Travel

What it's like to walk around Berlin as a blind tourist

If you are a blind visitor to a big city, you have to constantly rely on locals for help. BBC presenter Peter White found that this gave him myriad insights into the bustling, cosmopolitan German capital.

Berlin

Ever notice Berlin's subway stations are all different? Here's why

There is some method in all of Berlin's seeming madness...

medical

Doctors restore sight to the blind with artificial retinas

German doctors are restoring partial sight to blind people by grafting microchips covered with photocells onto the backs of their eyes in a major medical breakthrough, news magazine <i>Der Spiegel</i> reported on Saturday.

Education

Blind women training to detect breast cancer

A new programme called “Discovering Hands” is training blind women to use their developed tactile skills to detect breast cancer earlier and more precisely than doctors, news magazine <i>Der Spiegel</i> reported on Wednesday.

Football

Germany to start blind football league

Germany is starting a football league for blind and partially sighted players at the end of the month – just two years after the sport was first introduced to the country.