Research into a vaccine for Alzheimer's disease, which was stopped early on safety grounds, is to be resurrected. It was designed to reverse the disease's progression by clearing the beta amyloid protein that causes the disease.
A decision by a Derby hospital to charge disabled patients for parking has been branded a "monstrous tax on the sick" by disability campaigners.
The disabled driver's Blue Badge scheme is abused in many parts of the country. Even being issued with one comes into question. But does this malpractice go on in our region?
If Blunkett is indeed prickly and self-absorbed, it's because he's a politician, not because he's blind.
A Daring deaf woman who took part in a charity skydive said she regretted her decision the moment she jumped out of the plane. Sophie Goddard took the 13,000ft leap to raise money for the national deaf-blind charity Sense.
A Disabled man who is camping on his doorstep in a protest over a lack of support from local agencies has been told he will not receive any more help.
