The Paralympic flame will begin its final journey to London today.
Cauldrons have been lit in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales over the past week, and tonight the four fires will be united at the “spiritual home” of the Paralympics – Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire.
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