Hot homecoming for heroes
Olympic medal winners from the East have been welcomed back to the region
Can't Lego of Olympic memories
Some of the region's Olympians have been immortalised in Lego.
Warm welcome for Olympic medal winning hockey player
Olympic bronze medal winning hockey player, Chloe Rogers from Great Dunmow, returns to Essex.
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Train operator C2C has franchise extended
Train operator C2C which operates from Shoeburyness and Southend into London has had its franchise extended by 16 months.
C2C is the most punctual train operator in the country, running over 97 per cent of its services on time.
C2C also came top of a national passenger survey. It has plans to upgrade a number of stations with better facilities for passengers.
Medallists from the East star in closing ceremony
The Paralympics closing ceremony will be held at the Olympic park in Stratford tonight (Sunday 10 September).
Medal winning athletes will lead the celebrations, among them some of our very own golden boys and girls
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Paralympics: A-Z of our medal hopefuls
Jim Rice goes through the list of the region's members of ParalympicGB who are about to embark on the gold trail.
Paralympics already most successful ever
The London Paralympic Games are already the most successful ever with more than 2.4m tickets sold.
Hannah Pettifer previews the opening day of athletics at London 2012.
Facebook petition to keep postbox bronze
More than 2,000 people have joined a Facebook campaign to keep the bronze paint on a post box in Lowestoft, in honour of local boxer Anthony Ogogo.
The middleweight was welcomed back to the town this week after winning a bronze medal at the London Olympics.
But the Royal Mail says it's only honouring gold medallists, and the unofficial tribute will soon be repainted red.
Etienne gets hero's homecoming
Etienne Stott from Bedford who won Gold, alongside his partner Tim Baillie in the two man canoe slalom.
The 33-year-old learnt his skills at the canoe club in his home town and returned there tonight. Neil Bradford was there.
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Paralympian prepares for shot at Gold
It's just over a week away from the start of the Paralympics.
Most of our athletes are now in lock-down at a training camp in Portugal. Among them, Jonathan Adams, who's from Great Cornard in Suffolk.
He'll be competing for Paralympics GB in the seated shot put. Hannah Pettifer reports.
Rutherford's return: Crowds flock to see Olympian
Olympic gold medallist Greg Rutherford was given a hero's welcome back at the athletics track where he learned his trade.
Reporter Lauren Carter went to meet the long-jump Olympic champion.
Ogogo overwhelmed by homecoming
Olympic boxer Anthony Ogogo said he was completely overwhelmed by the welcome he received on his return to Lowestoft.
Malcolm Robertson grabbed a quick word with the Olympian.
Louis Smith greeted by crowds in Peterborough
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