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One in five girls say they first experienced physical or sexual harassment before age 12 (www.independent.co.uk)
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Girls’ rights charity Plan International UK warned harassment towards girls has become ‘normalised’

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Polanski calls for workplace temperature cap as Labour dithers (www.thecanary.co)
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Zack Polanski and the Green Party are once again arguing that things could be cooler for workers in this country

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Energy regulator Ofgem announces 13% increase for energy bills (www.thecanary.co)
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Ofgem has blamed the war in Iran for the 13% rise in energy bills — a remarkable display of mealy-mouthed ineptitude

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Revealed: Mandelson vetting warned of ties to senior figures in China, Russia and Israel (www.theguardian.com)
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Exclusive: Vetting officials also flagged £1m loan when recommending he should be denied security clearance

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Salford Club The White Hotel to Close (thequietus.com)
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JP Morgan boss threatens to axe £3bn UK investment if Labour lurches to the left with Starmer replacement (www.lbc.co.uk)
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Resident doctors in England to stage four-day strike in June (www.theguardian.com)
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UK heatwave triggers price rises for items such as hot tubs and air conditioning units (www.theguardian.com)
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Of 11 seasonal items in Guardian price comparison, six hit highest price in last three months, with some nearly doubling in price in last week

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Speed up £250 cap on leasehold ground rent, MPs urge (www.bbc.com)
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Union pushes to make workplace sexual harassment reportable as a safety risk (www.thecanary.co)
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The 'End Not Defend' campaign aims to make sexual harassment in the workplace a reportable harm under health and safety regulations

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'I've given up eating hot meals to pay for equipment to keep my son alive' (www.bbc.com)
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UK households could see energy bills rise by £75 to cover debts of other customers (www.lbc.co.uk)
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Woman killed in bar shooting was innocent bystander (www.bbc.com)
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Gambling addict police officer coerced girlfriends to fund bets (www.bbc.com)
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Is it the public's job to police Britain's roads? (www.bbc.com)
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Labour set to announce crackdown on social media for children within weeks (www.theguardian.com)
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Grenfell wait for justice goes on as building safety plans revealed (www.bigissue.com)
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Ministers urged to press ahead with UK ban on zero-hours contracts (www.theguardian.com)
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Sentences of boys spared custody over rape referred to Court of Appeal (www.bbc.com)
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Kent and Sussex hit with water supply issues (www.bbc.com)
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Children seeing extreme violence while held needlessly in jail, says England and Wales watchdog (www.theguardian.com)
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Russia is targeting UK’s infrastructure and democracy, GCHQ head to say (www.theguardian.com)
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Energy bills set to rise as millions struggle with cost of living (www.bigissue.com)
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Starmer vows to act on social media after meeting bereaved parents (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Banning social apps for under-16s, as has happened in Australia, is one of the options being considered.

Kendall said a response to the consultation would be published in the summer.

Campaigners are broadly split on whether an outright ban on social apps for children is the best approach.

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Personal trainer wins £150k payout after driving from Germany for a meeting – only for her boss not to show (www.independent.co.uk)
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Bethan Littlewood arrived on time after travelling through the night, but her manager was ‘double booked’

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