Helen reports from torch protest

The Olympic torch made its way through London on Sunday amid protests over China's treatment of people living in Tibet.

Newsround's Helen was there to tells us what it was like:

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"It felt like the coldest day of the year and because of the snow I thought people might not turn up to see the Olympic torch being carried through London.

As we made our way to Ladbroke Grove, I soon realised I was wrong. It was manic, everyone was trying to work out where to stand to get the best view of the torch.

No-one was quite sure where it would come from or how it would arrive.

Konnie before protesters tried to get the torch

A policeman started to usher me to one side so I soon realised the torch was approaching fast.

A convoy of buses, police cars, policemen on bikes and mini-buses went by, then a double decker bus stopped right next to me.

I peeked inside and could see men in Olympic tracksuits. Two of them got off the bus carrying a box with a handle on top, another followed with a cone.

That was the unlit Olympic torch! It was handed to former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq and she set off down the road with it. We chased ahead to her hotel to try to grab a word with her and some of the other people carrying it.

As they returned to the hotel in their white tracksuits they were muttering "that was awful".

Chaos city

Carrying the torch doesn't sound as if it was much fun.

We found out that things had got nasty, protesters had jumped in the way of those carrying it and tried to snatch it from Konnie Huq.

We jumped in the car and raced ahead to try to catch up with it. We found a position against the railings near Big Ben and before long I heard a distant roar - that was the procession.

Police restrain protesters

What I could hear were anti-China protesters shouting at those carrying the torch.

Things had got really chaotic. A gang of police men came around the corner, pushing people out of the way. Somewhere in amongst the hustle there was a flame.

We chased along the bridge to see where it went next, there were people shouting and throwing things at the policemen who were surrounding the group of people in blue running alongside the torch.

I watched it being passed onto a boat to make its way up the Thames, if I was carrying it I would want that leg of the journey."