UDecide wins national award
A city council project being piloted in Lemington, Denton and Woolsington has won a national award.
24 Sep 2007
National News
Leisure Centre Races Ahead
Chesterfield MP Paul Holmes and Council Leader Ray Russell took a guided tour around the inside of the new Staveley Healthy Living Centre on Friday.
23 Sep 2007
Boost for child disabilities fund
Extra funding is being made available in part of Cumbria for children with special needs and disabilities. Annual funds were increased from £6,000 to £11,302 at the county council's Eden Local Committee meeting.
23 Sep 2007
Nightclub bans girl on crutches
A disabled woman was turned away from a Devon town's nightclub after staff said her crutches could be used as weapons. Jennifer Bartle, 20, who suffers from a bone disease, was out with two friends when she tried to get into the Hush Enigma Club in Newton Abbot.
23 Sep 2007
Free bus 'discrimination' claim
Many elderly and disabled people are missing out on free bus travel scheme because they are so frail, a charity has warned.
23 Sep 2007
Woman's donated wheelchair stolen
A disabled woman from Hereford says she has lost her independence after the theft of her electric wheelchair. Julie Bishop's £3,000 chair was taken from outside her flat in the Warndon area of the city.
23 Sep 2007