Lyme Regis: Quirky games to celebrate Queen's diamond day

Source: Bridport News & Lyme Regis News

NEVER mind the Olympics – medal winners at the Lyme Regis Games will have really earned the applause of the crowds. Organisers of the town’s Jubilee Games on Tuesday June 5 are inviting competitors to be on their marks ...
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Putting the 'Whee!' Back in 'Wheelchair'

Source: Wired

The IWA is a stylish redesign of the mobility scooter. Photo: James Dyson Award Medical products move slowly. The first wheelchair was invented in 6th-century China. That basic design lasted until the first collapsible “X-fram ...
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Hunt still on for hit-and-run mobility scooter driver

Source: This is Dorset

Hit-and-run hunt goes on ATTEMPTS to find a hit-and-run mobility scooter rider who left a woman lying injured on the ground in Christchurch are ongoing. Despite an appeal for witnesses last week, police are still trying to find the female rider of the ...
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Woman 'humiliated' by bus scooter ban

Source: Wimbledon Guardian

Julia Bowers, 56, cries foul after being denied bus travel because she drives the wrong type of mobility scooter A disabled woman was “humiliated” by a bus driver who refused to let her travel because her mobility sc ...
Full article at: Wimbledon Guardian  More like this  2 days ago, 3:21am CDT

Derby Telegraph published Pensioner pushed off mobility scooter

Source: Derby Telegraph

A PENSIONER was pushed off his mobility scooter by two men in a busy park. The 69-year-old victim suffered a head injury in the attack, in Riddings Park, Somercotes, and was taken to King's Mill Hospital. Police, who have just released details, ...
Full article at: Derby Telegraph  More like this  2 days ago, 1:30am CDT

Disabled shopper hit out after mobility scooter trashed by supermarket’s automatic doors

Source: Hamilton Advertiser

Cerebral palsy sufferer William Loudon claims his £1600 vehicle got struck as he was passing through automatic doors at the Co-operative Food store in Larkhall’s Union Street. The 60-year-old said his scooter’s lights and chassis were dama ...
Full article at: Hamilton Advertiser  More like this  2 days ago, 6:00pm CDT

Tributes to much-loved Downholland farmer who made final journey by tractor

Source: Ormskirk & Skelmersdale Advertiser

A MUCH-LOVED farmer was laid to rest after leaving his farm for a last time the way he would have wanted – by tractor. Jim Owen’s coffin was driven to St Thomas’ Church in Lydiate by family friend Bob Pope on a trailer attached to his Massey Ferguson tra ...
Full article at: Ormskirk & Skelmersdale Advertiser  More like this  2 days ago, 6:00pm CDT

Why the rage over IVF? | Muriel Gray

Source: Guardian Unlimited

What is it about fertility treatment that causes so much rage? The arguments of the furious protesters are well worn, namely that having a baby is a selfish lifestyle choice, not a right, and that non life-threatening ailments have no ...
Full article at: Guardian Unlimited  More like this  2 days ago, 2:01pm CDT

Julie_Bayley published Man, 69, injured after being pushed off mobility scooter

Source: Derby Telegraph

The 69-year-old man was in Riddings Park in Somercotes when he was approached by two men who then pushed him to the ground. He suffered a head injury and was taken to hospital for treatment. The victim has told officers that a woman in her 8 ...
Full article at: Derby Telegraph  More like this  2 days ago, 6:06am CDT