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Earlier this week actor Ricky Gervais was criticised for his use of the word 'mong' in some of his tweets.

In a blog post, Ouch Talk Show guest Nicky Clark asked him to

While Deborah Orr, writing for guardian.co.uk, accused him of being

Wheelchair user Marie Dedieu, a French woman kidnapped from Kenya by Somali gunmen, died in captivity. She had been abducted by an armed gang from her beachfront home earlier this month and the medication she needed to take for cancer and heart problems had been withheld.

And the charity Scope warned that disabled people risk losing essential payments under planned benefits changes.

Elsewhere in the news:

'Glue ear' treatment could see 'end to grommet surgery' (Â鶹Éç News)

(The Today programme on Radio 4)

Bats inspire ultrasonic cane for blind (Â鶹Éç News)

Low birth weight 'linked to autism', says US study (Â鶹Éç News)

Stem call patent ban (Â鶹Éç News)

(The Guardian)

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(Mail Online)

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