Store warns over parking spaces
Supermarket Asda is to penalise motorists without a blue badge who park in spaces for disabled drivers.
4 Feb 2008
Supermarket Asda is to penalise motorists without a blue badge who park in spaces for disabled drivers.
A man with learning difficulties needed hospital treatment after being taunted and assaulted by a group of up to 15 children at Newbury train station.
Researchers have suggested that anti-TNF drug etanercept is safe and effective at treating patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). Italian scientists from Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova published the results of their study in the journal Arthritis Care & Research.
A woman who claims she faced discrimination at work because she needed to look after her disabled son has won the latest round in her legal battle. The judgement could signal ground-breaking changes for anyone who looks after sick, frail or disabled relatives. In the UK, that means six million people.
A landmark case which could give new rights to millions of carers may affect workplace relations, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). Sharon Coleman, who has a disabled son, has won the initial stages of a case at the European Court of Justice claiming "discrimination by association".
Proposals to overhaul the blue badge parking scheme for disabled drivers have been published by the government. It wants to make it easier to take action against those who have stolen, forged or used the badges fraudulently.