Parents of a four-year-old girl with a rare form of bone cancer were denied a Blue Badge for parking because they "didn't meet the criteria". Richard King, 44, applied for a Blue Badge permit for his daughter Tilly, who uses a wheelchair, after she was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer.
Richard, a business owner, from Wimborne, Dorset, said: "It's just annoying because if someone had a little bit of compassion and they saw Tilly in a wheelchair, they would be like, 'It's an easy case, no problem, here's your badge'. We're not even asking for a permanent one. The results were inconclusive and they said they needed to discuss further with the Southampton oncology department and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore. Tilly went for a bone biopsy at Stanmore and was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma in her left femur in November 2023.
Richard said: "We are undergoing regular physio at home by us and attending Poole Hospital twice a week for land and hydrotherapy by a specialist physio."