in august last year, justin arrived back on a flight to luton airport. airport offered him a rigid, high—backed one which had to be pushed by someone else. i've worked very hard for a number of years to try and maintain all of my independence. and one of the biggest problems i had was, if i didn't have my wheelchair, my legs had been taken away from me. all of my self—sufficiency and all of my independence was no longer there. and to be in one of those chairs, it made me feel humiliated and degraded. if you are in those chairs and they insisted on trying to strap me down in it, i wouldn't have been able to adjust myself. and i would have been at risk of getting a pressure sore. pressure sores can occur very quickly, sojustin asked if he could be transported by a motorised buggy. but luton airport doesn't have them. at the heart ofjustin‘s dispute with luton airport is his claim that, by failing to provide him with a self propelling wheelchair, the airport was in effect leaving him only one viable option, to haul himself along these floors for hundreds of

in a statement, luton airport says... rnational and uk airports provide self—propelling wheelchairs. paralympian anne wafula—strike, who has also faced problems at airports, understands justin levene's actions. i would feel like my independence was being taken away and, honestly, as a disabled person, we are still in charge of the type of people we want to be. are we the people that just want to be pushed around, you know, for people to be feeling sorry for us? no! justin levene's story is at the cutting edge of thinking about disability issues. is it enough for service providers like airports to give some assistance, even if what they offer denies the disabled person independence? clive coleman, bbc news. joining us now is baroness tanni grey—thompson. she is one of the uk's most successful disabled athletes and has also experienced inadequate treatment at airports. when you saw the story at luton airport, were you surprised? no, i wasn't surprised because this type of thing happens fairly often and my original thought wa

you think this is a problem specific to luton airport?s, is trouble getting easier for disabled people, what more needs to be done? there need to be appropriate facilities, they should be appropriate changing facilities, disabled toilets, budgeting places to live in samoa with any kind of impairment whether it's intellectual, physical, soap those area intellectual, physical, soap those are a long way to go for us to have equal standard for our able—bodied comrades. you said this was about not just access, its comrades. you said this was about notjust access, its about dignity, independence, isn't it? yes it's all about independence. it's a fight that has a long way to go in your opinion. one of the biggest barriers is one something like this happens, people do not know how this can happen. they worry about what will happen. they worry about what will happen or they have fears about going public with this, or they do not have the cost and watch a legal case, which is why it's important that people speak up, and bring the sort of cases to l

luton airport, thank you very much. a paraplegic, dragging himself through luton airport after his wheelchair was left behind by an airline. aged 20, justin coughed and herniated a disc, and an operation went wrong. but it hasn't held him back. he's become an international wheelchair athlete, trainer, and mentor to disabled athletes. in august last year justin arrived back on a flight to luton airport. stranded without his self—propelling wheelchair, offered him a rigid, high—backed one which had to be pushed by someone else. i've worked very hard for a number of years to try and maintain all of my independence. and one of the biggest problems i had was, if i didn't have my wheelchair, my legs had been taken away from me. all of my self—sufficiency and all of my independence was no longer there. and to be in one of those chairs, it made me feel humiliated and degraded. if you are in those chairs and they insisted in trying to strap me down in it, i wouldn't have been able to adjust myself. and i would have been at risk

but luton airport doesn't have them.t ofjustin‘s dispute with luton airport is his claim that by failing to provide him with a self propelling wheelchair, the airport was in effect leaving him only one viable option, to haul himself along these floors for hundreds of yards, denying him both his independence and his dignity. 0nce outside the terminal, justin used a luggage trolley to wheel himself to his taxi. his own wheelchair was returned a day later. in a statement, luton airport says, 0ur teams worked hard to find a solution, offering mr levene an assisted wheelchair as a temporary replacement. mr levene declined all offers of help as he deemed unacceptable. we are satisfied that our agents and staff did all they could in difficult circumstances. a significant number of international and uk airports do provide self propelling wheelchairs. paralympian anne wafula—strike, who has also faced problems at airports, understands justin levene's actions. i would feel like my independence was being taken away, and honestly, a

luton airport, thank you very much.ng himself through luton airport after his wheelchair was left behind by an airline. aged 20, justin coughed and herniated a disc, and an operation went wrong. but it hasn't held him back. he's become an international wheelchair athlete, trainer, and mentor to disabled athletes. in august last yearjustin arrived back on a flight to luton airport. stranded without his self—propelling wheelchair, offered him a rigid, high—backed one which had to be pushed by someone else. i've worked very hard for a number of years to try and maintain all of my independence. and one of the biggest problems i had was, if i didn't have my wheelchair, my legs have been taken away from me. all of my self—sufficiency and all of my independence was no longer there. and to be in one of those chairs, it made me feel humiliated and degraded. if you are in those chairs and they insisted in trying to strap me down in it, i wouldn't have been able to adjust myself. and i would have been at risk of getting a pressure

luton airport, thank you very much.ng himself through luton airport, after his wheelchair, which he pushes himself, was left behind by an airline. the airport offered him a rigid high—back chair like this, which had to be pushed by someone else. he declined and completed his journey on a baggage trolley. last friday he explained his actions to the bbc. i've worked very hard for a number of years to try and maintain my independence and one of the biggest problems i had was if i didn't have my wheelchair my legs had been taken away from me, all of my self—sufficiency and my independence was no longer there, and to be in one of those chairs made me feel humiliated and degraded. if you're in those chairs and they insisted on trying to strap me down on it i wouldn't have been able to adjust myself and then i'd have been at risk of getting a pressure sore. since the bbc covered the story, luton airport has confirmed it now has ten self propelling wheelchairs permanently based at the airport, a system to lend out equipment inc

a paraplegic man sues luton airport after claims that he was forced to drag himself through the terminaluilding because staff failed to provide him with a self—propelling wheelchair police launch a criminal inquiry into allegations of anti—semitic hate crimes within the labour party. now on bbc news, it's time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? it is a packed week with peterloo, the epic draw ma from mike leigh. —— drama. widows, which is an update of the miniseries from the 80s and mirai, a charming animation. peterloo, a massacre back in 1819. interestingly, mike leigh said one reason he wanted to make the film is not enough people knew about it. he said he wasn't taught about it at school. it was a peaceful demonstration, people demanding suffrage and better conditions, which was attacked by cavalry and there were deaths and terrible injurives. and we get is a beta but the event in this film. all the players of people who will be at the march and the

a paraplegic athlete has decided to drop his legal action against luton airport after it acquired tenchairs for disabled passengers. justin levene dragged himself across the floor of the airport after his self—propelling wheelchair was lost. he refused the offer of manual wheelchair, which someone else would need to push, saying it compromised his independence. mr levene explained his decision to suspend legal action. this all happened last year. when i arrived at the airport it became apparent that my wheelchair had been lost. when i was asking for a self—propelled chair for me to use, they didn't have any in the airport and they had no suitable alternatives. this has been one of the misconceptions. that what they offered me wasn't actually a wheelchair. it was closer to a desk chair than anything else. when i refused that and they didn't have any alternatives, that is when i had to crawl through the airport to make my way outside. the incident itself happened in august of 2017. immediately afterwards, did you complain at the time? did you make your feelings known at the time and wha

luton airport, thank you very much. which he pushes himself, was left behind by an airline. the airport offered him a rigid high—back chair like this, which had to be pushed by someone else. he declined and completed his journey on a baggage trolley. last friday he explained his actions to the bbc. i've worked very hard for a number of years to try and maintain my independence and one of the biggest problems i had was if i didn't have my wheelchair my legs had been taken away from me, all of my self—sufficiency and my independence was no longer there, and to be in one of those chairs made me feel humiliated and degraded. if you're in those chairs and they insisted on trying to strap me down on it i wouldn't have been able to adjust myself and then i'd have been at risk of getting a pressure sore. since the bbc covered the story, luton airport has confirmed it now has ten self propelling wheelchairs permanently based at the airport, a system to lend out equipment including wheelchairs in case a passenger has lost or dama

luton airport, thank you very much.uton airport, after his wheelchair, which he pushes himself, was left behind by an airline. the airport offered him a rigid high—back chair like this, which had to be pushed by someone else. he declined and completed his journey on a baggage trolley. last friday he explained his actions to the bbc. i've worked very hard for a number of years to try and maintain my independence and one of the biggest problems i had was if i didn't have my wheelchair my legs had been taken away from me, all of my self—sufficiency and my independence was no longer there, and to be in one of those chairs made me feel humiliated and degraded. if you're in those chairs and they insisted on trying to strap me down on it i wouldn't have been able to adjust myself and then i'd have been at risk of getting a pressure sore. since the bbc covered the story, luton airport has confirmed it now has ten self propelling wheelchairs permanently based at the airport, a system to lend out equipment including wheelchairs i

we had a conference of statement from luton airport, but are the airlines listening? oing well. i am from them, the airport and doing well. iam part from them, the airport and doing well. i am part of heathrow access advisory group at heathrow set up the advisory group so that they could learn frank gardner and from other mistakes that have happened. they are really pushing forward to make their airport so much more accessible. however, but you get to the cabin door had our inside the aircraft, nothing gets changed. that is what i'm trying to do, bring the solution, so we can change that so someone can access an aircraft. the ports get a bit of a bad rap. i think there is more coming from the civil aviation authority who look at airports and absolutely scrutinise how they treat disabled people. thank you very much indeed. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. a lot of firework displays. will it get soggy? it is a bit windy, but not as cold as it has been through this evening. this morning, yesterday morning, —6 in northern ireland, 26 degrees warmer this m

why this paraplegic athlete ended up dragging himself along the floor through luton airport.'t had my wheelchair, my legs had been taken away from me. all of my self—sufficiency and all of my independence was no longer there. in his honour — jamie vardy says leicester city will play this weekend as a tribute to the club's owner. is your high street bad for you? new research reveals the unhealthiest high streets in the uk. and who do you think should go on the new £50 note?

a paraplegic man sues luton airport after claims that he was forced to drag himself through the terminalself—propelling wheelchair. police launch a criminal inquiry into allegations of anti—semitic hate crimes within the labour party. brexit secretary dominic raab holds talks with the dup in belfast. unionists say they hope a deal is close, but sinn fein accuse mr raab of behaving like a "thief in the night". as investigators remove the wreckage of the helicopter in which the leicester city owner died — the players vow to do their best in his honour at tomorrow's match against cardiff.

a paraplegic man sues luton airport after claims that he was forced to drag himself through the terminallf—propelling wheelchair. a stark warning from the met office. the uk has faced more extremes of hot weather and downpours over the last decade, due to global warming. life on the caravan, we join the thousands of central american migrants defying president trump, and heading for the us. and at 11:30 we'll be taking another look at the papers with our reviewers michael booker, from the daily express and rachel cunliffe, from city am. stay with us for that.

luton airport now says it has ten self—propelled wheelchairs, whichjustin says he's been fighting forolitely been petitioning for a change in policy. because that has been the most important thing out of all is this, to make sure there has been the proper privileges in place, so if something like this happens, and of course mistakes can occur, but the most important thing is that when they do happen, that they're owned up to and learn from. so i've been trying to make sure that they've changed their policy for the better, to have a more inclusive facility at the airport. now, an artist in edinburgh has been putting his own, unique stamp on many of the scottish capital's road signs. italian artist clet abraham left around 20 of his works scattered around in the city centre. here's a selection. this one shows a flower breaking through a no—entry sign. someone has dropped their glass of wine on this sign. here a bird has been making a mess. a sumo wrestler is trying to walk away on this sign. 15-20 of 15—20 of these signs are scattered around edinburgh, a discussion is now going around a

a paraplegic man sues luton airport after claims that he was forced to drag himself through the terminallegations of anti—semitic hate crimes within the labour party. brexit secretary dominic raab holds talks with the dup in belfast. unionists say they hope a deal is close, but sinn fein accuse mr raab of behaving like a thief in the night. as investigators remove the wreckage of the helicopter in which the leicester city owner died, the players vow to do their best in his honour at tomorrows match against cardiff.

following a row over luton airport's facilities for disabled people, a paraplegic man and champion wheelchaircal nights. that's a weather forecast that would usually bring a bit of cheer, but when the reason for it is climate change. well it's a reason for concern. the met office says summer days are getting hotter, with warm spells longer than they used to be. and tropical nights, where temperatures stay above2 0 degrees celsius, will be more frequent. meanwhile the chilliest days of the year are not as cold as they used to be. the report also says britain has experienced more weather extremes in the last ten years than in previous decades. here's our environment correspondent, matt mcgrath. while 2018 was an exceptionally warm here across the uk, this new study from the met office suggests that in general britain is now experiencing more warmer days than in the recent past. the report looked at uk weather data from 1961 to 1990, and compared it with the decade between 2008 and 2017. it found that, on average, the hottest day in each year over the recent ten years was 0.8 degrees warmer than

a paraplegic man sues luton airport after claims he was forced to drag himself through the terminal buildingfailed to provide him with a self—propelling wheelchair. a stark warning from the met office, the uk has faced more extremes of hot weather and downpours over the last decade due to global warming. a 17—year—old boy has died after being stabbed in london, just a day after another fatal stabbing in the city. these latest killings bring the total number of homicides in the capital this year to 115. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are michael booker, deputy editor at the daily express and rachel cunliffe, comment and features editor at city am. lovely to see you back. is it really? many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. let's start with the times, which says the prime minister is considering a plan to cut university tuition fees. the move is described as a challenge to labour's policy, which is to abolish the charges altogether. the i leads with news of new testing for breast cancer, which the paper says has the pote

the paraplegic athletejustin levene has dropped his legal action against luton airport after it improved offer of a more basic manual wheelchair after his own self propelling wheelchair was lost and dragged himself along the floor in protest at his loss of independence. he said he was delighted with the outcome. the family of a patient who died after a robotic heart operation, the first of its kind in the uk, said lessons had to be learned from a ‘catalogue of errors'. stephen pettitt, who was 69, died of multiple organ failure. after the inquest it emerged that newcastle hospitals nhs foundation trust dismissed the lead surgeon sukumaran nair following the procedure. a christian woman has been released from prison in pakistan following a decision by the country's supreme court to overturn her conviction and death sentence for blasphemy. asia bibi, who's spent ten years in prison, has been moved to a secret location in pakistan, while she seeks refuge in another country. hardline islamist groups have taken to the streets demanding thatjudges reverse their decision. 0ur chief internationa

the paraplegic athlete justin levene, who dragged himself through the arrivals terminal at luton airports he's dropping his legal action after the airport improved its disabled facilities. an nhs trust has been put into special measures after regulators confirmed their concerns about maternity care and a&e at the shrewsbury and telford nhs trust. the organisation is already having to report weekly to the care quality commission following an unannounced inspection in august which raised concerns. the international trade secretary, liam fox, says the government must have the right to decide when to leave any brexit customs arrangement that might be put in place to avoid border checks between northern ireland and ireland. the so—called backstop would come into force if the uk can't agree a future trade deal with the eu, but both sides have a different view of how and when the uk should be able to leave the backstop. 0ur political correspondent vicki young reports. a deal is almost done and cabinet ministers want to know exactly what they will be asked to sign up to. they have come to read d

also tonight — why did this paraplegic athlete end up having to drag himself along the floor at luton airportall of my independence was no longer there. two teenagers have been killed in stabbings south london

the paraplegic athletejustin levene has dropped his legal action against luton airport after it improvedrt's offer of a more basic, manual wheelchair, after his own self—propelling wheelchair was lost, and dragged himself along the floor in protest at his loss of independence. he said he was delighted with the outcome. the family of a patient who died after a robotic heart operation, the first of its kind in the uk, said lessons had to be learned from a "catalogue of errors". stephen pettitt, who was 69, died of multiple organ failure. after the inquest, it emerged that newcastle hospitals nhs foundation trust dismissed the lead surgeon suku—maran nair following the procedure. a christian woman has been released from prison in pakistan, following a decision by the country's supreme court to overturn her conviction and death sentence for blasphemy. asia bibi, who's spent ten years in prison, has been moved to a secret location in pakistan, while she seeks refuge in another country. hardline islamist groups have taken to the streets demanding thatjudges reverse their decision. our chief in

we will come onto the reaction from luton airport in a moment. for a self—propelled chair for me to use, they didn't have any in the airport and they didn't have any suitable alternative for me to use as well. it has been one of the misconception that what they offered was a wheelchair, it was closer to a desk chair than anything else. when i refuse that and they had no alternative, that is one i to crawl through the airport to make my way outside. and as you say the incident itself happened in august of 2017, immediately afterwards did you complain at the time, did you make your feelings known at the time and what has been going on between now and then? so for the last year i've beenin and then? so for the last year i've been in contact with luton and i have quietly and politely been petitioning for a change in policy which is the most important thing out of all of this, to make sure there is the proper policies in place so when the proper things happen, of course, mistakes occur, but most importantly when they happen they are owned up to and th

a paraplegic athlete has decided to drop his legal action against luton airport after it acquired teners. justin levene dragged himself across the floor after his self—propelling wheelchair was lost. he refused the offer of a manual wheelchair that someone else would need to push saying it compromised his independence. he's been speaking to bbc breakfast. this all happened last year. when i arrived at the airport it became apparent that my wheelchair had been lost. when i was asking for a cell prepared chairfor me lost. when i was asking for a cell prepared chair for me to lose, they didn't have any in the airport and they had no suitable alternatives. there are misconceptions here. what they offered me was closer to a desk chair than they offered me was closer to a desk chairthana they offered me was closer to a desk chair than a wheelchair. that is when i had to crawl my way through the airport to make my way outside. the incident itself happened in august of 2017 and immediately afterwards, did you complain at the time? did you make yourfeelings known at the time and what has been

a paraplegic athlete has decided to drop his legal action against luton airport after it acquired tenlling wheelchairs for disabled passengers. justin levene dragged himself across the floor after his self—propelling wheelchair was lost. he refused the offer of a manual wheelchair that someone else would need to push saying it compromised his independence. he's been speaking to bbc breakfast. for the last year i've been in contact with luton and i very quietly and politely have been petitioning for a change in policy because that has been the most important thing out of all of this, making sure there are the proper provisions in place so if something like this does happen, because of course mistakes can occur, but the most important thing is that when they do happen, they are owned up to and are learned from. i have been trying to make sure that they change their policy for the better to have a more inclusive facility at the airport. justin levene. that's a summary of the news. back to you, victoria. in the next hour, we're going to look at how divisive the poppy seems to have become.

situated next to luton airport parkway, the council says the development is part of an ongoing strategy 15 metres up a vertical wall with your bare hands is an impressive feat by anyone's standards, so imagine the challenge for matthew phillips from guildford, who was born without his right arm below the elbow. at 17, he is the youngest member of great britain's para—climbing team, and has now returned from the world climbing championships in austria as a world champion. it feels really good, yes, really amazing. you know, i've been training for it for several years now. it's been a big doll. the one before this world championships, i couldn't compete, sadly, so i was really stoked to get in this one, so i won it, and really stoked to get in this one, so iwon it, and i really stoked to get in this one, so i won it, and ifeel amazing about it. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning. at the moment, tramlink is suspended between wimbledon and therapia lane due to a power failure. 0n the roads, traffic is building on the a13 westboun