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Huge golf between sexes
It had seemed such a simple request - could the TV be switched from showing golf to a music channel. But the question by a woman guest at the Hopwood Unionist Club, in Rochdale, has had dramatic ramifications.
A member complained . . . and the club's committee banned all women from the "sports room".
Female guests were then banished to the club's "middle room", which prompted a protest petition against the decision, which, in turn, led to a referendum among all the members.
After a bitter campaign, members voted 37 to 30 to keep women out.
Manchester Evening News (Francis Harvey)
The naked truth
A job vacancy for a naked cleaner is being advertised at a jobcentre in Southampton, the DWP confirmed.
The advertisement says it is looking for applicants of both sexes to do the washing-up and ironing. It says it wants to make the tasks more erotic for customers in the south-east.
Eastern Daily Press (Ivor Yeloff)
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