A lap dancer has won the right to be considered an employee in a decision that could affect thousands of performers in the industry.
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Sutherland's sensitive side
Thursday 15 March 2012
The star of 24 was planning a break from TV but a new supernatural family drama from the creator of Heroes lured him back, he tells Sarah Hughes
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Women without any rights know all about 'erotic capital'
Monday 22 August 2011
Hakim attacks feminists for devaluing the sexual currency held by British women. I can only thank them for freeing us from lives endured by millions
24-hour room service: Blythswood Square Hotel, Glasgow
Saturday 22 January 2011
A modern classic that looks to the future
High Street Ken takes a trip down memory lane
Monday 03 January 2011
From the pathos of David Miliband to the pluck of Lembit Opik, 'The Independent's' diarist recalls his highlights of 2010
Diary: Gwyneth's recipes for life
Tuesday 21 December 2010
Like a latter-day Linda McCartney, health-food-loving rock-star spouse and sometime actor Gwyneth Paltrow publishes her debut cookbook next year. The press has been issued with extracts from the tome, with the food-free title My Father's Daughter (sickly subtitle: "Delicious, Easy Recipes Celebrating Family and Togetherness").
Peter Stringfellow tries to return winter fuel allowance
Saturday 27 November 2010
Peter Stringfellow has written to the Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith asking him to halt his "totally unnecessary" pensioner's winter fuel allowance.
Stringfellow wants to pay back winter fuel cash
Friday 26 November 2010
Peter Stringfellow has written to Work And Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith asking him to halt his "totally unnecessary" pensioner's winter fuel allowance.
Sacked lap dancer loses case
Wednesday 10 November 2010
A lap dancer who attempted to bring an unfair dismissal case against Stringfellows has lost her case, a lawyer for the club said today.
Unfair dismissal bid Stringfellows lap dancer a 'tax exile'
Wednesday 13 October 2010
A lap dancer who is attempting to bring an unfair dismissal case against Stringfellows has been living as a "tax exile" within her own country, it was claimed today.
Stringfellows dancer was women's rights student
Tuesday 12 October 2010
A topless dancer attempting to sue Stringfellows for unfair dismissal was once a women's officer responsible for promoting the rights of female university students, a tribunal heard today.
Comedy Lab, Channel 4
Sunday 25 April 2010
Seven shows in the Comedy Lab strand have mixed appeal, but there are enough laughs to make it all worthwhile
Pre-emptive strike on sex shops and strip clubs
Monday 12 October 2009
A sleepy Ulster town has said NO to sex shops and strip clubs — even though no one is planning to open any.
The real winner's dinners
Thursday 28 May 2009
Gordon, Jamie and Nigella are so last year – Channel 4's Come Dine With Me is the TV food sensation of 2009. Lena Corner meets the fans who are living by its rules
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