Plus, fundraiser Claire Lomas says her life has improved since becoming paralysed from the chest down.

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Claire Lomas, 32 from Eye Kettleby, Leicestershire, has taken 12 days to get to Canary Wharf.

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California also passed a bill that would allow self-driving cars on the road, while Claire Lomas became the first person to take a ReWalk bionic exoskeleton home for daily use.

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