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Olympic Torch Relay

Hundreds of specially chosen torchbearers and celebrities will carry the Olympic torch on its journey through the North.

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Torch bids farewell to the region

It's zip wired across the Tyne, lit cauldrons in Cumbria and even borrowed a wedding witness in Scotland: but the spectacle of the Olympic torch in our region is over.

After a dazzling pyrotechnic display at Windemere last night, it made its way through Kendal this morning.

Here are some of the Olympic torch's best moments.

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