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Former BBC boss Mark Thompson in new discrimination row as New York Times chief
Edit Belfast Telegraph 29 Apr 2016
A former head of the BBC who weathered an ageism and sexism storm at the broadcaster is facing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over alleged discrimination in his new job ... In legal papers filed in New York, the newspaper is said to have been "engaging in deplorable discrimination" by pursuing a young, white and wealthy readership with a staff increasingly made up of young, white and single employees....
New York Times chief executive accused of discrimination
Edit BBC News 29 Apr 2016
Mark Thompson, a former director-general of the BBC, is named in the class-action suit alongside another executive, Meredith Levien ... It alleges that paper's ideal employee is young and white, with no family ... "Unbeknownst to the world at large, not only does the Times have an ideal customer (young, white, wealthy), but also an ideal staffer (young, white, unencumbered with a family) to draw that purported ideal customer."....
Tour de Yorkshire: Lizzie Armitstead says home race a 'dream come true'
Edit BBC News 29 Apr 2016
The one-day race ends in Doncaster and follows the same 136km route the men will tackle later the same day. "I never expected to compete at home in a UCI women's race - let alone as world champion," she told BBC Radio York ... Find out more ... Read more on Sport on the BBC ... Run by the BBC and partners Find ways to get active near you.. Enter your town, city or postcode. ... For more ideas, information and inspiration, visit bbc.co.uk/getinspired. ....
Lee Radford: Hull coach signs new three-year contract
Edit BBC News 29 Apr 2016
Lee Radford has signed a new three-year deal to coach Super League side Hull FC until the end of the 2019 season ... Owner Adam Pearson praised the 37-year-old former Hull player ... Top Stories ... Run by the BBC and partners Find ways to get active near you.. Enter your town, city or postcode. ... For more ideas, information and inspiration, visit bbc.co.uk/getinspired. ....
A Snapchat journey in the Philippines
Edit BBC News 29 Apr 2016
Heather Chen, the BBC's social media producer in Asia, is in the capital, Manila, and providing daily updates on Snapchat to cover the psychedelic sights and other election highlights. Follow BBC News on Snapchat. bbcnews ... You just can't escape him ... Getting a taste of life for Manila natives, whiling away their time in a jam from the airport into Makati city, I spotted two vehicles sporting Duterte car decals ... One with the people." ... ....
White Sox recall game in empty Oriole Park
Edit MLB 29 Apr 2016
In the aftermath of riots in Baltimore surrounding the death of Freddie Gray and a city-wide curfew, MLB took the unusual step, after back-to-back postponements, of moving the April 29 game between the White Sox and Orioles from a night game to the afternoon, and it was played in front of an empty stadium ... The White Sox spent their first two days in ......
White Sox recall game in empty Oriole Park (Chicago White Sox)
Edit Public Technologies 29 Apr 2016
Chicago White Sox). 'It was just odd,' White Sox manager Robin Ventura recalled. 'Obviously, the situation around the city was a lot different when we got here ... The White Sox spent their first two days in Baltimore essentially trapped in their hotel as the unrest in the city flared around them ... Chicago White Sox issued this content on 28 April 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein....
Some Edinburgh schools could stay closed until August
Edit BBC News 29 Apr 2016
A number of the 17 Edinburgh schools closed on safety grounds are unlikely to reopen until the new school year in August, BBC Scotland has learned ... It is understood the City of Edinburgh Council has now been handed a draft outline of the remedial work needed at the 17 schools ... City of Edinburgh Council ... ....
White Sox recall game in empty Oriole Park (MLB - Major League Baseball)
Edit Public Technologies 29 Apr 2016
(Source ... 'It was just odd,' White Sox manager Robin Ventura recalled. 'Obviously, the situation around the city was a lot different when we got here. Just an odd game ... The White Sox spent their first two days in Baltimore essentially trapped in their hotel as the unrest in the city flared around them ... http.//mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/white-sox-remember-game-in-empty-oriole-park?ymd=20160428&content_id=175147904&vkey=news_mlb....
Scott's honour as outgoing ABC boss does a goodbye tour
Edit The Guardian 29 Apr 2016
Apart from notable exceptions like the Sydney newsreader Jeremy Fernandez, Aunty remains a bastion of white culture in its on-air presentation ... “I draw a parallel to the BBC. When I watch and listen to the BBC when I’m in the UK, I think the on-air talent really represents a diversity of modern Britain and I’m not yet sure we represent the diversity of modern Australia.”....
May 3 is Ohio University Day in Columbus (Ohio University)
Edit Public Technologies 29 Apr 2016
The OHIO Alumni Association is partnering with OHIO Athletics to, in the words of 'Voice of the Bobcats' Russ Eisenstein, 'paint it green and white' in Columbus on May 3. Alumni and friends will gather for various events around the city and post to social media using #OHIODAY2016 ... OHIO Athletics is bringing your favorite Bobcat to Columbus for the day to give fans coupons and green and white promotional items....
Labour 'must improve' battle against anti-Semitism
Edit BBC News 29 Apr 2016
The row exploded on Thursday after a radio interview that former London mayor Mr Livingstone did with BBC Radio London, defending Ms Shah, the party's MP for Bradford West.Analysis. By BBC Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg ... He was later confronted outside the BBC's Millbank studios by Labour MP John Mann who accused him of being a "Nazi apologist" in front of TV cameras....
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