Kent Trading Standards wish to alert the public to a recent incidence of unsolicited telephone calls targeted at elderly residents across the County. The phone calls are from a security system company who use very hard sell tactics and lies in order to obtain an appointment at the consumer's home.
Several roads and pavements across the ward have been resurfaced, Coun Mike Lynch reports.
A US sheriff's deputy who dumped a quadriplegic man out of his wheelchair has been charged with felony abuse. Charlette Marshall-Jones was booked at the same police station where the incident happened - in Tampa, Florida.
Scientists believe they are close to a significant breakthrough in the treatment of spinal injuries. The University of Cambridge team is developing a treatment which could potentially allow damaged nerve fibres to regenerate within the spinal cord.
A "bent solicitor" lived a life of extravagance after stealing more than £1m from a disabled client, a prosecutor has told a court. Thomas McGoldrick, 59, spent thousands of pounds on foreign holidays, a golf club and home improvements, Minshull Street Crown Court, Manchester, heard.
A solicitor accused of fraud has told a court he was "staggered" when a man left disabled in a crash gave him half of the £1.8m he was awarded in damages. Thomas McGoldrick, 59, said he thought "Why not?" and took the cash, Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester heard.
