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“Our music was so simple: we’d all laugh when Adrian Wright moved just one finger on the synthesizer and it sounded great”: Replicate the sonic magic of the Human League’s defining synth-pop anthem

The first UK No. 1 to use a drum machine plays host to one of the most recognisable synth parts ever. We re-create its opening 5th riff in all its 80s glory

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Met Police officer who called Des O’Connor’s daughter ‘hot’ faces new misconduct hearing

Detective Chief Inspector James Mason sexually harassed mugging victim Kristina O’Connor by saying she was his ‘favourite Camden victim of crime’

Evening Standard

Entertainer’s defeated daughter to ‘keep fighting for justice for women’

Kristina O’Connor was sexually harassed by Sergeant James Mason, who had been based at Kentish Town police station

Evening Standard

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Des O'Connor's daughter loses court challenge over Met Police officer's sexual harassment

Kristina O’Connor was sexually harassed by Sergeant James Mason, who had been based at Kentish Town police station

Evening Standard

Des O’Connor’s daughter loses court battle over detective who called her ‘amazingly hot’

Kristina O’Connor said the Metropolitan Police ‘failed to properly investigate’ a complaint against a detective

The Independent UK

Ex-detective accused by Des O’Connor’s daughter ‘made inappropriate comments’

A judge heard allegations about James Mason, a former Metropolitan Police detective chief inspector, during litigation centred on Kristina O’Connor.

The Independent UK

Met officer who called victim ‘hot’ spoke inappropriately about colleagues, court told

Further allegations emerge against DCI James Mason, who kept his job after being found guilty of misconduct

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Top Met Police officer kept job after calling female robbery victim ‘amazingly hot’ and asking for date

A Metropolitan Police officer kept his job after sexually harassing a woman who had reported being the victim of a violent mugging, the High Court heard.

Evening Standard

Melanie Sykes quits TV after comment from MasterChef's Gregg Wallace

She has vowed never to return to mainstream TV

Liverpool Echo

Melanie Sykes decided to quit TV career after savage dig from MasterChef's Gregg Wallace

TV star Melanie Sykes' presenting career began by hosting Sky One’s Real TV UK series in the mid-90s but her appearance on Celebrity MasterChef in 2021 put an end to her love of mainstream telly

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