OLYMPIC cyclist Bradley Wiggins is knighted today as the heroes of London 2012 bring a golden sparkle to the Queen's New Year's Honours list.
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Sir Bradley Wiggins and Jessica Ennis CBE
New Year Honours 2013: Medallists lose out to Mandarins
Nearly twice as many civil servants and quangocrats have been given honours as British Olympic and Paralympic medal winners.
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New Year honours: arise Dame Sarah Storey and Sir Bradley Wiggins
Olympians and Paralympians lead the gong show in a highly patriotic list expanded to take in a successful summer of sportCyclists Bradley Wiggins and Sarah Storey, sailor Ben Ainslie and a host of Olympic and Paralympic athletes have received awards in...
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Olympians lead Scots honours list
Tennis star Andy Murray and rower Katherine Grainger are among Scotland's Olympic medal winners leading the New Years Honours list.
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Wiggins knighted in honours list
Tour de France winner and Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins is awarded a knighthood in the 2013 New Year Honours List.
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Sir Bradley Wiggins and Jessica Ennis CBE
OLYMPIC cyclist Bradley Wiggins is knighted today as the heroes of London 2012 bring a golden sparkle to the Queen's New Year's Honours list.
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Letters: The true Olympic legacy is white elephants on our doorstep
It's hardly surprising that the view of the Olympics gets rosier the further away they are in time or space (Worth every penny, 26 December). Enthusiasm for this herd of white elephants reduces sharply among those, like us, who still have them on our d...
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London 2012: fears over sporting legacy dull the shine from a golden year
The London 2012 Olympics were an unmitigated success but one of their key goals – a sporting legacy for future British generations – is already losing groundAs an unsteady Bradley Wiggins took to the stage at the BBC's Sports Personality of the Yea...
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The big quiz of 2012
This has been a fantastic year for the Royal family and for Olympic records. But do you remember what else?
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The 100 Greatest Pictures of 2012
The Queen celebrated her Diamond Jubilee and London hosted the greatest Olympic and Paralympic Games ever in a golden summer of sport
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The 100 Greatest Pictures of 2012
The Queen celebrated her Diamond Jubilee and London hosted the greatest Olympic and Paralympic Games ever in a golden summer of sport
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Burning off the extra Christmas calories is an Olympic task and would take more than 2,000 laps of the velodrome
A new study has found the average person could have eaten a mammoth 6,000 calories yesterday, which would take the efforts of an Olympian to shift.
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Olympic Games even more popular than at height of summer success, reveals poll
Almost 80% of Britons believe the £9 billion spent on the Olympic Games was value for money, according to a new poll that shows a lasting nostalgia for the nation's achievements.
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Britain’s verdict on the Olympics reveals we believe it was worth every penny despite the £9bn price tag
Months after the Games ended, the expected Olympic hangover has still not hit - and there are signs the resulting feelgood factor has rallied spirits across the UK.
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Pictures of the year 2012: Olympic and Paralympic Games
Pictures of the year 2012: Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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The Queen lights up Christmas
MILLIONS watched the Queen pay tribute to Britain's Olympic and Paralympic heroes yesterday - after she cheerfully attended church with her family, having fully recovered from her recent illness.
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Olympics ‘worth price tag’: poll
Almost 80% of Britons believe the £9 billion spent on the Olympic Games was value for money, according to a new poll that shows a lasting nostalgia for the nation's achievements.
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Queen describes ‘humbling’ diamond jubilee in Christmas message
Speech also praises Olympic athletes and volunteers, but makes no mention of Duchess of Cambridge's pregnancyThe Queen drew on the "humbling" experience of her diamond jubilee celebrations and the inspiration of the Olympics and Paralympics to highligh...
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Queen’s 3D Christmas speech: monarch dons jewelled glasses to view footage
Elizabeth II to pay tribute to Team GB athletes for 'splendid summer of sport' during new-dimension yuletide stapleThe Queen has enjoyed the full effect of her annual Christmas message, which will take on an extra dimension this year. Wearing 3D glasse...
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Queen hails Olympic stars in speech
The Queen will pay tribute in her Christmas broadcast to the nation's Olympic and Paralympic athletes for inspiring all those who watched their achievements.
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