From Disability Horizons. An accessible rail system must be prioritised as part of the economic recovery from Covid-19, says disability charity Leonard Cheshire. At present, 41% of railway stations in Britain are still not step-free and the Government is still set to miss its 2030 target on creating step-free journeys for disabled people by 40 years […]
General Interest
Why We Need To Get Creative When It Comes To Talking About Pain
Campaigner’s Research Shows Rail Access Information Is Often ‘Wildly Inaccurate’
By John Pring in Disability News Service. Information used by disabled passengers to check if a rail station is accessible is frequently “wildly inaccurate”, and often leads them to book travel to and from stations they cannot access, according to new research. The research by disabled campaigner and access expert Doug Paulley shows that the accuracy […]
Former Radio York Journalist Turned BBC Boss Axes Popular Presenters From The Station
From YorkMix. BBC Radio York is facing major cutbacks as the corporation aims to make £25 million of savings. Under the plans the BBC is to cut 450 jobs in its English regional TV news and current affairs, local radio and online news. Look North will have just one presenter and Radio York will have just three daytime […]
Expert Reaction To The BMJ Editorial Calling For The Abandonment Of Standards
By Brian Hughes in The Science Bit. An invited, non-peer-reviewed guest editorial in the BMJ has claimed that behavioural interventions for “complex conditions” (such as ME or CFS) should not be judged using the customary criteria — and that the relevant studies should not be evaluated as though they were proper randomised controlled trials — […]
The Perfect Gift
Today’s Best Practice Will Be Rubbished Tomorrow
Posted by BJGP Life. Charles Todd qualified as a GP in 1981 and then spent twenty years working in Zimbabwe. He recently retired as a GP partner in Buckinghamshire. IN MY FIRST JOB AFTER QUALIFYING in 1977 as a house physician in cardiology, on call frequently involved “clerking” mostly middle-aged men having heart attacks and admitting them […]
Eight Cracking Facts About Eggs
#Walkingfromhome: The Wheelchair User
From Living Streets. Caroline lives in a seaside town in England and is a member of one of our Local Groups of volunteers. As a wheelchair user, Caroline is passionate about improving streets and the access to them for everyone. In normal times, Caroline’s favourite things are being with friends, volunteering and seeing the […]
York City Prepare Bootham Crescent To Welcome Back Fans
Why Do We Need To highlight Disability History Month ?
Time To Add Some Sunshine (Vitamin D) To Milk And Bread
By Jeremy Howick in The Conversation. Free vitamin D supplements will be sent to over two million clinically vulnerable people in England this winter. Over 80% of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 are vitamin D deficient compared with the general population. In a small study, a high dose of vitamin D appeared to reduce the severity of COVID-19. […]
It’s National Kindness Day !
Food Variety is Important For Our Health – But The Definition Of A ‘Balanced Diet’ Is Often Murky
By Rochelle Embling, Aimee Pink, Laura Wilkinson and Menna Price in The Conversation. It’s well known that a healthy diet can help reduce disease risks that are related to overweight or obesity – such as some cancers, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. As part of a healthy diet, experts around the world advise people to consume a […]
The Unknown Warrior
The Unknown Warrior November 7th was the day Four bodies taken from where they lay All exhumed from their battlefield grave Just four of the many warriors brave The soldiers digging not told why Their comrades were not left to lie The fallen four with names unknown Then taken from the combat zone In […]
The York Disability Rights Forum
A Little Health Reminder….
Pandemic Recession Likely To Have ‘Disproportionate’ Impact On Disabled People
By John Pring in Disability News Service. The recession associated with the pandemic is likely to be having a disproportionate impact on disabled employees, just as it did in the last recession, according to academics. They have examined the impact on disabled people during the recession of 2007 to 2009, and believe it is […]
City Of York Council Ban Blue Badge Holders From City Centre
£70m Scheme To Dual Outer Ring Road Won’t Start Till 2023
The Unknown Warrior
The Unknown Warrior November 7th was the day Four bodies taken from where they lay All exhumed from their battlefield grave Just four of the many warriors brave The soldiers digging not told why Their comrades were not left to lie The fallen four with names unknown Then taken from the combat zone In […]
Correcting Britain’s Vitamin D Deficiency Could Save Thousands Of Lives
From the Matt Ridley Online Blog. A groundbreaking new study points to a cheap, safe, effective way of tackling Covid My article with MP David Davis, for the Telegraph: As we face six tough months of curfews, isolation and economic misery, with vaccines a distant hope, testing struggling to control the virus, and […]
Your Shoes
From YorkMix. Your Shoes will invite audiences to explore York from the perspectives of different York citizens. How is it to go shopping as a mother? How does someone with a disability experience the city? How does a Refugee experience York differently compared to someone who has lived here their entire lives? Through asking […]