23 February 2021
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has received a letter signed by 50 of Britain’s biggest stars, including Dame Judi Dench, Brian May CBE, Leona Lewis, Gary Lineker OBE, James Arthur, Thandie Newton OBE, Alesha Dixon, Ricky Gervais, Mollie King and Dame Twiggy Lawson, urging him to implement a UK ban on the sale of real animal fur. Animal protection organisation Humane Society International/UK which leads the #FurFreeBritain campaign in collaboration with other animal charities, is hopeful that a 2021 ban is possible now that the Brexit transition is completed.
Fur farming was banned in Britain almost two decades ago in 2003 as it was deemed too cruel. But since then Britain has imported more than £800 million worth of fur from countries including Finland, China, France and Poland, where animals experience severe suffering and distress on fur farms. This is a double standard that needs to end.
Were you a ladette? If you were, chances are you won t admit it. Not now. Not since the expression, and the women it set out to define, went from being celebrated as refreshingly uninhibited and outspoken, to being vilified as crass, amoral and destructive - both to themselves and the broader ideals of womanhood.
Once the word became finally tethered to the image of a young woman sprawled at closing time across a high-street pavement, wearing a mini dress hiked to her waist, too drunk to stand up but still shouting crude come-ons to passing men, that was the end.
Gail Porter signs up for online dating as she looks for love after lockdown
The TV star admits she s bored of single life and is looking for the one.
04:30, 14 FEB 2021
Gail Porter is looking for love again (Image: Supplied)
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