The BBC has produced new anti-grooming guidelines that instruct stars on how not to abuse their “celebrity status” or association with the corporation. Staff have also been provided with a guide on how they should report “potential grooming” and “rumours or evidence of a potential relationship involving an imbalance of power”. The rules are contained within the BBC’s policy on managing personal relationships at work, which was recently amended following scandals involving several star names, including Huw Edwards
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The telecoms regulator Ofcom says that from January 17 customers taking out new contracts must be told in pounds and pence how much their bill will increase each year. This will remove the inflationary element of mid-contract price rises, just at a time when inflation has dropped down to manageable levels. It means that some customers will pay a lot more after the changes. Here’s what you need to know
Why broadband and phone bill crackdown may actually cost you more
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🔺 EXCLUSIVE: He was Britain’s Bill Gates, who made $516m from the sale of his software company Autonomy. Then Mike Lynch was accused of fraud on an epic scale and extradited to a US court. He speaks about how it feels to come home. 🔗 Read the full interview: https://lnkd.in/egnX_T_2 📸 DEAN BELCHER FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE
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I remember drinking coffee with him in his flat in Fulham, trying very hard to understand what it must be like, trying my best not to ask insensitive or ignorant questions. I was physically conscious that we were both in our thirties and he was dishy — a tall, wildly charming, Gordonstoun-educated young officer — yet here he was, folded into a chair, unable to move. I’d never met anyone paralysed before. It all seemed so wrong | ✍️ Melanie Reid When Melanie Reid interviewed the young naval pilot 30 years ago, she had never met anyone paralysed before. Their reunion is bittersweet
The last time I saw Trevor, I could walk. Now look at us
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🗣 "One of the many enduring life lessons that my dad has instilled in me is that it is only when things are incredibly difficult and when someone is facing severe adversity that you really see their true character." The BrewDog founder on his father’s terminal cancer diagnosis, and how he measures a life well lived. 🔗 Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/eqhPBskA
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Kevin is a giant schnauzer. He likes cuddles and walkies and treats, and if you look at him funny he will, on command, have your arm off. Then he’ll go back to his owner for a tummy tickle. Highlander is a German-Dutch-Belgian shepherd cross. He weighs 80lb and loves babies and small children, and you would be exceptionally ill advised to make him fear for their safety. Kevin and Highlander were trained by different people, on opposite sides of the Atlantic, but they are both prime examples of the latest must-have for people who have it all: personal protection dogs, the four-legged status symbol with the six-figure price tag
The new A-list must-have? An £80,000 protection dog. Called Kevin
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Testosterone for menopausal women has been all over the news recently as “prescriptions soar” but in fact only a tiny number — about 8,000 out of the 13 million women of menopausal age in the UK — are prescribed testosterone as part of NHS hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Should it be more? The women’s health campaigner Kate Muir believes the hormone should be much more widely prescribed. She explains the benefits
Testosterone for women? Ten things you need to know
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Jonathan Forbes, 42, founder of the North London Skate Club, is seeing more and more mature, fully grown adults discover the addictive joy to be had from sliding around on a piece of wood. There’s a 50-year-old skateboarder in Team GB’s Olympic team and more midlifers are getting on board. Phil Hilton knows why
Why I got back on my skateboard — at the age of 60
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