Council chiefs blew £12,000 on a 'woke' bias board games

Council chiefs blew £12,000 of taxpayer’s cash on ‘woke’ board games that teach staff about their ‘unconscious bias’ Staff competed with each other in Trivial Pursuit-style board Equally Yours  City of London Council spent £12,420 for four sessions for its 68 workers But is based on ‘unconscious bias’ training scrapped for civil servants in 2020 […]

Birds are laying eggs earlier as climate change shifts springs

By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) – The early bird is getting even earlier. With climate change spurring earlier springs across much of North America, many birds are laying their eggs earlier in the year, according to a new study – adding to mounting evidence that global warming is turning wildlife habits upside down. Of 72 […]

Thousands of protesters heed Zelensky's call to take to the streets

Thousands of demonstrators answer Zelensky’s call to take to the streets to protest against Putin’s month-old invasion of Ukraine – while Moscow’s few friends show their true colours in Serbia and Yemen On Wednesday night, Ukraine’s president called for people around the world to protest against Putin’s war Thousands heeded his calls, with people flooding the […]

Ministers block calls to make it quicker to alter gender

Ministers block calls to make it quicker to alter gender as they rule trans process should stay rigorous The government has rejected calls to ease Gender Recognition Certificate requirements which ask applicants to live for two years in their new gender The UK gov also dismissed a call to let non-binary people be legally recognised  […]

White House releases report on Native American voting rights

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Local, state and federal officials must do more to ensure Native Americans facing persistent, longstanding and deep-rooted barriers to voting have equal access to ballots, a White House report released Thursday said. Native Americans and Alaska Natives vote at lower rates than the national average but have been a key constituency […]

Gin martinis and prime steaks: Bringing back the Friday long lunch

Talking points Foot traffic figures from the City of Melbourne show pedestrian activity near the Town Hall on Thursday last week was up 15 per cent on the previous week but only 13 per cent on Friday. Mobile ordering and payments platform Mr Yum data shows CBD lunchtime average order values were up 14 per […]