disabled access news

Construction work has commenced on Great Yarmouth's £26m Marina Centre, with the venue set to open its doors by Q3 2022. Owned by Great Yarmouth ... More

Comedian Rosie Jones found that just one of the three gyms she tried to train at, for a Channel 4 consumer rights programme, offered adequate ... More

A new children’s science and learning centre building has opened in London’s East End, having been uniquely designed by famed late architect Will Alsop to ... More

The US Air Force Academy in Colorado reopened the base's planetarium for the first time in 15 years, with a pre-opening show on Saturday (2 ... More

The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in London has released details of its redevelopment plans, which entail a new entrance, new public galleries in the building’s ... More

The British Government is recruiting a new dedicated countryside and heritage disability champion, whose role will be to focus on improving disabled access to the ... More

Tate St Ives is the only leisure building to find its way onto the shortlist for the 2018 RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK’s best ... More

Work has started to renovate Newcastle City Pool and Turkish Baths in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, following a campaign to save the Grade II listed ... More

Sporting Future, the first piece of major sports policy in over a decade, will be “examined” by the Labour Party if it gets into power ... More

Manifestos launched by the major political parties ahead of the 2017 General Election have set out their stalls on sport and physical activity policy, with ... More

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has earmarked a September date for a formal investigation of Premier League clubs that haven’t sufficiently improved the ... More

Almost half of the clubs in the Premier League will not meet requirements for disabled fan access by the 2017/18 season, prompting the Equality and ... More

Anfield – the home stadium of Liverpool Football Club – will undergo extensive improvement works to accommodate more disabled supporters this summer. The number of ... More

Level Playing Field has expressed "disappointment" with Manchester United after the football club announced a three-year phased approach to accommodate increased disabled seating at Old ... More

The parliamentary committee that scrutinises British sport has claimed it is “not convinced” the Premier League will take suitable action against its clubs that fail ... More

The head of policy at the Premier League has revealed that clubs which don’t comply with requirements to accommodate disabled supporters could face sanctions – ... More

Strikes across France against controversial labour reforms forced the closure of the Eiffel Tower in Paris yesterday (28 June) – the second time in a ... More

English Premier League (EPL) clubs have agreed to improve access for disabled supporters in time for the start of the 2017-18 season, following a government ... More

An initiative encouraging people from black and ethnic minorities to take up cricket in England is to be funded by the Equality and Human Rights ... More

Nationwide strikes against French President Francois Hollande's unpopular Socialist government, have led to the temporary closure of the Eiffel Tower, costing the visitor attraction in ... More

The government is to launch a survey into the treatment of disabled people at UK stadiums and sports venues. Disabled sports fans will be encouraged ... More

A survey of the UK’s top attractions has thrown up a number of concerns regarding accessibility, prompting the minister for disabled people to call for ... More

Work on the first floor of France’s iconic Eiffel Tower is almost finished, with new upgrades offering visitors a glass floor to walk over, shops, ... More

The house where Victorian classics Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby were penned will reopen to the public next week following a £3.1m transformation of the ... More