Paralympic flame lit ahead of Paris games

British athletes have lit the Paralympic flame at Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire – the birthplace of the event – before its four day journey to Paris for the start of this year’s Games.

24 British torchbearers will travel through the Channel Tunnel – before handing the flame over to French athletes at the half-way point.

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