Thousands of Olympic athletes and spectators are heading home today after the London 2012 Games closed in style.

A world-wide TV audience of 300 million was treated to a celebration of British music - directed by Bournemouth-born Kim Gavin ... which included performers from George Michael and the Spice Girls to Tinie Tempah and Jessie J on a stadium filling union jack stage.

It marked the end of Team GB's most succesful Olympics in aover a century - with 29 golds among our 65 medals as we finished third in the table behind the USA and China.