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Current Affairs

All posts on "The Ouch! Blog" by Current Affairs

• News round-up: Half of care homes for learning disabled people don't meet standards - 09:00 UK time, Friday, 29 June 2012
• News round-up: Tony Nicklinson's euthanasia case in the High Court - 09:00 UK time, Friday, 22 June 2012
• News round-up: Attacks on guide dogs hit new high - 09:00 UK time, Friday, 15 June 2012
• News round-up: exercise and depression - 09:00 UK time, Friday, 8 June 2012
• News round-up: The "inspirational" Olympic torchbearers - 08:51 UK time, Friday, 1 June 2012
• News round-up: London 2012 Paralympics passes the 100-day countdown - 08:45 UK time, Friday, 25 May 2012
• News round-up: Special needs budgets to be controlled by parents - 09:00 UK time, Friday, 18 May 2012
• News round-up: Draft bill on social care in Queen's Speech - 09:00 UK time, Friday, 11 May 2012
• News round-up: Paralympic opening ceremony theme revealed - 09:43 UK time, Friday, 4 May 2012
• News round-up: Lord Ashley; protests over Remploy closures - 09:00 UK time, Friday, 27 April 2012
• News round-up: autism, schooling and bullying; disability cuts protest hits London - 09:00 UK time, Friday, 20 April 2012
• News round-up: disability on TV continues to make headlines, US court case over disabled teen given electric shock 'treatment' - 09:00 UK time, Friday, 13 April 2012
• Disability exemption from the hosepipe ban - 14:04 UK time, Thursday, 5 April 2012
• News round-up: The Undateables, public transport and Gary McKinnon report - 15:39 UK time, Wednesday, 4 April 2012
• Get political, get heard - 12:48 UK time, Wednesday, 25 May 2011
• There will be more protests like yesterday's disability march - 10:14 UK time, Thursday, 12 May 2011
• DLA consultation: responses to the government response - 15:04 UK time, Tuesday, 5 April 2011
• Podcast #65: Sibling rivalry - 15:25 UK time, Wednesday, 23 February 2011
• Podcast #64: Twisted Valentine - 12:59 UK time, Tuesday, 8 February 2011
• "Critical friends" needed - 13:53 UK time, Thursday, 16 December 2010
• Standards make the world accessible for all - 15:33 UK time, Thursday, 14 October 2010
• Accessible Election Manifestos - 10:29 UK time, Wednesday, 5 May 2010
• UK ratifies human rights treaty for disabled people - 11:47 UK time, Wednesday, 10 June 2009
• China: cabbies strike over disabled rivals - 15:01 UK time, Tuesday, 9 June 2009
• RIP iBOT: the stair-climbing wheelchair - 13:42 UK time, Monday, 1 June 2009
• Disabled people 'pay more for public transport' - 13:36 UK time, Tuesday, 12 May 2009
• Budget 2009 and disability - 14:53 UK time, Wednesday, 22 April 2009
• Video: CBeebies Cerrie on disability prejudice - 08:47 UK time, Thursday, 19 March 2009
• Blunkett: blindness means I couldn't be Prime Minister - 16:06 UK time, Monday, 16 February 2009
• Disabled ex-pat an 'economic burden' - 09:47 UK time, Wednesday, 11 February 2009
• Google in disability bullying video controversy - 12:08 UK time, Wednesday, 4 February 2009
• An accessible Obama inauguration - 11:21 UK time, Tuesday, 20 January 2009
• Obama, inauguration and accessibility - 10:10 UK time, Wednesday, 14 January 2009
• Are you incandescent with rage over lightbulbs? - 11:09 UK time, Thursday, 8 January 2009
• Ian Rankin talks Braille on You and Yours - 11:15 UK time, Tuesday, 6 January 2009
• Row over Paralympic honours - 10:04 UK time, Monday, 5 January 2009
• The New Year Honours (disability) list - 12:04 UK time, Wednesday, 31 December 2008
• And talking of MPs ... - 12:01 UK time, Thursday, 13 November 2008
• Fancy being an MP? - 11:43 UK time, Thursday, 13 November 2008
• Parking boss in parking scandal! - 14:17 UK time, Wednesday, 29 October 2008
• Sex and statistics - 10:13 UK time, Monday, 27 October 2008
• Public loos: it's all your fault - 10:47 UK time, Friday, 24 October 2008
• GB secures 100th Paralympic medal - 15:24 UK time, Tuesday, 16 September 2008
• Michael Phelps is one of us! - 15:39 UK time, Tuesday, 26 August 2008
• New Downing Street site is trendy, but is it accessible? - 13:33 UK time, Friday, 22 August 2008
• Du Toit vs the world - 10:00 UK time, Thursday, 21 August 2008
• Tanni vs Phelps? - 09:51 UK time, Wednesday, 13 August 2008
• 'I got a ticket to ride' - 12:01 UK time, Thursday, 3 April 2008
• Who's afraid of Welfare Reform? - 10:56 UK time, Monday, 31 March 2008
• Dyslexic? - 16:26 UK time, Sunday, 16 March 2008
• Life, Death and IVF - 13:59 UK time, Friday, 14 March 2008
• Road to Beijing - 15:23 UK time, Friday, 22 February 2008
• Belfast mayor in disability slip-up - 10:30 UK time, Friday, 15 February 2008
• Jeremy Beadle dies - 10:24 UK time, Thursday, 31 January 2008
• Gravity - 20:23 UK time, Monday, 28 January 2008
• DWP, IB and me. - 15:00 UK time, Tuesday, 22 January 2008
• Prince Charles's blindie message - 14:37 UK time, Thursday, 13 December 2007
• 'Irresponsible' Facebook mental health quiz - 13:52 UK time, Thursday, 13 December 2007
• Northern Rock - and disability? - 12:16 UK time, Wednesday, 28 November 2007
• Talking Head - 00:52 UK time, Thursday, 22 November 2007
• Panorama on ADHD - 13:04 UK time, Thursday, 8 November 2007
• Equal Protection - 01:17 UK time, Tuesday, 23 October 2007
• Disability, degrees and ... err ... Lemsip - 23:30 UK time, Tuesday, 2 October 2007
• Ethical Considerations - 23:59 UK time, Sunday, 30 September 2007
• Important news update - 21:35 UK time, Friday, 14 September 2007
• Cold Shoulder - 01:05 UK time, Friday, 14 September 2007
• Stubborn Statistics - 01:13 UK time, Wednesday, 29 August 2007
• Desperate measures - 18:36 UK time, Wednesday, 1 August 2007
• When cripples go crooked - 08:40 UK time, Friday, 27 July 2007
• Being Of Sound Mind - 11:58 UK time, Thursday, 19 July 2007
• Straight banana anyone? - 20:36 UK time, Monday, 16 July 2007
• The Notorious Pistorius - 13:05 UK time, Monday, 16 July 2007
• Shock! Horror! - 22:24 UK time, Sunday, 15 July 2007
• Congratulations, Anne! - 13:22 UK time, Monday, 2 July 2007
• The Smoking Ban - 09:30 UK time, Sunday, 1 July 2007
• A disabled Prime Minister? - 15:54 UK time, Wednesday, 27 June 2007
• Disability in North Korea - 10:46 UK time, Thursday, 14 June 2007
• Disability in China - 15:49 UK time, Wednesday, 30 May 2007
• Autism t-shirt 'politically incorrect' - 13:51 UK time, Monday, 21 May 2007
• Strongman claims benefits - 10:23 UK time, Monday, 21 May 2007
• 91Èȱ¬ Film Network gets subtitles - 10:11 UK time, Thursday, 17 May 2007
• Tanni races on to the board - 12:39 UK time, Monday, 14 May 2007
• Disabled people in Afghanistan - 15:19 UK time, Thursday, 10 May 2007
• Disability in Blair's resignation speech - 14:31 UK time, Thursday, 10 May 2007
• Taliban recruiting disabled suicide bombers? - 12:12 UK time, Tuesday, 8 May 2007
• Dyslexic man sues bank - 13:37 UK time, Monday, 30 April 2007
• Wrong language, sorry - 12:38 UK time, Monday, 30 April 2007
• Hawking in space! (sort of) - 10:03 UK time, Friday, 27 April 2007
• Is Noel Edmonds disabled? - 15:11 UK time, Thursday, 26 April 2007
• Disabled voters quiz Scottish parties - 13:41 UK time, Thursday, 26 April 2007
• Should Oscar be allowed to run? - 13:05 UK time, Tuesday, 24 April 2007
• War veterans become Paralympians? - 14:42 UK time, Wednesday, 14 February 2007
• Launch of The Disability Agenda - 14:26 UK time, Wednesday, 14 February 2007
• Travelling light(er)? - 14:50 UK time, Friday, 9 February 2007
• Show us yer leg - 12:40 UK time, Friday, 9 February 2007
• You think they'd learn ... - 12:10 UK time, Wednesday, 31 January 2007
• The s - e - x word (in Japanese) - 14:46 UK time, Friday, 26 January 2007
• Survey reveals social attitudes to disability - 13:20 UK time, Wednesday, 24 January 2007
• Unsporting behaviour - 19:10 UK time, Tuesday, 23 January 2007
• Marathon man is taking the snickers - 10:36 UK time, Monday, 22 January 2007
• A Venice menace - 13:21 UK time, Thursday, 18 January 2007
• Happy 3rd birthday! You're now disabled! - 10:40 UK time, Wednesday, 10 January 2007
• No stairlift for you, sonny - 10:04 UK time, Wednesday, 10 January 2007
• Controvery surrounds Ruth Kelly - 09:53 UK time, Tuesday, 9 January 2007
• Bacharach daughter with AS commits suicide - 17:52 UK time, Saturday, 6 January 2007
• Teacher calls pupil a "cripple" - 16:04 UK time, Friday, 5 January 2007
• Heather's sense of science - 11:55 UK time, Thursday, 4 January 2007
• Make music with what remains - 16:42 UK time, Friday, 15 December 2006
• The world tonight - 10:44 UK time, Tuesday, 12 September 2006
• Jim Davidson, Bankrupt!! - 16:52 UK time, Thursday, 6 July 2006
• Deafblind awareness week - 11:53 UK time, Tuesday, 27 June 2006
• Mencap's Make it clear campaign - 13:27 UK time, Wednesday, 21 June 2006
• Ouch podcast gang on the telly - 14:56 UK time, Friday, 19 May 2006
• Education learning disabilities loophole? - 14:38 UK time, Wednesday, 3 May 2006
• Manchester Paralympic World Cup - 12:32 UK time, Friday, 28 April 2006
• Is President Bush disabled? - 10:47 UK time, Wednesday, 26 April 2006
• Eden Project: disability embarrassment comments row - 15:10 UK time, Tuesday, 4 April 2006
• David Beckham OBE, OCD - 11:24 UK time, Tuesday, 4 April 2006
• Canadian Wave - 00:00 UK time, Wednesday, 1 March 2006
• Will there be nine million wheelchairs in Beijing? - 00:00 UK time, Tuesday, 21 February 2006
• The amazing disappearing hotel room - 00:00 UK time, Tuesday, 7 February 2006
• Stirring tales of derring-do - 00:00 UK time, Friday, 27 January 2006
• Call for UK benefits protests - 00:00 UK time, Thursday, 26 January 2006
• Barrier-Full Buildings - 00:00 UK time, Monday, 23 January 2006
• Let us prey - 00:00 UK time, Friday, 20 January 2006
• Come on Eileen! - 00:00 UK time, Monday, 16 January 2006
• Railing against the railways - 00:00 UK time, Friday, 13 January 2006
• Disability graphic of the week - 00:00 UK time, Friday, 6 January 2006
• The wheels on the bus go round and round - 00:00 UK time, Thursday, 5 January 2006
• In the Balance - 00:00 UK time, Monday, 19 December 2005
• Hurry! Get your World Cup tickets! - 00:00 UK time, Friday, 9 December 2005
• Ding ding! This bus terminates here - 00:00 UK time, Friday, 9 December 2005
• A signing Archbishop! - 00:00 UK time, Tuesday, 6 December 2005
• Remember, remember the fifth of December - 00:00 UK time, Monday, 5 December 2005
• Glittering prizes - 00:00 UK time, Thursday, 24 November 2005
• Pesticide testing on disabled children? - 00:00 UK time, Friday, 18 November 2005
• Life is (unfortunately) like a box of chocolates - 00:00 UK time, Tuesday, 15 November 2005
• Sickly sweet media - 00:00 UK time, Friday, 11 November 2005
• Wal-Mart has a cunning plan - 00:00 UK time, Tuesday, 1 November 2005
• Do journalists 'get' Blunkett? - 00:00 UK time, Monday, 31 October 2005
• "He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches" - 00:00 UK time, Monday, 31 October 2005
• O Canada! - 00:00 UK time, Wednesday, 26 October 2005
• Disabled man takes police car - 00:00 UK time, Tuesday, 18 October 2005
• Disabled man takes police car - 00:00 UK time, Tuesday, 18 October 2005
• Blunkett's notepaper slip-up - 00:00 UK time, Friday, 14 October 2005
• Disabled hurricane survivor reunited with dog - 00:00 UK time, Friday, 14 October 2005
• Fifty-year wait for disability payment - 00:00 UK time, Monday, 10 October 2005
• Hurricane Katrina aftermath - 00:00 UK time, Friday, 2 September 2005
• Was the Piano Man a sham? - 00:00 UK time, Monday, 22 August 2005
• RNID terrorism hoax - 00:00 UK time, Friday, 12 August 2005
• Blogging the London terror attacks: more - 00:00 UK time, Monday, 11 July 2005
• Euthanasia in the Netherlands - 00:00 UK time, Friday, 8 July 2005
• Blogging the London terror attacks - 00:00 UK time, Friday, 8 July 2005
• London 2012 Paralympics - 00:00 UK time, Wednesday, 6 July 2005
• Disabled festival-goers in Glasto mudbath - 00:00 UK time, Friday, 24 June 2005
• Disabled man wrestles alligator shocker! - 00:00 UK time, Friday, 17 June 2005
• Has anybody seen our Minister? (Part III) - 00:00 UK time, Thursday, 12 May 2005
• Has anybody seen our Minister? (Part II) - 00:00 UK time, Wednesday, 11 May 2005
• Has anybody seen our Minister? - 00:00 UK time, Tuesday, 10 May 2005
• Snow, swingometers and sign language - 00:00 UK time, Wednesday, 4 May 2005
• Scope at war with forces' sweetheart - 00:00 UK time, Tuesday, 26 April 2005
• There is nothing like a dame - 00:00 UK time, Wednesday, 23 March 2005
• Orange Badge Wednesdays? - 00:00 UK time, Monday, 28 February 2005
• Jacko gets support from Stevie Wonder - 00:00 UK time, Wednesday, 16 February 2005
• Go ahead Clint, make our day - 00:00 UK time, Monday, 31 January 2005
• Houston, we have a problem - 00:00 UK time, Monday, 31 January 2005
• Meet your 'Disability Champion'! - 00:00 UK time, Wednesday, 19 January 2005
• Disabled tsunami victims - 00:00 UK time, Friday, 7 January 2005
• Boris on Blunkett - 00:00 UK time, Friday, 17 December 2004
• Do the Democrats hate retards? - 00:00 UK time, Friday, 15 October 2004
• John Kerry, disabled? - 00:00 UK time, Thursday, 5 August 2004
• Influential voters - 00:00 UK time, Thursday, 3 June 2004