was once the home to a royal hunting lodge, but now only a door remains.
1402: We had a quick glimpse of Gian Paulo Cioccia before the convoy (with our camera) and the torch parted company for a moment. Charlotte Preston is scheduled to be carrying the flame shortly.
1409: We're at Geddington Cross now and a decent crowd greets Barbara Crowther, who strolls and waves, then breaks into a run for her final few metres.
Her husband Geoff tells BBC Northampton: "She's been looking forward to this for ages, I'm very proud of her."
1413: Next in the relay is Luke Somerville, 17, from Northampton. Despite being in a wheelchair because of cerebral palsy, Luke is sitting his GCSEs and will be going on to college in September. Luke never allows his disability to define him and he leads an active life, canoeing, climbing and even caving.
He is accompanied by a band in Scout uniforms, marching down the pavement with a large drum.
1415: The band breaks into a rendition of the Indiana Jones theme as the flame goes back in its lantern and we drive four miles north to Corby.
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We're off again in rainy, blustery Corby and Fabrizio Mineo is having to run in a rain poncho.
1428: A keen runner, despite battling Hodgkin's Lymphona, Oliver Bliss - who is now with the torch - sat all his exams while undergoing chemotherapy. Oliver, who is 18 and from Leicester, scored 100% in maths.
1429: Corby, in the south Midlands, is popularly known as "Little Scotland". Its large population of migrant Scots were attracted here by the town's steelworks and the local populance is still said to have a Glaswegian inflected accent. There are a few Saltires to be seen at the sides of the road here. Lots of umbrellas too.
1430: Local man Des Barber takes the flame from Oliver. Des set up the town's community radio station and has raised thousands for Corby charities, including the local hospice.
"Come on, Dessie, run!" shouts one onlooker but Des is resolutely walking, torch held high.
BBC Northampton reporter Matin Borley says: "Three weeks ago Corby was full with people all trying to catch a glimpse of the Queen and now they are back hoping to see the torch."
1433: Single mum Susan Miller who is now with the torch has fostered 70 children, including many considered "too challenging" to place in a home. Susan, 61, is also a marathon runner but she is choosing a shimmying walk with the torch.
A man with a flag tries to join her but is discouraged by one of the security team, who dances with the man for a little while.
Two children walk along the pavement with a banner reading "Grandmama".
1438: Our latest Italian hero, Gianfranco Chirico from Bologna, makes a bit of a song and dance about that handover, dancing a jig with Susan before bounding off with his torch, then leaping over a mini roundabout before turning onto George Street.
1439: Gianfranco departs with a kiss on the cheek for Penny Mitchell, our latest runner and a 21-year-old with an up-and-down life. She's an England trampolinist with high hopes of competing at Rio 2016. All this despite suffering an injury that nearly led to her losing use of an arm.
1445: A Corby athlete who will shortly be realising his international competition dreams is 20-year-old Niall Graham. He will be in the GB's goalball team at the 2012 Paralympic games next month. Before he began to lose his sight he was in England's Under-18 All-Star basketball team.
1448: Rhythmic gymnast Sophia Tanswell takes over now. Sophie, 14, works at her discipline six days a week and dreams of becoming an Olympic-standard coach.
A band named Oakley Rangers are blasting out the theme from Chariots of Fire from a stage by the side of the road.
1451: Another band on another stage plays Chariots as Alex van Vliet takes the torch. He swims for charity and takes in foster children.
1452: The next torchbearer Gary Bilbrough knows how to throw a party having organised street parties with tropical beach and Royal wedding theme. He is a member of Toddington Street Watch and once arranged Christmas dinner for 50 residents of a local care home.
Lee Dockerill tweeted this photo of the torch passing through Kettering earlier.
1453: On Cottingham Road, another Italian runner, Angelo Gualtieri, was in the earthquake in L'Aquila in 2009.
1458: Six more miles in convoy now, west to Dingley.
BBC Radio Leicester reporter Emily Anderson says: "As the Olympic torch is getting ever closer to Leicestershire the excitement is building in Market Harborough."
BBC Leicester's TV reporter Mark Shardlow says: "Big crowds in Market Harborough more than half an hour before arrival."
1509: In Dingley now, Rhona Grant, 12, was nominated by her school who say she is "a pleasure to teach". The sporty youngster from Towcester is is town champion for cross-country running, as well as being an all round athlete, showing potential in basketball, athletics, swimming and cycling.
She has won British Cycling's Central Cyclo-cross leagues, raised money running in Race for Life, cycling for the Historic Churches Trust and completed a triathlon for Meningitis UK.
BBC Northampton sports editor Geoff Doyle is in Dingley and says: "This is the last time we are going to see the torch in Northamptonshire so people are enjoying the moment."
1511: Simon Duffield-Harding took to local football management when his son wanted to join the team. He is now director of the football academy which has 13 teams and 200 children. In recent years he has helped organise collections of 200 football kits to be sent to children in Haiti.
1515: For a rural area, we have a good crowd along the sides of Harborough Road as Richard Smith takes the torch.
Half way through his first year at Loughborough University, Richard's parents and his sister died in a plane crash. His nomination says he became determined to succeed, dedicating his life to their memory.
Richard established a sports volunteer programme for students and led a team who raised £15,000 over the academic year for charities in Zambia.
1519: As the torch takes to its van again for a trip across the border into Leicestershire, BBC Northampton's Geoff Doyle says: "The Northamptonshire public has embraced the torch as it went through the county."
BBC Radio Leicester's afternoon presenter Ben Jackson says: "Balloons are exploding, it's a party in Market Harborough. Some people have their own Olympic torches and everyone is getting really excited while they wait."
1522: Rockingham Road is absolutely jammed for the arrival of the torch in Market Harborough.
The first runner there is Harry Welch, 12, who was nominated by Northgate School Arts College in Northampton. They say despite the problems he faces with autism and dyspraxia he always has a positive attitude.
1529: Oliver Cartwright, 14, suffers from a genetic disorder called Pfieffers Syndrome and has been in and out of hospital in Oxford all his life. His nomination says Oliver is also a typical teenager who is full of energy and fun and is well known in the Northamptonshire village of Crick where he lives.
He sets off at a proper dash and one of the security team advises him to slow down a little.
1531: Chris Dabbs tested motorcycles for Motorcycle News, and raced them too, until he broke his back and ended up in a wheelchair in 1993. Since then, he has played and coached wheelchair basketball and has been chairman of Northamptonshire Phoenix club for eight years. He also sails with Northampton Sailability, scuba dives, flies microlights and races karts.
His latest project has seen the 49-year-old get back into the saddle of a sports motorcycle and hurtle around Britain's racetracks.
Chris says the experience has shown him and others in his situation they can ride again. "We've overcome the impossible and therefore other challenges in our lives are within our reach, should we decide to go for it," he said.
His chair is a three-wheeler, with a bicycle-style handlebar and forks arrangement, allowing him to steer to the sides of the roads as he waves.
1532: Dean Barnett runs the youth branch of Welland Valley cycle club and on Saturday afternoons up to 80 children under the age of 14 can be seen practicing skills, competing in cyclocross and generally enjoying the sport.
Dean is an enthusiastic high-fiver and has plenty of people to practice on as the streets narrow neat Harborough Theatre.
In the centre of Market Harborough, the steeple of St Dionysius Parish Church rises directly from the street, as there is no churchyard. The steeple was built in 1300 and the church around it almost 200 years later.
1540: Today's gentle rain is water off a duck's back for Barry Harper. The retired police officer has been on no less than three polar expeditions and in 2005 he helped to guide a visually impaired adventurer to the North Pole.
On the same adventure Barry took the 'Olympic bid' flag and waved it triumphantly at the pole to support London 2012's candidacy.
He has also completed 100 half-marathons and 13 full marathons, raising tens of thousands of pounds for charity.
Looks like Barry has a woollen doll of a man carrying a torch, tucked into his waistband.
Adrian Spires says on our Facebook page: "My son did the relay in Coventry this morning. Such a great atmosphere, credit to all who came out so early, a day he will never forget (and it was his 21st birthday)."
1544: Now taking the torch is 91-year-old table tennis champion Les D'Arcy. The retired school teacher from Wakefield is a 12-times European and world title holder and also holds the British record in all the athletic throwing events in his age group.
As well as his sporting achievements he was nominated for his community work and for service to Yorkshire sport and recreation.
Les, who is in a wheelchair, has eschewed the usual fitting for the torch and is holding it aloft, while being pushed by a helper.
Crowd member Anna Kilborne tells BBC Northampton: "Market Harborough is doing the Olympics proud and we're very privileged to have it pass through the town. It's a historic occasion and it's amazing how many people have turned out, the libraries and some shops have shut, people are so pleased to see the torch."
1556: After a quick dash to Lubenham, the next torchbearer is Robert Gomez, chairman of Bowden Cricket Club and a charity cyclist.
We have lost the picture temporarily, probably because of 3G signal strength, but hope to have it back shortly.
1602: The next person to carry the torch is David Willson, who hopes to encourage hundreds of families around London to host 1,000 Olympic and Paralympic family members in their homes for free during the London 2012 Games.
He says: "These families would not otherwise be able to afford to come to the Games and see their relatives compete."
It looks like the rain is getting harder in rural Leicestershire but David is enjoying his jog, greeting several youngsters on the pavement.
1605: The torch is now off to Foxton Locks for a trip on a canal boat. We won't be able to bring you pictures of the aquatic trip, unfortunately, but should have some photos in our Day 45 gallery later.
The next torchbearer on dry land is scheduled to start at about 1650 BST.
1619: Looks like David Willson will be carrying the torch on its boat trip. BBC Leicester's Mark Shardlow says David his life jacket on.
The stage and scene is being set at Abbey Park for the evening celebrations in Leicester, where the torch will stop overnight. BBC Radio Leicester reporter Karl Cooper took this pic.
1635: Meanwhile, over in Tournai, cyclist Mark Cavendish has won another stage of the Tour de France, further pushing his credentials as favourite to win Great Britain's first gold medal of the Olympic Games in the road race on 28 July. BBC Sport has been following the stage closely.
1644: The flame is back on dry land, in its lantern, in its white minibus and heading to Foxton, where Martin Johnson, England's World Cup winning rugby union captain in 2003, is expected to be watching from the roadside so keep an eye out.
1648: First in Foxton is Emily Brown, 15, who had open heart surgery twice as a small child and now takes part in charity events for the Heart Link Children's Charity.
1650: More than 7,500 Leicester school pupils will have been taught PE by Susan Dainty, 58, who is running now. She runs hockey, netball, athletics and gymnastics teams and gets her students involved in charity fund-raising.
1653: At this time of day, Italian Ruggero Barone is usually preparing for his job as a pilot, transporting donor organs overnight.
He says it is easy to forget the importance of the job, until one patient once told him his team were "angels" for flying her to her transplant.
"That night, more than any other, I felt as though I had done something important," he says.
1654: We have a confirmed spotting of Martin Johnson at the roadside, with his son on his huge shoulders. Jonno used to play for and then coach Leicester Tigers, whose training ground is in Oadby, the stop after next for the torch relay.
1658: Down the road in Oadby, crowds are reportedly "10 rows deep" and Avril Lennox MBE, who attended two Olympic Games as a gymnast and is one of the organisers of the local parade, tells BBC Radio Leicester's afternoon presenter Ben Jackson: "People are really excited, music is playing to welcome the torch. The event has really brought the community together."
1701: After a short convoy trip to Kibworth Harcourt, Katherine Hale - a hockey player, coach and umpire who volunteers with the Step into Sport programme - takes the torch.
She has worked as a carer, looked after her siblings when ill and leads an army cadet unit.
1707: Katherine has had a lengthy leg through Kibworth Harcourt, as the only torchbearer there. Contingency slots are dotted in the programme in case runners need to be moved around and, since this one wasn't needed, Katherine effectively ran two legs.
Back into convoy now for the four-mile trip down the A6 to Oadby, where the hoards are waiting.
Three-times world BMX champion Keelan Philips has been entertaining the crowds at Abbey Park before the torch arrives for the evening celebrations in Leicester.
1716: On Glen Road in Oadby there really is a huge crowd, although perhaps not quite 10 rows deep, as the torch unloads. Next up is Michelle Padwick, who established the From Farm to Fork project - an outdoor learning experience on Co-operative Farms which aims to inspire children to get passionate about food.
1719: Another of the Italian heroes, Vittorio Brandi, is the next torchbearer. His right arm has been paralysed since he was very young but he was determiend to play basketball and says he "drew upon my inner strength and stubbornness to keep going and prove to everyone that sport overcomes everything". Vittorio is carrying the torch with his prosthetic right hand and waving with his left to a crowd bedecked with Union Flags.
Team GB football manager Stuart Pearce has been explaining this afternoon why he omitted David Beckham from his squad. He said the decision was made purely for football reasons, and confirmed Beckham would not be part of the coaching staff. Craig Bellamy, Ryan Giggs and Micah Richards are the three players over the age of 23 allowed in the 18-man squad.
1722: The flame has been passed to Carla Smith who in 2001 received a kidney transplant from her sister. Later she competed at the Transplant Games and won a bronze medal. She has also run the London Marathon to raise money for charity.
Carla has a large red flower pinned in her hair and leapt in the air with both feet as she took a right turn.
1727: David Neal then Italian Daniele Adragna take their turns through Oadby, which has really embraced the relay and turned out in force. Whoops come from all around as the flame is transferred.
A banner at roadside reads "Oadby's Moment to Shine" and there are so many people that they are spilling from the pavements onto the roads.
1731: In 2009, torchbearer Katie Walter became the youngest person to walk the last 112 miles to the South Pole.
As part of the expedition she raised money and awareness for the the Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance and Dyslexia Action - she is herself dyslexic. She has also taken part in the Breastcancer Moon Walk and Race for Life events.
Dean Barnett, who carried the torch in Market Harborough earlier, tells BBC Radio Leicester's Ben Jackson: "It was a complete magical experience, from when I got the torch to running with it. It's hard to put it into words."
1738: After losing her son to cancer, Susan Stevenson made it her goal to raise £132,000 to fund a Macmillan nurse for three years to care for adolescents. With a small team of people she set out to achieve this target and reached it within two years. The fund has now reached nearly £200,000.
The crowds are still thick along the A6 as Susan jogs towards Leicester. No more convoys now - it's on foot all the way to Abbey Park, where the cauldron will be lit at an evening celebration.
1742: Sian Lockwood, a wheelchair user, is next with the torch. She has been nominated through her employers, who are one of the sponsors.
1746: "Live life like a lion", that's the motto of 14-year-old Charlotte Murgatroyd, who is taking the flame from Sian.
When she was born she was expected to live only eight days due to a serious heart defect but after many operations Charlotte recovered.
She has raised over £6,000 for the local Heartlink Charity and has been used as a spokeswoman to avoid the closure of Glenfield children's cardiac services . She also donated over £500 of her 10th birthday money to the charity.
1751: BBC Radio Leicester reporter Maaiysa Valli says there is already a "carnival atmosphere" at Abbey Park, where the cauldron will be lit at an evening celebration.
1752: Roland Schilling has been the the Representative of the UN Refugee Agency in the UK since July 2009.
He started his work for refugees in Hong Kong 20 years ago when rescuing boat people who fled across the South China Sea. He was also engaged in finding protection for Somali and Iraqi refugees in Yemen.
In 2004, David helped coordinate emergency relief and built shelter for those who lost their homes after the tsunami hit several Asian countries.
Before coming to London, he served for the UN in Turkey, mainly dealing with refugees who left Iraq to escape the violence in the country.
1754: A fund raiser for Breast Cancer Research, Kerry Horner has run in local marathons. She is a student midwife.
She takes the torch from Roland, and she's off, waving.
1801: Next up is Maria Morgan, a founder member of the Learning Disabled Theatre Company, Movers, and an accomplished Special Olympian, having competed in numerous events dating back to 1986.
Working alongside Speakeasy Theatre Company, Maria's "theatrical experience and infectious enthusiasm have been instrumental" in the creation of a professional standard theatre company for Learning Disabled adults in Leicester.
The company devise their own work, and have toured to numerous theatres across the Midlands, as well as performing at 2009's Special Olympic opening ceremony.
1802: BBC Leicester's TV reporter Mark Shardlow says there are about three miles and six rows deep of people from Oadby to Leicester as the torch travels towards the city. He says there is a "complete corridor of people, it's terrific".
1812: Stephanie Carver hands the torch on to Haresh Selvaskandan who is involved in the national charity, Medsin, which implements sustainable health projects within local communities.
As Vice-Coordinator, he has been fundamental in carrying out its efforts, such as his visit to Kenya through the Kenyan Orphan Project.
He's zig-zagging across the road here, to wave to friends.
1814: Over the past five years the next torchbearer, Neville Maggs, has dedicated himself to raising money so that a new school can be built in Ghana.
His initiatives have included taking part in five Tough Guy races, running over 25 marathons, and selling homemade marmalade.
To date, Neville has raised over £35,000 and he aims to raise a further £50,000. With the money raised so far, the ground floor of the New Neville Preparatory School is nearing completion.
1816: Drums a-beating for Neville here, as he passes the torch on.
1817: Scrutinising the camera work from the other side of the lens now is Bhasker Solanki and award-winning BBC cameraman who has risked his life to highlight the poor of the world.
He has filmed the plight of children in Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia, which in many cases has led to governments being forced to take postive action.
He revealed the conditions for disabled children living in degrading conditions in Albania, which led to a national newspaper campaign and an award from the president.
He also worked in Rwanda and helped set up a school in Bhuj, after the 2001 earthquake in Gujarat.
1820: Big cheers here for Aarti Thobhani, who was nominated by her cousin - for overcoming adversity.
She suffered a knee problem while at the height of her Taekwondo training and lost her older sister to an aneurysm.
1824: This is what we like to hear from ahead on the route, after some of the torch relay weather.
Sir Peter Soulsby, Mayor of Leicester, has said there is a "real buzz" in the city, adding that so far everything has gone to plan.
"It looks like it might even be dry when the flame arrives here in Leicester," he said.
1825: A dream combination for efficiency here - John Noble, 54, is a postman and a runner.
He's one of the top veteran runners in his county and helps train an under-16 girls' football team.
"Gooo on John," shouts a friend in the crowd.
1828: A kiss from John, and then the torches "kiss" to transfer the flame.
Sally Preston gives a big anticipatory sigh, as she sets off with the torch.
1831: Over now to one of the last torchbearers of the day, Lucy Davies is a wheelchair user and an ambassador of the young people's disability charity Whizz-Kidz.
The project resulted in a film in which Lucy and her peers shared their own, often difficult, experiences.
She has got up out of her wheelchair and is walking her stretch of the relay.
1835: After saying to a member of the torch relay team that she can't carry on her turn on the relay by walking, Lucy is being helped along in her chair here.
An inspiring effort, amid huge crowds who are travelling with her up the street.
1838: And Lucy gets up again, to complete the last part of her relay time here, taking the flame to the next torchbearer.
1839: Taking on the flame, Kenny Egan, described as "a hidden hero who goes that extra mile to help people". He is a regular fundraiser for Cancer Research UK, after the loss of a very close friend.
Setting a good pace here through the centre of the city.
1842: Bouncing up for the penultimate leg of the day is Jaime Halsey, a competitor at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, where her sport trampolining made its debut.
Since retiring from competition Jaime has stayed involved in coaching and mentoring athletes and joined the British Olympic Association's athletes' commission in 2011.
1848: The final torchbearer of the day is 20-year-old Phil Fuller, who was in care as a youngster and now respresents others in that situation as elected representative for the Children in Care Council for Leicester. He also works as a steward for Leicester City FC.
1852: The torch is due to pass in to Abbey Park now, where the cauldron will be lit and the evening celebrations will take place.
Dance troupe Morning Parade are among those performing.
1854: That concludes our coverage from the relay today with this afternoon's writers Martin Gough and Claire Heald.
Join us again tomorrow, when the torch travels from Leicester to Peterborough and passes through Melton Mowbray, home of the pork pie.
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