Disabled veteran set to lose £250,000 after investing in Sirius Minerals

Disabled veteran set to lose £250,000 after investing in Sirius Minerals By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 23:50 GMT, 22 February 2020 | Updated: 23:50 GMT, 22 February 2020 A disabled war veteran who ploughed his Armed Forces compensation into Sirius Minerals shares stands to lose £250,000 from Anglo American’s bid. John (not … Read more

Liverpool star Jordan Henderson is pictured taking up two disabled bays

Liverpool star Jordan Henderson is pictured taking up two disabled bays as he pulls up in his luxury £140k Mercedes-AMG GT 63 outside a hospital for a scan Jordan Henderson, 29, parked Mercedes-AMG GT 63 across two disabled bays The Liverpool captain attended a Liverpool hospital for a scan on his hamstring Midfielder was injured … Read more

Thug, 18, is jailed for eight years after leaving a 16-year-old disabled in a sickening baseball bat

A teenage thug who left a 16-year-old disabled for life after smashing his skull with a homemade club has been jailed for eight years. John Callis-Woolsey, 18, from Middleton-by-Wirksworth, Derbyshire, bludgeoned his victim with a baseball bat, which was emblazoned with the word ‘Lucille’ and had 24 sharp nails protruding from it.     After launching the brutal … Read more

Prompted by his disabled daughter, Wolf Küper gave up his career to do what mattered most

Prompted by a comment from his disabled four-year-old daughter, Wolf Küper gave up his pressured career to do what mattered most – spend precious time with his family as they embarked on a mystery tour together  ‘We need small people like her who wear their hearts on their sleeves, catch us out with all the right questions … Read more

Disabled 2ft 10 woman with brittle bone disease reveals she met her wife online

Disabled 2ft 10in woman with brittle bone disease who met her wife online reveals she want to show singletons who ‘don’t feel desirable’ that ‘love is possible’ Haley Lapkin, who is 2ft 10in tall and has brittle bone disease, met her wife online The couple started chatting in 2009 and met in person for the … Read more

The amazing expanding aircraft lavatory that offers disabled passengers 40 per cent more space 

Revealed: The amazing expanding aircraft lavatory that offers disabled passengers 40 per cent more space It’s called Access and has been created by London-based Acumen and Singapore-based ST Engineering The extra space creates a lavatory large enough to allow a passenger in a wheelchair to enter The innovative design can be retrofitted or line-fitted to … Read more

There are already 30 Blue Badge holders per disabled parking bay in England

Changes to the Blue Badge scheme introduced on Friday (20 August) will allow people with hidden disabilities such as mental health conditions, dementia and Crohn’s Disease to receive permits to park in disabled parking spaces. What has been described as the biggest change to the scheme since it launched in 1970 will see the benefit … Read more