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| Olympic torch: Flame travels from Durham to Middlesbrough on day 30 of the relay | Olympic torch: Flame travels from Durham to Middlesbrough on day 30 of the relay |
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| The Olympic flame will make its way from Durham Cathedral to Teesside's industrial heartland on day 30 of the Olympic torch relay. | The Olympic flame will make its way from Durham Cathedral to Teesside's industrial heartland on day 30 of the Olympic torch relay. |
| Sunday's journey from Durham to Middlesbrough starts at Palace Green, part of a Unesco World Heritage Site. | |
| The site also includes Durham Cathedral and castle. | The site also includes Durham Cathedral and castle. |
| England and Durham cricketer Paul Collingwood will be the first of 124 torchbearers of the day who will carry the torch 84 miles. | England and Durham cricketer Paul Collingwood will be the first of 124 torchbearers of the day who will carry the torch 84 miles. |
| Collingwood - a three times Ashes winner who made 68 Test and 232 limited over appearances for his country - said he would have to be careful carrying the torch due to a hand fracture. | Collingwood - a three times Ashes winner who made 68 Test and 232 limited over appearances for his country - said he would have to be careful carrying the torch due to a hand fracture. |
| The first England captain to lead his side to victory in a global tournament - winning the World International Twenty20 in 2010 - was typically self-deprecating about his fielding prowess, joking: "I've dropped a few in the past but I don't really want to be dropping the torch." | The first England captain to lead his side to victory in a global tournament - winning the World International Twenty20 in 2010 - was typically self-deprecating about his fielding prowess, joking: "I've dropped a few in the past but I don't really want to be dropping the torch." |
| Jamie Poole, 24, from Stockton-on-Tees, will carry the flame into the Maritime Experience in Hartlepool. | Jamie Poole, 24, from Stockton-on-Tees, will carry the flame into the Maritime Experience in Hartlepool. |
| The school football coach was nominated after he helped to care for a friend who was diagnosed with terminal cancer. | The school football coach was nominated after he helped to care for a friend who was diagnosed with terminal cancer. |
| The oldest torchbearer of the day is 85-year-old Larry Smith, who will be carrying the flame through Blackhall Colliery. | The oldest torchbearer of the day is 85-year-old Larry Smith, who will be carrying the flame through Blackhall Colliery. |
| Mr Smith visits the gym every day to help control his diabetes as well as helping others deal with the condition. | Mr Smith visits the gym every day to help control his diabetes as well as helping others deal with the condition. |
| The relay will travel through the communities of Durham, Sherburn, Sherburn Hill, Haswell Plough, Peterlee, Horden, Blackhall Colliery, Hartlepool, Billingham, Sedgefield, Bishop Auckland, Shildon, Middridge, Newton Aycliffe, High Beaumont Hill, Harrogate Hill, Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees and Middlesbrough. | The relay will travel through the communities of Durham, Sherburn, Sherburn Hill, Haswell Plough, Peterlee, Horden, Blackhall Colliery, Hartlepool, Billingham, Sedgefield, Bishop Auckland, Shildon, Middridge, Newton Aycliffe, High Beaumont Hill, Harrogate Hill, Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees and Middlesbrough. |
| The evening celebration will take place in Centre Square, Middlesbrough where crowds will be entertained with music from Little Comets and dance act Twist and Pulse. | The evening celebration will take place in Centre Square, Middlesbrough where crowds will be entertained with music from Little Comets and dance act Twist and Pulse. |
| Towards the end of the two-hour show, the last torchbearer of the day Chloe Meehan, 17, who will light a celebration cauldron on stage. | Towards the end of the two-hour show, the last torchbearer of the day Chloe Meehan, 17, who will light a celebration cauldron on stage. |
| On Saturday the daughter of PC David Rathband, who was blinded by gunman Raoul Moat, carried the Olympic torch blindfolded in memory of her late father. | On Saturday the daughter of PC David Rathband, who was blinded by gunman Raoul Moat, carried the Olympic torch blindfolded in memory of her late father. |
| Mia Rathband, 13, ran through Whitburn, South Tyneside, in place of her father who was nominated to take part in the relay but died in February. | Mia Rathband, 13, ran through Whitburn, South Tyneside, in place of her father who was nominated to take part in the relay but died in February. |
| A total of 8,000 people will carry the flame during its 8,000 mile, 70-day journey to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in London on 27 July. | A total of 8,000 people will carry the flame during its 8,000 mile, 70-day journey to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in London on 27 July. |