Olympic torch lights up Stonehenge
One of the world's greatest ever athletes carried the Olympic Torch around Stonehenge at sunrise today.
Olympic Torch Comes to Dorset
The Olympic Torch will spend 2 days in Dorset with a celebration event taking place in Weymouth on Thursday night
Olympic Torch Returns to Wiltshire on Wednesday
The Olympic flame enters the county on Wednesday afternoon and spends the night in Salisbury at Wiltshire's Festival of Celebration.
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Olympic torch lights up Stonehenge
One of the world's greatest ever athletes carried the Olympic Torch around Stonehenge at sunrise today.
Read the full storyOlympic Torch Comes to Dorset
by Ben Haggitt
The Olympic Torch will spend 2 days in Dorset with a celebration event taking place in Weymouth on Thursday night
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Olympic Torch returns to the West
The Olympic Torch arrives back in the region this afternoon. It's due at Ludgershall in Wiltshire just before five o'clock.
The flame will pass through Tidworth and Amesbury before reaching Hudson's Field in Salisbury for an evening celebration.
Olympic Torch Returns to Wiltshire on Wednesday
by Ben Haggitt
The Olympic flame enters the county on Wednesday afternoon and spends the night in Salisbury at Wiltshire's Festival of Celebration.
Read the full story8,000 men and women will carry the Olympic torch 8,000 miles and those in the South West will see the flames first
Could the Olympic torch be passing your doorstep?
Details have been announced of the route the Olympic Torch will take through the region as part of its 8,000 mile journey nationwide. It's due to arrive in Britain at Land's End in May, and will finish day one in Plymouth. Where is the Olympic Flame going?
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Bath Olympic torch visit 'fabulously important'
Don Foster MP for Bath has described the Olympic Torch route coming to Bath as 'fabulously important' for the city and says it's an opportunity for everyone to get involved with the Olympics:
Jonathan Edwards on the Olympic Torch 'kiss'
Former Olympic champion and member of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (Locog) Jonathan Edwards said: "The torch relay is literally around the corner and it's all systems go." He also explained the moment the torches are held together to pass on the flame:
– JONATHAN EDWARDS, FORMER OLYMPIC TRIPLE-JUMPERThe kiss is the big moment when the flame is passed from torchbearer to torchbearer and obviously you have to get it right - you don't want the flame to go out.
It's called a kiss. You have to hold them together for about ten seconds to make sure the flame passes and then the next runner runs off for their 300m stint.
Carrying the torch 'a part of history'
Damien Davis from Cricklade is one of the 8,000 torch bearers unveiled today. The 36 year old will take the flame on a 300m leg through Ludgershall in Wiltshire on the 11th July. Damien made headlines last May after getting lost while attempting the Three Peaks Challenge to raise money for charity.
Police warn over Olympic ticket scam
Gloucestershire Police are warning people not to buy Olympic and Paralympic Games tickets from advertisements that just feature a mobile phone number or email address.
They say there's a risk of paying over the odds for tickets that may not exist and your personal details may be stolen and used in other crimes.
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