Cyclist Bradley Wiggins is playing down calls for him to be given a knighthood after making history in the men's time trial at the Olympics yesterday.

The 32 year old's gold medal saw him overtake Sir Steve Redgrave as Britain's most decorated Olympian.

Team GB's first gold went to Helen Glover and Heather Stanning in the women's pair rowing.

Yesterday was rounded off by an amazing swim by Scot Michael Jamieson to take silver in the 200 metre breaststroke - beaten only by a new world record from Hungary's Daniel Gyurta.

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Meanwhile - A cyclist has been killed in east London after colliding with what's believed to be an Olympic bus.

An air ambulance was called but the 28-year-old man died at the scene, and a man in his mid-sixties has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.