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Gaza Strip is 'hell on Earth' as another 21 Palestinians killed on Tuesday alone
UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron demanded an investigation, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the deaths on Sunday a "tragic mishap”, before more deaths on Monday and Tuesday
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GP who 'slept with women in GP practice' and used one as 'sex object' struck off
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Thomas Plimmer claimed his actions were a result of a "medical condition" - a sex addiction - but a panel has ruled his behaviour was "incompatible" with the profession
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Fury as Grenfell Tower edited out of advert as bereaved families slam 'insult'
Families who lost loved ones in the Grenfell tragedy in 2017, in which 72 people, have slammed a new TV advert for Voltarol which edited out the tower despite being close to the site of the council block
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Employee wins sex discrimination case after male boss refused to change sheets
A former B&B worker has won a sex discrimination case against her boss after claiming he told her he would not change bed sheets because it is 'woman's work'
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Driving examiner tries to sue DVSA in attempt to claim £77.55 spent on lunch
Andrew Woodcock took the government agency to an employment tribunal in an attempt to claim back the lunch money he had spent on daily food - but his claim of unlawful deduction from wages was discarded
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Boss told worker 'I don't give a s*** about your kids' after he did school run
The sacked employee, listed as Mr R Sutcliffe, has now won an employment tribunal against the multi-million-pound Cardiff firm
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Headteacher was sacked for 'tapping her son's hand' in her office
Shelly-Ann Malabver-Goulbourne was trying to get her three-year-old to stop playing with a bottle of hand sanitiser in her office when she used two fingers to attract his attention, leading to an employee accusing her of assault
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Unions blast Government for restoring 'discriminatory' employment tribunal fees
48 groups join forces to protest against the fees including the TUC, Citizens Advice, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Fawcett Society, Maternity Action, Women's Budget Group and Liberty
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Tory plans to resurrect fees for workers suing bad bosses slammed by unions
The joint statement from almost 50 organisations comes after ministers kick-started a consultation last month to reintroduce fees at employment tribunals
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Asda check-out worker wins £30k payout after being 'kung fu kicked in the back'
Asda employee Mercy Asante 'Kung Fu' kicked colleague Lionel Goh in the back in anger over a conversation he was having with another staff member at a superstore in Croydon, a tribunal heard
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Worker sacked after bumping into his boss while on unapproved Portuguese holiday
Gary Maloney has been awarded compensation for loss of earnings as he was unemployed for around five months following his missal from Bill Griffin Motors in Dublin
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Experts shares exactly what to do if your landlord tries to increase your rent
Martin Lewis and Shelter's Nadeem Kahn discuss your rights if a private landlord wants to up your rent. It comes after one man said his son has been told his monthly payments will be going up by a staggering 71 per cent
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Headteacher sues school after boss humiliated her in front of Ofsted inspector
Deborah Lingard, a headteacher at Tyldesley Primary School in Wigan, was shown up for a marking error in her boss's son's exercise book during an Ofsted inspection, a tribunal in Manchester heard
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Uyghur forced labour risks 'not being addressed' in renewable energy sector
The solar and electric vehicle industries have been heavily impacted by forced labour in the region
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Judge delivers odd Monster Munch and Hula Hoop ruling in Walkers Crisps tax case
"Calling a snack food ‘Hula Hoops’ does not mean that one could twirl that product around one’s midriff. Nor is ‘Monster Munch’ generally reserved as a food for monsters.”
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Teacher asked boy 'are you a virgin' while posing as girl, 17, on social media
An assistant headteacher sent a boy a message asking "are you a virgin?" after posing as a 17-year-old girl on a fake social media account, a Reading tribunal heard
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Gaza hospitals turned into 'death zone' by injured kids after Israel air strikes
As Israel concentrated heavy air strikes on the south of the Gaza Strip and the cities of Khan Younis and Rafah, the government media office in Gaza claimed 700 Palestinians had been killed in the past 24 hours
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Veteran barrister puts on German accent and does Nazi salute at end of UK trial
Veteran barrister Thomas Davidson, who spent 24 years as an immigration tribunal judge, was ordered to pay costs of £1,750 after he performed a Nazi salute at the end of a criminal trial
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Armed female cop forced to strip down to underwear for training wins £30k payout
Det Insp Rebecca Kalam was subjected to sex discrimination and harassment, and ended up having to take medical retirement - she had previously been a 'poster girl' for her force
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Teen Lidl worker wins £50k after boss tells her she would look good in knickers
Maddie Hunter, 18, began working at the Wallingford branch but within a month she was facing sexual comments and her concerns were dismissed by senior management
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Somali NHS scientist wins £60,000 after colleagues gave her offensive nickname
Senior NHS scientist Ubah Jama was branded 'paininarse' on a shared Microsoft Excel document that could be seen by colleagues from two hospitals, an employment tribunal has heard
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Woman wins £37,000 after boss dismissed her menopause and called her a 'biddy'
A woman working at an engineering firm won a £37,000 payout after her boss 'who didn't like change' said she used her menopause as an 'excuse for everything' and told her to 'get on with it'
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Woman wins £350,000 after Nationwide axed staff working from home
Jayne Follows had initially been allowed by Nationwide bosses to only come into the office two to three times a week and, when she refused to give up this arrangement, she was made redundant
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Worker takes 28 months of maternity leave and won't return - then sues bosses
Jowita Parsons spent 28 months on maternity leave and refused to return to work before suing her employers when she was sacked, but her case has been thrown out by a tribunal in Reading