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Plastic straws, cotton buds and drink stirrers are to be banned in the UK. The hope is that straw usage will reduce from 4.7 billion to only 44 million per year.
A parliamentary inquiry into ‘survival sex’ has begun in the UK. It looks at how those struggling with poverty are resorting to prostitution in order to cover essential needs. It comes as the United Nations’ special rapporteur on poverty, Professor Philip Alston, published his final report following an investigation into deprivation in the UK.
Police in Los Angeles, California, chased a motorhome for 35 minutes after it was stolen from a motorhome park. The driver crashed first into a tree in a mall parking lot, ripping off the side of the vehicle, before colliding with another car. Eventually the driver made a break for it and was quickly apprehended by the police.
Alabama Public Television chose not to air an episode of the PBS children’s show “Arthur”, as it shows the children’s teacher, Mr Ratburn, getting married to another man (well, aardvark). The director of programming said children can watch it without supervision of their parents. Gay marriage has been legal in the US since 2015, and the move has drawn criticism from the LGBT community and others.
He was sentenced to three years and six months.
Unexpected Monarch in bagging area.
He died a week after reportedly failing a lie detector test.
Anti-abortion activists who support the law don’t mind that it’s likely to be thrown out. In fact, they’re relying on it.
“It is vital now that cool heads prevail and all parties focus on saving the jobs."