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Jonnie Peacock

'Anniversary Games lack Para events'

London 2012 and Rio 2016 champion Jonnie Peacock questions the lack of Para events at the Anniversary Games after victory in the men's T64 100m.

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Jonnie Peacock

'Anniversary Games lack Para events'

London 2012 and Rio 2016 champion Jonnie Peacock questions the lack of Para events at the Anniversary Games after victory in the men's T64 100m.

John Whipps

Motion-tracking watch 'future of Parkinson's care'

The smartwatch-style device, worn by patients at home, monitors tremors and other symptoms.

Grace in her new dress
Video 1 minute 13 seconds

A bespoke dress fit for a disabled princess

Grace has a genetic condition which means finding dresses that fit can be difficult.

Professor Mike Oliver's wheelchair

Wheelchair repair delay firm to be taken over

A councillor says she is "worried" a private firm is investing into a public sector service.

Zholia Alemi

Bogus psychiatrist medicated 164 patients

Zholia Alemi, jailed in 2018 for fraud, treated mental health patients in Norfolk and Suffolk.

Jubilee Sailing Trust tall ship

Sail charity set to decommission tall ship

The sailing charity recently raised more than £1m from an "emergency appeal".

Donna Ewen

NHS failures over schizophrenic man's care in Aberdeen

Donna Ewen hopes her brother's death is not in vain after complaints about his care in Aberdeen are upheld.

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Jonnie Peacock

'Anniversary Games lack Para events'

London 2012 and Rio 2016 champion Jonnie Peacock questions the lack of Para events at the Anniversary Games after victory in the men's T64 100m.

John Whipps

Motion-tracking watch 'future of Parkinson's care'

The smartwatch-style device, worn by patients at home, monitors tremors and other symptoms.

Grace in her new dress
Video 1 minute 13 seconds

A bespoke dress fit for a disabled princess

Grace has a genetic condition which means finding dresses that fit can be difficult.

Professor Mike Oliver's wheelchair

Wheelchair repair delay firm to be taken over

A councillor says she is "worried" a private firm is investing into a public sector service.

Zholia Alemi

Bogus psychiatrist medicated 164 patients

Zholia Alemi, jailed in 2018 for fraud, treated mental health patients in Norfolk and Suffolk.

Jubilee Sailing Trust tall ship

Sail charity set to decommission tall ship

The sailing charity recently raised more than £1m from an "emergency appeal".

Donna Ewen

NHS failures over schizophrenic man's care in Aberdeen

Donna Ewen hopes her brother's death is not in vain after complaints about his care in Aberdeen are upheld.

John Whipps

Motion-tracking watch 'future of Parkinson's care'

The smartwatch-style device, worn by patients at home, monitors tremors and other symptoms.

Grace in her new dress
Video 1 minute 13 seconds

A bespoke dress fit for a disabled princess

Grace has a genetic condition which means finding dresses that fit can be difficult.

Professor Mike Oliver's wheelchair

Wheelchair repair delay firm to be taken over

A councillor says she is "worried" a private firm is investing into a public sector service.

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