Doctors must show zero tolerance of sexual harassment, says UK medical council

Updated guidance covers verbal and written comments, displaying or sharing images and physical contact

Doctors will be expected to demonstrate “zero tolerance” of sexual harassment, the General Medical Council has announced.

For the first time, new professional standards, published on Tuesday, introduce explicit rules on sexual harassment towards colleagues.

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Children referred to social care twice as likely to fail GCSE maths and English

Research found 53% of teenagers in England who had been referred to services did not achieve a pass in both subjects

Children in England who are referred to social services at any point in their childhood are twice as likely to fail GCSE maths and English, according to new research published ahead of results day on Thursday.

Analysts looked at 1.6m pupils’ exam results over a three-year period and found that 53% of teenagers who had been referred to social care – as detailed in the Children in Need census – did not achieve a grade 4 pass in both English and maths GCSE.

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Customer data used for unwanted romantic contact, UK poll shows

Almost one in three people aged 18-34 have been messaged by staff after giving personal details to a business

Almost one in three people aged 18-34 have received unwanted romantic contact after giving their personal information to a business, a UK poll has shown.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has called for recipients of such texts to come forward to help the regulator gather evidence of the impact of this phenomenon.

The ICO has an online form for people who want to report an experience of unwanted contact.

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Third of working tenants in England ‘lack savings to pay rent if they lose job’

Half have maximum of a month’s worth of rent put by as costs rise, Shelter survey finds

A third of working tenants in England do not have enough savings to pay rent if they lose their job, putting them at risk of losing their home, according to research by the housing charity Shelter.

Record rents and the rising cost of other household bills are putting tenants’ finances under pressure and mean many are unable to set money aside for emergencies.

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Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste Is Now a Therapist

The indie rock musician recently started his own independent practice as an associate therapist in Los Angeles

Chinese Hackers Using Stolen Ivacy VPN Certificate To Sign Malware

By Waqas

Bronze Starlight hackers have been cleverly utilizing a valid Ivacy VPN code-signing certificate to target the Southeast Asian gambling industry.

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Ford’s Mustang Mach-E recall to prevent power failures is under investigation

Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge

The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) is opening a query on Ford’s response to a recall last year that affected almost 49,000 Mustang Mach-E vehicles, as reported by Automotive News. The June 2022 recall was issued due to a malfunction involving overheating of the electric SUV’s high-voltage contactors, which, at worst, can make the EV suddenly lose power on the road, increasing the risk of a crash.

Occurances would often follow high-speed battery charging or repeated fast acceleration sessions.

Ford issued an over-the-air (OTA) software update to respond to the recall, which was designed to reduce power if the contactors got too hot — in hopes of preventing sudden power loss and possible damage to the contacts....

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Barbie's Breakout Hit Song Gets Hilarious Behind-the-Scenes Video

The goofy, deadpan performances of Barbie obviously work on screen, but what were they like to film? Well, a new video has surfaced thanks to Atlantic Records answering that question and more. It’s a full music video for the film’s standout chart-topping bop “I’m Just Ken” by Ryan Gosling, but it’s filled with behind-…

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Chicago woman arrested over alleged threats to kill Trump and son Barron

Tracy Marie Fiorenza, 41, allegedly made first threat in email in May and allegedly sent another in June, officials say

A Chicago woman was arrested on Monday on charges of emailing threats to shoot Donald Trump and his youngest son Barron Trump, the US attorney’s office in the Illinois city said.

A formal complaint was filed against Tracy Marie Fiorenza, 41, earlier this month in the US district court for the southern district of Florida.

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Georgia sheriff pleads guilty to groping TV judge

Kristopher Coody pleads guilty to sexual battery over groping of Glenda Hatchett last year and sentenced to year on probation

A Georgia sheriff pleaded guilty on Monday to groping TV judge Glenda Hatchett, who recalled being so stunned that she froze when the lawman grabbed and squeezed her breast at a hotel bar last year during a law enforcement conference.

Bleckley county sheriff Kristopher Coody pleaded guilty in Cobb county state court to a misdemeanor charge of sexual battery and was sentenced to a year on probation, news outlets reported. He also resigned from the office he had held since 2017.

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