Well, I won't be bookining into the Savoy again!!

Trevor Phillips, chairman of the new Commission for Equality and Human Rights has publicly rebuked London's Savoy hotel for demanding £1,000 to install a temporary wheelchair ramp for an awards ceremony.

In his first major condemnation of a famous institution, signalling an intention to go aggressively after firms that fail to meet the Commission's standards, Phillips expressed his 'surprise and disappointment' at the incident and threatened to call on public bodies to boycott the Savoy, one of the world's most famous hotels.............


Tight fisted sods!!

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Wheelchair fencing

I was looking through Youtube and came across this -

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I must admit to have never seen wheelchair fencing before.

Suspects use wheelchair to make off with ATM machine

Cheeky buggers!

BROOKLINE, Mass. -- Thieves are caught on camera looking for any means possible to steal an ATM.

Omar Ali Credle, a former Longwood Towers employee, and another accomplice allegedly used a wheelchair to cart off an entire teller machine on the night of April 18 from the apartment building where Credle used to work.

To pull off the heist, police say the pair stole a swipe card for the complex as well as keys to a tenant's vehicle before using the wheelchair to make off with the machine that they estimate contained close to $1,800.....

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Power wheelchair soccer

Safety Harbor, Florida - You may not have heard of power wheelchair soccer, but for those who play, it has become addictive. For the last three years the Tampa Thunder have been part of a growing sport that has offered an athletic outlet for those in wheelchairs....


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Man invents hunting wheelchair

Until now, a hunter who, for one reason or another, found himself wheelchair bound for any length of time would have to give up hunting.
But a Bismarck man is changing that.

Tom Martell had to have his left leg amputated.

While he has been able to live a fairly normal life with the help of a prosthesis, he wasn't able to hunt for the length of time he did before.......


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