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As a guide dog handler of 25 and a half years, I’ve had hundreds of experiences of being refused service - but online threats and increasing hostility towards disabled people mean I’m giving up on asking publicly for equality and respect. The last straw came about a week ago. I was already reeling from a number of refusals by restaurants and shops when, once again, I was refused entry because I have a guide dog. I visited the restaurant, which I have chosen not to name, but was told I couldn’t enter as people could have allergies. This, by the...

Charlies Daniels I will be 83 years old in October and will be the first to admit that, for the most part, the world has totally outpaced me technologically, style-wise, musically, and certainly insofar as what is and is not socially acceptable. And while an octogenarian fiddle player from Tennessee may be miles and decades behind in recognizing and embracing the “in” thing and what is socially acceptable in this ever-changing beehive we live in, there are a few eternal truths that can never go out of style or be pushed to the side and ignored if the human...

A flight was diverted to Denver International Airport on Friday because of an unruly passenger who wanted to see her comfort cat. Passengers resumed their flight on Saturday after a 24-hour delay. A passenger on the flight to Germany from Las Vegas shot video of a clearly agitated woman, described at a European model, taken off the Condor Airlines flight that landed prematurely in Denver. The female passenger was reportedly demanding to be seated with her comfort cat. “That lady wasn’t happy with the crew putting their cat in the lavatory and then everything went wrong. She started screaming and...

An international flight from Las Vegas to Frankfurt made an emergency landing in Denver escorted by two F-16 fighter jets on Friday night after what officials called a 'disturbance on the plane.' It turns out the 'disturbance' was an international model and the flight had to land in the Mile-High City after she threw a hissy fit over her 'comfort cat' and even threatened to 'bring the plane down'. Zaneta Hucikova is being held at an immigration detention facility after she allegedly struck a flight attendant who denied her access to her cat, prompting the landing at Denver International Airport........