Published:
10:16 AM February 1, 2021
Richard Leigh, from Sprowston, who will be walking a mile a day in his walker during the 2021 lockdown for the MS Therapy Centre in Norwich.
- Credit: Brittany Woodman
A former RAF radar engineer who has multiple sclerosis will be walking a mile a day during the coronavirus lockdown to help save a therapy centre.
Richard Leigh, 69, from Dovedales Court in Sprowston, hopes to raise £4,000 for the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Therapy Centre on Hurricane Way, Norwich, where he volunteers.
Mr Leigh was diagnosed with the lifelong condition, which affects the brain and nerves, in 1997 and has a permanent limp in his left leg.
A STRETCH of Morton Park Way, in Darlington, is to be closed while work is carried out to install drainage, and to allow for resurfacing of the carriageway. Darlington Borough Council has confirmed that the road will be closed from the north side of its junction with Morton Road, north for 200 metres. Drivers will need to use an alternative route via Yarm Road, the A66, Tornado Way and vice versa. The work is scheduled to start on February 1 and for last two weeks. Other residents of Darlington are being warned of a temporary closure in Jedburgh Drive to allow for a drainage manhole to be installed.