TRAINED police officers will jog alongside the Commonwealth Games baton when it passes through Bolton on its 5,000 mile route to Manchester, to ensure it arrives safely.
Police officers, hand-picked for their fitness, will job alongside the baton on its 5,000 mile route to the Games stadium in Manchester to make sure it arrives safely.
They fear a repeat of the build-up to the 2000 Sydney Olympics when a handful of jokers tried to steal the Olympic torch and put out its flame on several occasions.
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