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'Apple crunch' to play core part in Opening Ceremony

Apples will be distributed to every spectator at the Olympic Stadium. Credit: Dave Thompson/PA Archive

The 62,000 people attending tonight's Paralympic curtain-raiser will take part in the world's largest "apple crunch", organisers have said.

Each spectator will be given an apple to bite simultaneously during the show.

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