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The medal count went down but Indian sports still had lots to celebrate with the men's hockey team coming good after a long time to strike gold even as the legend of MC Mary Kom got bigger in a mixed Asian Games campaign for the country's athletes in Incheon, South Korea

UKIP won the Clacton by-election on 9th October which now lands the party a seat in the House of Commons. The party's leader Nigel Farage told the BBC that the outcome has 'shaken up British politics.'

Twenty-four year old Mitul Gadhia of Mountsorrel in Leicestershire has been nominated for a Leicester Mercury Young Achiever Award in the Business and Enterprise category.

Indian hockey players ended a 48-year-long wait and defeated Pakistan in the Asian Games final.

A physical education teacher who was working at one of the schools linked with the Trojan Horse scandal was suspended after allegations of posting racist jokes online.