Miriam O’Reilly, the former BBC Countryfile presenter who successfully took the corporation to an employment tribunal after being dropped from its flagship rural affairs show, is to seek election as a Labour MP. Ms O’Reilly, who won a landmark ageism case against the BBC, will put herself forward for selection as Labour’s candidate in the…

Another promising new technology is organ printing, which is exactly what it sounds like: Cells, rather than ink, are put into a sophisticated 3-D printer and then printed onto a biodegradable material. The machine prints “pages” of cells on top of each other to make a three-dimensional shape. In December 2010, a company called Organovo…

In America, a parent is filing an age discrimination complaint with the U.S. Department of Education against the Mendon-Upton Regional School District for denying his sixth-grade daughter access to the middle school track team. Gary Gienger, of Plumbley Road, told the School Committee last night that his daughter has “academic consistency issues” and is currently…

Miss Lockwood began working as an Administrative Officer at the Department for Work and Pensions (“DWP”) in October 1999. At this time she was aged 18. In April 2007, a voluntary redundancy scheme was put into place. Miss Lockwood applied for redundancy and her application was accepted. As a 26 year old with 8 years’…

In the US, a group of Democratic and Republican congressmen seek to make it easier for individuals to successfully claim age discrimination. In 2009, the US Supreme Court decision of Gross v FBL Financial Services ruled that older workers must prove age discrimination was the “sole motivating factor” for the loss of their job. The US…

Older people are more likely to die of cancer because they receive less investigation of and treatment for their disease due to “age bias” by the NHS, a major new report warns. They suffer delays in having their case referred to a specialist, are less likely to undergo radical surgery and have worse outcomes than…

Viewing entries tagged Race discrimination Unite the union denounces British Airways for trying to overturn a ruling saying its policy of dismissing female cabin crew at 45 was age discriminatory. Presenter Lisa Aziz is leaving ITV for ”personal reasons”, it has been announced.  Former ITV newsreader Liza Aziz claims that she suffered age discrimination after…

Viewing entries in Wall Street Journal Sonia Arrison, author of a new book on longevity, explains how scientific advances are making radical life expansion – to age 150 and beyond – a possibility, and what it could mean for human existence.

Viewing entries tagged Taipei Labour market experts have called for enhanced protection against age at work ahead of the Taipei Ministry of Labor’s introduction of a draft act for the employment of middle-aged and elderly workers, set to be released before the end of this month. Comment

Viewing entries tagged John McCririck A new age discrimination row has erupted after Jay Hunt gave evidence at John McCririck’s ageism Tribunal… The controversial pundit John Mc-Cririck was dropped from Channel 4’s horse-racing programmes because he was “unappealing and irritating” to viewers, not because of his age, a senior executive at the broadcaster has claimed.…