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Royal Mail has said the three post boxes painted gold to honour the achievements of Northern Ireland's paralympians will be permanently gold.

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It will make its way slowly down The Mound, past the giant symbol of the Paralympic Games and cross Princes Street on to Hanover Street where a post-box painted gold in Sir Chris's honour stands, officials said.

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As with all GB gold medal winners from this summer's London Paralympics and Olympics she had a post box in her home town painted gold, becoming the first Paralympian to be honoured by Royal Mail after she won the Women's C5 Pursuit.

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The red postbox at the post office on 31 Grange Road in Jarrow, was painted gold on Saturday.

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Portland's governor Kevin Lockyer, who took up his post last summer, told BBC Radio 5 Live that the report painted a fair picture of the institution but things were getting better.

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