Helping a pub put its menu into braille is among the changes a new company has brought about to help improve facilities for disabled people. Richard Jones, who is a wheelchair user, has launched Accessible Wales to ensure places like cafes, shops and churches can be used by everyone.
No disabled workers at Remploy factories in Scotland will be made compulsorily redundant, according to the work and pensions secretary. Forty two UK factories - including three sites in Wishaw, Glasgow and Aberdeen - were earmarked for closure. Peter Hain told the Labour Party conference that ministers would make the final decision.
No disabled workers at Remploy factories in Scotland will be made compulsorily redundant, according to the work and pensions secretary. Forty two UK factories - including three sites in Wishaw, Glasgow and Aberdeen - were earmarked for closure. Peter Hain told the Labour Party conference that ministers would make the final decision.
A Derby bus service for people with disabilities is to stop running because managers have said they cannot find enough volunteers to work as drivers. Bosses at Derby Community Transport (DCT) also said Dial-A-Ride was losing too much money. It will stop operating this Friday.
UK allergy care is poor and advice confusing leaving the country lagging behind western Europe, experts say. The House of Lords science and technology committee said there was an allergy epidemic. But the cross-party group warned there was not enough specialist services and food labelling was inadequate.
Researchers say both too much and too little sleep is linked to a doubled risk of fatal cardiovascular disease. Teams from the University of Warwick and University College London examined sleep patterns and death rates over two decades among 10,308 civil servants. They found a doubled risk among those who cut their sleeping from seven to five hours a night compared to those who stuck to seven hours a night. But the risk was similar for those who increased to at least eight hours.
