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C4 Class of 2012: The 'one million' challenge
It is painful even to write it – one million young people unemployed. Jon Snow blogs on the battle to address and retrieve what some have casually tagged the ‘lost generation’.
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Sporting heroes of 2012: your views
We asked you for your sporting heroes of 2012 – and you responded with suggestions from Bradley Wiggins to Bethy Woodward. Sports reporter Jordan Jarrett-Bryan has been sifting through them.
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Who is your sporting hero of 2012?
It’s that time of year: as December approaches, the lists begin. First up could be one of the trickiest – who is your sports personality of the year? Sports reporter Jordan Jarrett-Bryan takes a look.
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Paralympics presenter not allowed to fly
Sophie Morgan, who investigated the difficulties of air travel for disabled people on Channel 4 News earlier this week, is told by easyJet that she cannot fly unaccompanied because of her disability.
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Paralympics presenter on flying ‘nightmare’
Paralympics presenter Sophie Morgan finds that air travel remains difficult, humiliating and even impossible for disabled travellers, in the latest in our series: A legacy to stand on?
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Ellie Simmonds launches ParalympicsGB legacy
As sponsorship for ParalympicsGB is confirmed until 2016, Ellie Simmonds tells Channel 4 News how she hopes becoming Britain’s poster girl will inspire the next generation of athletes.
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C4 Class of 2012: ‘So much rejection is dehumanising’
Overall unemployment falls in the last three months, but the number of young people out of work rises to 1.02 million. One 20-year-old tells Channel 4 News that job centres need to do more to help.
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Festival of flames closes Paralympic Games
An audience of 7.7 million watched the Paralympic Games closing ceremony on Channel 4, bringing to an end a spectacular summer of sport at London 2012.
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Victory parade for Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes
Olympic and Paralympic champions including Mo Farah and Jonnie Peacock, are among 700 British athletes taking part in a victory parade to celebrate their achievements at London 2012.
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Where are the UK’s Paralympic gold hotspots?
With athletes from the north of Ireland winning most of Team Ireland’s golds, Channel 4 News asks why the region has bred such success, and looks at the UK’s golden Paralympic hotspots.
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The End of London 2012 is Nigh
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.…
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Final medals push as Paralympic Games close
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.
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David Weir wins fourth Paralympic gold
Crowds line The Mall to cheer David Weir to his fourth gold of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, taking the men’s wheelchair marathon title.
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Paralympic Games shifts attitudes towards disabilities
The superhuman efforts of the Paralympic athletes prompts a positive swell in public attitudes to disabilities in the UK, according to a Channel 4 poll.
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For the London 2012 Games makers, it is forever Games Time
The purple outfits are being folded away, the giant sponge fingers consigned to storage. But what was it like for the 70,000 volunteers who made the London 2012 experience quite so special?
