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A terminally ill man who is paralysed from the neck down has set a world speed record in a custom-made electric wheelchair.
BBC News
BBC News
Jason Liversidge, who has motor neurone disease, reached nearly 67mph (108km/h) at Elvington Airfield, near York.
The father of two, from Rise in East Yorkshire, had been aiming for the record for about three years.
The world speed record for an electric all-terrain mobility vehicle was previously 62mph.