4 h. ago School drops Samuel Pepys’ name from house over ‘abusive’ behaviour towards women

Students voted for the move 1,764 votes to 1,054

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3 w. ago Three David Walliams shows will air on BBC this week – including 'Nazi salute' episode

David Walliams has come under fire again this weekend as he's been dropped by publisher Harper Collins allegedly over claims of 'inappropriate behaviour' towards women, which he denies

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3 w. ago David Walliams breaks silence on allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards women

Comedian and author David Walliams has hit back at claims of inappropriate behaviour towards young women as he is let go by book publisher HarperCollins

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3 w. ago David Walliams dropped by publisher amid claims of inappropriate behaviour to women

Literary publisher HarperCollins has dropped comedian David Walliams following allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards women.

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3 w. ago David Walliams dropped by publisher over claims of inappropriate behaviour towards women

Comedian and author David Walliams has been dropped by his literary publisher Harper Collins and faces allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards women

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3 w. ago David Walliams 'is dropped by his publisher' over allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards women

Walliams, 54, is said to be accused of 'harassing' junior female employees at the firm.

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3 w. ago ‘Pretty birds and silly moos’: the women behind the Sex Discrimination Act

In the 50 years since equal rights for women were enshrined in UK law, the campaigners have been reduced to caricatures, or forgotten. But their struggle is worth rememberingCelia Brayfield was at her desk in the Femail section of the Daily Mail’s Fleet Street office when an editor called her over. It was July and Wimbledon had started. “He said: ‘We want you to go down and get into the women’s changing rooms and report on lesbian behaviour.’ One didn’t normally swear at that time but I declined. That was the attitude then,” she told me.From the late 1960s until the early 70s, Brayfield was one of a small group of female journalists working on women’s pages in newspapers. “We were dealing with everyday sexism on an unbelievable scale,” she said. “You learned to wear trousers or take the lift because if you took the stairs someone would try to look up your skirt. But then you couldn’t go to a lot of press conference venues in trousers. In the Savoy, for example, women in trousers wer...

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