He says: "I am doing this to prove that with determination anything is possible in life.". Remember, you deserve to be happy We all do. It's good for you, so don't be embarrassed about making it a priority. With his right wrist held in a sling, he steers the wheel while using his left shoulder to push and pull a highly sensitive accelerator lever. Beside his left elbow is a touch pad that he nudges to operate the indicators, wipers and horn.Mr Javens has raised £260,000 so far and is halfway to his destination.

It was completely different in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt, where the expedition team and I were invited into numerous households for breakfasts of chapatis."I don't know if it is because the Arabs are not used to seeing white people in wheelchairs, or whether they are impressed with my hand controls, but they have been enormously friendly."Although his biceps are still functional, his triceps are not and he has minimal movement in both arms and hands. It was while driving along the north coast of Africa that he remarked on the "eye-opening" difference in attitudes to people in wheelchairs.He says: "Sometimes in the UK when I am wheeling down the street people avoid eye contact or completely ignore me. Mr Javens was forced to retreat to his tent to rest for seven days after spilling a cup of scalding tea held between his legs while cruising the Amalfi coast in Salerno.The plan is for the six-strong support team, including a doctor, mechanic and navigator, to set up camp in Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Botswana before reaching Cape Town in April.In the eight weeks since he set off, Mr Javens has driven through Jersey, France and Italy where, from Naples, the team caught a ferry across the Mediterranean to Tunisia. An accident in Italy, which left him with severe burns to the tops of his legs, has put the six-month expedition a week behind schedule. I am determined to get to the finishing line."The blue four-wheel drive, into which he is hoisted every morning, is currently making its way over the Sudanese border with Ethiopia. But so far it has been an incredible journey and the stamina is holding up well.

We have covered great mileage in the past few weeks to try to make up lost time. I am experiencing a lot of strain on the spine as a result of sitting in the driver's seat all day, which is causing doctors some concern. The 25-year-old, left paralysed from the shoulders down after breaking his neck in a diving accident five years ago, is relying on a tiny movement in his right wrist to steer a specially adapted Land Rover from Buckinghamshire to Cape Town. If all goes to plan, Mr Javens will be able to boast a world first for someone with his disability. Doctors estimate he has a 50-50 chance of completing his challenge to raise £1m for spinal injury research, which he plans to donate to Stoke Mandeville hospital in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.Speaking from his camp in Gallaba in Sudan, he says: "The trip has been both exhilarating and exhausting. It is proving to be a tough odyssey on many counts. But quadriplegic Colin Javens is showing steely determination to overcome the mental and physical strains of driving 10,500 miles from Britain to the southern tip of Africa. The South Armagh farmer is believed to have made £30m from crime, mainly smuggling.

In 1998, he lost a libel case after The Sunday Times claimed he was involved in IRA bombing campaigns in Britain.. This can be seized if they cannot explain where they got money."The good thing about this legislation is that when White gets out he will have nothing," DC Doyle adds.The Fraudster: 'Repay the £14m or serve three more years'Frederick Clough has been ordered to repay the £14.2m he swindled from investors through his loans company, Versailles, by faking turnover and profits.Clough, who is serving six years, faces a further three years if he does not pay, although investigators from the Serious Fraud Office and the London Regional Asset Recovery Team believe he probably squandered a lot on the high life.He had spent huge sums on his former wives and girlfriends in countries including Nigeria, Belgium, Jersey and Ivory Coast.The IRA Man: '£30m smuggler who farmed in South Armagh'In October, the ARA and police raided domestic and business properties in Manchester linked with the businessmen Dermot Craven and Brian Pepper, who deny illegal activities.The ARA says its investigation relates to 250 properties worth £9m, but has not confirmed it is searching for links with Thomas "Slab" Murphy, left, said to be IRA chief of staff. Much of his wealth is in the "safe keeping" of friends and relatives. "He drove around in the Peugeot 106 and did not flash his money around."But back in Jamaica for six months of the year, he lived the life of a millionaire with two properties in Montego Bay. They believe his empire had turned over £170m.The 39-year-old Jamaican national was convicted in 2004 for having 10.9kg of crack.DC Tony Doyle, of the National Crime Squad, says White kept a low profile in the UK.