17 h. ago Don’t filter your dates by age and hobbies, ask them how they shop | Polly Hudson

Big deal-breakers are all very well, but the seemingly small things often tell in the end. How do they feel about sell-by dates? Will they walk out of a bad film? Not asking will come back to haunt you A friend of mine once declined a date with a kind, funny, clever man because she hated his shoes. When she relayed this to our group of twentysomethings, it didn’t warrant comment or discussion, because it was such a rational decision, which we all would have made. I mean, come on – you can’t go out with someone with bad trainers, can you?Fortunately for the continuation of the human race, today’s daters appear to be a little less fastidious. A recent report on relationships by the dating app Plenty of Fish not only failed to mention footwear, but showed that people are keen to skip the small-talk phase, so weighty conversation topics such as life goals and dealbreakers are now brought up straight away. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago World's strongest man reveals very clever plan to shame biological male transgender bodybuilder just named world's strongest woman

Mitchell Hooper, 30, the 2023 winner of the prestigious event, told the Daily Mail he was outraged that transgender competitor Jammie Booker took home the victory over biological women.

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2 w. ago Named and shamed: the five London boroughs where no affordable homes are being built

Named and shamed: the five London boroughs where no affordable homes are being built  London Evening Standard

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2 w. ago Named and shamed: the London boroughs where not a single affordable home is being built

Mayor’s spokesman describes the figures as ‘encouraging’ as they show a 113% city-wide increase in the number of new starts

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2 w. ago Name and shame ‘shrinkflation’ culprits, Reeves urged ahead of Budget

Reeves must declare ‘war on bills’ at the Budget, the IPPR says

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2 w. ago Three home insurers named and shamed for accepting less than HALF of claims

SOME home insurers are still accepting fewer than half of customer claims, Which? has found. The consumer champion has analysed the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) latest data on general insurance value measures. The analysis has found that three firms - esure, Lloyds Banking and Rentokil - accept less than half of customer claims for buildings...

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3 w. ago Named and shamed, the NHS sites failing to hit crucial cancer diagnosis and treatment time targets... so how does YOUR local trust fare?

Under the health service's own rulebook, hospitals are expected to hit three separate targets on catching the disease and starting treatment quickly.

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3 w. ago 'Embarrassed' residents of Prince Andrew Road demand name is changed after royal is axed

People living on a road named after the shamed Royal say they want it changed and find having to mention their address 'embarassing' after Andrew's fall from grace

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3 w. ago The ‘pavement vigilante’: why Cameron Roh is naming and shaming bad walking etiquette

He films people breaking his self-created ‘laws’ of street decorum and posts the videos online – with many viewers expressing their gratitude. So watch out if you’re rushing along on your phone or wheeling a small bag that could be carried ...It’s a damp, grey morning in Soho, London, and Cameron Roh is standing a metre or so behind a woman who is speaking loudly into her phone outside Caffè Nero. She is breaking his “laws” of “pavement etiquette” and he holds up his phone and presses record. Lost in conversation, the woman doesn’t see him, but still, watching him from a distance, it’s fist-in-mouth awkward. What if she turns around? Is this allowed? Is this even OK?Suddenly, the woman hangs up and dashes across the road, oblivious to what has just happened. Evidence duly captured, Roh returns to where I am hiding and delivers his verdict, which is marks out of 10 – with 10 being perfect pavement etiquette. “That’s a two,” he says. Her crimes? “On her phone, sudden stop, pretty much...

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3 w. ago Scammers named and shamed in fake call crackdown to eliminate 'spoofing'

BT, EE and Virgin are just some of the companies who have agreed to will make it harder to trick people through scam calls - as we'll know when they are calling from abroad

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