On Monday 3 October, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE, world record-holder and Paralympic gold medallist, announced the official launch of North West London’s two new NHS wheelchair services. The new services were designed with full input from wheelchair users, and they both incorporate the principles of the Wheelchair Alliance’s Wheelchair Charter. (You can read the full Charter, and find out more ... Read More »
Wheelchair-Fencer, Dimitri Coutya took on Tough Mudder on Saturday in aid of disabled children in Africa. On Saturday 24 September, ParalympicGB fencer Dimitri Coutya, took part in the West Sussex Tough Mudder challenge. Arms, legs and wheels took on the gruelling SAS-style military course together with 10,000 others. 18-year old Dimitri returned from the Rio 2016 Paralympic games just days ... Read More »
David Behre’s the Paralympic hopeful deemed the fastest man on no legs. After a train accident his unbreakable spirit was ignited. Never thinking about what he’d lost, only what he had gained: the energy within. This propelled him to become World Champion in 2015. Behre will fight in Rio as his spirit shines once again, watch this video to embrace the ... Read More »
Sophia Warner, Paralympian track and field athlete and founder of the UK’s first sports event dedicated to the UK’s disabled, Tribal Series Para Tri, has this week joined Parallel London as partnerships director. Parallel London launched nationally in February and aims to become the UK’s largest disability-led event. The event will host a number of mass-participation push/run challenges, from 100m ... Read More »
Local Ford dealership, Evans Halshaw Bedford, has today handed over a brand new car on the Motability scheme to former Paralympian, Jane Sowerby. Choosing a new Ford S-Max from the wide range of models available on the scheme, Jane worked alongside the award-winning Motability team at the dealership to adapt the car for her specific requirements. Following an accident in ... Read More »
Six-time Paralympic gold medalist opens Surrey Choices’ new Short Breaks service in Banstead. Paralympic wheelchair athlete, David Weir, cut the ribbon to Banstead Short Break Service on Wednesday 20 May to celebrate the opening of the new service with Surrey Choices staff and customers. Surrey Choice’s Banstead Short Breaks service provides high quality respite care for adults with a wide ... Read More »
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been jailed for five years for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Judge Thokozile Masipa, issuing the ruling in court in Pretoria, also gave Pistorius a three-year suspended sentence for a firearms charge. Pistorius has been taken to the cells. The prosecution had called for a minimum 10-year sentence; the defence for community service and ... Read More »
Reeva Steenkamp’s sister has watched with growing disbelief as Oscar Pistorius’s lawyers insist he deserves special treatment. Day after day, as the Olympian’s defence team demanded house arrest instead of jail for the shooting of his model girlfriend, community service instead of hard labour, Simone Cowburn waited for sense to prevail. Now, however, she is deeply worried. Following almost a ... Read More »
When the judge presiding over Oscar Pistorius’ case begins sentencing hearings next month, experts said that the paralympian’s disability could be a factor in whether he gets the maximum 15 years in prison or a much lighter sentence, even no prison at all. Pistorius was cleared of murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, but convicted Friday ... Read More »
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of culpable homicide after the judge found he killed his girlfriend by mistake. Judge Thokozile Masipa said the athlete acted “negligently” when he fired shots through a toilet door but in the “belief that there was an intruder”. She said the state had failed to prove he intended to kill Reeva ... Read More »
As a survey suggest major improvements in attitudes towards disability as a result of the 2012 Paralympics, gold medalist Sophie Christiansen tells Channel 4 News it is time to stop focusing on sport. Christiansen, who won three gold medals at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, told Channel 4 News “there is still a long way to go” following the government survey which ... Read More »
A 24-hour television channel solely dedicated to Paralympian athlete Oscar Pistorius is to go on air in South Africa the day before he goes on trial accused of murdering his girlfriend. Read More »
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