Today the Relay travelled 76.95 miles and was carried by 142 Torchbearers, including young fundraiser Steven Tomlinson and Olympians Dorothy Hyman, Robert Geldard and Sebastian Coe.
The first Torchbearer of the day was Michael Healey, 71, from Leeds, who started the days relay at Leeds Town Hall and carried the Flame through the Live Site in Millennium Square.
During the afternoon Torch bearers took the Olympic Flame on two very special visits, one to the National Coal Mining Museum and the other to Sheffield Children’s Hospital.
The Relay travelled through the following communities: Leeds, Huntslet, Beeston, Morley, Batley, Dewsbury, Wakefield, Castleford, Pontefract, Ackworth, Lundwood, Barnsley, Darton, Kexbrough, Chapeltown, Ecclesfield, Parson Cross and Sheffield.
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