Police pick up penguins at torch relay start
by Ruje Yasmin
Two people dressed in penguin suits were asked by police to climb down from an iconic rock at the start of the Olympic torch relay
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Olympic 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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Plymouth hosts Olympic torch event
The eyes of the world were fixed on Plymouth last night when the city hosted one of the first official Olympic Games events.
Crowds of around 40,000 people flocked to the Hoe to see the Olympic flame arrive. It was used to light a special cauldron marking the culmination of the day's festivities.
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