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A paraplegic engineer from Germany blasted off on a dream-come-true rocket ride with five other passengers on Saturday, leaving her wheelchair behind to float in space while beholding Earth from on high.

A “first-class facility” offering support for young people with mental health difficulties has opened. Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) said the inpatient unit, called The Sett, had opened as a specially designed facility at Berrywood Hospital in Duston, Northampton.

A mother forced into debt so she could fight in court to remain involved in her disabled daughter’s care has finally been granted permission to be her voice after a lengthy legal battle.

A hospice has raised enough money to save two inpatient beds from closure for a further six months amid ongoing financial strain. In October, Ashgate Hospice in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, announced plans to cut jobs and reduce services in a bid to save more than £2.6m.

Nnena Kalu has won this year’s Turner Prize, the UK’s most high-profile art award, for her “bold and compelling” sculptures and drawings – and has made history as the first artist with a learning disability to win.