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74-year-old Margaret Cook carried the Olympic flame through Ilkley on Sunday 24 June.

The majority of Olympic torch bearers are ordinary people who have been nominated by friends and family to carry the flame on its way to London 2012. More...

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Olympic champion Jessica Ennis has married her long-term partner at a church in Derbyshire's Peak District.

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A pupil from Meadowside Community Primary School in Knaresborough is going to rub shoulders with the Royal Family and celebrity gardeners at the Chelsea Flower Show.

Olympic Torch Relay - 24 June

On Day 37, it passed through Skipton and Ilkley.

Olympic Torch Relay - 19 June

On Day 32, it passed through Boston Spa, Wetherby, Harewood, Knaresborough, Starbeck, Harrogate and Ripon.

Torch bearer profile

13-year-old George Stocker has carried the Olympic flame through Wetherby, nearly four years after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Torch bearer profile

Fundraiser Louise Hanen has raised over £700,000 for people with dementia and research into scleroderma.

Torch bearer profile

John Bickers, from Harrogate, has carried the Olympic flame for the second time, after first being nominated as a torch bearer at the 1948 Games.

Torch bearer profile

Hanneke Dye, from Hebden near Grassington, has carried the Olympic flame through Harrogate.

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