mr levene declined all offers of help as he deemed them unacceptable.ied with the service he received, we are satisfied that our agents and staff did all they could in difficult circumstances. " this has prompted a big debate on social media. joining us in the studio now is chris wood, who founded the campaign flying disabled. what did you think when you saw those pictures that we just saw? what did you think when you saw those pictures that we just saw7m is horrific. ultimately be a line should have repatriated him with his wheelchair, they never did. he decided, i am wheelchair, they never did. he decided, iam not wheelchair, they never did. he decided, i am not going to sit on something that is unsuitable for my body. i am going to make my own way. it is not unusual, as we know, frank gardner, his wheelchair took an hour to come back to him. this is not unusual, and it is the whole system of airlines and airports, it is pretty brutal for anybody with a disability, especially wheelchair. lots of people say, he was offered a wheelchair clock ——, what w

mr levene declined all offers of help as he deemed unacceptable.ied 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, 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. a criminal investigation has been launched into allegations of anti—semitic hate crime among labour party members. it comes after an internal labour party dossier detailing messages posted by members online was give

mr levene declined all offers of help, as he deemed them unacceptable.g 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 thatjust 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. players for leicester city are preparing for their first match following the death of the club's owner in a helicopter crash last weekend. the strikerjamie vardy says the game against cardiff will be in honour of vichai srivaddhanaprabha, who was one of five people who died in the accident outside the king power stadium. natalie pirks reports . it's been one of the hard

mr levene declined all offers of help as he deemed them unacceptable.t 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, understandsjustin 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 thatjust 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. our disability news correspondent nikki foxjoins me. nikki, clearly an ordeal forjustin levene, and he clearly believed that being in that chair was not preferable to dragging himself along the floor. clearly there was an el

mr levene declined all offers of help as he deemed them unacceptable.d 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, as a disabled person, we are still in charge of the type of people we want to be. are we the people thatjust 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. our disability news correspondent nikki fox is here. this is clearly something that made justin levene very angry but there are some who might think, wouldn't it have been easier to use the wheelchair he was given for a short space of time rathe

mr levene refused the airport's offer of a more basic manual wheelchair after his own self propellingin 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 international correspondent lyse doucet reports. released in secret in the dead of night from this prison to a secret location. asia bibi,

mr levene refused the airport's offer of a more basic, manual wheelchair, after his own self—propellingor 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 international correspondent lyse doucet reports. released in secret in the dead of night from this prison to a secret location. asia

mr levene explained his decision to suspend legal action. this all happened last year.port 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 what has been going on between now and then? 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 m