Royal Shakespeare Company slaps trigger warning on children’s classic play over ‘scary music, flashing lights and derogatory language’

It’s a classic children’s story by Hans Christian Andersen – but also a dark fairytale covering themes of pride and vanity. So, when the Royal Shakespeare Company decided to stage The Red Shoes, a ‘trigger warning’ was perhaps inevitable, given the supposed sensitivities of modern audiences. ‘Scary magic’ is listed …

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Royal Mail Workers Win Case Over Pub Break Firing

By Tabitha Burbidge ( January 10, 2025, 9:51 PM GMT) — A tribunal found Royal Mail unfairly sacked four postal workers for meeting up after they were suspended for taking breaks together at a local pub, finding that their managers failed to take into account their clean employment records…. Law360 …

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Peninsula road closed by water leak

Repairs which have led to a road being closed on the Rosneath Peninsula should be complete next week, Scottish Water have said. The single-track Barbour Road, which runs above Kilcreggan and Cove, has been closed since yesterday, with traffic diverted along School Road and North Ailey Road. Residents say that …

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