A furious mother has blasted her three-year-old toddler’s nursery for teaching that ‘men don’t matter’ after they renamed ‘Father’s Day’ as ‘Special’s Day’. Karla Gardner’s daughter Daisy handed a handmade collage to her ahead of Father’s Day on Sunday, but Karla’s was shocked when she saw ‘Father’ had been replaced. The 36-year-old praised her three-year-old … Read more
Owners of Blackie Boy pub in Newcastle will change its name over fears it could cause offence despite being named after blacksmiths that used to work on site Blackie Boy in Newcastle was named after blacksmiths that used to work on site But owners want to change it over fears it could cause offence if … Read more
An ARIA award will be renamed in honour of late music industry icon Michael Gudinski, ahead of a state memorial in Melbourne. The Australian Recording Industry Association on Wednesday announced their award for Best Breakthrough Artist will be renamed the Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist ARIA Award. It will be presented for the first time at … Read more
Woke Lancaster students demand The Sugarhouse Nightclub change its name due to links to city’s slave trade Sugarhouse Nightclub is located on Sugarhouse Alley and run by student union But undergrads think it should be renamed over ‘vicious atrocities’ in slave trade A petition has been set up and needs around 320 signatures to be … Read more
Oxford University is to rename a prestigious professorship of physics after a Chinese software company accused of close links with the Communist regime’s intelligence services in return for a £700,000 donation, the Daily Mail has learned. The Wykeham chair of physics, which was established in 1900 and comes with a fellowship at 14th-century New College, … Read more
The end of the seagull? Experts say the birds should be renamed ‘urban gulls’ as they spend more time foraging in towns and cities than at the sea Researchers fitted GPS trackers to 12 birds to see where and when they foraged They also monitored gulls who visited a park, school and waste centre in Bristol The … Read more
Pub in locked-down Liverpool is renamed ‘The Three Bellends’ with sign featuring faces of Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings and Matt Hancock The James Atherton in New Brighton, the Wirral, was renamed overnight Daniel Davies, owner of the bar, changed the name in response to the lockdown Pubs across the area have been forced to close … Read more
Music venue named after Edward Colston is renamed the Bristol Beacon after slave trader’s statue was toppled in the town A ceremony was held today to change the ‘toxic’ name of the Colston Hall venue Bosses maintained attraction in Bristol gets its name from the street it sits on A statue of Colston was toppled … Read more
The Edward Colston statue in Bristol was pulled down by demonstrators on Sunday Edward Colston was born to a wealthy merchant family in Bristol, 1636. After working as an apprentice at a livery company he began to explore the shipping industry and started up his own business. He later joined the Royal African Company and … Read more
Seattle’s ‘occupied’ CHOP zone features a fleet of tents, a street renamed after George Floyd, an abandoned police building covered in Black Lives Matter slogans – and an armed man carrying a coffee cup. The encampment known as the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest is hailed by its supporters as an ‘ideal society’ where people help … Read more