OLYMPIC TORCH 2.40pm: Excitement is building outside St Thomas a Becket School
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EXCITEMENT is building outside St Thomas a Becket School in Eastbourne where the torch is about to pass by.
Staff and pupils are gathering outside the school waving banners and bunting and wearing special Olympic-themed hats.