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The London Olympics are officially over. At a spectacular concert in the main stadium - the Olympic flame was extinguished and the flag handed over to the next host city - Rio de Janiero in Brazil. Centre stage last night were the thousand of athletes who had competed over the last seventeen days.

Team GB finished third - only America and China did better. On bikes, on horses, and with oars in hand, these were Britain's most successful Olympics for 108 years. 65 medals, 29 of them gold. The chairman of the organising committee, Lord Coe, told the crowd - "we did it right."

Organisers hope the games will inspire a generation, and there is already a big increase in the number of people taking up sport here in Kent. The county council says 50,000 more people in the county have taken up a physical activity in the last year (06:07, 07:07 and 08:08).

An elite squad of super-teachers is being trained to go into under-performing primary schools in Kent and Medway.

They have been specially selected for the role by the charity Teach First, to help drive up standards in classrooms (06:25 and 08:22).

A Folkestone man says the NHS needs to provide far better support to carers dealing with dementia in a loved one.

Colin Griggs has cared for his wife, Daphne, for more than ten years and for most of that time she has been at home.

Although the NHS and the County Council are investing in setting up support groups in cafes and improving mental health facilities in hospitals, Chris says it's in frontline services where problems often arise (07:39 and 08:39).