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It’s not revolutionary, but Primark’s wheelchair-using mannequin is a potent symbol

July is Disability Pride Month, a time to celebrate disabled people while continuing the push for equality, accessibility and visibility. Despite making up 16% of the global population, disabled people rarely appear in fashion marketing campaigns. For brands, treading the right line between solidarity and accusations of performative allyship is…

The Conversation

Presenter Sophie Morgan shares her home truths and the bad habit she can't stand

Sophie Morgan gets up close and personal with her home

Ideal Home

Tanni Grey-Thompson to lead taskforce on air travel for disabled passengers

Team led by Paralympic champion will work with aviation industry to ‘break down barriers’, says transport secretary

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Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson to lead new taskforce for disabled air passengers

The group will aim to tackle issues such as people being left onboard planes without timely assistance and mishandling of wheelchairs.

The Independent UK

If This Short FIlm Doesn't Inspire You To Go Do Your Dream Ride, IDEK

Sophie Morgan is a rider, disability advocate, and TV presenter who's been paralyzed since she was 18. She rode across the US in 2023, and this is her story.

RideApart

Gogglebox star left feeling 'dehumanised' after pilot blamed his mobility scooter for flight delay

The TV star was compelled to share his experience after watching documentary Fight to Fly

Evening Standard

Shocked viewers left in tears by Sophie Morgan’s Channel 4 documentary about flying with a disability

Upsetting footage shows a passenger crawling down the aisle to use the bathroom

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Sophie Morgan’s Fight to Fly review – the degradation of disabled people is jaw-dropping

From the women manhandled out of their wheelchairs to the man forced to drag himself along a plane floor, this searing documentary is packed with horrors that will be painfully familiar to many people with disabilities

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: the shameful reality of what flying is like for disabled people

Campaigner Sophie Morgan is leading the fight to allow wheelchair users greater freedom when flying. Plus, Will Mellor meets the real people behind the Post office scandal. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Sophie Morgan's Fight To Fly: release date, trailer, interview and everything we know

Sophie Morgan's Fight To Fly follows the presenter's campaign for disabled passengers' rights on airlines.

WhatToWatch

Yamaha's New Automatic Transmission Is Good for Everyone, and Here's How It Works

Yamaha is currently working on something it calls the Automated Manual Transmission, and it lets riders choose between manual and automated drive modes by hand.

RideApart

Strictly Come Dancing 2024: who won and everything we know

Strictly Come Dancing 2024 has been sparklier than ever and now we have a winner.

WhatToWatch

TV tonight: Crufts 2024 promises four days of pawfection

Animal-mad Clare Balding is at the helm of the canine festival coverage. Plus: an out-of-this-world pitch on Dragons’ Den. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Crufts 2024: release date, episode guide, what happens, hosts and everything we know

Calling all dog lovers! Crufts 2024 is jam-packed with all things canine-related.

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On my radar: Ruth Madeley’s cultural highlights

The actor on the bravery of Britney Spears, her favourite Manchester bar and the designer who’s making fashion accessible for everybody

Evening Standard

'Travel is finally becoming more accessible'

Sophie Morgan ‒ travel writer, author, TV presenter and disability rights advocate ‒ salutes the innovation of much-needed improvements for disabled travellers

Daily Mirror

New UK travel rules could make it easier for Brits to get money back from airlines

Transport Secretary Mark Harper has announced plans for new protections for airline passengers including more comprehensive cover if wheelchairs are broken during a flight

Wales Online

Loose Women star Sophie Morgan slams British Airways after wheelchair damaged for second time

She said not enough was being done to improve how disabled passengers are treated

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The Independent UK

Sophie Morgan hits out at British Airways over treatment of disabled passengers

The Loose Women star’s wheelchair equipment was damaged on a flight with the airline for the second time this year.

Daily Mirror

Loose Women's Sophie Morgan in tears as BA break her wheelchair for SECOND time

Loose Women star and disability campaigner Sophie Morgan has spoken out after British Airways damaged her wheelchair for the second time

Daily Record

Loose Women star Sophie Morgan says British Airways paying for broken wheelchair

The 38-year-old told fans on social media her Batec, an attachment for a wheelchair that turns it into a mobility hand bike, was not working when she picked it up after leaving the plane.

The Independent UK

Sophie Morgan: British Airways will pay for wheelchair repairs

The Loose Women star said her Batec was not working when she picked it up after leaving the plane.

Daily Mirror

Airlines could soon be graded on how kindly they treat disabled plane passengers

The UK Civil Aviation Authority has proposed ranking airlines on how well they treat disabled passengers, including how good their seats and toilets are onboard, as well as how easy boarding and disembarking is

The Guardian - UK

The trials and triumphs of Sophie Morgan: ‘At 18 I had my hot girl summer. That August I was paralysed’

After a car crash, Morgan knew she was exactly the same person – she just couldn’t walk. But she had to convince everyone else. She explains how she became a forthright campaigner and a successful TV presenter

Liverpool Echo

Loose Women fans confused as 'Coleen Nolan's voice' sounds 'too posh'

Coleen was back to host another instalment of Loose Women on Wednesday

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