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China investigates bomb incident in Beijing International Airport
Saturday 20 July 2013
A man in a wheelchair is reported to have detonated the device, injuring only himself
Arthur Williams: Paralympic events can only get bigger and better
Saturday 20 July 2013
The Games were the time of our lives, magical. People just couldn’t get enough of it
Olympics legacy: The Paralympics changed the way disability is perceived in Britain. But did they make a lasting difference?
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Tom Peck on the other flame that needs to be kept alight
Paralympian Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson’s challenge: book a train with a toilet
Friday 12 July 2013
Theoretically simple matter of booking assisted-travel ticket on First Great Western’s website left her desperately frustrated
The Government has no idea how cuts are impacting on disabled people - and no intention of measuring
Wednesday 10 July 2013
Today Labour's Liam Byrne is demanding that the Government carry out a cumulative impact assessment to find out how welfare reforms are really affecting families
Gigs 'humiliate and isolate' disabled fans
Tuesday 25 June 2013
Muscular dystrophy group campaigns to fix myriad frustrations with concert experience
Sex shop chain in Soho wins landmark legal battle against Westminster Council over license fees
Friday 24 May 2013
A sex shop chain in Soho has won a major victory against license fees charged by Westminster City Council, in a landmark decision that the council believe could "open the flood gates for illegal pornography."
Take disabled sport seriously, urges Baroness Grey-Thompson
Tuesday 21 May 2013
Former Paralympian says many disabled children still 'sent to the library' during school PE lessons
Five disabled people lose challenge over scrapped scheme that gave them independence
Wednesday 24 April 2013
The five are among 19,000 who receive money from the scheme, which the Government plans to scrap in 2015
London Marathon 2013: Tsegaye Kebede uses Olympic pain to seize dramatic triumph
Monday 22 April 2013
Ethiopian bizarrely not selected for London overhauls Mutai in final miles for second win
£8.5m payout for boy whose brain was damaged in 'catalogue of errors'
Thursday 18 April 2013
A seven-year-old boy who suffered catastrophic brain damage after a "catalogue of errors" at his birth is to receive a compensation package worth £8.5 million.
Paralysed man Paul Lamb takes up Tony Nicklinson's right to die challenge
Thursday 18 April 2013
A paralysed man is taking up a legal challenge for the right to die with the help of a doctor, saying he would like to be able to choose when to “call it a day”.
The stetson-wearing hero of the Boston Marathon bombings: Carlos Arredondo profile
Tuesday 16 April 2013
From the chaos of the Boston aftermath, one face in the crown is already emerging as a hero to offer hope to America.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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