A 23-year-old Tyneside man left severely disabled after a car crash has been awarded £6.3m damages. David Dei-Ceci, was on his way to a camping trip in Kielder Forest in 2002, when the car in which he was a passenger crashed into a field. He was thrown from the vehicle and sustained brain injuries, leaving him requiring round-the-clock, live-in care for the rest of his life. Mr Dei-Ceci, of Newcastle, was 17 at the time of the crash in 2002.
Commenting on reports that Alan Johnson is to explore how GPs can issue 'well notes' to people on incapacity benefit, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, Norman Lamb said:
I was last in Beijing just over two years ago - my first time in the country. But with the Paralympics fast approaching, I recently revisited China with the BBC's Inside Sport programme to see whether access and attitudes had changed since I was last there.
A US sheriff's deputy who dumped a quadriplegic man out of his wheelchair has been charged with felony abuse. Charlette Marshall-Jones was booked at the same police station where the incident happened - in Tampa, Florida.
Scientists believe they are close to a significant breakthrough in the treatment of spinal injuries. The University of Cambridge team is developing a treatment which could potentially allow damaged nerve fibres to regenerate within the spinal cord.
A "bent solicitor" lived a life of extravagance after stealing more than £1m from a disabled client, a prosecutor has told a court. Thomas McGoldrick, 59, spent thousands of pounds on foreign holidays, a golf club and home improvements, Minshull Street Crown Court, Manchester, heard.