Image copyright Getty Images A ban on adverts featuring “harmful gender stereotypes” or those which are likely to cause “serious or widespread offence” has come into force. The ban covers scenarios such as a man with his feet up while a woman cleans, or a woman failing to park a car. The UK’s advertising watchdog […]
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Keanu Reeves – one of the latest Hollywood superstars to lend his voice, face and performance to a video game character – says gaming doesn’t need legitimising. The star plays Johnny Silverhand in Cyberpunk 2077, a futuristic action-adventure game which comes out in 2020. He’s already delighted fans by making a surprise appearance on stage
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The Latest from Thursday night’s Game 6 of the NBA Finals (all times local): 5:45 p.m. The Warriors are going with yet another new starting lineup. Golden State is trying its 11th different starting five of this postseason, adding Kevon Looney at center to the first-string unit for Game 6 of the NBA Finals. The
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“He still claims first place,” said J.Ann Selzer, president of the firm that conducted the poll. “But under the surface of that first place is kind of shaky ground.” At Mr. Biden’s events this week, which also included a stop at a rural 4-H hall, a visit to a diner and trips to two college
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Image caption The new Top Trio: Chris Harris, Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff In recent years, the motoring elements of Top Gear have taken a back seat to the drama surrounding the presenters. Things have been turbulent since the 2015 departure of Clarkson, Hammond and May, with relatively short-lived stints for the likes of Chris
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Jacob Cushley works in a Stonegate pub in Plymouth. He is one of 125,000 UK workers whose employer lets them access part of their salary as they earn it rather than waiting for payday. “It’s helped me out with being able to do things socially and also with some unexpected bills,” he says. “It’s reassuring
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The last time Detroit Tigers teammates Brandon Dixon and Grayson Greiner were at TD Ameritrade Park, they were on opposing teams in the 2012 College World Series finals. Dixon’s tiebreaking double in the ninth inning produced a national championship for the Arizona over South Carolina. Greiner’s fly to right in the bottom half ended the
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WASHINGTON — The Agriculture Department announced on Thursday that it planned to relocate two scientific divisions to the Kansas City region from Washington, despite resistance from career staff members and concern that the move will erode the quality of research at the agency. More than 500 jobs will shift across the country as the department
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The list of counties that added the most manufacturing jobs in 2017 and 2018 highlights that divide. It is led by Harris County, Tex., which includes Houston and factories that supply the oil and gas industry. It also includes Alameda County, Calif., in the Bay Area, and Storey County, Nev., east of Reno, which are
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Image caption “Bad May” written across one of the May 2020 pages to be replaced Changing the date of next year’s early May bank holiday will cost one calendar maker about £200,000, it has said. Last week, the government announced the bank holiday, set for Monday 4 May, would be switched to Friday 8 May,
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