Olympic heroes

The gold medal winning rower Katherine Grainger has been in Peterborough to officially open a new sports facility at one of the city's schools.

She took on the British boys champion on a rowing machine, 11-year old Archie Sootheran in a one-minute race. Katherine was opening a new £1.9 million sports centre at The Peterborough School.

Olympic long jump gold medallist Greg Rutherford has been honoured with an open-top bus parade through Woburn Sands near Milton Keynes.

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Olympic long jump gold medallist Greg Rutherford is being honoured with an open-top bus parade through his home village of Woburn Sands near Milton Keynes.

Olympic long jump gold medallist Greg Rutherford is being honoured with an open-top bus parade through his home village of Woburn Sands near Milton Keynes.

Gold medallist Jessica-Jane Applegate will celebrate her Paralympic Games victory with a parade through Great Yarmouth this morning.

The 16-year-old from Belton in Norfolk set a Paralympic record in the women's S14 200m freestyle final.

The celebration parade will begin from Yarmouth's town hall at 9.55am and will be followed by a civic reception and balcony appearance.

Norfolk Paralympic archer Mel Clarke says the London 2012 games have been a force for good.

She said the games had given a major platform to showcase just what Paralympic athletes can achieve.

The 30-year-old also said she would love to head to Rio for the 2016 Games to try and complete her medal set, having taken bronze in Beijing.

The silver medallist was talking to Anglia Tonight ahead of a special report on disability access.