Visually impaired. Miss Vikki. Follow service animals. Enjoy F1. Have experience struggling with mental health. Support #StaffOurStations & #SaveTicketOffices
Somerset, UK
Joined July 2015
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#DisabledByTheRailway
On way to hospital appointment , ticket office shut. Needed support from passenger to use ticket machine. We need ticket offices open. They provide so many services and useful support with journey planning and advice @RMTunion
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HISTORY. MADE. 🏆🇮🇹
Kimi Antonelli becomes the YOUNGEST Formula 1 World Champion of all time.
20 years old. On top of the world. 🌍
#mexicogp #F1
ALT Graphic celebrating Kimi Antonelli becoming the youngest Formula 1 World Champion in history. A large portrait of Kimi wearing a blue Mercedes cap sits above a montage of podium celebrations and his Mercedes F1 car. Bold white text reads “YOUNGEST F1 CHAMPION IN HISTORY” against a blue background, with 2027 British Grand Prix branding at the top.
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More venues & events are only accepting Nimbus access card as proof of disability.
We're calling on the government to stop this by forcing these events to accept government letters or official medical proof which you can get for free.
Please sign it!
petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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#DisabledByTheRailway
If anyone has to use St Pancras for international or national travel and is a disabled person, the lift is out of action again as of 11am this morning and they don’t know when it will be fixed
@TLRailUK @Eurostar @johnpringdns @Tanni_GT
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A severe drought has been declared across parts of Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset. Find out what this means for our region: tinyurl.com/3frt8amp
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Good to see @SW_Help finally lay out the operational challenges and plans for the West of England Line.
Transparency is welcome, but words don't fix the nearly 40-year-old fleet or single-track constraints. Passengers need to see a genuine funding commitment. @Heidi_Labour
SWR have at long last published an update on the status of the Worst of England line - southwesternrailway.com/trav… - lots of hand wringing but the promise of yet another plan. .@swtrains_watch Let's hope it doesn't join the several other plans gathering dust on a DfT book shelf.
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So many blind/VI people petitioning against floating bus stops we now make up 5 contingents for petitions. From Essex to Exeter, Manchester & Oldham across to Leeds & York plus everywhere in between. But are you listening @andyburnham ⁉️
ALT Five members of NFBUK outside number 10 Downing Street petitioning the Prime Minister, two are wheelchair users, one a rollator user and one has a long white cane.
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More people now qualify for the Disabled Person’s Railcard as eligibility for the scheme has expanded. See if you qualify: moneysavingexpert.com/news/2…
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@TRPlymouth remains legally responsible under the Equality Act 2010 for deciding reasonable adjustments.
So if @nimbusdis refuses or omits support a #disabled customer needs, will Theatre Royal Plymouth independently review the evidence and make its own decision?
Yes or no
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Blind and disabled pedestrians and bus passengers are paying the price for an ideological push to get more people cycling. The safety claims for cycle tracks and floating bus stops don't hold up. Blind people have rights, and they aren't going away. Today they're at Downing Street and Parliament. Please RT. @TinyWriterLaura @gilescoren @laurencesleator @DaveHill @RicHolden @Kumail_Jaffer
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Taking our petition to @andyburnham @10DowningStreet tomorrow to ask for an immediate halt to anymore floating bus stops.
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MP demands answers over repeated Somerset urgent treatment centre closures ift.tt/UC7tJFT
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We have been made aware of a website selling tickets for a ‘Halloween Scarefest’ at Cardiff Castle.
This event is not linked to the Castle and is not scheduled to take place here.
If you have purchased tickets, please contact Trading Standards.
👉 srs.wales/en/Contact-Us.aspx
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Disabled woman had to 'crawl on hands and knees' to get off train bbc.in/4y6Vov5
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Genuine question for @nimbusdis: what evidence shows disabled people need an additional assessment to access venues, when many venues have historically accepted a range of existing disability evidence? For many, this feels less like accessibility and more like another gatekeeping and profiteering exercise.
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I spent weeks completing PIP forms, gathering medical reports, professional evidence & care assessments.
Yet to buy an accessible ticket, Nimbus asks me to submit evidence again so they can “make a decision on your entitlement”.
Why are we being assessed again?
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I genuinely cannot get over how much power one private company now appears to hold over #disabled people’s access. @nimbusdis can sit between someone & a companion, accessible seating, queues/ other support, and everyone seems to have just been told they have to accept it? 🥜
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📢 We're proud to announce recent improvements we've made towards accessibility on our network.
🎧 Alongside @SLCouncils volunteers, we've launched audio station guides to help blind and partially sighted customers travel more independently and with greater confidence.
More on this below 👇
mynewsdesk.com/uk/gtr/pressr…
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Taunton Brewhouse will definitely close next month - but says there is still 'hope' ift.tt/SpOoPAz
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Pantomime group raises over £2,000 to support under-threat Brewhouse Theatre ift.tt/DOcUlGf
