Bring cash to the pub, drinkers are warned over ‘control freak’ rules banning indoor payments

Drinkers should take cash to the pub when they reopen for outdoor drinking on Monday due to ‘control freak’ government rules banning the taking of payments inside, industry figures warned today. Landlords fear that patchy rural broadband and mobile signal means that card machines will be difficult to use in pub gardens, creating the prospect … Read more

Hackney comprehensive school eliminates bullying by banning football at breaktime

Hackney comprehensive school eliminates bullying by banning football at breaktime and introducing chess clubs, poetry recitals and quizzes instead Hackney New School, in London, has banned games like football during breaks Instead pupils at the secondary school take part in quizzes and poetry recitals Head teacher says there have only been five reports of bullying … Read more

Parish council slammed after banning a childminder from taking TODDLERS to an allotment 

Parish council is slammed as ‘the meanest in the country’ after banning a childminder from taking TODDLERS to an allotment Hannah Lovelock, 43, from Stoke Poges, says she has ‘meanest parish in Britain’   Childminder has been told she cannot use allotment if she has children with her  Mrs Lovelock used to take daughter, Nora, four, … Read more

HANNAH BETTS discusses why Unilever banning ‘normal’ on products is long overdue

The beauty world is abuzz with news that global grooming giant Unilever has declared its products will no longer feature the word ‘normal’ on its packaging, to prevent any customers feeling excluded. The decision will cover not merely Dove, but all this UK-based company’s wares, including bathroom favourites Vaseline, Alberto Balsam, Sunsilk and Lifebuoy. In … Read more

France could pass law banning ‘confusing’ gender neutral words

France could ban ‘confusing’ gender neutral words that ‘endanger the language’ under law proposed by 60 MPs 60 MPs are pushing for a ban on ‘confusing’ gender inclusive words  They argue the changes make learning proper French more difficult  The proposed law will be debated in the national assembly in the coming weeks By Sophie … Read more

Ofcom must not ‘take sides in the culture war’ by banning blackface on TV, ex-BBC chief warns

Ofcom must not ‘take sides in the culture war’ by banning blackface on TV, ex-BBC chief warns, as watchdog probes family-run channel for showing 1970s sitcom Rogue’s Rock Ofcom is investigating Talking Pictures TV for airing episode with blackface in  Lord Grade of Yarmouth warned the OFCOM probe sets a ‘worrying precedent’ Writing to OFCOM, the former … Read more

Woman slams her sister-in-law for banning children from her wedding and sparks a debate

A woman has divided opinion after revealing that she’s dropped out of her brother’s wedding because she can’t take her children, prompting most of the rest of her family to follow suit.   Taking to Reddit’s Am I The A******, the unnamed woman from the US said she didn’t want to leave her kids at home … Read more

Dad slams Covid 19 rules banning him and wife from seeing sick son, one, at the same time

It is inhumane! Dad slams Covid 19 rules banning him and partner from seeing sick son, one, at the same time as he waits for life-saving bone marrow transplant in hospital Max, one, diagnosed with aplastic anaemia and needs bone marrow transplant Mum Rachel Nicholson was a near perfect match and waiting for operation  Dad … Read more

Coronavirus UK: America on brink of banning Britons over mutant Covid strain

The US could ban travellers from Britain as flights continue to cross the Atlantic Ocean despite major fears over the new coronavirus strain spreading across the UK. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo last night called for flights from Britain to stop, saying that six are still arriving every day at John F. Kennedy Airport in … Read more

London council scores own goal by banning football in park under Covid crackdown

A London council has been blasted by the government for a lack of ‘common sense’ after it set up metal barriers in front of goals in a park to stop children playing football. Southwark council blocked the goals in Warwick Gardens in Peckham, south London, along with a sign that warned people not to touch … Read more