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I like being flamboyant, says pioneering performance poet, writer and actor Cian Binchy. Theres not enough of that these days 鈥?everythings so du
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vaso stanley ccess All Areas, a theatre company that puts on productions made by learning-disabled and autistic artists.He wants to reach more people so they understand the talent of performers like himself. Social media can be really bad for people with learning disabilities or autism. Its easy to hide behind a keyboard and bully other people. Its also not real life 鈥?You can have a virtual home in a virtual world with a virtual social life, but we need people to have real lives in the real world, and real opportunities, says Binchy.Arts Counci
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Ali Dizaei is taking his porridge at Her 颅Majesty s Pleasure, after being convicted of trying to frame an 颅innocent man and 颅lying to cover up his abuse of 颅office. Dizaei s crime was made worse by his position as a commander with the 颅Metropolitan Police Service. And as le
stanley quencher ader of the National Black Police 颅Association, where for years he has loudly demanded that the police get to grips with institutional racism, there is a long queue of his former colleagues and 颅detractors ready to bury him under a huge pile of abuse.Brian Paddick, a former Met deputy commissioner, told Radio 4 s Today programme that previous disciplinary actions against Dizaei had been dropp
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