1.   Hill had established himself as a local hero and also as something of an eccentric.

2.   Richards was a local hero, a star of the football club.

3.   The firefighters have become local heroes for their search and rescue efforts after the blast.

4.   The subjects of Wuerttemberg felt terrible, for they considered the count a local hero.

5.   The last chime quivered away on the night air, and from somewhere behind the bar emerged the local hero, Miguelito the mystery man.

6.   The biggest cheer was for the local hero...

7.   IN Norfolk the village vigilantes, Duncan Bond and Mark Chapman, have returned home from prison as local heroes.

8.   In such a close encounter it surely could never have happened to the local hero in Italy, San Juan or other more volatile boxing outposts.

9.   And the driving test has produced some local heroes.