Richard Hammond continues to get better and better 
The latest is that he is making ‘very good progress’. He may be moved to a hospital closer to his home.
Donations to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance now stands at £188,000. The Yorkshire Air Ambulance are the people who took Richard to the hospital and are completely run on donations. One person even donated £50,000! This is great news and will mean lots of other people can get the help which Richard got and it will mean saved lives. They hope to buy a new helicopter with the money raised.
Sugababes to sing to Richard?
Its been reported that the Sugababes are to sing a private show to Richard. This seems a little odd to me. (Unless hes a massive fan – but from what I have read he isnt). They have said “Richard is a cute bloke with a great smile. Of course we’d sing for him.†Call me sinical but its this some publicity stunt – do they have an album/single out soon? What good will it be to have 3 women, no matter how good looking (well a couple of them are alright), singing to him do?? They should donate money to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
Top Gear to be cancelled??
There seems a possibility that Top Gear may be cancelled. The new series has already been delayed and Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond (and I assume James May) are worried its the first step to the BBC cancelling it. Richard has said he doesnt want his accident to mean the end of Top Gear. The investigation into the accident will take ages but its thought the accident was caused by a burst tyre. i.e. no ones fault. Loads of people have been going on about how Top Gear should be cancelled because it promotes speeding etc. Does that mean we should ban F1, rallying, touring cars. Why not ban cars totally and walk everywhere!!
I really hope the dont cancel Top Gear or change it. Its the best program on TV and easily better than its rival Fifth Gear. Fifth Gear returned this week for a new series but its just not that good. Its trying to be more like Top Gear with more entertainment features. However some of them were just boring – like the crushing of someones old Golf with some digger *yawn* Also the new presenter Tim Lovejoy isnt that good – with Top Gear its all very natural and it doesnt feel like reading a speech. However I think Vicki Butler Henderson is good – shes quite cute and loves cars.
UPDATE (28th Sept)
Richard Hammond has been moved to a hospital closer to his home. He was transported by the same crew which took him to the hospital over a week ago. Experts have said it could take 6 months before he has fully recovered. Someone from the Yorkshire Air Ambulance has said it would take 2 to 3 weeks before hes nearly back to normal. Leaving the hospital he was in good spirits and was smiling and joking with hospital staff. Amazingly when getting off the helicopter on arrival to the new hospital he actually walked himself.
This is brilliant news. I just hope Richard doesnt rush it too much.
