social worker who used a hidden camera to film up women's skirts faces being struck off.Michael Bird, who has been suspended from his job at North Tyneside Council, adapted a tennis racquet bag to conceal a digital camera.A General Social Care Council (GSCC) conduct hearing in central London heard the 55-year-old took the photos at stores in Newcastle in June 2008.The tribunal heard Bird, of Newcastle,...
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Zoe Kravitz, a recent regular in fashion weeks' front rows, has landed her biggest stint to date as the face of Vera Wang'sZoe, daughter of rocker Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet, has taken over from teen star Camilla Belle as the new face of the scent.Hiring rockstar offspring for fashion and beauty campaigns seems to be a guarantor for success right now - see Georgia Jagger's work for Hudson...
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sail down the ageless rivers of Bangladesh is a reminder that 20 years from now the teeming humanity and its way of life, the abundant flora and fauna will disappear as a consequence of climate change. A rise in sea surface temperatures and levels could mean that 10% of Bangladesh would be under water in 20 yearsNijhum Dip is a little island at the tip of a much larger one called Hatiya, perched in...
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Cottages and restaurant on Bhavani Island ready to receive visitors from Friday onwards during Karthika Masam. —VIJAYAWADA: After remaining closed for about three weeks in the wake of the massive flood in Krishna river, Bhavani Island is getting opened for public from Friday onwards.The Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) has renovated the cottages and revived the basic amenities...
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CANNING:Even as hectic parleys are on to get the Sunderbans on the Unesco list of NewSeven Wonders of Nature, Mamata Banerjee has kicked off an initiative to linkthe remote islands to the world.The railway minister on Saturdaylaid the foundation stone of the first phase of an ambitious project to extendthe tracks from the mainland to Gosaba in the heart of the world's largestmangrove delta. When the...
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Welcome to ‘Devils Island,’ a brutal prison that terrified the Vietnamese for decades.Here, we discover a wealth of wildlife once believed lost. In fact, Vietnam has a whole ‘secret world’ – researchers have not only rediscovered animals once believed extinct in Vietnam, such as the Javan rhinoceros, but they have also discovered new mammals never before documented. Vietnam is enjoying a rebirth: a...
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