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• Some people just won’t swear, even in court | Letters

  20-09-2015 21:30
  
  I applaud Visit England’s Access for All campaign (Report, 16 September). However, VE might have consulted a little more widely among those of us who are physically disadvantaged, before asserting on its website that “disability is no barrier to feeling the sand between your toes”. I can assure the campaigners that, while I enjoy a day at the beach as much as anybody else, having no legs is a definite barrier to feeling the sand between my toes!
  Dr John Hayward
  @tensABILITY&bul
  
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• Ben Carson says no Muslim should ever become US president

  20-09-2015 15:00
  
  2016 hopeful: ‘I would not advocate we put a Muslim in charge of his nation’Retired neurosurgeon says Islam is not consistent with US constitutionThe Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson has said no Muslim should be president of the United States of America. Related: Trump: I was not obligated to correct questioner who called Obama MuslimRelated: Quiet rise of Ben Carson is shaking up Republican presidential raceRelated: Ahmed Mohamed is tired, excited to meet Obama – a
  
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• UK-based insurance law firms report revenue challenges - The Global Legal Post

  20-09-2015 10:00
  The Global Legal Post
  UK-based insurance law firms report revenue challenges
  The Global Legal Post
  DWF, Ince and Kennedys - leading law firms known for their insurance teams - have all reported muted revenue performances for 2014/15. But the firms are all in the process of growing their foreign offices. Ince & Co saw its revenue fall by 8% in 2014 ...
  

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