Former England international will be supporting runners before cheering Liverpool on in quest to clinch title There will be a familiar face to greet the 56,000 runners during Sunday’s London marathon, just when their legs are heavy and their mouths desert dry. Because, at mile 23, the former England footballer John Barnes will be handing out drinks and revelling in a near-perfect day with the race expected to break the world record for the most finishers and his former club Liverpool likely to win the Premier League . “It’s going to be great,” he says. “I’ll be handing out Lucozade bottles at mile 23 as they’re the longest serving partner of the London Marathon, having worked with them for 24 years. From a charity point of view the race raises a lot of money, and for promoting fitness and mental health it’s also fantastic. And hopefully we’ll have 56,000 finishers, which will break the record of 55,646 held by New York.” Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/oYG9Uym...
Tasmania’s supreme court handed down its decision in the discrimination case on Friday, sending it back to the tribunal
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Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) has won an appeal in the state’s supreme court, in a bid to continue barring men from entering an installation known as the Ladies Lounge.
The installation was closed in April after Tasmania’s civil and administrative tribunal ordered the museum to start admitting men to the female-only space, upholding a Sydney’s man’s complaint that the museum had discriminated against him on the basis of gender.
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