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Your guide to the Paralympic venues

All you need to know on where the Paralympics events will be held.Read

Harrow and Brent cheer on the Paralympics

CHEERING spectators lined the streets and packed landmarks in Harrow and Brent to welcome the Paralympic Torch and celebrate the ‘superhuman’ athletes who will take part.Read

Paralympic torch heads through Harrow and Brent

FAMILIES turned out in the early hours of this morning to welcome the Paralympic torch to Harrow and Brent.Read

Three Harrow athletes competing in the Paralympics

THREE people from Harrow borough are taking part in the 2012 Paralympics.Read

Paralympic torch relay route through Harrow and Brent

PEOPLE in Harrow and Brent are being urged to light the way for the Paralympics torch relay next week by lining their streets with lanterns.Read

Son is cheering on Yalime Aldama

THERE was only one member of her family at the Olympic stadium – but Wembley’s Yalime Aldama expects the whole gang to see her attempt triple jump gold on Sunday.Read

Harrow canoeist in Olympic glory

Harrow canoeist Richard Hounslow become the first 'local boy' to win a medal in the 2012 Olympic Games with a magnificent silver in the C2 slalom.Read

Pinner bells chime for Olympics

BELLS could be heard chiming around Pinner as a church congregation joined in a three-minute national event to ring in the Olympic Games.Read

Gordon Banks, James DeGale - an Olympic day Brent will always remember

CROWDS cheered and waved for the arrival of the Olympic torch at one of sport’s most famous venues.Read

Thousands on the streets cheering as Harrow enters Olympic history

THOUSANDS lined the streets of Harrow to catch a glimpse of a historic moment as the Olympic torch passed through the borough.Read

Live coverage of the Olympic Torch relay through Harrow and Wembley

 Follow our live coverage of the Olympic Torch relay through Harrow and Wembley today.Read

Map of Olympic torch route through Harrow

How and where to watch the torch relay through Harrow on Wednesday.Read

Follow the torch relay through Brent

The torch relay will come into Brent along Harrow Road at about 10.20am.Read

Pupils able to hold the torch

Willow Tree Nursery in Hirst Crescent, Wembley, celebrated the Olympic torch relay coming to the borough next week and got to see one of the torches on Thursday last week.Read

Fold your own Olympic Flame with Pinner cloth craftsman

TURN a serviette into a symbol of the Games by creating your very own Olympic Torch to dress the dining table.Read

Chiming for the Olympics

Pinner Parish Church in Church Lane, Pinner will sound its bells on Friday, July 27, at 8.12am, on the day of the opening ceremony in Stratford, east London.Read

Legendary sportsmen will be carrying the Olympic Torch

Gordon Banks, now aged 74, will be one of those carrying a torch through the borough.Read

Who will be carrying the Olympic torch

FIFTEEN people will get the privilege of carrying the Olympic flame during its 65-minute spell in Harrow.Read

Gordon Banks to be a Harrow Olympic torch bearer

LEGENDARY sportsmen will be among those carrying the Olympic flame through Brent on Wednesday next week They include the man dubbed one of the world’s greatest goalkeepers for his part in England winning football’s World Cup.Read

Getting into the spirit of the Olympics

Students at Heathfield School in Beaulieu Drive, Pinner, embraced a day of activities on Friday last week during their own version of the Olympic Games.Read