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17 August 2006Graham Norton set for another three years with Auntie + The BBC today announced that comedian Graham Norton has renewed his exclusive contract with the corporation for another three years.Norton, who joined the BBC in 2004, has been the face of a string of hits for BBC1, including How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? and Strictly Dance Fever. -
17 August 2006Agreement reached over gay PC’s stud + A gay police officer has reached a settlement with his force after taking them to an employment tribunal over the right to wear an earring.PC Neil Bloomfield, 39, told a Southampton Industrial Tribunal that his gold ear stud was a statement of his sexuality and claimed he was unfairly targeted while other heterosexual officers avoided reprisal. -
17 August 2006Builder guilty of lesbian family murder + A former builder who murdered a lesbian and her family after having his sexual advances rejected has been jailed for life today.David Morris, 44, was found guilty of murder at Newport Crown Court today in a retrial relating to the killing of four family members across three generations in 1999.
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17 August 2006Caribbean gays reject Beenie Man 3 The organisers of the current Stanford 20/20 Cricket Tournament in the Caribbean have been urged to drop dancehall music star, Beenie Man, as the singer of the official tournament anthem because of his homophobic lyrics.The call comes from C-FLAG, the Caribbean Forum for Lesbians, All-sexuals and Gays. -
17 August 2006Faceparty liaison leads to assault for teenage lesbian 1 A 16-year-old lesbian was assaulted by the angry girlfriend of a 19-year-old woman she met online.The teenagers had met on the popular chat site Faceparty. -
17 August 2006‘Homosexual’ husband excuse for wife’s fraud + A Cardiff woman has been jailed for nine months after admitting that she defrauded the state over the past several years following a "sham" marriage.Maria Wall, 43, claimed income support, rent and council tax totalling £60,000 despite marrying gay labourer David Davies in 1997.
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17 August 2006Police use Gaydar to reach Brighton’s LGBT community + Brighton and Hove Police have come up with a novel way of communicating with the gay community.Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) liaison police officers in the city have created profiles on the popular Gaydar websites as a new method for residents to report hate crime or obtain advice. -
17 August 2006Woman denies seducing 14-year-old lesbian 57 A 27-year-old security guard has denied seducing a teenage girl at a lesbian 'vicars and tarts' themed house party last year.Sandra Scrivener is on trial at Cambridge Crown Court, and denies charges of performing a sex act on a minor and supplying her with cannabis.She says they became friends and would meet up to talk through the girl's problems.
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16 August 2006Ken condemns police failures at Estonia gay pride march + The Mayor of London has added his voice to the criticism of police and politicians who failed to protect gay and lesbians from attack during a gay rights parade in Estonia.Ken Livingstone slammed the authorities in the capital, Tallinn, calling their lack of action inexcusable. -
16 August 2006MP questions homophobic preacher lecture + An Islamic Preacher who branded all single men in New York as "gay sodomites" has faced a furore over his planned speech in Cardiff.Questions have been asked over the suitability of Dr Zakir Naik's lecture to 'Educating the Educators' conference the St Davids Hall, Cardiff. -
16 August 2006Comment: Why gays should be embracing David Cameron 7 With the launch of the 'new' Tory party's mini-manifesto, Tony Grew explains why the gay community should be embracing the aspirations of David Cameron. -
16 August 2006‘Date rape’ drug victims get Revenge at gay bar + Brighton nightclub Revenge has become the first gay venue in the city to offer protection against drink spiking.The club, which is the biggest gay venue on the south coast, is now giving customers the choice of numerous anti-spiking devices when they order a drink. -
16 August 2006Busy week for Bristol gays + Bristol is preparing to hold its annual Mardi Gras Festival, with the organisers hoping to bring 10,000 people to the city during the week long event.The Bristol FRINGE event has been running all week, beginning last Sunday, with its closing party planned for the same day as the Mardi Gras on Saturday 19 August. -
16 August 2006Gay community still wary of reporting hate crimes 2 An in-depth study by charity Victim Support has concluded that many victims of hate crimes are unwilling to report them to the police.Only one in five victims that did report incidents to the police were happy with the way they were treated. -
16 August 2006Pink bar turns heads in Stoke 57 The sleepy city of Stoke-on-Trent is getting its second gay bar, and the bright pink exterior is causing some residents to see red.The Pink Lounge and Bar will open next Thursday in the city's Piccadilly area.Nearby traders told the The Sentinel newspaper that they do not feel the paint job is in keeping with the ambience of the area.
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15 August 2006Gay rights group launch marriage appeal 10 Gay rights group Outrage has launched an appeal seeking support for a lesbian couple whose Canadian marriage was deemed invalid by the UK High Court last month.The High Court in London ruled that Sue Wilkinson and Celia Kitzinger's legal Canadian marriage is not valid in the UK, and claimed any discrimination was ruled out by the Civil Partnership Act. -
15 August 2006Sikh policeman suspended over gay escort allegations 2 A police officer has been suspended by the Strathclyde force after The Sunday Mail exposed his alleged double life as a male prostitute.Constable Suckbir Mann, a 34-year-old married officer, is Sikh, and has been used by the force in the past as a symbol of their multi-culturalism. -
15 August 2006Gay PC appeals for right to wear ear stud + A policeman is accusing his force of sexual discrimination claiming he was banned from wearing an earring because he is gay.PC Neil Bloomfield, 39, told a Southampton Industrial Tribunal that his gold ear stud was a statement of his sexuality and claimed he was unfairly targeted while other heterosexual officers avoided reprisal.
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15 August 2006Homophobic crime still a problem in London + PinkNews.co.uk InvestigationThe Metropolitan Police are today hailing London as a safer place to live with figures revealing an overall fall in crime, including an overall reduction in reported homophobic attacks.The release of figures describing incidents in the 12 months up to July 2006 claim that crime is falling across the capital. -
15 August 2006London Underground deny ‘gay discrimination’ 1 The RMT union is planning to ballot 6,500 staff over a pay dispute.
