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Jess Hunter, at 20, is by any test, severely disabled. She is also remarkably pretty. I’m not sure that it is even politically correct to say that, writes Jon Snow.
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A delay in the torch relay means it could fail to reach the Olympic stadium in time for the Paralympic opening ceremony. But the ceremony will begin as scheduled.
Jess Hunter, at 20, is by any test, severely disabled. She is also remarkably pretty. I’m not sure that it is even politically correct to say that, writes Jon Snow.
The Channel 4 News guide to the London 2012 Paralympic Games – how, where and who to watch, ahead of Wednesday’s opening ceremony.
The Fifth International Paralympics were held at Stoke Mandeville in 1956. ITN filmed the opening ceremony – but with no sound. Instead, the presenter read from a script as the images played.
In the second part of a special series into the outsourcing of public sector work to private firms, we profile the big names which win the contracts as well as some of the controversies.
As the flames that will eventually ignite the Paralympic torch are lit around the UK, the daughter of the games’ founder says her father’s ambitions were finally realised at London 2012.
Illegal drug use is high, cells are overcrowded and up to 30 per cent of inmates wander around aimlessly at an East Yorkshire prison run by G4S, the firm responsible for Olympics security.
What’s the difference between the government’s new “Healthcare UK” plan to export NHS experitise abroad, and Labour’s NHS Global plan? Plagued by a sense of déjà-vu, FactCheck dons its white coat.
In addition to stamps commemorating Olympic and Paralympic gold medal winners at this summers Games, the Royal Mail is to issue four stamps commemorating Paralympic sports.
There are new shirts and different tactics, but the same teams of police officers to provide the security and protection for the Paralympic torch, writes Simon Israel.
Speaking on her return to her home town of Sheffield, London 2012 golden girl Jessica Ennis tells Channel 4 News she is “enjoying every minute” of her Olympic triumph.
Despite England struggling in the European Championships and Team GB’s footballers doing no better at the Olympics, the outlook is good for the Premier League as the new season approaches.
Paralympians will be expected to win at least 103 medals from 12 sports at London 2012, with the goal of finishing second in the medals table.
The proportion of students receiving top grades at A-level falls after years of successive rises, following changes in the way exams are marked.
Unemployment falls by 46,000 between April and June to 2.56 million, according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS). Much of the fall was recorded in London, suggesting an Olympics boost.