{"id":68903,"date":"2017-08-14T15:56:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T22:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=68903"},"modified":"2017-08-14T15:56:02","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T22:56:02","slug":"news-in-london-on-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/08\/14\/news-in-london-on-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS IN LONDON ON BBC \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Dr Sarath Obeysekera<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>Marks &amp; Spencer is forced to change its &#8216;sexist&#8217; toilet signs after shopper Accuse retailer of being &#8216;outdated&#8217; by using an image of a woman and a baby for the ladies and a man with\u00a0 a neck tie\u00a0 for the gents<\/em><\/strong><em> !<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Customer and policeman complained about &#8216;sexist&#8217; signs in Marks and Spencer<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Store shows man wearing necktie and woman in dress holding child on loo doors<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-4770620\/Marks-Spencer-HATE-CRIMES-row-toilet-signs.html#ixzz4pkfUFElc\">http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-4770620\/Marks-Spencer-HATE-CRIMES-row-toilet-signs.html#ixzz4pkfUFElc<\/a><br \/>\nFollow us:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ec.tynt.com\/b\/rw?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&amp;u=MailOnline\">@MailOnline on Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ec.tynt.com\/b\/rf?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&amp;u=DailyMail\">DailyMail on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was listening to news today in London ,BBC 2 .One of the main news Item is about changing the door sign of ladies toilets in Marks and Spencer\u00a0 .Toilet doors for ladies use\u00a0 are marked\u00a0 with a woman\u2019s figure carrying a baby !Nothing is mentioned about corruption by politicians or by government officers or police .<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Other day there was a news\u00a0 about a Police Chief using a Paedophile to snitch on other offenders by paying him thumping sums\u00a0 .Ironically police officer justified his action and reiterated that he will do it again if he can convict few other culprits\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Next item was about Big Ben will not chime until 20121 !<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><em> Another news <\/em><em>Anger and hatred can make us feel happy, says study<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><strong><em>By Katie Silver<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Health reporter, BBC News<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Conclusion we can make is despite .Brexit ,Trump Behaving like a mad man ,North Korean Leader threatening the world .Chinese imposing sanctions on North Korea etc does not bother ordinary British .They leave it to politicians .Sun paper having a photo of a naked woman on page three always does not write about any politics ,but only about sex .<\/p>\n<p>We in Sri Lanka listen to politicians accused of corruption, and Auditor General and Election Commissioner showing his Marxist face ( emulating his brother may be !} talking about\u00a0\u00a0 postponement of elections etc .Often about motor cyclists and\u00a0 Tuk Tuk Drivers parading against traffic penalties .<\/p>\n<p>We should also have such news heading s like in UK ,light minded and humorous ?<\/p>\n<p>Dr Sarath Obeysekera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Sarath Obeysekera Marks &amp; Spencer is forced to change its &#8216;sexist&#8217; toilet signs after shopper Accuse retailer of being &#8216;outdated&#8217; by using an image of a woman and a baby for the ladies and a man with\u00a0 a neck tie\u00a0 for the gents ! 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