Search results for ‘London Olympics 2012 special report’
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No Go Britain: wheelchair user wins landmark victory
A disabled man wins a discrimination case against a transport company which refused to let him board a bus because a parent with a buggy was occupying the wheelchair space, writes Kate Ansell.
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No Go Britain – what has changed one year on?
It was hailed as the most accessible Olympic and Paralympic Games ever. One year on, a 24-hour Twitter trial shows that public transport for disabled people is improving – but is still hit and miss.
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Snow map: latest news and UK weather updates
Channel 4 News maps the latest weather news, information and video – plus your #uksnow pictures from around the UK.
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How the UK props up Europe’s ‘last dictatorship’
With reports of torture, disappearances and political violence, Belarus is Europe’s “last dictatorship”. But the UK still supports it with trade and arms exports, and now plans military cooperation.
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Hero’s welcome home for Andy Murray
Following a spectacularly successful summer which saw him win an Olympic gold medal and triumph at the US Open, tennis player Andy Murray returns to his childhood home of Dunblane.
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Who really runs the public sector?
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.
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I’m just enjoying this moment, says Jessica Ennis
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.
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Disabled mother outraged at Paralympic ticketing
As confusion grows over Paralympic seating for wheelchair users, a disabled mother calls for change after being told she may have to sit separately from her two young children.
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G4S donates £2.5m to army in ‘goodwill gesture’
The donation follows G4S’s failure to train and deploy enough Olympic security staff, forcing more than 4,700 members of the armed forces to be put on standby for the Games.
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A fabulous Games – but what is the legacy?
A major element of London’s bid to host the Games was a commitment to a lasting legacy. Channel 4 News looks at what we will have to help us remember what Jacques Rogge called a “fabulous” Olympics.
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Team GB athletes rock out to Queen
Now the hard work is over, Team GB’s athletes let their hair down and produce a fitting tribute to Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now.
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Snatching Olympic success from the jaws of doom
With warnings of inadequate security and traffic chaos, the doomsayers were having a field day in the run-up to London 2012. And then the Games began.
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Mo Farah makes history as GB wins three more golds
Mo Farah wins his second Olympic gold in the 5,000m as boxer Luke Campbell makes it three for Team GB after Ed McKeever’s kayak gold. And Tom Daley caps an epic day with diving bronze.
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Anthony Joshua wins boxing gold for Team GB
Great Britain takes its third gold medal for boxing after Anthony Joshua beats off stiff competition to become the Olympic super heavyweight champion.
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Mo-mentum with Farah for second gold
Mo Farah will be hoping to win his second London 2012 gold in the 5,000m final this evening – with Team GB striking gold in kayaking.