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Experts say ‘sprawling’ system, negative attitudes and lack of staff support makes equal access hard to ensure‘Shocking experiences’: disabled people describe UK transport failuresWhen Tanni Grey-Thompson was left stranded at London’s King’s Cross station on her way to the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Paris this week, she had to crawl on to the platform.Lady Grey-Thompson, a former Paralympic athlete and crossbench peer, said she and other disabled passengers frequently suffered humiliating incidents travelling by train. “The system is just not working,” she said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/31/improving-disabled-access-to-uk-public-transport-almost-impossible Author : Amelia Hill Publish date : 2024-08-31

Republican candidate tells conservative group his daughter should have been UN ambassador and the ‘most brilliant leaders’ come from Scotland like his motherDonald Trump has claimed that when he was president he wanted to appoint his daughter, Ivanka, as America’s ambassador to the UN but she opted to instead to work on job creation and hired “millions of people”.The Republican nominee for president in 2024 made the bizarre comments during a “fireside chat” on Friday night in Washington at the annual gathering of Moms for Liberty, a national nonprofit that has led efforts to get mentions of LGBTQ identity and

Unseasonably strong winds and record-breaking warm weather has been forecast to continue through the weekendGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s east coast is facing an unexpected end to winter, amid unseasonably strong winds and record-breaking warm weather continuing through the weekend.Multiple August heat records were broken on Friday, with Sydney experiencing its hottest August day since 1995, with a top of 31.5C.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/31/more-august-temperature-records-expected-to-fall-amid-warm-weather-and-winds-across-east-coast Author : Mostafa Rachwani Publish date : 2024-08-31 03:49:52 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Prime minister defends government’s backflip on census and says single question on sexuality will not limit scope of dataGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese says the nature and scope of question on sexuality in the next census will be a matter for the Australian Bureau of Statistics, not the government.After a week in which his government was heavily criticised for excluding proposed new questions on sexual orientation and gender identity, the prime minister reneged and said the 2026 census would include “one question about sexuality, sexual preference”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email