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Sandra · Jun, 22, 2024,

Love Cloud Vegas in the United States
The small airline offers a 'mile high experience' in a twin-engine Cessna 414 .

Captain Anthony 'Tony' Blake, a pilot with 42 years of experience, is describing what it's like piloting a twin-engine Cessna 414 aircraft during his 'mile high experience'.

It's a flight he's made 3,000 times over the past four years as co-founder and chief pilot of the Love Cloud Vegas tour.

The experience is a private flight over the Las Vegas desert and Strip, with up to four customers at a time joining the mile high club by having sex on the double bed installed in the back.

Sandra · Jun, 24, 2024,

Now experts ask whether MILK is racist as part of taxpayer-funded research project into connections between the drink and colonialism

Academics at the History of Science Museum in Oxford will research the 'political nature' of milk and its 'colonial legacies' with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Sandra · Jun, 28, 2024,

Don't call illegal immigrants 'illegal' because it could offend them, woke university's crazy bosses tell students (...yes, 'crazy' is banned too)

An inclusive language guide issued by London Metropolitan University urged staff and students to avoid saying 'illegal immigrant' over fears this phrase could cause offence.

Sandra · Jul, 04, 2024,

Only five failed asylum-seekers were flown to Rwanda at a cost of £74million a head in scheme set to be axed if Labour win power

The National Audit Office (NAO) estimates that the scheme will incur a £370million fixed development fund by 2026 - even though only 5 have been sent to Rwanda

Sandra · Jul, 06, 2024,

'It's amazing news... now we won't get sent to Rwanda': Migrants in France express their delight at Sir Keir Starmer's election victory

Sandra · Jul, 09, 2024,

The business lobby group the CBI is in turmoil as allegations of sexual misconduct have been made against some of its employees.

But what counts as sexual harassment, and what should you do if you encounter it at work?
What is sexual harassment?

Sexual harassment is unwanted behaviour of a sexual nature, says Alison Loveday, an employment lawyer and business consultant at Lockett Loveday McMahon Solicitors in Manchester.

"It must have either violated someone's dignity, whether it was intended or not, or created an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for them, whether it was intended or not.

"It can be a one-off act or a pattern of behaviour but it doesn't have to be repeated," she says.'

According to the workplace experts Acas, examples include:

flirting, gesturing or making sexual remarks about someone's body, clothing or appearance

asking questions about someone's sex life

telling sexually offensive jokes, making sexual comments or jokes about someone's sexual orientation or gender reassignment

displaying or sharing pornographic or sexual images, or other sexual content

touching someone against their will, for example, hugging them

sexual assault or rape

In the workplace it covers employees and workers, contractors and self-employed people, as well as job applicants.

What counts as a workplace?

The workplace in this context isn't just "the office".

"If an event or situation is in any way connected with work then it can fall under the workplace... and there could be a claim brought for sexual harassment," says Ms Loveday.

"That could be a Christmas party, a client event or messaging between colleagues."

What are your rights?

If you have been subjected to sexual harassment you can submit a grievance to your HR department and have the right to have that complaint thoroughly investigated, regardless of the seniority of the individuals involved, says the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

Some companies allow for anonymous reporting of complaints or have digitised systems.

While allowing anonymity may encourage people to come forward, the CIPD's head of public policy Ben Willmott says these types of investigations pose a "challenge" for HR departments as they cannot "operate in a vacuum if organisational leaders are failing to reflect company values or expected standards of behaviour".

What should companies do when someone makes a complaint?

An employer must investigate any report made to them of sexual harassment.

Even if there has been a long time between the incident taking place and it being reported, the employer should still take it very seriously, says Acas.

Moreover, Ms Loveday says more companies are trying to put policies and procedures in place that control behaviour to a certain extent, for example, codes of conduct and policies covering behaviour at workplace events.

But policies themselves are not sufficient, says Mr Willmott. Regular training for anyone responsible for people management is essential, he says.

What about social media?

The law around sexual harassment is based on the Equality Act 2010, external when social media was in its infancy, says Mr Willmott, and it is a "challenge" for employers.

"It depends on specifics. However, employers do need to have clear policies. People do have the right to privacy but also not to bring an organisation into disrepute," he says.

Alison Loveday adds: "With social media messaging there's not a legal prohibition but it's a really good example of where we haven't caught up with the changing risk."

What can you do if you are accused of sexual harassment?

If you feel you have been wrongly accused, it's important to be able to gather evidence - look at the allegations and see if you are able to challenge them. A log of events, transcripts of conversations, witnesses to your interactions are all important.

Employers should not presume the accusation is either true or false, says Acas. Someone who is accused of sexual harassment should be offered support and sensitivity, so the handling of the complaint is balanced.

Michelle Last, employment partner at Keystone Law, says: "Businesses can take disciplinary actions against the complainant up to and including dismissal. There could also be grounds for defamation. But the reality is that the substantial legal costs associated with taking it to court generally puts people off."
What about workplace relationships?

Regardless of whether it is consensual, quite a few companies now have rules around workplace relationships. Either they don't allow them or if you are in one you have to declare it, Ms Loveday says.

"Often it's when the relationship has broken down that has resulted in claims or third-party claims."

Sandra · Jul, 11, 2024,

How much will I pay for my water in England and Wales?

Ofwat has proposed that bills should increase by an average of £19 per year between 2025 and 2030.

That amounts to £94 over the period, a rise of 21%.

While Ofwat sets limits, individual water companies decide how much to charge customers.

Most people in England and Wales get their water from one of 17 companies and have their waste water taken away by one of 11 firms.

Sandra · Jul, 13, 2024,

Rape and sexual assault statistics

Here are key statistics from trusted sources that show the scale of the problem in England and Wales.

How many people are raped, sexually assaulted and sexually abused?

1 in 4 women have been raped or sexually assaulted as an adult

(6.54 million women in total)

1 in 6 children have been sexually abused

1 in 18 men have been raped or sexually assaulted as an adult

(1.34 million men in total)

68,387 rapes were recorded by police in 2023.

Who carries out rape and other sexual offences?

1 in 2 rapes against women are carried out by their partner or ex-partner 91% of people prosecuted for sexual offences are men aged 18+.

6 in 7 rapes against women are carried out by someone they know.

Sandra · Jul, 13, 2024,

Quote [Expand]On one occasion John woke up to find that his partner had handcuffed his right arm to the metal bed frame. Then she started hitting him on the head with a loudspeaker from the stereo system beside the bed, tied up his other arm with some nylon rope and tried to force him to have sex.

Scared and in pain, John was unable to comply with her demands - so she beat him again and left him chained up for half an hour, before returning and freeing him.

Afterwards she refused to talk about what had happened.

Not long after that she became pregnant, and the violence abated. But a few months after the baby was born, John again woke one night to discover that he was being handcuffed to the bed.

Then, he says, his partner force-fed him Viagra and gagged him.

"There was nothing I could do about it," he says.

"Later I went and sat in the shower for I dunno how long... I eventually went downstairs. The first thing she said to me when I went into the room was, 'What's for dinner?'"

When John has tried to tell people about it, he says he has often met with disbelief.

"I've been asked why I didn't leave the house.
Well, it was my house that I'd bought for my kids.
And the financial side as well, I was so locked into the relationship financially," he says.

"I still get disbelief because it's like, 'Well why didn't you hit her back?' I get that quite a lot.
Well that's a lot easier said than done.

"I wish I'd run away a lot sooner."

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