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It's Not a Race Issue, It's a CLASS Issue

Layla Haidrani | Posted 09.03.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: University, UK, Tories, Education, Recruiting, Ucas, Watchdog, Target, Student, Working Class, Males, UK Universities & Education News
Layla Haidrani

Before even suggesting they should apply to university, it's about time people re-thought how to treat the working class as a category, not dividing them by races.

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'Denigrating' Advert Pulled From I'm A Celebrity Slot

Charlie Thomas | Posted 23.11.2012 | UK
Read More: Advertising, I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, Sodastream, Business News, Watchdog, Clearcast, Retail, Poll, UK Business, UK News

An advert by 1980s kitchen staple Sodastream was pulled from a prime slot on ITV's I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, after being labelled "denigrati...

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PICTURES: Angry Tradesman Pours Urine Over Watchdog Presenter

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 25.09.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Bbc Watchdog, Pee, Urine, Matt Allwright, Wee, Bottle of Urine, UK Ents, Watchdog, Rogue Traders, UK Entertainment News

TV presenter Matt Allwright receives a lukewarm reception in the latest episode of Watchdog after the angry owner of an aerial installation company sq...

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Rogue Traders Presenter Accused Of Benefit Fraud

Posted 14.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Watchdog, UK Media, Bbc, UK News, Dan Penteado, Dan Penteado Benefit Fraud, Rogue Traders, UK News

Watchdog presenter Dan Penteado has been issued with an arrest warrant after failing to turn up to court over allegations of benefit fraud. The 40-...

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Scottish Government's 'Panda Ad' Banned

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.04.2012 | UK
Read More: Tian Tian, Panda, Pandamonium, UK Pols, Watchdog, Scottish, Salmond, Misleading, China, Pandas, Panda Ad, Scottish Pandas, UK News

A Scottish Government advert has been banned by the advertising watchdog for suggesting that two pandas sent by China to Edinburgh Zoo were a "gift". ...

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Mars Cleared Over Celebrity Marketing Campaign On Twitter

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.05.2012 | UK
Read More: Fair, UK News, Jordan, Twitter, Katie Price, Adverts, Asa, Rio Ferdinand, Watchdog, Mars, Standards, News, Snickers, UK News

Mars and Twitter are in the clear following scrutiny from the advertising watchdog over a Snickers marketing campaign on the social networking site. ...

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'We Were Picked Up From The Airport By A Unicorn': TripAdvisor Reviews Attacked

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 01.02.2012 | UK
Read More: Holidays, Trip Adviser, UK News, Holiday Reviews, Asa, Travel Website, Watchdog, Vacation, Advertising Standards, News, Tripadvisor, UK News

TripAdvisor has been attacked for being misleading, after complaints have highlighted that travel reviews on the website were not necessarily posted b...

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Hundreds Of Children Detained In 'Degrading Conditions' At UK Borders

PA | Posted 16.12.2011 | UK
Read More: Children's Society, UK News, Childrens-Rights, Heathrow Airport, Child-Immigration-Policy, Pa, Watchdog, UK Immigration, Freedom of Information Act, Freedom of Information, Government Figures, UK News

Hundreds of children are being detained at the UK's ports and airports, figures have shown. A total of 697 children under 18 wer...

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MPs' Expenses System 'Inefficient', Warns Commons Committee

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 22.11.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Watchdog, Ipsa, Parliament, Commons Public Accounts Committee, UK News, UK Politics, MPS Expenses, UK Politics News

The expenses system for MPs is so inefficient that it costs more to process some claims that the value of the claim itself, the public accounts commit...

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BBC1's 'Watchdog' Thrashes Big Money Gameshow 'Red Or Black?'

Posted 09.11.2011 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Simon Cowell, Watchdog, Uktv, Uktvgameshow, Ratings, Bbc1, Red or Black?, UK Entertainment News

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- ITV1's big money gameshow Red Or Black? was hammered by BBC1 consumer show Watchdog as it continues to jettison viewers. The m...

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