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16:27

The Torch is currently heading down Jamaica Road in the London Borough of Southwark, with thousands of people braving the rain and coming out to line the streets to cheer it on!

15:50

The Paralympic Torch Relay was went through through Central London a little while ago, with crowds cheering and lining both sides of the route down Whitehall.

 

Watch how the Paralympic Torch is making its way to the Olympics Stadium for the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Games through the live video feed on our website.

 
14:58

The Paralympic video blogs are coming thick and fast and are on all manner of different subjects...

Including a video of the USA team entertaining their fellow athletes which is particularly fun.

To find them you can search ParalympicSportTV in youtube, or follow @London2012 on twitter for updates!

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Vid: The USA team show a different set of skills behind the scenes at the Stadium (via Samsung Paralympic Bloggers) http://t.co/nVeht8b2

29/08/2012 14:09

 

14:13
Mandeville is all dressed up and ready to go to the Opening Ceremony.

All of the excitement around the Paralympic Torch Relay is just a warm up for the extravaganza tonight... 6 hours to go!

13:20
The Flame has made its way through Trafalgar Square... where the crowd was huge!

The Paralympic Torch Relay also paid a visit to the penguins of London Zoo, here's Charlie Humphrys looking suitably smiley.

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