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LeMonde
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- LeMonde
French actress Anouk Grinberg: 'My soul was born with my son'
Known until now as an actress, at 62 Anouk Grinberg has become an advocate for women who have filed complaints against actor Gérard Depardieu. While many thought she was a privileged child from an artistic background, she reveals herself as a young girl damaged by a dysfunctional family, which left her vulnerable to predators. Respet ("Respect") is the title Grinberg chose to describe her youth and upbringing in her new book, as well as her rebirth. I would never have gotten here if... I could tell my story through everything that damaged me, or even killed off parts of myself, or, on the contrary, through what and who brought me back to life. But if I go all the way back, I believe I would not be who I am if I had not breathed in my mother's despair from birth. If I had not seen her, throughout my childhood and adolescence, attempt suicide so many times. That lack of light in my youth gave me a thirst for brightness and pushed me to become who I am today.
Sky News
14-06-2025
- General
- Sky News
Watch Trooping the Colour live
Members of the Royal Family will wear black armbands "as a mark of respect" to those involved in the Air India crash at the Trooping the Colour parade.
Wales Online
04-06-2025
- Business
- Wales Online
UK workers skipping lunch as 'too much work to do' costing them £1,000 per year
UK workers skipping lunch as 'too much work to do' costing them £1,000 per year A study of 2,000 adults in full or part-time work found over half of those who do take a lunch break typically only use 70 per cent of their allocated time St Pierre launches 'No Tech Zone' Hardworking Britons are, in effect, 'giving away' as much as £29 billion in labour every year simply by not taking full advantage of their lunchtime breaks. A study of 2,000 employees holding either full-time or part-time positions has shown that those who do take a break for lunch generally use just 70 per cent of the time they're given, and those who don't take the entire break often skip it altogether twice a week. For someone working full-time, with an average of 233 workdays in a year and the average full-time salary taken into account, this tallies up to an astonishing £1,012 worth of time each person annually misses out on. Almost 50 per cent confess that it's usually too much work that prevents them from stepping away, whilst others feel pressured to get back to work or see no point when there's barely enough time to go anywhere during their break. More than one-third consider their lunchtime pauses 'too brief', reporting an average length of only 39 minutes per day to refresh themselves. In an effort to restore the sanctity of lunch hours for the British public, St Pierre has established a 'respect zone' in London's Potter's Field Park – an ode to the preciousness of the midday interlude, calling upon Londoners to engage in dining 'avec respect'. Article continues below St Pierre launched 'The Respect Zone' - a Parisian themed pop-up near Tower Bridge (Image: PinPep ) The special area intended to transport office workers to Paris, inviting them to follow the French example of enjoying unhurried and relaxed mealtimes. A spokesperson from St Pierre remarked: "Lunchbreaks shouldn't be a luxury." They added: "Even though life is busy and work is important, we need to remember to take time out for ourselves to really get that break we need – and go back to work energised, refreshed, and satisfied by a delicious meal we were able to properly savour." A fifth of Brits feel that lunchtime rituals are not given the respect they deserve, particularly when compared to European neighbours such as Spain, Italy, and France who are seen as more appreciative of their midday meals. Some Brits skip their lunch break entirely twice a week (Image: PinPep ) Yet, even those who manage to set aside time for lunch often end up multitasking with work-related activities like checking emails or answering calls. For those accustomed to working through their lunch hour, over 20 per cent admit it would be difficult to alter this routine even if they had the chance. This admission comes despite 37 per cent acknowledging that regularly skipping lunch breaks can lead to burnout and negatively impact work performance. Article continues below St. Pierre's spokesperson added: "It's a sad state of affairs that our main break during a long day of work isn't really being treated as one – and that we can't seem to switch off even when given permission. "There's something to be learned from the French here – taking that moment to really unwind and enjoy a delicious meal, without thinking about other things. We're also missing a prime opportunity in our everyday lives to connect with other people over good food and conversation."
Powys County Times
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Powys County Times
RSPCA ad campaign cleared following complaints by campaigners
RSPCA adverts promoting 'respect' for animals have been cleared by the regulator following complaints that they misled consumers over welfare standards on 'RSPCA Assured' farms. The YouTube and TV ads featured various animals including computer-augmented cows, chickens and a pig in industrial farming facilities, a bee being run over by a lawnmower, an emaciated dog, a turtle in a suitcase, and a racing greyhound singing Aretha Franklin's version of the song Respect. On-screen text stated: 'Every animal deserves our kindness. Respect. RSPCA for every kind.' Adfree Cities and two other complainants said the ads misleadingly represented the welfare standards afforded to animals farmed under the RSPCA Assured scheme. The RSPCA said viewers would not have interpreted the ads as referring to RSPCA Assured, which accounted for only a small part of its overall work in England and Wales. It explained that the aim of RSPCA Assured was to improve farmed animal welfare by encouraging the industry to adopt higher welfare standards than minimum legal requirements, and to educate consumers on higher welfare options. It said RSPCA standards ensured that additional ethical controls beyond those set out in legislation were observed. This included nose ringing only allowed on animals over a certain size, and rings could not be replaced if they fell out, tail docking could only be carried out within the first 48 hours of life, and was not allowed on free range animals, and beak trimming was only typically permitted on chicks up to 24 hours of age. Referring to Adfree Cities' objection to the RSPCA Assured scheme's certifying of 'intensive' and 'factory' farming, the RSPCA explained that a farm was 'intensive' if it held at least 40,000 poultry, 2,000 pigs, and/or 750 breeding sows per farm, and did not refer to the welfare standards of a farm. It said the RSPCA Assured scheme did not allow practices typically associated with lower welfare farming, such as the use of farrowing crates and cages, while encouraging higher welfare options over lower welfare alternatives. The RSPCA said it was aware of allegations of poor welfare and breaches of welfare standards on farms that were members of the RSPCA Assured scheme. In response, they had followed due procedure in acting to immediately identify the nature of any breaches and sanctioned farms where necessary, which included withdrawing some farms from the scheme. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the complainants were concerned that some of the RSPCA Assured member farms engaged in practices that included beak trimming, nose ringing and tail docking, which were 'contentious' but 'regulated by law'. The ASA said: 'We understood that as a wider organisational effort, the RSPCA engaged with farmers to reduce the use of such practices, such as through reduction in livestock density and increased environmental enrichment.' Further, in response to allegations of mistreatment on RSPCA Assured farms, the organisation had 'quickly inspected and imposed a variety of sanctions on farms found to have breached its standards', the ASA said. Following the allegations, an independent report commissioned by the RSPCA found that while some farms fell short of expectations, overall the scheme was operating effectively with 93% of farms having fewer than five instances of non-compliance across over 500 standards. The ASA said: 'We concluded that the ads were unlikely to mislead about the care standards afforded to animals at RSPCA Assured farms.' An RSPCA spokesman said: 'We welcome the ASA ruling that found there was no foundation for this complaint. 'We have a 200-year history of making real and tangible change for farmed animals through changing laws and continually driving up standards to improve their welfare. The RSPCA's pioneering standards mean we were the first to require CCTV to monitor welfare in slaughterhouses before it became mandatory, to ban the use of battery cages for hens 18 years before it became law, to insist on pasture for dairy cattle, to provide more space for salmon, to end the use of fast-growing meat chickens, and to ban the use of farrowing crates for mother pigs. 'There's much more to be done and we're determined to continue to work with the public, our partners, industry and governments to improve the lives of farm animals now and in the future.' Nicola Wilks, co-director at Adfree Cities, said: 'Currently, the RSPCA is approving standards for animals across thousands of farms that, although above minimum legal standards, most people would think of as cruel. In this context this advert's scenes of free, hand-fed and rescued farm animals are extremely misleading. 'Advertising for the products of intensive farming is everywhere, misleading us about the unhealthy and cramped conditions experienced by animals in factory farms. 'It's disappointing to see the RSPCA's advertising contributing to this culture of misinformation. We will appeal this decision, but we also need broad restrictions on advertising that conceals the way animals are treated in the intensive farming industry.'
The Guardian
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Friedrich Merz set to take office as German chancellor
Jakub Krupa Some 70 days after winning the parliamentary election in February, CDU/CSU leader Friedrich Merz will finally become the new German chancellor today, taking over from embattled Olaf Scholz. Incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz of CDU carries documents, ahead of a Bundestag CDU/CSU fraction meeting, where a new chair will be elected, in Berlin, Germany. Photograph: Liesa Johannssen/Reuters Last night, Scholz was given a formal send-off party – probably best described by the Economist's Tom Nuttall as 'think military parade crossed with Desert Island Discs and you're halfway there' – leaving the office to the sounds of Bach, Aretha Franklin's 'Respect' and the Beatles' 'In My Life.' There will be time and place to properly sum up his term, acknowledging that whatever plans he may have had got quickly derailed by Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, three months into his chancellorship. But today the focus will be on what's next with a number of extremely urgent tasks facing the new chancellor, not just in international politics or the economy, but with the broader crisis of people's trust that things work as they should. In his farewell speech, summing up his three years holding the highest office in the country, Scholz said: 'Only if you (the German citizen) have confidence in democracy and its representatives can this democracy succeed. Earning this trust has always been the driving force behind my political commitment.' Outgoing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz leaves after his military tattoo ceremony hosted by the Bundeswehr in honour of his service. Photograph: Getty Images Merz will need to figure out – and figure out fast – how to keep that democratic confidence alive at a time when the far-right Alternative für Deutschland, the main opposition party now formally designated as an extremist force, comes top in some of the public opinion polls. The Bundestag will sit from 9am Berlin time (8am London) to formally appoint the new chancellor, and later to confirm the members of his government, with media rumours that the first cabinet meeting will take place this evening, ahead of Merz's expected trips to Paris and Warsaw tomorrow. We will bring you all the latest. It's Tuesday, 6 May 2025, it's Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live. Good morning. Share
