56 h. ago Woman, 29, who can't wee barred from Greggs disabled toilet 'until she showed catheter bag'

Evan Francis has Fowler's Syndrome – a urethral sphincter condition that affects as few as two in a million women per year

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3 d. ago Protest for trans rights! Saturday 19th April, London & elsewhere

Protest for trans rights! Saturday 19th April, London & elsewhere  Workers' Liberty

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3 d. ago Now NatWest, Halifax, TSB and Lloyds ALL vow to support their trans workers after Supreme Court 'woman' ruling

The three high street banks (pictured, file photo) were among the first to publicly reassure staff following the case announcement on Wednesday.

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3 d. ago Now NatWest, Halifax and Lloyds ALL vow to support their trans workers after Supreme Court 'woman' ruling

A NatWest spokesperson (pictured, file photo) told MailOnline: 'We wouldn't comment on the Supreme Court Judgment. As always, our priority is to ensure that all colleagues feel supported at work.'

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3 d. ago Greggs issues apology after employee barred a customer from using a disabled toilet until she showed her catheter bag

Evan Francis, 29, from Minster-on-Sea in Kent said an employee at the British bakery chain denied her entry to an accessible toilet and claimed she was 'not disabled' in July last year.

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4 d. ago Trans women 'set to be barred from female bathrooms and sports and could be asked to use disabled toilets at work' after new landmark ruling links gender to biological sex

Baroness Kishwer Falkner has described the UK Supreme Court ruling as 'enormously consequential'.

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4 d. ago Trans women 'will be barred from female bathrooms and sports and could be asked to use disabled toilets at work' after new landmark ruling links gender to biological sex

Baroness Kishwer Falkner has described the UK Supreme Court ruling as 'enormously consequential'.

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4 d. ago 'I was barred from Greggs disabled toilet until I proved my rare medical condition'

A 29-year-old revealed how she was made to show her catheter bag to a Greggs employee who initially refused to let her use an accessible toilet - Evan Francis said she was "terrified" her condition would leave her "like this forever"

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4 d. ago Trans workers could be asked to use disabled toilets – solicitors

Businesses will likely have to review and change policies, including on toilets, in light of a Supreme Court ruling, according to lawyer Peter Byrne.

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4 d. ago 'I was banned from a Greggs disabled toilet until I showed them one thing'

In July 2024, Evan Francis, 29, from Minster-on-Sea in Kent, was diagnosed with Fowler's Syndrome - a urethral sphincter condition that affects as few as two in a million women per year

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1 week ago More than 10,000 disabled toilets in UK can be accessed with one key

The Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR) key is a blue-tipped key that provides access to locked disabled toilets across 400 local authorities

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1 week ago £6 key that can unlock more than 10,000 disabled toilets across the UK

People living with disabilities could gain further access to certain toilets with just one little key

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1 week ago Fleeing Taliban fighters, Ibrahim begs the country he helped – Australia – to save his family

Mohammed Ibrahim Danish spent four years as a translator for aid workers who taught children and trained doctors. In today’s Afghanistan the penalty for that is death Get our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastHuddled on Afghanistan’s chaotic border with Pakistan, his young son shivering in the cold, Ibrahim Danish stared at the unmoving metal gates – willing them to open, even just for a moment.“We spent the night there in the middle of the street with little Daniel and it was [the most] difficult night of my life,” he says. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Fury as disabled man is 'kicked off' easyJet flight minutes before take off because he 'couldn't walk to the toilet'

Disabled Barry Dobner, 79, claimed he was kicked off an easyJet flight minutes before take off in Manchester because he 'couldn't walk to the toilet'.

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1 week ago EasyJet flight crew 'kick off' disabled pensioner from flight in 'row over toilet'

"You can imagine how that made me feel."

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2 w. ago Brits travelling to France, Greece and Italy issued with 'nightmare' delay warning due to walkouts

Strikes from a variety of airline and transport workers could cause a perfect storm of delays for Brits heading to the continent

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3 w. ago Shareholder activists target high street retail giants over low wages

Next, M&S and JD Sports are being urged to provide more transparency on approaches to pay amid cost of living woes for workers.

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3 w. ago They had one job! Bungling council workers Tarmac around parked Transit van rather than move it

The white van was parked up on the road but contractors did not let that stop them from going about their job.

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