G4S pays a higher-than-expected £85m on its London 2012 contract as the government cuts its fee and forces the security company to pay the costs of military and police support.

It has been an amazing party - but now the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games are over, and the nation is facing a hefty hangover. What next? Let Channel 4 News be your guide.

The purple outfits are being folded away, the giant sponge fingers consigned to storage. But what was it like for the 70,000 volunteers who made the London 2012 experience quite so special?

Olympic medallists will parade through Henley-on-Thames in an open-top bus on Saturday in a homecoming parade, including members of the town's elite Leander rowing club.

Speaking on her return to her home town of Sheffield, London 2012 golden girl Jessica Ennis tells Channel 4 News she is "enjoying every minute" of her Olympic triumph.

Carnivals and parties are happening across the UK as more Olympians return home after one of Team GB's best medal hauls in the Olympic Games' modern era.

Now that the final medals have been won and the athletes have flown home, how would the medals table look if nations were awarded - and penalised - for other factors? Channel 4 News investigates.

When the Olympics have lept their final hurdle, what do you do with all the kit? With the athletes now gone, the big London 2012 sell-off begins with flags, costumes and sports equipment up for grabs.