THE Olympic torch will be carried through Oxfordshire in the build-up to the 2012 games.
The torch will be carried through Oxfordshire on July 9, it was announced this morning.
It will come from Woodstock, through Oxford, before heading down towards Reading.
The relay will involve 8,000 torch bearers carrying the flame on a 70-day journey starting on 19 May 2012.
The leader of Oxford City Council Bob Price said he was delighted by the news.
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