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Bus drivers in Brighton told to ‘steer clear of affection’

120 horsepower babe magnetThe friendly snog with the driver could become a thing of the past on Brighton’s public transport network, as busy-body bus bosses have told employees that intimate contact with passengers is no longer acceptable.

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Posted: Feb 2nd, 2012
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Outrage as no men shortlisted for the final of The Great British Bake Off

‘I think this decision really highlights the gender inequalities that still exist in the baking community,’ said 31-year-old hopeful Darren, five-time winner of the Stourbridge fete cake competition.

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Posted: Nov 30th, 2011
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BBC regrets hiring Richard Keys and Andy Gray to cover Women’s World Cup

The low point of the BBC coverage was Keys claiming that the Japan leftback ‘wouldn’t know what the offside rule was if it popped round and did all her housework’.

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Posted: Jul 7th, 2011
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‘SlutWalk’ protest attracts record crowd of male supporters

‘Phwoar!’ observed one sympathetic onlooker. ‘I’m glad they got a hot day for it. This is much better than the Countryside Alliance march.’

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Posted: May 11th, 2011
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Acclaimed equalities campaigner still can’t get her dad to not say ‘Paki shop’

Despite a career which has seen her face down angry mobs of Neo-Nazis at riot flashpoints in the UK’s deprived inner cities, Marion Inglewood has so far been proved powerless to stop her own father from cheerfully using casually racist language whenever it occurs to him.

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Posted: Apr 9th, 2011
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