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Laurence Fox ordered to pay £180,000 to two people he called ‘paedophiles’

High court judge orders actor turned politician to pay £90,000 damages to each individual for social media libel
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The actor and rightwing activist Laurence Fox has been ordered to pay £90,000 each in damages to two people he libelled by referring to them as “paedophiles” on social media.

A high court judge made the order in London on Thursday. Fox lost his high court libel battle in January, after Mrs Justice Collins Rice ruled that he had defamed two men by calling them paedophiles after they labelled him a racist.

The Reclaim party founder was sued by Simon Blake, a former Stonewall trustee, and Crystal, a drag artist, over a dispute on X, formerly known as Twitter, in October 2020.

Fox, 45, used the slur against Blake and the former RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant, whose real name is Colin Seymour, in a row about a decision by Sainsbury’s to provide a safe space for black employees during Black History Month.
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The most hilarious thing about Fox was failing to get on the ballet for Mayor of London as he messed up the paperwork!
 
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Pasco: Rat remains found in Japanese bread triggers recall and refunds

Pasco has recalled 104,000 packs of sliced bread after rat remains were found in its products.
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Rat remains found in bread sparks Japan recall and refunds​

Kelly Ng & Shaimaa Khalil
in Singapore and Tokyo

One of Japan's most well-known bread brands is recalling thousands of packets and offering refunds after the remains of a rat was found in its products.

Around 104,000 packs of sliced white bread made by the Pasco Shikishima Corporation have been pulled from shelves. Parts of the black rat had been discovered in at least two packets.

Pasco bread is a staple in many Japanese households and a ubiquitous presence in supermarkets and convenience stores across the country.

There have been no reports thus far of anyone falling sick as a result, Pasco said in a statement earlier this week.

"We deeply apologise for the inconvenience caused to our customers, business partners, and all concerned parties," it said.

The bread was produced at a factory in Tokyo, whose assembly line has been suspended.

Pasco did not say how the rat's remains ended up in its products, but it pledged to "do our utmost to strengthen our quality controls so that this will never happen again".

The company has since published a form on its website for affected customers to apply for refunds online.

Its products are also exported to the US, China, Australia, and Singapore, among other countries.

Food recalls are rare in Japan, a country with famously high standards of sanitation.

However there have been several health scares involving food recently.

Earlier this month, hundreds of students in the north-eastern Miyagi prefecture fell sick after drinking milk supplied to their schools.

In March, drugmaker Kobayashi Pharmaceutical issued a voluntary recall of dietary supplements meant to lower cholesterol. The firm said last month it is probing five deaths potentially linked to the products, which contain red yeast rice.

Last year, the convenience store chain 7-Eleven apologised and announced recalls after a cockroach was found in a rice ball.
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BBC News - Council's beach safety buggy comes a cropper in Cleethorpes mud
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Council's beach safety buggy comes a cropper in Cleethorpes mud

Efforts to free the vehicle from Cleethorpes beach were abandoned due to the rising tide.
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The vehicle belonging to North East Lincolnshire Council's Beach Safety Team became stranded on Cleethorpes beach on Thursday.

The vehicle had been deployed to warn the people of the approaching tide using its speaker system, the council said.
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