Pension forecasts of retirement needs could be outdated

Many Britons in workplace pensions may be heading for financial catastrophe in retirement because they are relying on outdated forecasts, according to financial services provider PTL. It warns some people currently saving into defined contribution pensions could face a retirement filled with financial hardship, and in some cases poverty, because they are being given a … Read more

British gymnasts slam ‘outdated and sexist’ leotard guidance saying they perpetuate ‘harmful ideals’

British gymnasts have slammed ‘outdated and sexist’ guidelines about the leotards they are asked to wear when they compete.  Jennifer Pinches, who represented Team GB at the London Olympics in 2012, told The Times that the guidelines around wearing leotards at competition are ‘perpetuating extremely harmful ideals.’  According to current guidance laid out by the International … Read more

British gymnasts slam ‘outdated and sexist’ leotard rules saying they perpetuate ‘harmful ideals’

British gymnasts have slammed ‘outdated and sexist’ guidelines about the leotards they are asked to wear when they compete.  Jennifer Pinches, who represented Team GB at the London Olympics in 2012, told The Times that the guidelines around wearing leotards at competition are ‘perpetuating extremely harmful ideals.’  According to current guidelines laid out by the International … Read more

‘Out-dated’ social distancing measures will not protect you from Covid-19

Floor tiles, signs and posters urge us to ‘KEEP A SOCIAL DISTANCE’, while arcane one-way systems stop us from passing one another. Sinks have been taped up, just in case we get too close while carrying out all-important hand-washing, as have some of the urinals in the men’s loo, presumably to mitigate the Covid risk of … Read more

Coronavirus: AstraZeneca hits back at US officials who accused it of giving ‘outdated information’

AstraZeneca today hit back at the US officials who accused it of sending old clinical trial data as part of a licence application for its Covid vaccine. Experts on the Data and Safety Monitoring Board, a secretive committee inside the National Institutes for Health that is vetting coronavirus vaccines, raised the alarm yesterday after the … Read more

AstraZeneca is accused of providing ‘outdated’ information from its US vaccine trial

US health chiefs have accused AstraZeneca of sending ‘outdated information’ as part of an application to get its Covid vaccine approved for use on Americans. The company, which is making Oxford University’s jab, revealed yesterday that a US-specific trial found the vaccine prevented 100 per cent of hospital admissions and deaths from Covid and said … Read more

Hasbro replaces ‘outdated’ Community Chest cards in Monopoly in ‘woke’ makeover

Toy company Hasbro, Inc announced on Thursday that it is updating its popular board game Monopoly. For the first time in 85 years, all 16 of the famous Community Chest cards are being changed to appeal to a more modern audience. Prompts on the yellow cards including having to pay $50 for ‘doctor’s fees’ and … Read more

Hasbro replaces ‘outdated’ Community Chest cards in Monopoly in ‘woke’ makeover

Toy company Hasbro, Inc announced on Thursday that it is updating its popular board game Monopoly. For the first time in 85 years, all 16 of the famous Community Chest cards are being changed to appeal to a more modern audience. Prompts on the yellow cards including having to pay $50 for ‘doctor’s fees’ and … Read more

Jess Glynne apologises amid FURIOUS backlash for using ‘outdated’ transphobic slur during podcast

Jess Glynne has issued an apology amid furious backlash online, after she used a transphobic slur during a recent appearance on The Mo Gilligan Podcast. During her interview with The Masked Singer’s Mo Gilligan, the musician, 31, told a story about taking a ‘bad man’ friend to a ‘tranny strip club’ and how she found … Read more

Reform Britain’s outdated business rates system now, CBI tells Sunak

Reform Britain’s outdated business rates system now to help High Street survive the pandemic, Sunak told By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 18 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 18 January 2021 Britain’s outdated business rates system must be ripped apart and rebuilt to ensure the High Street can survive and … Read more