And the Olympic Torch finally arrives in Newham.
Moments ago the first of 26 runners for the borough’s leg of the iconic flame’s tour of the nation is ex-Olympian boxer Ron Cooper, 84,
He represented Team GB in 1948 White City Games. Ron, aided by a walking stick, was cheered off hugely by waiting crowds.
The Torch had arrived from Greenwich via the North Woolwich Ferry.
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