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| Spectators basked in sunshine as London welcomed 2013 with a New Year's Day parade that celebrated the city's Olympics glory. | Spectators basked in sunshine as London welcomed 2013 with a New Year's Day parade that celebrated the city's Olympics glory. |
| Organisers said more than 500,000 people had enjoyed the fair weather as floats, cheerleaders and brass bands marched through the centre of the capital. | Organisers said more than 500,000 people had enjoyed the fair weather as floats, cheerleaders and brass bands marched through the centre of the capital. |
| The stars of the show were the Olympic volunteers who welcomed the world to London in the summer and helped make the Games such a success. | The stars of the show were the Olympic volunteers who welcomed the world to London in the summer and helped make the Games such a success. |
| Crowds were entertained by the Pandemonium Drummers, whose performance was one of the highlights of the Olympics opening ceremony, and the Games Maker choir. | Crowds were entertained by the Pandemonium Drummers, whose performance was one of the highlights of the Olympics opening ceremony, and the Games Maker choir. |
| The event organiser, Bob Bone, told Sky News: "We thought it was a fitting thing to ask them [the Games Makers] to come into our parade so that we could say thank you to them. But also we are looking forward as well as backward, because I think the Games Makers have shown there's a great volunteering spirit in this country." | The event organiser, Bob Bone, told Sky News: "We thought it was a fitting thing to ask them [the Games Makers] to come into our parade so that we could say thank you to them. But also we are looking forward as well as backward, because I think the Games Makers have shown there's a great volunteering spirit in this country." |
| The parade weaved past some of the capital's best-known landmarks including Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square and the Houses of Commons. | The parade weaved past some of the capital's best-known landmarks including Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square and the Houses of Commons. |
| Earlier in the day 200 clean-up staff had cleared about 160 tonnes of rubbish from the streets of Westminster after the capital's New Year's Eve party. | Earlier in the day 200 clean-up staff had cleared about 160 tonnes of rubbish from the streets of Westminster after the capital's New Year's Eve party. |
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