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Mondelez and Volkswagen ads first to be banned under gender stereotyping rules
The two television ads showed men being adventurous while a woman sat next to a pram and two new dads leaving a baby on a restaurant conveyor belt.
One homeless person dies every 19 hours on UK streets
Homeless deaths are highest in areas with the biggest council budget cuts.
Golden eagle pictured with ‘trap’ attached to leg
Police have launched an investigation after a tourist raised concerns about the protected bird of prey near Balmoral on Thursday.
Same amount of carbon dioxide pumped out by 200 million cars ’emitted from African region blighted by drought’
Scientists say that soil across a huge part of the continent, including western Ethiopia, is producing the gas because of drought and changing land use.
Gang ‘jumped out of car and chased down lad, 16, before stabbing him to death’
The victim was the 15th teenager to be murdered in London since Christmas, 14 of whom were stabbed to death
ASDA video exposing supermarket for ‘threatening workers with sack’ has gone viral
Asda shoppers are being left ‘horrified’ after seeing a video online from GMB attacking the company for ‘threatening tens of thousands of workers with the sack’, says the union.
Hong Kong unrest forces cancellation of all remaining flights
All remaining departing flights for the second day following protests in the terminal at Hong Kong airport.
British Red Cross brings world’s largest refugee camp to Westfield Stratford City
The week-long installation highlights the challenging conditions in the camp, where over 700,000 people are forced to live after fleeing their homes.