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Yesterday the UK proved just how excited we all are to become the official hosts of the Summer Olympic Games. Hundreds of thousands of people enjoyed sporting and cultural events, watching the Handover Ceremony and Visa London 2012 party on giant screens

Hackney enjoyed a tea party with a 1948 theme - from the last time London hosted the Games:

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Carnival in Coventry:

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Flag held in front of Stonehenge:

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Chinese dragons and young athletes welcomed the flag in High Wycombe:

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A Sing the Nation choir gets ready to sing as the giant screen shows the bus enter the Birds Nest Stadium in Beijing during the Handover Ceremony:

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A family enjoys celebrations in Portsmouth:

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A gymnastics display in Fareham at the raising of the flag:

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Raising the flag in Rother:

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More to come! Don't forget to upload your own celebration videos and photos from the day


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