A plumber from Burnley has found internet fame for fixing pipes and boilers for vulnerable customers free of charge. James Anderson, 52, says he has helped thousands of elderly and
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People with hidden disabilities can apply for blue badge parking permits from Friday. The scheme’s eligibility criteria in England has been expanded by the Department for Transport (DfT) to include
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A care worker whose neglect led directly to a severely disabled woman starving to death has been jailed for three years. Tracey Burrows, 56, was supposed to carry out a
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Benefits assessment company Capita has withdrawn a legal bid to reverse “reputational damage” it claimed to have suffered after a claimant died. Victoria Smith died a few months after her
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A man living with Parkinson’s disease has said he was left to crawl through airport security on his hands and knees after his flight was cancelled and he ran out
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A disabled man who says a High Court judge acted unlawfully when he gave medics permission to take him from home to hospital and authorised the use of force has
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A severely disabled man who communicated by blinking and persuaded a judge to let him leave hospital and go home to his mother has died, lawyers have said. Mr Justice
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A “major advance” could help doctors personalise treatment plans for people with multiple sclerosis, scientists say. Early MRI scans can predict how the condition will progress, and allow someone to
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Two University of Wolverhampton students bagged first place at a unique film festival hosted by Business Disability Forum in London recently. Samuel Ash and William Horsefield, also known as team
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The failure of successive governments to address long-term funding for adult social care puts thousands of old and disabled people at risk of losing vital support, care chiefs have warned.
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