Olympic torch goes out on UK tour

THE Olympic torch has gone out for the first time during it’s tour of Britain.

It was attached to the side of Para-badminton star David Follett’s wheelchair in Devon, when the flame went out this morning, shortly before 10am.

A spokeswoman for LOCOG said: “The flame went out due to a malfunctioning burner.

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“It is not uncommon for a flame to go out and this can happen for a number of reasons, for example, in extreme winds.”

A replacement torch was brought out from the convoy of vehicles and was lit from the mother flame.

“We keep the mother flame in specially designed miners’ lanterns so if the flame does go out for some reason on the relay we relight it from the source of the flame,” the spokeswoman added.

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