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Harry Styles fan with a disability paid for reserved seats, but saw nothing. What are your rights when buying event tickets?

Norah Sweeney, who has a disability, paid extra for reserved seats to see Harry Styles perform — an emergency barrier blocked her view. When she asked for a refund she was denied. Here's what your rights are when buying concert tickets.

ABC News

Strangford Playing Fields to get new gates and paths for disability access

“For a long long time Strangford Playing Fields was mired in mud, and there was a rickety little gate"

Belfast Live

Baby Yoda a portrait of fluid disability

Sometimes Baby Yoda floats and sometimes walks. And no one questions it

Salon

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Elon Musk apologizes after mocking Twitter worker with disability

Musk's attacks on the employee began after the worker asked for clarity about his job status at Twitter.

Axios

Elon Musk backtracks after mocking disabled Twitter worker in baffling sacking scandal

Elon Musk has apologised for speaking dismissively of Haraldur Thorleifsson's disability in a surreal exchange after the former Twitter employee tweeted the CEO to find out whether he had been fired or not

Daily Mirror

DWP Cold Weather Payment - another cash boost could be due as temperatures across Notts drop

The forecast for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire over the next few days could see temperatures as low as -3

Nottingham Post

What needs to happen for you to get your £25 Cold Weather Payments as temperatures drop

A blanket of snow has covered Wales as temperatures dropped but eligibility for the payments is complicated

Wales Online

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Paralympian Claire Cashmore opens up on disability as she explains turning point

Paralympic gold medallist Claire Cashmore - who transitioned to Paratriathlon from swimming after the Rio Games - has become the person she is thanks to sport as she shares her experience on International Women's Day

Daily Mirror

Elon Musk apologizes after mocking laid-off Twitter employee with disability

The billionaire owner of Twitter apologized after publicly questioning a Twitter employee's query about whether he had been laid off and speaking dismissively of that employee's disability.

WEKU

Elon Musk apologises after mocking disabled ex-Twitter employee

Twitter CEO had questioned former staffer about his work, disability and need for accommodations.

Al Jazeera

New York mayor’s message to bodegas: ban shoppers who won’t remove masks

Spokesman for city’s corner stores defends plan as disability advocates say it breaks federal law

The Guardian - US

Aneesh family facing deportation because of son's Down syndrome allowed to stay after minister intervenes

The parents of a little boy living with Down syndrome speak of their joy after the immigration minister intervened to stop their deportation.

ABC News

Elon Musk apologises after mocking laid-off Twitter worker, questioning his disability

Elon Musk apologises to a laid-off employee after publicly calling into question his disability and need for special working conditions.

ABC News

People claiming PIP never need to tell DWP about any of these six changes in their circumstances

Not every change in circumstances will affect your entitlement to PIP which is worth up to £627 each month.

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The Conversation

‘The number one barrier has probably been stigma’: the challenges facing disabled workers in the Australian screen industry

The stories of people with disability rarely make it onto Australian screens. This isn’t surprising when we look at the ways disabled people are treated in the Australian screen industry.

The Independent UK

Elon Musk mocks laid-off Twitter employee with disability

If you’re not told you are fired, are you really fired

Fortune

A disabled former Twitter employee Elon Musk tried to call out just brutally shut down the CEO and his chaotic reign at the company

Twitter's Elon Musk attacked the disability of a former employee, Haraldur Thorleifsson, when he asked to confirm being laid off from the company.

Daily Record

People in Scotland with any of these 21 health conditions may be due up to £627 each month

Over 540 conditions are supported through Adult Disability Payment and PIP.

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Bristol Post

DWP: New payment rates for Universal Credit, Child Benefit, PIP and more from next month

But most people won't see a difference until May

Daily Mirror

'Despicable' Matt Hancock blasted over WhatsApp plot to block disability cash from MP

Leaked WhatsApp show the ex-Health Secretary and a top aide spoke about warning Bury North MP James Daly a new disability hub would be 'off the table' if he rebelled over Covid rules

Chronicle Live

New DWP payment rates for Universal Credit, PIP, State Pension and other benefits from April

Here's the full list of payments from the Department for Work and Pensions and HM Revenue and Customs - and how much they will increase next month

The National (Scotland)

Matt Hancock ‘despicable’ for discussing withholding disability centre funds from MP

MATT Hancock has been accused of “despicable” behaviour after leaked messages suggested he discussed withholding funding for a learning…

The Independent UK

Hancock ‘despicable’ for discussing withholding disability centre funds from MP

Matt Hancock and an aide considered using funding for the centre as leverage to persuade a Tory MP to back lockdown rules, leaked messages suggest.

The Independent UK

Hancock discussed blocking disability hub if MP opposed lockdown, messages reveal

Ex-health secretary branded ‘absolute disgrace’ as latest leak suggests he backed putting pressure on Bury North MP

ABC News

Accessible homes bridge gap providing options for people living with disability

The families of people living with disability can be met with challenges around providing their loved ones with the care they need as they get older. Accessible homes are bridging a much needed gap.

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