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Topic History of: Olympics - the disruption has started !
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In The Know	I'm reminded of the World Student Games in Sheffield in 1991, when Britain's first astronaut Helen Sharman dropped the Olympic torch (it went out LOL !) but she just carried on to the podium, "pretended" to light the bowl and the thing simply burst into flame - right on cue !
andrew	Why protect the torchbearer it's only a flame ? More tax payer money wasted on a OTT event we will be mid table and the media will say we done well.
In The Know	www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17770271 People have been warned to expect some disruption with rolling road closures. A total of 122 people from the local area, including students, are acting as torchbearers and each is carrying an unlit torch on a 300m section of the route. They will be joined by a convoy of 14 cars and trucks, and up to 90 other vehicles for sponsors, support teams and the BBC, as well as a crew of 400 people About 200 road marshals are managing traffic with rolling roadblocks being used to close sections for about 10-15 minutes in advance of the arrival of the torch and reopening about 30 minutes later, once the convoy had passed. Drivers are being asked to avoid travelling on the route and residents will need to remove their vehicles in advance of the convoy. Public transport will also be affected. A torch security team, made up of 70 officers, will be responsible for protecting the flame and the torchbearers during the relay. At any one time up to 52 officers will travel with the torch relay with five teams of up to seven officers running alongside and around the torchbearer. === People on the news were already moaning - and this is a one-day rehearsal !!!!