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The Irish Sun
15-07-2025
- Lifestyle
- The Irish Sun
‘I'm absolutely scalded', says RTE star as she suffers sunburn nightmare during Irish heatwave & puts top cures to test
RTE star Rozanna Purcell has revealed she's been left "scalded" by the sun after enjoying the Irish heatwave. The 2FM star made the most of the summer sun as temperatures soared across the country - but it came at a painful cost. 2 Rozanna was left 'scalded' after the Irish heatwave Credit: Instagram 2 The presenter decided to conduct a science experiment Credit: Instagram took to Showcasing the red burn across her back, which had a dramatic bikini line, she told followers: "So we all know, my back, I'm absolutely scalded, she's in bits, she's not doing okay." Now, the 34-year-old has decided to turn the painful mishap into a "science experiment" to determine which sunburn cure is the most effective. She divided her back into four sections using pink tape, and explained: "I am going to use the top three recommended sunburn cures. READ MORE ON ROZANNA PURCELL "There's aloe vera, yogurt, and the burn spray you get in a pharmacy, and I'm going to leave one segment heal by itself. "We're going to establish, once and for all, which is the best sunburn cure." The popular presenter then shared a photo of her back with each treatment applied to the different sections. She added: "Going to apply three times a day for three days let's see which one does the job best." MOST READ IN THE IRISH SUN Roz recently left fans feeling "stressed" after The radio star, who is a former RTE 2FM star shares 'stressful' bad habits Taking to Instagram, Roz shared a clip of herself with the title: Things that I do that stress out my (Type A) friends. The Tipperary beauty went on to list a number of habits she has that were slightly out of the norm. First up, the Irish star admitted: "I have 317 unread WhatsApp messages." MESSY MODEL She then confessed to having a whopping 12,220 unopened emails. Later, Roz showed off her iPhone which was smashed to pieces at the back with no protective case on it. She added: "This is my phone. It cracked last year, I still don't have a case, but it works fine." The 34-year-old moved on to reveal that she would only ever reply to a text message "within four seconds or never". Roz defended herself by saying: "But, I always reply mentally."
Scotsman
30-06-2025
- Business
- Scotsman
Away-days need to be accessible
Donna Reynolds says employers have a duty to ensure that staff with a disability don't feel excluded at off-site events Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... The company away-day was deemed a huge success; there was laughter, there were cross-team conversations, the bar was drunk dry, and to top things off, the sun made an appearance. Management congratulated itself on a job well done and looked forward to reaping the rewards of a happier, more collaborative workforce. However, not everyone felt the same way: Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Employees may have a physical condition which excludes them from taking part in activities such as archery on away-days (Picture: Mark is autistic and can better manage his cognitive resources and focus on the task at hand when he knows what to expect. With no itinerary provided (management wanted it to be a surprise), he was anxious and distressed trying to anticipate what might happen next; Amy has an overactive bladder, a condition that causes frequent and sudden urges to urinate. She was placed at a table furthest away from the toilets and felt embarrassed every time she had to cross the room, and worried she didn't have enough time; Roz has an auditory processing delay and needs more time to respond to, and process, sound. Roz felt isolated and frustrated during the group break-out session, struggling to keep up with and contribute to the discussion; Meera has arthritic legs and experiences pain and stiffness if she stands for long periods of time. She couldn't take part in archery and watched from the sidelines. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Donna Reynolds is an Employment Partner, Blackadders The Equality Act 2010 requires employers to 'take such steps as it is reasonable to take' to remove, reduce or prevent any 'substantial disadvantage' disabled employees face. Failure to comply with this duty is a failure to make 'reasonable adjustments ', which can be the difference for disabled employees between being able to stay in work or having to leave. In this case, can they fully participate in and enjoy the away-day – or feel excluded? Sadly, employers all too often forget about their duty at such events and others, including networking and off-site client meetings. The duty only arises if an employer knows, or could be reasonably expected to know, that the employee is disabled. You might wonder how those responsible for organising an away-day might know or be expected to know the disability status of each and every one of the attendees. Mental impairments, for example, might be invisible in a way that other protected characteristics are not and some, for a variety of reasons, choose not to disclose their mental or physical impairment(s). However, an employer cannot claim it did not know about an employee's disability if the employer's agent or employee (for example, HR assistant, line manager or occupational health adviser) knows of the disability. The EHRC Employment Code says 'an employer must do all they can reasonably be expected to do to find out if a worker has a disability'. It is reasonable to expect management to share its plans with HR and ask whether or not adjustments might be necessary to remove, reduce or prevent any substantial disadvantage both generally and for specific individuals. While an employee's health is sensitive personal data, there are ways and means to meet the duty without risking a data breach. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad There are simple things an employer can do as a matter of course to foster inclusion without particular disabled employees being identified. For instance, it takes very little to share an agenda and seating plan in advance or ask whether anyone has specific requirements. Summer is the perfect time to bring staff together but if employers wish to avoid expensive discrimination claims from raining on their parade, they need to ensure accessibility for everyone.
Metro
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Legendary Meet the Parents star wants 'a lot of money' to return for sequel
Barbra Streisand has shared her annoyance over not being paid as much as her male co-stars for her role in Meet the Fockers. The 83-year-old has commanded a huge career spanning decades thanks to her incredible voice as well as her talents in front of the screen, appearing in A Star Is Born, Funny Girl, Yentil and A Star is Born. In 2004, the Tell Him singer shared the screen with Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman and Blythe Danner in the Meet the Parents sequel, appearing as eccentric sex therapist Roz Focker. She reprised her role in the 2010 follow-up but, speaking in a new interview, she declared that she would have to be paid 'a lot of money' to return to the fold once more. When asked if we could see Roz in the upcoming movie alongside fellow musician Ariana Grande – who recently signed onto the project – the EGOT winner didn't mince her words. 'Oh my God. They'd have to pay me a lot of money because I didn't get paid what the other people got paid and so I'm p***ed off,' she told Variety. 'I was in the time when women were getting paid less than the men. The head of Universal was Ron Meyer at the time, and he actually sent me a bonus check. It was very sweet.' Barbra kept tight-lipped over how much she was paid for her scene-stealing stint as Roz, but teased that a string of other acting offers had come her way. 'I get a lot of offers, but they're funny offers,' she continued. 'Well, one was good. It was something that Peter Bogdanovich was going to do and Guillermo del Toro sent it to me, I think. 'It's a subject that I actually love, but I'm not going to tell you. I'm not ready to direct again. I think I've probably had it.' Meet the Parents was first released in October 2000, and followed Ben as Gaylord 'Greg' Focker, a nurse meeting his girlfriend's family for the very first time. His attempts to impress Jack and Dina Byrnes, played by Robert and Blythe respectively, didn't quite go as planned, leading to lie detectors and lost cats. More Trending The original was a huge hit and became the seventh highest-grossing film in 2000 after raking in more than $330million at the global box office, sparking two sequels. The 2004 follow-up focused on the Byrnes family meeting Greg's loved ones for the first time, with Dustin and Barbra joining in the chaos as the head of the Focker crew, while the third centered around the couple raising two young sons. Meet the Parents 4 is currently slated to be released on November 25, 2026. According to reports, it will see the extended family come together when Greg and Pam are introduced to their future daughter-in-law, who 'seems all wrong' for their son. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you.
Business Insider
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Insider
My 7-year-old interviewed the author of his favorite book. He asked big and small questions with more confidence than I have.
When author and illustrator Peter Brown set out to write "The Wild Robot," he didn't head to a studio or café — he went to the Catskills, Maine, and the Pacific Northwest to find inspiration. When I had the chance to connect with Brown, I knew I had to turn to an expert who truly appreciated the book: my 7-year-old son. "I tried to spend as much time in kind of a wilderness area as I could to feed my imagination, give me little ideas, remind myself of the kind of sounds that you hear when you're out in the woods," Brown told me and my son over a video interview. That juxtaposition — the mechanical and the natural — sits at the heart of "The Wild Robot," Brown's beloved middle-grade novel and now an Oscar-nominated major motion picture from DreamWorks. "The last place you'd expect to find a robot is out in the wilderness," Brown explained. "And so I thought, well, that's kind of interesting." My three children agree. They are such fans of the movie that we ended up not only buying it, but also getting the book to read the original story, which we've already enjoyed multiple times. My son had lots of questions to ask Brown, from whether he liked robots to whether there would be more movies starring his favorite robot, Roz. He wanted readers to care about the robot To prepare for the interview, my son and I talked about our favorite parts of the movie and the book. I asked him what he wanted to ask Brown, and he surprised me with how much he wanted to know, including why the robot doesn't have a mouth but can still talk, and more profound questions that, as a parent, moved me. For those who aren't hardcore fans like we are, "The Wild Robot" follows Rozzum Unit 7134 (a.k.a Roz), a machine that washes ashore on a remote island and must learn to survive — and eventually, thrive — among wildlife. "This is a very extreme fish out of water story," Brown said. "You take that advanced technological character and you put it in the least technological place you can imagine." The book's premise is simple, but the emotional arc is complex. Brown imagined a robot that becomes more "natural and wild than even a person could." Both my husband and I cried at different scenes of the movie because Roz reminded us of different parenting phases we've been through, helping our kids learn how to walk, or learning ourselves how to let them go and become their own person. "That is kind of the main goal of an author — to make sure your readers care," Brown said. Roz is an optimistic vision of AI At a time when most portrayals of artificial intelligence tend toward the dystopian, Brown aimed for something different. "We are very familiar with stories about robots, kind of like a robot uprising," he said. "I thought it was more interesting to show a more optimistic vision of what the future could look like." He backs that vision with research, not just imagination. Brown visited NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and spoke with scientists designing robots to explore other planets. "They're already using robots to communicate with animals," he told my son, who listened with both his eyes and mouth wide open in surprise. Roz, Brown believes, could someday exist. There might be a movie sequel Brown has long loved animation, and the adaptation of the first book from his three-book series into a movie has been a surreal experience. "Before I started writing children's books, I actually worked in animation," he said. So when DreamWorks reached out, saying they wanted to adapt the book into a movie, he was very excited. He hopes for a sequel, which was one of the more important questions my son had because he wants more of Roz. "I'm pretty confident there will be at least one more movie," he said. My son shared with Brown how his twin sisters, who are two years younger than him, often get distracted when my husband reads the original book because it doesn't have illustrations on every page. Brown's latest project, " The Wild Robot on the Island," is a picture book adaptation of the original novel, aimed at an audience like my daughters. He wants readers to learn something from Roz Throughout the interview, Brown answered my son's big questions and little questions with the same enthusiasm and attention to detail. They talked about whether Brown had a Roomba (he doesn't) and whether he had adopted anything like Roz did in the story (he did adopt his dog Pam). My son surprised me by asking one of the more profound questions of the interview — what we, as readers, could learn from Roz. Brown hopes it's empathy and interdependence. "Roz learns that she needs help. She can't do it all by herself," he said. "We all need each other; we should just be good to each other because we're going to need each other at some point or another." It's a message that Brown feels is often forgotten. But through the eyes of a robot (or in my case, during this interview, a 7-year-old) trying to understand the world, it becomes fresh again.
Time of India
07-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Experience Dakhni Cuisine at the New Sharief Bhai Flagship Store in Bengaluru, ET HospitalityWorld
Restaurants 2 min read Sharief Bhai to launch flagship store in Frazer Town, Bengaluru The new store spread across two floors, located near the brand's original outlet will feature four unique dakhni dining concepts: Roz, Sharief Bhai Biryani, Dastarkhan, and Dawat-e-Falak, ssaid a release.
