Boris Johnson, Lord Coe and David Beckham welcomed the Olympic flame to City Hall on Friday lunchtime as the final leg of the torch relay arrived in the Pool of London by boat from Hampton Court Palace.
Hundreds of people took part in 'All the Bells' at 8.12am on Friday - artist Martin Creed's drive to have every bell in the country rung for three minutes - with big events at Borough Market, HMS Belfast, Millennium Bridge and National Theatre.
London skyline at sunset tonight from Tate Modern (just after the Red Arrows went by) http://t.co/chQTEr2d
Friday recap: #allthebells plus Olympic flame on the Thames http://t.co/kYHcOkiN
Video of tonight's Tower Bridge speedboat / fireworks sequence seen from More London http://t.co/buwkUnvD
Here's our video of that Tower Bridge helicopter sequence, filmed back on 9 June http://t.co/faF2cImT
RT @gordoncorera: How James Bond whisked the Queen to the Olympics http://t.co/Xls7Og7E
A teacher from SE1's Charles Dickens Primary School is taking part in the opening ceremony: http://t.co/WbigV6kR via @CDPS_Southwark
@federilli all over now
Tower Bridge again [video to follow] http://t.co/IxGa0Htz
Tower Bridge fireworks http://t.co/jAl5k9WO
Tower Bridge traffic now stopped.
@KelvinJRobbins have a look at these pics for an idea https://t.co/FCI4eump
Found: stray kitten near Bermondsey Street http://t.co/AUcweA1E
Tower Bridge now running through its light effects.
Olympic flame on the Gloriana seen from tower of Southwark Cathedral http://t.co/daPkmMgp
Cops from Strathclyde on patrol right outside City Hall
SE1 has gained a new street http://t.co/KYQ9l1km
Red Arrows flypast seen from More London http://t.co/PHelgLUD
Confirmation that 9.40 is key time to be watching Tower Bridge: @Thamesclippers says river closed London Bridge to Canary Wharf 9.30-9.50
RT @woefulfolly: Police now letting anything but a bike over Tower Bridge. #criticalmass
#criticalmass RT @Grahamthecabbie: London Bridge gridlocked. Tower bridge gridlocked!
Huge police incident south end Blackfriars Bridge. Seems to be #criticalmass related
@dankarran smart money's on 9.40pm but don't blame us if it doesn't happen
Timings for tonight's Red Arrows flypast - north of the river but might be visible from Bankside http://t.co/NQ02uOJf via @itvnews
RT @OasisWaterloo: South Bank Patrol with the Olympic Torch! http://t.co/mjYuYc1z
@NTBookshop Thank you!
You can also see Opening Ceremony (not BBC build-up coverage tho) on screens at @HoSLondon2012 near Southwark Cathedral http://t.co/iODAZpVr
@carlosdajackal 1) @OasisWaterloo http://t.co/TeLXLT5a 2) @HoSLondon2012 or 3) @salmonyouth http://t.co/zdEzb9fa
See the opening ceremony on a big screen in a Waterloo school playground just off Lower Marsh: http://t.co/PpArEBAw - all welcome
Just added pic of David Beckham at City Hall to today's torch story http://t.co/Xb3LxVXu
Pop-up burger + wine bar at Borough Market http://t.co/is4sidt9 - £15 for a burger with chips and a glass of wine
Picture from earlier of Gloriana and the Olympic flame passing St Thomas' Hospital http://t.co/76EHa6jm
Not for the faint-hearted: video shot from the StarFlyer fairground ride at @LdnWonderground on South Bank http://t.co/WjtVJhIR
SE1 panorama from @StPaulsLondon http://t.co/uKUPu0V5
@blueghoti yes - outdoors in Waterloo: http://t.co/TeLXLT5a and indoor: http://t.co/zdEzb9fa (just across the @SE16 border by a few yards
Photos of yesterday's multi-faith Olympic torch relay event at St George the Martyr http://t.co/c77BYwcO via @communitiesuk
Shakespeare's Bankside - guided walk this Sunday http://t.co/OOGDwTSq
@AllyAsh There is a maximum capacity which they will enforce but otherwise you can come and go as you please.
@theplace4music There's an idea for a flashmob...
So that's what @NetworkRail meant when they said that they were installing 10 "goal post style signs" at London Bridge http://t.co/2VCR3tGB
Just published - Olympic Torch Relay ends 70-day tour at London's City Hall http://t.co/JVE0jcX7
Crowds outside City Hall hoping to catch a glimpse of David Beckham, Boris, Seb Coe et al http://t.co/jd7njswQ
The Potter's Arms pop-up pub opens tomorrow at Potters Fields Park http://t.co/741hayM5
The @OasisWaterloo @OasisJohanna opening ceremony screening tonight should be fun: http://t.co/PpArEBAw
@LeeSmithurst Licensing and permissions - the ceremony ends too late in the evening for the consents they have.
"Driver must not play piano while bus is in motion" - Tower Bridge Road http://t.co/LOvWYfUs
BBC News Channel now shown on big screen at London Bridge Station http://t.co/7SAtEBjs
Potters Fields Park big screen http://t.co/abbTr5Az
Cllr Barrie Hargrove reopens St John's Churchyard on @audioboo http://t.co/6eD0Rq6W
Cllr Barrie Hargrove is about to officially reopen St John's Churchyard near Tooley Street
Greater Manchester Police on duty in Tooley Street. And a Kent Police van outside @lb_southwark hq
Video of the Olympic flame on the Thames between Waterloo Bridge and Blackfriars Bridge http://t.co/C5qTfP6h
Boris Johnson: London House at City Hall during Olympic will be a "constant schmoozeathon" to encourage inward investment.
Boris Johnson at HMS Belfast tells @JaneHillNews that "the geiger counter of Olympo-mania is creeping towards the red zone"
RT @Daybreak: The Olympic flame passing Daybreak towers! http://t.co/Y6HBTTO6
Video of @allthebells at HMS Belfast http://t.co/CHtb5rx7 via @baynesmedia
RT @EdConwaySky: Obligatory Gloriana/Olympic flame shot http://t.co/yefNDECZ
The flame has arrived alongside the floating Olympic rings next to City Hall
Picture: Olympic flame approaching Blackfriars Bridge on the Gloriana row barge [video to follow] http://t.co/vVdtOtNI
Gloriana nearly at Millennium Bridge
Cafe Amisha in Grange Road has baked Olympic cake for the people of Bermondsey to be served tonight @salmonyouth @SE16 http://t.co/v2XicXuE
Gloriana now past Waterloo. Approaching Blackfriars.
RT @JoeMurphyLondon: Gloriana at Westminster Bridge - three cheers from the crowd as she passed http://t.co/MwbFfQA4
Just published - Pics/video from @allthebells at @BoroughMarket, HMS Belfast, @NationalTheatre & @Millennium Bridge http://t.co/JArfJlQw
Video of Jeremy Hunt's #allthebells mishap at HMS Belfast this morning http://t.co/vXzEyguj via @MrHarryCole
Video of #allthebells at @BoroughMarket this morning http://t.co/AI2Xg8uj
[Forum] Glasshill Street - @swklibdems councillor urges residents to write to Planning Inspectorate http://t.co/hwIC9L8C
Bridge master Eric Sutherns tells @janehillnews that @TowerBridge will be part of tonight's show "very briefly but very spectacularly"
See the Olympics opening ceremony on a big screen tonight at @OasisJohanna just off Lower Marsh in Waterloo http://t.co/PpArEBAw
@jameogreig No, it's not. Try @HoSLondon2012 or @OasisJohanna instead.
St John's Churchyard - official reopening 1pm today http://t.co/8OeuB87y
Southwark Super Tram: @LordKennedy1 asks Govt what assessment they've made of @SE5 to SE1 tram plans: http://t.co/HTD081fM (answer: none)
BBC's @JaneHillNews is reporting live from HMS Belfast on the BBC News Channel
Tote bags, wine stoppers, corkscrews and candles if you take part in a Zagat survey at @boroughmarket this weekend http://t.co/aTaF00Z3
Video - #allthebells at the @NationalTheatre this morning http://t.co/ZzLKbP97
Keys found yesterday - Southwark Street / Blackfriars Road SE1
http://t.co/mYmZTbVI
San Francisco complains that the Shard is a "rip-off" of one of their towers http://t.co/5hQfDNce
#allthebells still going after six minutes @NationalTheatre #isthisright
Bell from Danny Boyle's Frankenstein at @nationaltheatre for @AllTheBells http://t.co/PxU6595Q
TfL: "limited viewing capacity" for torch from bridges "so arrive early and have an alternative viewing point planned".
Bring a bell to @BoroughMarket, @Nationaltheatre or Millennium Bridge for Martin Creed's @allthebells at 8.12am http://t.co/Gqg9dREK
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