A bank manager's attempt to become the world's fastest blind man has failed. Mike Newman, 48, from Sale in Greater Manchester, hoped to drive a supercar at close to 200mph (321 km/h) to reclaim the world blind speed record in Carmarthenshire. He was forced to use a back-up car after his main vehicle, a Manchester-built Keating TKR, was damaged. The replacement Nissan fail...

Scientists hope the breakthrough will also slash the cornea transplant waiting list which every year falls short by more than 500 in Britain alone. The new technique involves growing human tissue or collagen in the laboratory and then shaping it using a contact lens mould. Damaged and scarred tissue from the front of the eye is then removed and the "biosynthetic" replacement is stitc...

A teenager who lost both his eyes at the age of two has passed his Advanced Higher music exam with a grade A despite sitting it two years earlier than other students. Musical prodigy Saad Attieh, a pupil at the Royal Blind School in Edinburgh, sailed through the challenging exam at the age of only 15. Saad, who has already written and performed his own composition on the piano, has learned ...

Lucy was a successful fashion designer aged just 30 and with her own home when she developed MS. First she lost sight in one eye, and eighteen months later lost her remaining sight in her second eye.   Lucy went from having everything to being unable to work or drive in just a matter of months. When Lucy was diagnosed she was left without support and became desperately wor...

A student who took Manchester to the final stages of University Challenge has moved on to Britain’s greatest quiz challenge. Rachael Neiman, 25, who lost her sight at 17 after contracting rheumatoid arthritis, helped Manchester University reach the quarter-finals of the show earlier this year. Now the PhD student is taking on TV’s Mastermind, with cult indie group Belle and Sebas...

The English Blind Football team has beaten Greece 1-0 in a match ahead of a major international competition. The friendly match took place at the Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford which is hosting the World Blind Football Championships next month. It will feature 10 teams, including world champions Argentina. The rules include the football contains ball bearings...