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20,000 expected to pack streets for Scots athletes

MORE than 20,000 well-wishers are expected to honour Scotland's Olympic and Paralympic heroes next week as they parade through the streets of Glasgow.

LOCAL HEROES: Sir Chris Hoy, Neil Fachie, Katherine Grainger and Michael Jamieson will join in the parade through Glasgow.
LOCAL HEROES: Sir Chris Hoy, Neil Fachie, Katherine Grainger and Michael Jamieson will join in the parade through Glasgow.

London 2012 stars including Sir Chris Hoy, Katherine Grainger, Glasgow's Michael Jamieson, and Neil Fachie will take part in the celebrations on Friday, September 14.

The event will take in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum and the Old Fruitmarket, where hundreds gathered in 2007 to hear Glasgow announced as the 2014 Commonwealth Games host city.

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