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Marks & Spencer has denied U-turning on allowing its female changing rooms to be used by anyone who describes themselves as a woman.  The upmarket retailer faced protests earlier this year and in 2019 for allowing 'people to use the fitting room they prefer' in both men's and womenswear departments, regardless of their biological sex. On Monday night, Conservative peer Baroness Emma Nicholson, who campaigns for single-sex spaces, claimed M&S has since backtracked on their policy and had returned to being single sex only. In a letter to M&S chairman Archie Norman revealed on her Twitter account, she wrote that she was 'delighted to learn' the policy had changed and that cubicles would be 'single sex once more.'   But when approached by MailOnline, a spokesman for the firm insisted there had been no change to the policy and added that fitting rooms remain closed because of the coronavirus crisis.     Marks & Spencer has denied U-turning on allo

The CEO of Goya Foods has credited Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for apparently boosting the company's sales by joining calls for a boycott, proclaiming her an honorary 'employee of the month.' The controversy in July came after CEO Bob Unanue after he said Americans are 'truly blessed to have a leader' like President Donald Trump, leading to outcry from celebrities and liberal figures who demanded a boycott of the company. Ocasio-Cortez voiced her support for a boycott by declaring she would make her own version of a popular Goya seasoning, tweeting: 'Oh look, it's the sound of me Googling 'how to make your own Adobo'.' 'When she boycotted us, our sales actually increased 1,000%,' Unanue claimed in an interview with The Michael Berry Show on Monday. 'So we gave her an honorary, we never were able to hand it to her, but she got employee of the month for bringing attention to Goya and our adobo.'  The controversy in July came after

Some states are pushing back after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked them to share records on COVID-19 vaccinations, with New York's governor claiming the information could be used to deport people. Ahead of the rapid nationwide rollout of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, CDC officials have distributed a 'data use and sharing agreement' to state agencies to track who receives doses of the vaccine. The CDC says it needs the information to track vaccine rollout, identify any under-vaccinated communities, and monitor safety and efficacy of the vaccine. However, some governors, including New York's Andrew Cuomo, are crying foul and insisting that the personal details could be abused by the federal government.   New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called the CDC's request for vaccination data 'another example of them trying to extort the state of New York to get information that they can use at Department of Homeland Security and ICE that they'll u

An Ohio special-education teacher was conducting a class via Zoom when a burglar armed with a knife broke into her home and attacked her.  But the suspect, identified as convicted felon Charles Derosett, proved no match for Amanda Zupancic and her two dogs, Lady and Wellington. At around 11am on November 23, Zupancic, 32, was in an upstairs office at her home on Baltic Road in Cleveland conducting a private online lesson with a middle school student and his mother when she heard glass shattering downstairs. Zupancic, who works at Kirkland Local Schools, jokingly told her student's mother that someone was breaking into her house, unaware that was exactly what was happening. Amanda Zupancic, 32, from Ohio, was teaching a private class on Zoom on November 23 when an intruder armed with a knife broke into her Cleveland home Zupancic, whose husband and baby had just left the house 20 minutes earlier, went downstairs to investigate the noise and came face-to-face with an intruder armed w

A Florida man has been arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct for allegedly coughing, sneezing and spitting all over a Best Buy Geek Squad counter after he was denied service for refusing to wear a mask. Alton Ashby, 51, from Palm Bay, arrived at the Best Buy on 20th Street in Vero Beach at around noon on Saturday and headed to the Geek Squad counter, where an employee asked him to cover his face. When Ashby refused to comply, the staffer called her manager, who handed the customer a mask. Alton Ashby, 51, was charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly refusing to wear a mask inside a Best Buy and then coughing and spitting all over a service counter According to an arrest affidavit first obtained by The Smoking Gun, Ashby briefly donned the face covering, but then took it off and 'started sneezing.' After being denied service, the 51-year-old man allegedly proceeded to cough and spit all over the counter, then walked to an adjoining department, where he coughed and spat

Ben Stokes has paid an emotional tribute to his father who died aged 65 after losing a long battle with brain cancer. The England Cricket World Cup hero, 29, posted a picture of Ged along with a serious of snaps pulling a 'three finger salute' in honour of him. He wrote: 'In different places now me and you Ged but knowing you'll always have this smile on your face make's me smile every time I think of you. Love you forever and always.' Former rugby league player and coach Ged Stokes was diagnosed with brain cancer in January and spent five weeks seriously ill in hospital in Johannesburg this year. He had returned home to Christchurch in New Zealand with his wife Deborah, where he was living at the time of his death. The England Cricket World Cup hero, 29, posted a picture of Ged along with a serious of snaps pulling a 'three finger salute' in honour of him  He wrote: 'In different places now me and you Ged but knowing you'll always have this smil

A 12-year-old girl has given birth to twins in Argentina after being denied an abortion by local authorities despite having been raped.  Authorities in Jujuy forced the child to remain pregnant until the twins could be safely delivered by caesarean section.  Legislation around abortion is extremely strict in Argentina, which only legalised the procedure in cases of rape last year.  Devoutly Catholic Latin America is home to several countries considered to have the world's toughest restriction on abortion.   The name of the 12-year-old girl is unknown, as is her attacker's identity, but outraged medical professionals have decried the authorities' decision to deny her a legal abortion.  The Jujuy branch of Health Professionals for the Right to Decide released a damning statement on the handling of the case: 'Despite the fact that the National Directorate of Sexual Health made an offer to immediately resolve the situation, preserving the physical and emotional health of th

Kay Burley and at least three more senior Sky News staff including Political Editor Beth Rigby have reportedly been yanked off air for celebrated the veteran broadcaster's 60th birthday as senior colleague Adam Boulton appeared to back claims they acted like 'morons'. Ms Burley was absent from presenting duties yesterday after issuing an apology for 'inadvertently' breaching Tier Two restrictions during the party in London on Saturday night and is set to be away until early 2021. Last night with her future at Sky mired in uncertainty, Kay muddied the waters by tweeting that she was always due to be on annual leave in Africa from the end of this week, saying: 'Lovely people, whatever else you read be safe in the knowledge I was always heading to my beloved Africa on Friday to sit with lions.' But it is understood that Miss Burley – a bedrock of Sky since its creation 32 years ago – and the others who attended the dinner have been taken off air while an intern

NRL star Kurt Capewell has been embroiled in an X-rated porn scandal after a video emerged showing him engaging in a sex act with another man.  Police and the NRL integrity unit were notified last year when a person tried to sell screenshots of the 27-year-old's sex tape. The 49-minute video was recorded in 2013, when the Penrith Panthers player was working as a carpenter while starting out his rugby league career in local teams. 'I've lived with this for years. I've been concerned more for my family that it could come out and the embarrassment it would cause,' Capewell told The Daily Telegraph. NRL star Kurt Capewell has been embroiled in an X-rated porn scandal a video emerged showing him engaging in a sex acts with another man The video was made after Capewell, then 20, responded to an ad to make money doing a photo shoot for a sports clothing and underwear company Capewell is now speaking out after the video went viral on porn websites and public forums this wee