‘We’ll make an assessment from [the CCTV] but, obviously, we’re on the back foot from the beginning because we didn’t have the initial complaint at the time it occurred, which would have been my preference,’ he said. 

During the first session, your therapist will meet with you and your partner via video call on the website or app. The therapist will ask questions about the nature and dynamics of your relationship and help you create and meet goals. Further sessions may be recommended.  

«To anybody who’s 25 who thinks there are millions of dollars in there to be had, there aren’t,» he said. «There are millions of dollars to be lost.» ($1 = 1.5024 Australian dollars) (Reporting by Byron Kaye and Praveen Menon; Editing by Christopher Cushing)

Meanwhile, Wagamama is currently running a similar fundraiser, according to its website which states 25p from every power juice sold will be donated to Mermaids along with 20 per cent of its profits from their bespoke menu. 

Some seem to poke fun at attempts to cut down: Echo Falls posted an Instagram meme in January 2020 that read, ‘Dry January Inspiration — Dry White Wine — Dry Red Wine’ and this summer Blossom Hill’s Facebook account advised: ‘When experiencing a heatwave, it’s important to stay hydrated’ — with a winking emoji.

The practice was condemned as ‘painful, and potentially harmful’ by Dr Hilary Cass, the former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics in an interim review of trans children’s services for the NHS, https://Marvelvsdc.faith published this February.

Does the Gottman method work?

The Gottman method gets its name from psychologist John M. Gottman. His couple-based therapy approach helps you learn conflict resolution skills and dive deep into your relationship dynamic. According to a 2018 study, the Gottman method is very effective. Although, this type of therapy isn’t for everyone. Work with your therapist to find a method that works for you and your partner. 

In a research paper published this year — ‘Pretty in Pink’ And ‘Girl Power’: An analysis of the targeting and representation of women in alcohol brand marketing on Facebook and Instagram — academics studied 2,600 social media posts from alcohol brands between 2019 and 2020.

Fellow campaigner, Maya Forstater, who won legal protection for having ‘gender-critical’ views back in 2019, said on Twitter that the practice by Mermaids was ‘not OK’ and that the ‘organisation should not be in schools’ and ‘should be investigated by the charity commission’. 

An Entain spokesperson said the firm had «more player safety tools than any other operator in the market, including the use of algorithms which help us to detect problematic behaviour and then intervene.»

On chest binding, they told MailOnline: ‘Some trans masculine, non-binary and gender diverse people experience bodily dysphoria, as a result of their chest, and binding, for some, helps alleviate that distress.

As lockdowns made a crime of many forms of socialising, gambling became more attractive among «socially isolated or bored» young men, said Rebecca Jenkinson, executive manager of the Australian Gambling Research Centre.

On TikTok — where branded content promoting alcohol is globally prohibited — 98 per cent of the top 100 videos using the hashtag #alcohol contained positive portrayals of alcohol, according to a study in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs last year (TikTok claims this study is not representative of most users’ experiences).

‘Blackout binges in my teens and 20s had morphed into less extreme but arguably more insidious drinking in middle age, when alcohol seemed to offer a way to ‘take the edge off’ everyday life,’ Antonia Hoyle writes

Started by the all-female trio Haim, who sang gleefully about how they were going to ‘drink a bunch of different drinks’ to ‘be hungover’ en route to the Oscars, the jokey song sparked millions of almost entirely female copycat renditions, including one by TV presenter Holly Willoughby, with two female friends.

Australia’s gambling industry has been in the spotlight in recent years, with public inquiries lashing its biggest casino operators due to lapses in money laundering protections.

Online gambling has also been the focus of inquiries, but with its increasing prevalence, the government has answered consumer advocates with a pledge to take a deeper look.

Gamblers’ loss on Pkv Poker machines was A$11.4 billion in 2021, shrinking A$1.1 billion or 17% from 2019, the year before lockdowns began, showed data from Monash University’s School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine.

Baileys sponsoring the Women’s Prize for Fiction, for example. In 2018, Smirnoff launched an ‘Equalizer’ campaign to boost female artists on music streaming platform Spotify, while Absolut launched a social media campaign called #sexresponsibly in 2020, to shine a ‘spotlight’ on the issue of consent.

It partnered with RAINN, an anti-sexual violence organisation, to implement campaigns to stop people from using alcohol as a tool to excuse or violate consent.