A cocktail bar which only accepts mixed gender groups and asks same-sex groups to meet management before their booking can be accepted has been slammed by equality law experts.
Lawyers say the venue could be breaching the Equality Act if its policy means LGBT groups are turned away because they make up single-sex parties.
Archer Street - which has bars in Soho and Clapham in London - markets itself as an exclusive cocktail lounge.
But the bar says it is currently only accepting mixed bookings of men and women as it unlocks following the easing of Government coronavirus rules.
It said: Archer Street will only accept bookings of mixed gender groups. We do, on occasion, allow smaller groups of the same-sex, although you may be asked to come down to Archer Street to meet with management, before confirmation of your booking.
Laura Newby, of Belle Blooms, has branched out with a new permanent base in Fenwick, York. A NEW shop has opened in the city centre following the success of a pop-up stall which was launched in between lockdowns. Laura Newby set up her business Belle Blooms at her York home in November 2019 and then branched out with a flower cart in York’s Coppergate Centre last autumn, along with a delivery service. Her early profits exceeded expectations, and Laura is now celebrating a new milestone after securing a permanent base on the lower floor of Fenwick store for her new venture, The Plant Shop by Belle Blooms.
Nearly 60 per cent of female students say they have been sexually assaulted at university, a shocking new survey has found.
Student news site The Tab asked 4,000 students about their experiences of sexual assault on campus for its 2021 Sexual Assault Survey.
It found widespread problems - with 59 per cent of female students who responded saying they d been sexually assaulted at uni.
But just seven per cent of students reported their sexual assault to their uni, the figures show.
It found two thirds were unhappy with how their uni handled their case and half of were say they were told nothing about the outcome of their complaint.
Exeter University - where JK Rowling and Zara Tindall studied - tops the list of 108 universities where sex assault allegations have been made by people on the Everyone s Invited website.
The forum, set up last year by former student Soma Sara for people to share their stories of sexual abuse and rape culture , has shaken Britain s educational establishments.
Along with top schools, the UK s most prestigious universities were named in the 1,000 plus testimonials and red-brick Exeter appeared most, coming up in 65 anonymous testimonials on the website.
Oxford, Leeds, Edinburgh and University College London make up the top five.
Everyone s Invited s founder Miss Sara, who set it up while living with her grandmother s Paris home during lockdown after graduating from UCL, has said they were overwhelmed with new testimonials from universities.
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