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London 2012 Olympic torch relay: day 12 – in pictures

Olympic Torch Relay: Day 12 - Olympic Torch Relay
Jennifer Moore, 16, an Olympic hopeful in badminton, carries the torch over Queen's Park Bridge as the flame begins its journey on day 12 in Chester Photograph: LOCOG/Getty Images
Olympic Torch Relay: Day 12 - Olympic Torch Relay
Adrian Derbyshire carries the torch on the leg between Chester and Wrexham Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
Olympic Torch Relay: Day 12 - Olympic Torch Relay
Joanne Gregory carries the torch on a hand-drawn boat across the Pontcysyllte aqueduct in north Wales Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters
Olympic Torch Relay: Day 12 - Olympic Torch Relay
Filipa Ferreira carries the flame on the leg between Wrexham and Trevor Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
Olympic Torch Relay: Day 12 - Olympic Torch Relay
Libby Anderson carries the flame along the canal at the Pontcysyllte aqueduct, a UNESCO world heritage site in Llangollen, Wales Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Olympic Torch Relay: Day 12 - Olympic Torch Relay
Muhammad Ullah carrying the flame between Wrexham and Trevor Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
Olympic Torch Relay: Day 12 - Olympic Torch Relay
Ricky Furgusson carries the flame on the leg between Much Wenlock and Telford Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
Olympic Torch Relay: Day 12 - Olympic Torch Relay
Hayley Lynch carries the flame on the leg between Oswestry and Welshpool Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
Olympic Torch Relay: Day 12 - Olympic Torch Relay
Dimitrios Eforakopoulos carries the flame on the leg through Much Wenlock Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA
Olympic Torch Relay: Day 12 - Olympic Torch Relay
Adele Bisbey carries the flame on the leg between Haughton and Stoke-on-Trent Photograph: Yui Mok/ LOCOG/PA
Olympic Torch Relay: Day 12 - Olympic Torch Relay
The Olympic torch passes the birthplace of William Penny Brookes – the founding father of the modern Olympics – in Much Wenlock Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters
Olympic Torch Relay: Day 12 - Olympic Torch Relay
John Simpson carries the flame on the leg through Much Wenlock
Photograph: Gareth Fuller/LOCOG/PA
Olympic Torch Relay: Day 12 - Olympic Torch Relay
Andrew Hawkins carries the flame on the leg between Haughton and Stoke-on-Trent
Photograph: Yui Mok/LOCOG/PA
Olympic Torch Relay: Day 12 - Olympic Torch Relay
David Allen carries the flame on the leg between Newport and Gnosall
Photograph: Yui Mok/LOCOG/PA
Olympic Torch Relay: Day 12 - Olympic Torch Relay
Imran Sherwani carries the flame on to the stage at Hanley Park in Stoke-on-Trent Photograph: Chris Radburn/ LOCOG/PA
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