News round-up: The "inspirational" Olympic torchbearers
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| 08:51 UK time, Friday, 1 June 2012
As you read this, the 2012 Olympic torch relay is happening somewhere in the UK. Between 18 May and 27 July, Eight thousand torchbearers, each nominated by someone they know as "truly inspirational", will each take their turn to carry the flame for part of the journey. And there's no shortage of disabled people getting involved.
This week, the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ reported that the first torchbearer on Welsh soil was Gareth John MBE, chairman of Disability Sport Wales and that Mia Rathband, daughter to blinded police officer PC David Rathband, will take his place in the relay.
More of the week's headlines
Paralysed rats 'learn to walk' (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News, Thursday 31 May)
'Lung washing' could boost transplants (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News, Wednesday 30 May)
Five-year-olds treated for depression and anxiety (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News, Wednesday 30 May)
Early-onset Alzheimer's strikes families fast and ferociously (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News Magazine, Wednesday 30 May)
'Chronic fatigue: it's like being switched off' (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News Magazine, Wednesday 30 May)
(The Star, Wednesday 30 May)
(The Guardian, Wednesday 30 May)
Katie Price in Kent special needs school bid (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News, Tuesday 29 May)
(The Telegraph, Tuesday 28 May)
(The Telegraph, Tuesday 28 May)
Disabled people have become a political force to be reckoned with (The Guardian, Tuesday 29 May)
Winterbourne View Panorama programme wins TV Bafta (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News, Monday 28 May)
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ therapy is key to 'normal life' with HAE (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News, Saturday 26 May)
UK Uncut protest targets Deputy PM Nick Clegg's Putney home (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News, Saturday 26 May)
Paralysed rats 'learn to walk' (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News, Thursday 31 May)
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