A former RAF employee is suing the Ministry of Defence (MoD) after an accident at a work social event left him paralysed from the waist down.
Robert Uren, from Camborne, was trying to collect plastic fruit from an inflatable pool when he slipped while diving at RAF High Wycombe.
Mr Uren, 24, was paralysed from the waist down and now uses a wheelchair.
He was medically discharged from the RAF and is seeking more than £6m from the MoD, claiming it was liable.
Robert Uren, from Cambome in Cornwall, was attending an organised …

A court in Northern Ireland has ordered one of the country’s biggest construction firms to pay compensation after the death of a sub-contractor on one of its sites.
Martin McKay, 31, was electrocuted while working on a road project in County Fermanagh in February 2006. He died when he touched the side of a lorry as it came into contact with overhead electricity cables.
The company he was carrying out the for, Northstone (NI) Ltd, had overall responsibility for the site and is therefore liable for the £60,000 compensation claim, despite it …