A mum's campaign to raise awareness of a sleep disorder has been trumpeted in the House of Commons.  Carole Upcraft's son Daniel, 32, was left brain damaged and his fiancée Nicola, 33, was killed following a car crash where the driver at fault had undiagnosed sleep apnoea.  They had been queuing for the Dartford tunnel on the M25 when their car was hit by a lorry in April last year.  The case against lorry driver David Thomas from Upminster, was dropped when it emerged he had sleep apnoea, which causes daytime sleepiness and fatigue.

Following questions in Parliament from Orpington MP Jo Johnson, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for transport Michael Penning welcomed the opportunity to meet Mrs Upcraft to support her campaign.  Mr Penning said: "It would be a pleasure to meet the family, and I praise the work they are doing.  This tragic loss was the result of a medical condition that is very difficult to diagnose, and we need to do a lot of work prior to diagnosis so that people are not driving with this terrible illness."

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