12 h. ago BBC presenter Martine Croxall makes 'quite a ride' comment after JK Rowling hails 'pregnant people' refusal

BBC presenter Martine Croxall has spoken out following a flurry of interest in her intervention live on air.

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31 h. ago JK Rowling hails BBC presenter Martine Croxall for rejecting ‘pregnant people’ term live on air

The Harry Potter author, 59, took to social media to praise the BBC presenter, saying: ‘I have a new favourite BBC presenter’

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34 h. ago JK Rowling hails BBC newsreader Martine Croxall after she overrules autocue's 'pregnant people' line to say 'women'

The Harry Potter author, 59, who has been vocal on the subject of trans people and what she calls 'sex-based rights' for several years, has praised the journalist (pictured), 56, for it on social media.

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5 d. ago UK firm not racist for rejecting Chinese applicant over security concerns, tribunal rules

Judge says refusing to hire people from ‘hostile’ states to roles that deal with national security is not discrimination Refusing to give a job to Chinese and Russian people in companies that deal with issues of national security and require security clearance is not racist, an employment tribunal has ruled.It is not discriminatory to stop people from “hostile” states taking up certain jobs in the defence sector because of the risk to British security, the judgment says. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago UK will look into more ‘transactional’ approach to granting visas, says Starmer

Prime minister outlines plans to penalise countries that refuse to take back refused asylum seekersThe UK will look into penalising countries that refuse to take back people who are refused asylum by making visa applications for their nationals harder, Keir Starmer has said at the G7 summit in Canada.Asked during a media Q&A about ways to reduce the number of people arriving irregularly, the prime minister said it would have a more “transactional” approach to granting visas for countries depending on their cooperation with returns. Continue reading...

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1 week ago PETER HITCHENS: The private school pupils refused NHS care show we're becoming a People's Republic by stealth

We are becoming a People's Republic by stealth. The warnings are increasingly urgent, but is anyone listening?

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1 week ago Homeless people could be arrested after refusing three offers of shelter in Silicon Valley city

The City Council of San Jose, California, is voting on a controversial proposal that would make homeless people eligible for arrest if they reject three offers of housing

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1 week ago Bruce Springsteen snubbed autograph hunters for 'chasing him all around town'

The Dancing In The Dark rock legend - who recently played the second of two gigs at the north-west of England city's Anfield stadium - appeared angry as he was seen admonishing some people in the rain and refusing to sign any autographs

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2 w. ago Pregnant woman claims she was 'humiliated' after wetting herself when supermarket refused her access to the toilet

A pregnant mother, believed to be from the UK, has revealed how she was  left 'humiliated' by supermarket staff after they refused to allow her to use the toilet.

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2 w. ago Reserve train seats and someone else sat in them? How you could get ALL your money back! DEAN DUNHAM

I bought train tickets with assigned seats for me and my friend but, once on board, people were sitting in them and refused to move. It was packed so we couldn't sit together. What are my rights? J.F., Bath.

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2 w. ago Did you reserve train seats only for someone else to sit in them? This is how you could get ALL your money back... and even compensation! DEAN DUNHAM

I bought train tickets with assigned seats for me and my friend but, once on board, people were sitting in them and refused to move. It was packed so we couldn't sit together. What are my rights? J.F., Bath.

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3 w. ago ‘Publishing is a dream, but this has also been one of the hardest years of my life ’: Palestinian author Yasmin Zaher

The novelist has been awarded the Dylan Thomas prize for young writers. She talks about giving up medical training to pursue fiction – and the childhood memories that inspired her winning debut, The CoinBuying a Birkin bag is not easy. You can’t just waltz into an Hermès store and pluck one off the shelf, even if you’re prepared to drop the many thousands required to pay for it. “The great majority of people are refused a Birkin, they get told that there aren’t any available in the store, which is a lie, they just don’t want to give it to them,” explains the protagonist of Palestinian writer Yasmin Zaher’s debut novel The Coin, which this month won the Swansea University Dylan Thomas prize for authors aged 39 or under.Zaher’s unnamed narrator, a Palestinian woman living in New York, has to get to grips with Hermès’s exclusive and elusive sales policies – which seem to privilege loyal customers – after being drawn into a Birkin reselling operation. Conti...

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3 w. ago I'm an A&E nurse and refused skinny jabs because of the side effects

With a BMI of almost 50, at 18st and a size 28, A&E nurse Rhianna Berry, 26, from Grantham, feared she was eating herself into an early grave, but didn't want to use slimming jabs.

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4 w. ago Narcissism can’t always be fixed – but you can heal after being hurt by it | Bianca Denny

A narcissist’s shadow is a cold and lonely place to find oneself. What’s essential is to develop coping skills and management strategiesThe modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their workIt is observed quite often that many people seek therapy to navigate the challenges posed by those who refuse to do the same.Cassie, a 35-year-old mother of two, was one such patient. Blind-sided by the abrupt end of her decade-long marriage, Cassie described her estranged husband, Michael, as a “full-blown narcissist” – charming, grandiose, entitled and self-centred. A senior barrister, Michael represented a slew of high-profile clients and was renowned for his arrogance, both in and out of the courtroom. Continue reading...

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