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New guidance on single-sex spaces takes effect

EHRC guidance on single-sex public spaces has come into force in England, Wales and Scotland, saying toilets and changing rooms should be based on biological sex.

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A blue gender neutral toilet sign, showing an image of a woman on the left and the image of a man on the right.

Woman wins £20k in indirect sex discrimination case against hotel

Anna Owens has been awarded almost £20,500 after an industrial tribunal found a hotel rota change amounted to indirect sex discrimination linked to her childcare responsibilities.

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Anna Owens has black hair swept back from her forehead. She is standing beside a tree with fields in the background.

Care company fined in first illegal children's homes prosecution

Catalyst Care Limited has been fined after pleading guilty to running unregistered children's homes in Kent, in what Ofsted says is the first prosecution of its kind.

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A girl with mid length brown hair sits on a bed facing a window. She is wearing a grey top with black, pink and white dots on it

Couple wake to shirtless intruder in Dundee Travelodge room

A couple from Buckie woke to find a shirtless man in their Dundee Travelodge room after he was mistakenly given a key card to their door. Travelodge apologised and said security procedures were not followed.

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Harry Grieve and Kim Hutchison, a couple looking to the camera. He has stubble and a white top on, she had blonde hair and is wearing a green striped top, they are in their home.

Body found in search for boy, 13, missing at sea

A body has been found in the search for a 13-year-old boy who got into difficulty while swimming off Hornsea, East Yorkshire. Police said the family has been informed and identification has not yet taken place.

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Suspected human remains found near M67 bridge

Suspected human remains were found by road workers near a bridge between junctions 3 and 4 of the M67 in Tameside at about 23:00 BST on Monday.

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Syrian man says life 'destroyed' after racially motivated attack

A Syrian man says his life has been destroyed after an alleged racially motivated attack on his Holywood home left his children injured and forced his family to leave.

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A bearded man wearing a black shirt looks straight into the camera. He is standing in front of a TV and a clock and has short dark hair.

English National Ballet says customer data leaked in hack

English National Ballet says customer contact information was leaked after a hack at provider Beacon CRM. It warned customers to watch for unexpected emails, but said passwords and payment details were not exposed.

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The exterior of the English National Ballet at the Mulryan Centre for Dance on London City Island

Berger urges Tories to block candidate jailed for antisemitic abuse

Labour peer Luciana Berger has urged the Conservatives to drop Joshua Bonehill-Paine as a candidate, while Kemi Badenoch defends the selection as a case of rehabilitation and second chances.

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Bonehill-Paine, bearded and wearing sunglasses and a red cap, sits in a plaid shirt

Green light for uniform checks before new school year

Parents of children at Sirius Academy West in Hull say pre-term uniform approval sessions are helping, with approved items marked by green stickers.

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Boy, 14, dies after entering water at east London dock

A 14-year-old boy drowned in Millwall Outer Dock in east London after going into the water on Monday evening. Police said his family have been informed and emergency services recovered his body later that night.

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Removal firm says migrants cut hole in lorry roof

Algarve Removals says suspected migrants cut a hole in the roof of a lorry to enter it before it reached Essex from France.

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