Police discriminated against a disabled man when they arrested him and need to address their policy urgently, the police watchdog has said. Jonathan Lea, a Birmingham tetraplegic who uses a wheelchair, complained following his arrest in May 2006.
Some 150 charities say they were unable to apply for government money for training schemes because of problems with a new online application system. They say the system run by the Learning and Skills Council kept crashing and losing their applications.
Launch footage for the London 2012 logo sparked seizures, but how is television checked for footage that could harm people with epilepsy? For the organisers of the 2012 Olympics vilification over its logo has taken a turn for the worse with reports that people with epilepsy suffered seizures as a result of watching an animation in the launch video.
Scientists say they have discovered a new gene linked with late-onset Alzheimer's disease. People with a damaged copy of the gene, GAB2, may be at four times increased risk of developing dementia, Neuron journal reports. Experts said the latest findings were some of the most significant to emerge since the discovery of the ApoE4 Alzheimer's gene.
A Conservative MP who parked illegally in a disabled bay has said comments he made were misconstrued. Anthony Steen, MP for Totnes in Devon, left his car at Newton Abbot rail station for several days last week and received two fixed penalty notices.
A Conservative MP who said the number of disabled parking spaces across the UK was "disproportionate" has come under fire from a motorists' group. Douglas Campbell, of disabled transport group Mobilise, branded Anthony Steen a "pompous oaf" over the comments.
