This is a picture of Ben Ainslie the triple Olympic gold medalist who received the Olympic flame carried in a lantern to Lands End by the Royal Navy. He was the first of the 1000 torch bearers to carry the torch in its 8,000 mile relay across Britain and should arrive in London to open the 2012 London Olympics in 70 days time.
The BBC and ITV News teams both filmed the event and the BBC also filmed what looked like a security incident where torch bearer security prevented a member of the public who tried running next to the torch bearer.
It is due to be carried through Cornwall and into Devon, where it's expected to reach Plymouth Hoe tonight.
The relay torch bearers both young and old, are members of the public chosen for their achievements and community activity with each torch-bearer running 300m with the torch before passing the olympic flame to another bearer's torch.
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