RIO DE JANEIRO (Independent) - Britain’s Olympic athletes will hold a triumphal march through Manchester after both Team GB and Paralympics GB have returned from Rio, Downing Street is announcing today. Their achievements will also be celebrated by an event in London.
The decision, made by Prime Minister Theresa May, comes three days after the former rowing champion, Sir Matthew Pimsett, set off what threatened to a major political protest by revealing that he had heard that there was to be no victory parade.