Rather than making a post for each article, here’s a list of a bunch of new articles on his recovery.

• “Richard Hammond Exclusive: The Day I Died” — Mirror.co.uk
• “Hammond Exclusive: ‘I Felt Mad As A Bag Of Snakes. My Mind Was Like A Foreign Place, Nothing In It But Blankness’” — Mirror.co.uk
• “Hammond Exclusive: ‘I Had This Incredible Physical Longing To See The Kids..They Have Been So Brave’” — Mirror.co.uk
• “Richard: Lego Saved My Life” — Mirror.co.uk
• “Top Gear presenter ‘nearly died’” — BBC News
• BBC has offered Hammond a £2 million deal to stay — Scotsman.com

From This Is London:

Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond has been released from hospital after making a remarkable recovery from severe brain injuries following his life-threatening 300mph crash.

The star has started reading car magazines again and even talked about resuming filming of the top BBC show as early as January, saying: “I just want to get back in the driving seat.”

Richard has trouble remembering what his last meal was or what he just read reports the Daily Express after interviewing James May. It’s pretty much expected and it’s unknown if it’s temporary or whatnot, but at least he’s doing okay otherwise and still has his long term memory.

Once Hammond has recovered, his crash will be shown on TV Sky News reports. It’s speculated that it’ll be aired immediately before the first episode of the new season of Top Gear.

Filming resumed today for Top Gear, according to The Sun. Yay!

Top Gear host Richard Hammond’s horror 300mph crash will NOT spell the end of the show.

BBC crews resume work on the next series today — filming TV co-host and Sun columnist Jeremy Clarkson test-driving a Lotus.

Hammond was furious the BBC postponed the new series following his accident. Executive producer Andy Wilman vowed to quit if the emphasis on speed was toned down.

And Clarkson — filming at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey today — stressed: “It’s what we do.”

But within 24 hours, he had improved. Within 48, he was out of danger. Five minutes ago, as I sat at my desk, bugger me if he didn’t ring me up and talk to me in a perfectly lucid, normal way. He was a bit confused, certainly, but it was Richard Hammond. Excellent.

More at the Telegraph.

The rapid recovery of Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond after his high-speed car crash has amazed the public and medical experts.

Only nine days after his 300mph jet-powered car crashed during filming, Mr Hammond is walking and talking and off emergency care.

But his progress over the next six months is likely to be much slower and the outcomes less clear, say doctors.

Dr. John Freeland, consultant neurosurgeon from the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust, said it was too early too tell what the long-term future would hold.

More at BBC News.

The Sun has two articles on Richard’s recent move as well as further details on his injuries from the crash.

“He is likely to make a full recovery but he is not out of the woods yet. He is under close observation for any signs of seizure which could be caused by a new bleed. He’s a fighter and has made brilliant progress.”

Richard’s consultant neurosurgeon Stuart Ross predicted the dad of two could be “back to his old self” within six months. Mr Ross said: “He has a significant brain injury. He must rest and allow his brain to recover which takes time.

“I am sure that once that period is over Richard will be back to his old self.”

He laughed and joked with medics yesterday and said of the helicopter: “This is a nice bit of kit.”

Before take-off, pilot Steve Cobb, 51, gave a noise alert, warning: “If anyone has an aversion to jet engines they’d better close their ears now.” Chirpy Hammond, 36, quipped: “Funnily enough, the last thing I heard was a jet engine!”

Tiff’s article in The Sun is a week old, but I just saw it now, so I’m posting it.

Is the Tour De France a bad example to cyclists? Is throwing a javelin encouraging people to start chucking spears? Is sprinting encouraging people to run down pavements? Where do you end?