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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Managers and supervisors brace yourselves: calling the boss a dickhead is not necessarily a sackable offense, a tribunal has ruled. The ruling came in the case of an office manager who was sacked on the spot when -- during a row -- she called her manager and another director dickheads. Kerrie Herbert has been awarded almost 30,000 pounds in compensation and legal costs after an employment tribunal found she had been unfairly dismissed. The employment judge Sonia Boyes ruled that the scaffolding and brickwork company she worked for had not "acted reasonably in all the circumstances in treating [her] conduct as a sufficient reason to dismiss her." "She made a one-off comment to her line manager about him and a director of the business," Boyes said. "The comment was made during a heated meeting. "Whilst her comment was not acceptable, there is no suggestion that she had made such comments previously. Further ... this one-off comment did not amount to gross misconduct or misconduct so serious to justify summary dismissal." [...] Boyes found that Herbert was summarily fired because of her use of the word "dickheads" and ruled that the company had failed to follow proper disciplinary procedures. She concluded that calling her bosses dickheads was not sufficient to fire Herbert and ordered the firm to pay 15,042.81 pounds in compensation. In her latest judgment she also ruled it had to pay 14,087 pounds towards her legal fees. "If it was anyone else in this position they would have walked years ago due to the goings-on in the office, but it is only because of you two dickheads that I stayed," said Herbert. Swannell retorted: "Don't call me a fucking dickhead or my wife. That's it, you're sacked. Pack your kit and fuck off."

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This is not Trent's first rodeo with Calvin Klein - he has modelled for them before - but this is his latest foray with a brand who have also snapped up Virgil van Dijk and Leah Williamson.

Signs up JetBlue for in-flight connection, but not until 2027

Amazon showed off download speeds peaking at 1.28 Gbps from its nascent Project Kuiper internet satellite service and announced an airline deal with US commercial airline JetBlue to provide Wi-Fi in the sky.…

University of Kentucky student Laken Snelling, 21, was arrested after police found her newborn baby boy inside a trash bag in her closet in her Lexington home.

Nepal's government said Thursday it is blocking most social media platforms including Facebook, X and YouTube because the companies failed to comply with regulations that required them to register with the government. From a report: Nepal's Minister for Communication and Information Prithvi Subba Gurung said about two dozen social network platforms that are widely used in Nepal were repeatedly given notices to come forward and register their companies officially in the country. The platforms would be blocked immediately, he said. TikTok, Viber and three other social media platforms would be allowed to operate in Nepal because they have registered with the government. Nepal government have been asking the companies to appoint a liaison office or point in the country. It has brought a bill in parliament that aims to ensure that social platforms are properly managed, responsible and accountable.

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The Italian fashion designer, who has passed away aged 91 , dated both men and women, but only commented on his relationships a mere handful of times during his lifetime.

Enoch Burke, a secondary school teacher from Castlebar, has already racked up £68k in previous fines - and his latest punishment comes as the court grows frustrated with his defiance.

The high-street conveyancing firm Angela Rayner used to buy a flat issued a devastating statement saying they had calculated the stamp duty based on the information she provided.

Kendall, Kalani, Josie, and Sophia Melvin died after a blaze ripped through their home in Chadbourn in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The broadcaster has been splashing out on a string of gifts for his new partner, including tickets to a Manchester United game and a romantic weekend away in his native Belfast.

Defrauding search with custom malware, Potato-family exploits

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An 18-year-old girl was killed by her brother after he injured six others in a mass stabbing at a tribal headquarters in Canada on Thursday.

The daughter of a Nazi who stole a painting from a Jewish art collector during WWII was dragged before a judge after the Argentine woman has been accused of also hiding the art work.

The liberal author said he is 'ashamed' of staying silent about the issue as he moderated a a panel discussion of the issue at the 2022 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference.

Germany has already met its 2028 goal for reducing coal-fired power generation, so won't need to order the shutdown of any plants for a second year running, the country's regulator said. From a report: Germany has an interim 2028 target of reducing coal-fired power by 8.7 gigawatts, and as of Sept. 1 it had exceeded this level by about 10%, the Federal Network Agency said on its website on Monday. Almost two thirds of Germany's electricity comes from renewables and excess solar power production has frequently pushed prices below zero, making burning coal less profitable. Yet Europe's largest economy remains heavily dependent on the fossil fuel and is still the European Union's biggest polluter.

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The FBI revealed the shocking items seized during a dramatic raid of ex-Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton's home last month.

At the height of her fame in 2009, the Big Brother star, 37, weighed 8.5 stone, barely ate and took laxatives to try and achieve a 'WAG body'.

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The controversy erupted earlier this year after scenes from the movie emerged online, prompting Sundance to remove the flick from their online screening portal.