56 h. ago ‘A supermarket for sexual predators’: abuse scandal at elite boarding school shakes France

Legal complaints filed by former pupils accuse priests and staff of physical or sexual abuse from 1957 to 2004When 14-year-old Pascal Gélie saw a brochure for an elite French Catholic boarding school boasting swimming in summer and skiing in winter, he begged his parents to send him. He had just watched the American school drama Dead Poets Society and was expecting “sport and friendship”.“On the first night, I realised I’d made a terrible mistake,” said Gélie, now a 51-year-old office-worker in Bordeaux. “There were 40 of us in a dormitory with decrepit mattresses. When I whispered to another boy for some toilet paper to take to the bathroom, the supervisor grabbed me by the face and pointed to the stone terrace outside. Someone told me to take my coat because you could be forced to stand outside for hours in the cold and damp. I was made to stand there all night.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Docs warn of dreaded Glastonbury health condition caused by damp pants and 'drip drying'

From tight outfits and sweaty dance tents to alcohol-fuelled decisions and a lack of toilet paper, the risk of thrush, UTIs, and bacterial vaginosis is real and rising

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2 w. ago Toilet paper should be hung in specific way to avoid poo contamination, boffins say

If you were unsure which way you hung in the toilet paper debate, a scientist has now got it settled, and it turns out you might have been doing it wrong all along

Politics

2 w. ago Toilet paper over or under? Scientist FINALLY settles the debate

A scientist has come up with a definitive answer of whether the 'over' or 'under' position for toilet paper is best is and it may finally put the debate to bed for good.

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3 w. ago Loo roll alert to UK households over 'small' habit costing £360 a year

New research has found that UK households could save up to £360 a year on toilet paper by switching where they buy it and stopping one thing

Economics

4 w. ago I'm a travel agent and I'm often asked an odd question about toilet paper

A leading travel agent has revealed the oddest questions she's often asked by her customers before they set off on their holidays - including about toilet paper.

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4 w. ago BBC Bargain Hunt couple's 'ordinary' item sends bidders into frenzy at auction

Joe and Mhari were left in hysterics as their metal toilet paper holder caused chaos at auction in the latest episode of the BBC show, which aired on Sunday.

Economics

last month Florida sandwich shop staffer helps free kidnapped domestic violence victim

Jersey Mike’s employee reportedly called county sheriff’s office after finding note in store bathroom that read ‘HELP’A Navarre, Florida, sandwich shop employee reportedly helped authorities save a domestic violence victim who had allegedly been kidnapped by her abusive, pro-wrestler boyfriend after the worker recently found a note in a store bathroom that read “HELP!”At the center of the incident is Eleanor Coffee, who was at her job making sandwiches for a shop belonging to the Jersey Mike’s chain when she noticed a “little piece of crumpled up paper” that had been discarded next to one of the business’s toilet paper dispensers, as she put it to the local news station WEAR-TV. Continue reading...

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