Pontins banned customers with 40 common Irish surnames including Boyle, Doherty and Gallagher using a secret blacklist titled ‘undesirable guests’ in bid to stop Traveller families booking holidays at its parks No10 led condemnation today, describing policy as ‘completely unacceptable’ EHRC launched an investigation last year after an employee blew the whistle A legally binding … Read more
AMAZON PRIME Bliss Had the world been back to normal, Bliss would no doubt have been heading for cinemas, but instead, it has been snapped up by Amazon. It’s an intriguing mix of drama, romance and sci-fi starring Owen Wilson and Salma Hayek. Had the world been back to normal, Bliss would no doubt … Read more
A fascinating Home Office blacklist featuring 720 Britons believed to have wanted to help Nazi Germany in the event of a UK invasion has been revealed. Historian Neil Storey has studied the regional lists at the National Archives which were compiled by police and MI5 in August 1940 during the Second World War. They revealed … Read more
Fund titans blacklist BP over green shift: Fidelity among City investors deserting oil giants – as clean energy plans fuel profit fears BP and Shell are undergoing the biggest restructurings in their histories, shedding a total of 19,000 jobs globally Both have committed to cutting the carbon footprint of the oil and gas they produce … Read more
Engineers at Twitter successfully petition company to stop using racially-charged programming terms like ‘master’ and ‘blacklist’ Twitter will change references in code and official documents Engineers lobbied Twitter to stop using terms like ‘master’ and ‘slave’ The terms are commonly used to described certain programming processes Terms like ‘grandfathered’ and ‘man hours’ were also altered … Read more
Unscrupulous advertisers are mimicking the names of legitimate debt charities, research has revealed, raising fears that vulnerable people looking for help are at risk of bad advice. Since the start of April, nine companies purporting to offer debt advice have been placed on the Financial Conduct Authority’s blacklist of unauthorised firms, according to exclusive analysis … Read more