Heywood North Councillor Peter Rush has slammed Health Secretary Alan Johnson for "ignoring Heywood". Councillor Rush sent dozens of petitions signed by Heywood residents to Mr Johnson just before his controversial decision to axe hospital services. The petition made the plea to keep maternity and the special care baby unit at Fairfield.
Local MP Tim Farron ran the 15km Puma Trailfox Trail last Saturday to raise money for the Bluebird Project at the John Ruskin Museum. During the race, which began at 12 noon, Tim ran all the way from Coniston Hall, through Coniston before going part way up Conistion Old Man. The route then took him back to Coniston Hall via Torver.
A Liverpool woman is considering asking doctors to perform a hysterectomy on her severely disabled daughter.
The mother of a severely disabled teenager has asked doctors to give her daughter a hysterectomy to stop her from starting menstruation. Alison Thorpe, 45, from Essex, says 15-year-old Katie, who has cerebral palsy, would be confused by periods and they would cause her indignity.
Techshare is one of the largest disability technology conferences of its type in the UK. With delegates from all over the world coming to London's west end to debate all things technological - in the world of disability.
Older and disabled Londoners will be entitled to a free door-to-door travel service, the mayor has announced.
