Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double who was paralysed from the chest down after an accident on the Harry Potter set says he is still proud of the work he has done and the impact the films have on their audience. David Holmes, 43, was rehearsing a fight scene involving an explosion when he plummeted to the
Former US congressman Michael Grimm has been paralysed from the chest down after being thrown from a horse during a polo tournament. His friend and former New York City council member, Vincent Ignizio, told the Associated Press the “tragic accident” occurred in September, and that he was currently receiving treatment. Ignizio has also set up
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENTÂ By Milo Pope Published: 11:56 EDT, 9 October 2024 | Updated: 12:50 EDT, 9 October 2024 A drug driver who caused a horrific collision that left a cyclist nearly paralysed has been spared jail. Danial Arshad, 24, was under the influence of cannabis whilst at the wheel in Blackburn, Lancashire, in August
A PE teacher was left paralysed after slipping while doing a squat, causing a 120kg barbell to crush her spine. Henrietta Paxton, 40, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, would regularly use the hefty weights in the gym and had never experienced an injury. However, in May this year, the barbell unexpectedly slipped backwards during a set of
A 27 year-old man claims laughing gas ‘ruined his life’ after his extreme use of the drug left him permanently disabled, incontinent and reliant on 30 daily pills to control his pain. Connor Wilton was hospitalised in 2022 when his father found him ‘collapsed’ on the floor at his home. The former mental health rehabilitation
In September 2019, Otto broke up with a boyfriend. A month previously, he had been arrested for attacking her at their home in Riverview, Florida. Otto was ready to move on with her life, and had met someone new. “I had just started talking to Ricky,” she told the BBC World Service’s Sportshour programme. “We