Warm reception in cold London

LONDON: Olympic fever yesterday gripped snowy London - host of the 2012 Summer Games - on the latest leg of the torch relay's global odyssey.

Despite the bad weather, the flame received a particularly warm welcome from crowds in the city, which is celebrating the centenary of the hosting of the 1908 Games.

London hosted another Summer Games in 1948, and come the next edition, will be the only city in the world to host three Summer Olympics.