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 […]
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 […]
A RIDE worker was seen joking about seat belts and safety just moments before a 14-year-old boy fell to his death at the ICON Park free fall ride. A bystander recorded the interactions between the ride's operators and riders who were on the attraction when the tragedy happened Thursday night in Orlando, Florida. As they […]
Andrei Marusov shared his harrowing journey from the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Thursday’s Anderson Cooper 360. Marusov fled after intense bombing and military invasion have made the city inhospitable to Ukrainians. While taking photos of the damage Russia has done to his home town, Marusov claims he was detained for several hours and […]
Boy, 14, dies after slipping out of 430ft drop tower ride as it hurtled to earth at 75mph at Orlando’s ICON park: Second death at park in two years A 14-year-old fell from a drop tower ride at the ICON park in Orlando on Thursday Teen was taken to hospital but died from his injuries, […]
THE owner of a house with a 25ft shark plunging through its roof has told of his disappointment after losing a fierce battle with the council. Magnus Hanson-Heine, 34, had condemned a council-backed bid to list the Headington Shark on the Oxford Asset Heritage Register. The quantum chemist said the listing went against everything the […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
