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Leaking lavatories and the Olympic / Paralympic challenge
How will MPs respond to the feel-good-factor sweeping Britain following the Olympics and Paralympic Games? Jon Snow writes on the challenge facing parliamentarians.
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What would help you cope with the end of the Olympics and Paralympics? How about Britain’s first tennis grand slam winner since 1936? Over to Andy Murray and the US Open final.
The last night of London 2012 is upon us – the end of the most amazing summer of sport many people have ever seen in this country. The closing ceremony of the Paralympics begins at 8.30pm and once again I will tell you what I can, having seen the rehearsal, but won’t spoil the surprise.…
The Paralympic Games closing ceremony will bring the curtain down on an extraordinary sporting summer tonight – but not before British athletes make their final medal push.
This was not a time for soaring rhetoric: not for a country in the grip of an economic downturn. President Obama’s speech was carefully modulated – but did it leave voters wishing for more?
Barack Obama accepts the nomination to run for a second term as president of America, saying he “never said this journey would be easy”, but urging patience to weather the economic storm.
Olympic and Paralympic medal winners are to be rewarded with their own honours list, with more of them receiving a gong.
Days after a damning report criticises honours awarded for “doing the day job”, Cameron recommends awards for ministers sacked in the reshuffle amid concerns that Paralympic medallists could miss out.
As Oscar Pistorius prepares to go head to head with GB’s world-record holder Jonnie Peacock in the T44m 100m final on Thursday evening, who will win the battle of the blades?
Have the Paralympics made a difference to the life of disabled travellers in the UK? Some sending their stories to Channel 4 News today say yes, others still see public transport as off-limits.
Paralympic icon Oscar Pistorius said his rival’s legs in the T44 200m were “unbelievably long” but did Alan Oliveira’s blades really make the difference? FactCheck does the running.
How will MPs respond to the feel-good-factor sweeping Britain following the Olympics and Paralympic Games? Jon Snow writes on the challenge facing parliamentarians.
Tube bosses tell Channel 4 News they will try to keep and even expand a network of accessible ramps for disabled passengers which were only expected to remain for the Paralympic and Olympic Games.
In 1988 ITN reported from the Sobel Centre in north London – at the time one of the few sports centres in the UK offering facilities for people with disabilities.
The Paralympic opening ceremony launches with a spectacular light-show narrated by Professor Stephen Hawking, who tells spectators: “Look up at the stars, and not down at your feet.”