As International Paralympic Day takes place in London to celebrate next year's Games, Sir Philip Craven, the president of the International Paralympic Committee, has said he refuses to use the "D-word". Craven believes London 2012 will help to consign it to history.
I have received a lot of template emails (in that they all have the same content) in the last 2 days regarding the Employment and Support Allowance Motion going to Lib Dem Federal Conference in Birmingham this September. The letter text, and my response are below:
London's Trafalgar Square will be the venue on Thursday for a full day of sporting demonstrations to celebrate next year's Paralympic Games. International Paralympic Day will allow the public to watch sports like blind football, power-lifting, wheelchair basketball and sitting volleyball. The official invitation will then be issued to athletes around the world to compete in the 2012 Games. The three-week window for buying tickets opens on Friday. The Paralympics follow the Olympic Games and run from 29 August to 9 September next year.
Wiltshire Council is holding roadshows around the county to hear residents' views on what matters to them as well as giving people a chance to nominate a local hero to carry the Olympic Torch.
If you want to set up a stall selling flowers on a street in Salisbury you can just go ahead. In Trowbridge or Chippenham you would first need to get a permit.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has joined with the Anthony Nolan Trust and Alice Pyne to ask local residents to join the bone marrow register.