London 2012 Olympic torch relay: day 50 – in pictures

Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, poses with the flame and torchbearer Ashley Dear on the relay leg through Duxford airfield Photograph: LOCOG/Getty Images

Former British Olympic athlete Iwan Thomas carries the torch to light the cauldron at the end of the leg between Newmarket and Cambridge Photograph: Ben Birchall/LOCOG/PA

Iwan Thomas carries the flame between Newmarket and Cambridge Photograph: LOCOG/Getty Images

Moesha Howard carries the torch in Chelmsford, Essex Photograph: LOCOG/Getty Images

TV chef Jamie Oliver carries the flame between Newport and Saffron Walden Photograph: LOCOG/Getty Images

The flame in a protective lantern at Duxford Air Museum near Cambridge Photograph: Yui Mok/LOCOG/PA

Hannah Agyeman-Prempeh runs with the torch between Harlow and Waltham Cross in Hertfordshire Photograph: Danny Lawson/LOCOG/PA

Jamie Oliver carries the flame between Newport and Saffron Walden Photograph: Danny Lawson/LOCOG/PA

Mark Reynolds holds the ashes of his brother David, the originally nominated torchbearer, as he carries the flame between Newmarket and Cambridge Photograph: LOCOG/Getty Images

Zachary Franklin carries the flame through the water Photograph: Ben Birchall/LOCOG/PA

The torch is carried on a raft at the Lee Valley White Water Centre on the relay leg between Harlow and Waltham Cross Photograph: LOCOG