News Headlines - 20 November 2014
▽BBC News - Julien Blanc: UK denies visa to 'pick-up artist'
Controversial US "pick-up artist" Julien Blanc has been barred from entering the UK by the Home Office... A petition to deny him a visa attracted more than 150,000 signatures ahead of his UK tour, due to start in February.
▽Russian hackers put UK webcam footage live on internet | The Times
Live footage is being streamed from the bedrooms of British children on a new Russian website that displays footage from unsecure webcams.
▽Britain Drops Challenge To EU Bank Bonus Cap
Britain is withdrawing its legal challenge to European Union moves to limit bankers' bonuses, the Chancellor has said.
With one out of three women worldwide lacking access to safe toilets, it is a moral imperative to end open defecation to ensure women and girls are not at risk of assault and rape simply because they lack a sanitation facility, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged today on World Toilet Day.
Boys born in parts of the south of England are expected to live up to eight years longer than those born in the northwest, official figures have suggested.
Males born in the affluent area of south Cambridgeshire have the highest longevity at 83.0 years – nearly nine years longer than in the area with the lowest, Blackpool (74.3 years).
