Carlisle Cathedral bells sound Olympic alarm

Bells from right across the UK rang out at exactly 08.12 this morning for 3 minutes to mark precisely 12 hours until the 2012 Olympic Games in London begin.

Joining in were bells of Carlisle Cathedral. ITV Border's cameras were there:

Ronald East is the captain of the cathedral bells ringers, he explained how the cathedral's bells got involved and how difficult bell ringing is.