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ABLE2UK brings you daily news on disabled stories, reviews of gigs & showbiz parties, competitions, sporting news for our disabled & non disabled readers

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Follow Repost for your chance to #win a £50 voucher to spend at Mountain Warehouse. Every entry supports disabled awareness. Competition closes 1st July @MountainWHouse
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Families raise concerns after Brighton and Hove council threaten to close a day centre for adults with learning disabilities in a bid to save money tinyurl.com/3kepv3bw #care @BrightonHoveCC
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Follow Repost Enter the ballot to #win spaces in the accessible area to watch the talent arrive for the premiere of Jackass: Best and Last in London on Monday 15th June. Ballot closes at noon on Saturday 13th June tinyurl.com/3e6vvnv9 #jackass
poster advertising Jackass: Best and Last with the guys being pushed in a shopping trolley

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Disabled Rights charity issues a statement saying it does not agree on government’s new code on transgeneder rights tinyurl.com/yjjm9x8b #trans #disabled
a person identifying as a man holding up a sign which reads Trans Rights Are Human Rights

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A Paralympian is refused to use a wheelchair to go to a toilet onboard a KLM flight. The cabin crew call security and police who decide to take no further action tinyurl.com/msdka5ca #travel
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If you are gearing up for a weekend of the best hard rock music on the planet by attending Download Festival and intending to use the accessible facilities onsite. Then check this out! tinyurl.com/bddbn5bm #DLXXIII
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Heavy Metal band formed of members with learning disabilities, autism and Down’s Syndrome prepare for the premiere of their own documentary charting their success and bumpy road to success tinyurl.com/4ruzd6m5 #music
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A drug to manage obesity completes its second trial phase with promising results tinyurl.com/evcy8589 #obesity @ObesityUK_org
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Golf club launches fundraiser to buy a specialised power wheelchair so one of their members can continue his beloved sport after he was left paralysed in a skiing accident tinyurl.com/bdzfeupz #golf #sport @RandA
Alistair Bonham using a PowerGolfer to hit a ball on a golf course

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Former newsreader Jon Snow reveals he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's ahead of a new Channel 4 documentary tracing his life since being told he is living with the illness tinyurl.com/mwmrfc8s #dementia @alzheimerssoc
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Here’s a useful article for anyone with a disability wanting to succeed in successful trading tinyurl.com/cwvuj8yf #finance
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Thousands of campaigners sign a petition asking the government to continue funding specialist tech for disabled students after the grant was paused tinyurl.com/ym4mruzj #tech
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Tom Holland reveals he turned down hosting SNL because his dyslexia makes it difficult for him to read cue-cards tinyurl.com/5ck5dmzk #dyslexia #SNL @dyslexiauk
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The government is expected to announce how Personal Independence Payment benefit system will operate following an extensive review later this year tinyurl.com/347phw4n #benefits #disability
A document titled The Timms Review of PIP

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A sports day which went ahead earlier this week combating loneliness in the disabled community is hailed as a success tinyurl.com/2b679we2 #sport #StopTheShadows
people who took part in Halow holding up medals

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Charities raise concerns over a new ruling which allows severely disabled people to consent to their care arrangements even if they lack mental capacity tinyurl.com/5yp6uany #care #disability @MindCharity @mencap_charity
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If you are planning to boogie on down to some cracking retro bands this Saturday when Let’s Rock reaches St. Mary’s Stadium in Southampton and planning to use the accessible facilities onsite this is what you need to know tinyurl.com/43s39dnm #music
The words Lets Rock The Retro Festival with three names of acts performing on the day, Matt Goss, A B C and Kim Wilde

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Manchester is celebrating Disability Pride Month in July with a very special catwalk show - here is all the information and how you can claim free tickets tinyurl.com/bdf875tt #fashion
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British astronaut John McFall could become first physically disabled person to live in orbit, a mission which could provide medical professionals solutions on how to make prosthetic limbs more lighter and adaptable tinyurl.com/4z5cyjzw #space #disabled
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Disabled explorer highlights the lack of accessibility in the countryside, something they found out when they became a wheelchair user after their health deteriorated tinyurl.com/6ntn6nyx #travel
Bradley Handley in her all terrain wheelchair next to a countryside monument

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