A 52-year-old disabled man was found with a broken leg and collapsed lung after being attacked with his own walking stick at his Rochdale home. The victim let two men whom he recognised into his home on Whitehall Street at 0300 BST on Saturday. The men became angry when the victim said he did not have cigarettes, drugs or money and one began assaulting him, police said.
The Public Services Ombudsman has upheld a disabled student's complaint about the stress he suffered over the management of his grant claims. The student, known as Mr K, said Gwynedd council made unnecessary grant reassessments and unreasonably withheld payments of his disability allowance. The report blamed a "catalogue of communication failures" between the council and the Student Loans Company.
"Today I have given my first set-piece speech as Deputy Prime Minister - you can read the full speech below. I'm proud that this speech was on a topic which I know is close to every Liberal Democrat heart, political reform.
Independent study says North Sea wind and wave power could make Britain the 'Saudi Arabia of renewable energy'.
Plans to replace the House of Lords with an elected second chamber of Parliament, scrap I.D. cards and the DNA database and referendum on introducing a new voting system - all part of a raft of proposals Nick Clegg unveiled today.
The European Parliament is a place for the countries of Europe to work together on issues that affect us all, and no issue is a bigger threat to our common long term security than climate change. This issue has no respect for borders and it can only be tackled if the world works together.