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Two taxi-drivers have been convicted of refusing to carry a disabled passenger and their guide dog, following a prosecution by Ashford Borough Council. The two refusals happened one after the other outside Ashford railway station in Kent on the evening of […]
Disability rights campaigners, an inventor and a Paralympic athlete are among the disabled people recognised in the latest new year’s honours list. Among the 1,123 people who have received an award, five per cent – about 60 – consider themselves to […]
Five Premier League football clubs have let their disabled fans down by failing to meet a pledge on access standards by this autumn, say campaigners. The Premier League promised two years ago that all its clubs would by this August meet […]
Only three out of 20 Premier League football clubs have met minimum requirements on providing accessible spaces and seating for disabled fans, according to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). A new EHRC review says Premier League clubs have made […]
Long-overdue plans to improve access at the country’s biggest football club have divided its disabled supporters. Although the official disabled supporters’ association at Manchester United has welcomed the plans, which will eventually see the number of wheelchair spaces increase from just […]
The equality watchdog has asked every Premier League football club to explain how they are complying with their legal duties to provide reasonable adjustments for disabled supporters under the Equality Act. Rebecca Hilsenrath, chief executive of the Equality and Human Rights […]
One of the country’s 20 top football clubs has admitted that it will breach a promise made by the Premier League that all of its stadiums would meet strict access standards by August 2017. When the Premier League, the governing body […]
Football’s Premier League will break a pledge that all of its stadiums would be accessible to disabled football fans by next August, despite its clubs spending more than a billion pounds on player transfers this summer. The Premier League, the governing […]
The Premier League has refused to say whether its clubs will be allowed to break a public pledge to reach basic access standards for disabled fans by August 2017. The promise was made by the Premier League last August, and was […]
At least eight Premier League football clubs are set to break their promises to meet decent standards on access for disabled supporters in time for next August’s deadline, MPs have been told. Joyce Cook, chair of the user-led charity Level Playing […]