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Rough Guide to Accessible Britain

The Rough Guides series of travel books are well known for providing information on hundreds of worldwide destinations for everyone from backpackers looking for extreme adventures to families seeking a relaxing getaway location. Now, for the first time, they have published a guide to Accessible Britain. With summer just round the corner, the BBC gave Ouch's Emma Bowler a copy to browse through for some ideas for disability-friendly days out ...

You can read Emma Bowler's review of the Rough Guide to Accessible Britain on the BBC Ouch! website.

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Patient safety worry over records

Concerns have been raised over patient safety, after a poll revealed thousands of appointments are taking place without the patient's records.

Around 54,000 outpatient appointments took place with no records across the 49 hospital trusts who responded.

The investigation, by the Health Service Journal (HSJ) said there was no standardised way of measuring how many patient records are missing each year.

A medical expert said it was dangerous not to have patient records available.

You can read more about safety worry over records here.

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England Captain abuses parking bay

England captain John Terry has been blasted for parking his Bentley in a disabled spot while he enjoyed a long lunch.

The footballer, who earns £100,000 a week in his other job as Chelsea captain, was accused of "arrogance" after taking up the disabled parking space for two hours during the meal with his family at a branch of Pizza Express.

The high-street parking bay in Esher, Surrey, is only a few yards from a 50p-an-hour car park.