Torch to touch the South

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The Torch celebration will be held in Aylesbury Credit: LOCOG

Do you have Olympic withdrawal? Fear not, the Paralympic Games get underway in just over two weeks.

Details of it's torch route have been revealed, and yes the Flame will be back at some of the Meridian Region's most iconic landmarks.

Stoke Mandeville Stadium in Buckinghamshire will host the Paralympic Flame Lighting Ceremony on 28 August ahead of the 24-hour overnight Relay, concluding at the Olympic Stadium on 29 August.

Four flames from London, Belfast, Cardiff and Edinburgh will come together to form the Paralympic Flame.