Leeds & West Yorkshire 23 April 2018 Share this with Facebook Share this with Twitter Share this with Messenger Share this with Messenger Share this with Email Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-43866630 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel The family of a toddler who drowned at a swimming pool have said the club's owners have misreported what happened.Rocco Wright's father, Steven, said he pulled the three-year-old from the pool in … [Read more...] about Drowned boy’s family ‘hurt’ by comments
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Shania Twain apologises over ‘voting for Trump’ comments
Shania Twain has apologised after making an "awkward" remark where she appeared to suggest she would have voted for Donald Trump if she could have. The Canadian country pop star was speaking with the Guardian where she discussed several subjects including her divorce from long-time producer and collaborator Mutt Lange, her troubled childhood including being sexually and physically abused by her stepfather, and her recent album. Towards the end of the interview she was quoted as saying she "would have voted for [Trump] because, even though he was offensive, he seemed honest". Read more Westworld's season 2 opener just snuck by a game-changing revelation Nicki Minaj seen at Coachella with Timothee Chalamet and Shania Twain Shania Twain up against Wolf Alice for UK No.1 album "Do you want straight or polite? Not that you shouldn't be able to be both. If I were voting, I just don't want bulls**t. I would have voted for a feeling that it was transparent. And … [Read more...] about Shania Twain apologises over ‘voting for Trump’ comments
Man suing Dundee bus firm over disability claim and claims he was subjected to ‘discriminatory comments’
News / Dundee by Adam Hill April 23, 2018, 6:06 am FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter A man is to sue a Dundee bus firm amid claims they refused to consider him for a job in the wake of the Glasgow bin lorry crash after he disclosed disabilities. Dean Simpson, 24, had attended a job interview with Xplore Dundee as a PCV driver and says he was asked to complete a health questionnaire beforehand. The Fintry man said he disclosed that he suffered from depression, anxiety and also supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) – a condition characterised by the heart suddenly beating faster than normal. Mr Simpson alleges that he was told 15 minutes later by a trainer his application would not be considered due to the disclosures – with reference to the Glasgow bin lorry crash – leading him to pursue the firm for disability discrimination through an employment tribunal. He alleges he was then subjected to a “sustained … [Read more...] about Man suing Dundee bus firm over disability claim and claims he was subjected to ‘discriminatory comments’
Martin attacked over Brexit comments
Government ministers have rounded on Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin for “playing party politics” with Brexit for his own gain. The ministers, speaking to the Irish Examiner, were responding to harsh criticism by Mr Martin yesterday during a 1916 commemoration speech in Arbour Hill, where he said Ireland is being pushed back in Brexit talks. “A rising concern is that Ireland is now being pushed later and later in the negotiations, leaving a real risk that we will face enormous pressure to accept whatever is proposed, so that the financial settlement with the UK will not be lost,” he said. Amid reports that British prime minister Theresa May could accept some form of a customs union, Mr Martin said. “We are concerned. I think we do need to see credible proposals around the border issue and also in terms of moving forward concrete proposals around the seamless trade relationship, North and South.” However, his comments were rounded on by … [Read more...] about Martin attacked over Brexit comments
Labour’s Emily Thornberry admits anti-Semitic party supporters have stopped her in the street and made ‘appalling’ comments
LABOUR is so riddled with anti-Semitism that party activists have stopped Emily Thornberry in the street to make vile comments, she admitted today. The Shadow Foreign Secretary said she was "fed up" of trying to scrub out the party's disgusting problems with anti-Jewish hatred. Ms Thornberry told the Andrew Marr Show today the party was tackling the issue head on, and promised "we will sort this out". But she also revealed: "People feel it's fine to come up and talk to you in the most appalling terms. "I spoke to someone last weekend and I was really shocked to suddenly see the way in which the conversation turned. "She thought she was supportive of labour and supportive of me. I had to tell her that was really not acceptable." She said she was "fed up" of having to fight anti-Semitism in the party, but describe new General Secretary Jenny Fornby as a "breath of fresh air" who would sort it out. The news comes on the same day as the daughter of Labour MP John Mann accused Jeremy Corbyn … [Read more...] about Labour’s Emily Thornberry admits anti-Semitic party supporters have stopped her in the street and made ‘appalling’ comments