The power of the Paralympics

As the Paralympics begin in Paris, we bring some of the incredible and knock-out stories of competitors, including Aaron Phipps of the Team GB Wheelchair Rugby team. Watch wheelchair rugby once and you’ll be hooked… it wasn’t called murderball in its early days because it’s for the fainthearted.

Also inside

• We meet the man on a mission to stop sewage being dumped in Lake Windermere
• Universities in the UK are facing financial issues, but what would happen if one had to close?
• Paul Sinha left a medical career to pursue stand-up comedy – then finally found his true calling on The Chase, he says in a Letter To My younger Self
• This week’s More Than One Story short film puts the spotlight on the “rigged game” of the housing and rental market
• And Exeter vendor Josh says he’d like to return to university to do more reseqrch on biotechnology supply chains

Plus much more!

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