Disabled

Disabled man leaps out wheelchair to save drowning man on SAME pier that paralysed him

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Moment disabled man leaps out of wheelchair and into sea to save drowning man… while he’s filming documentary about how he became paralysed by jumping off SAME pier Nikita Vankov leaped from his wheelchair to assist three men in the sea  The licensed paradiver was filming on the pier in Anapa, Russia, on October 6 … Read more

Migrants entering British waters across the Channel to have dinghies ‘disabled by nets’

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Britain to deploy nets to ‘disable’ dinghies and send migrants back across the Channel Dan O’Mahoney has been appointed as Clandestine Channel Threat Commander He has set out his four-stage plan in a bid to clamp down on illegal crossings It comes as it emerged that more than 7,100 migrants have reached UK this year … Read more

Child Trust Funds: 200,000 disabled children may be locked out

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As many as 200,000 disabled children over the next eight years could potentially be locked out of their Child Trust Funds unless their families pay hundreds or even thousands of pounds in court fees. Campaigners, Child Trust Fund and Junior Isa providers and trade bodies are in discussions with the Government to come up with … Read more

Heartbroken family of disabled man, 18, turned up to hospital to be told he had died

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The family of an 18-year-old disabled lad whose life was transformed by DIY SOS say they are ‘desperately seeking answers’ to his lonely and mysterious death after being admitted to hospital with gastric illness during lockdown. Devastated father Darren Hudson says his son Ollie was spending a night in hospital for observation following a bout … Read more

Nick Knowles pays tribute to severely disabled boy who appeared on DIY SOS as he passes away

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Nick Knowles has paid tribute to a severely disabled teenager, who appeared on DIY SOS, after he passed away earlier this week. Last year, a moving episode of the home renovation show told the story of widower Darren and his sons Ollie, Mike and Harvey from Hull. Ollie was born with Hydrocephalus, known as water on … Read more

Student union leader says to stay at home unless they’re black, poor, disabled, gay, or transgender 

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A prominent union leader has called for university students to stay at home this autumn to help prevent a second wave of coronavirus – unless they are poor, black, disabled, gay or transgender. Larissa Kennedy, president of the National Union of Students, warned it was too dangerous for undergraduates to flood campuses but said exceptions … Read more

Woman, 40, is charged with murdering celebrity photographer’s 10-year-old disabled son

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Woman, 40, is charged with murdering celebrity photographer’s 10-year-old disabled son after he was found dead at house in west London Olga Freeman, who lives at the property, is charged with murder of the boy  Woman went to a police station before officers visited a house in west London At the house in Acton, police … Read more

Wheelchair user, 17, is told he is ‘not disabled enough’ to compete for Britain’s Paralympic team 

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‘I may have to cut off a leg’: Wheelchair user, 17, is told he is ‘not disabled enough’ to compete for Britain’s Paralympic team Oscar Knight, 17, dreamed of spot on Great Britain’s wheelchair basketball team Rule change means he may have to amputate leg to compete internationally He was nine when he began suffering … Read more

Katy Perry risks uses disabled parking spot in Santa Barbara

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She looks ready to welcome her first child with actor Orlando Bloom any day now.  Understandably, it seems Katy Perry doesn’t want to be too far from a getaway vehicle should she go into labor.   However, the Smile singer risked a $250 fine on Saturday, as she parked her Porsche Cayenne GTS in a disabled … Read more