The Olympic Flame leaves Kent
The torch will leave the Meridian region as it heads through Kent and Surrey today on its way to London 2012. The flame leaves Maidstone this morning, with hundreds of people expected to line the route to Guildford.
Teenager charged following Torch incident
A 17 year old will appear at Medway Youth Court later today, charged with common assault, assaulting a police officer and a public order offence after the Olympic Torch relay was disrupted on it's journey through Kent yesterday. It happened on the route along Rochester Road in Gravesend.
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Moment Torch was snatched
A 17-year-old man has been arrested for trying to grab the Olympic flame as it passed through Gravesend.
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This morning in Maidstone...
The Olympic torch received a rapturous response in Maidstone this morning as it was taken by rowing boat along the River Medway.
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The Olympic day so far...
Pictures from the route as the torch winds its way through Kent, starting at Deal this morning, onto Ramsgate then Canterbury and Maidstone.