{"id":72932,"date":"2024-11-13T14:44:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T14:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/bbc-secret-filming-shows-uk-pubs-not-enforcing-safety-scheme-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T14:44:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T14:44:01","slug":"bbc-secret-filming-shows-uk-pubs-not-enforcing-safety-scheme-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/bbc-secret-filming-shows-uk-pubs-not-enforcing-safety-scheme-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC secret filming shows UK pubs not enforcing safety scheme | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pubs, bars and clubs that have signed up for a scheme designed to protect people on nights out from harassment <!--more--> and unwanted advances are not implementing it, a BBC undercover investigation has found.<\/p>\n<p>The Ask for Angela initiative, a not-for-profit project in place at thousands of venues nationwide, aims to provide a discreet lifeline for those feeling unsafe. <\/p>\n<p>Those concerned about their safety are advised to use the code word &#8220;Angela&#8221;, to indicate to bar staff they are in need of help.<\/p>\n<p>But secret filming by BBC researchers found that in half of the London venues they visited, including major chains, staff failed to respond when the code word was used.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC received similar reports from across the UK. The Ask for Angela scheme says the BBC\u2019s findings are concerning.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#AskForAngela #UK #Pubs #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pubs, bars and clubs that have signed up for a scheme designed to protect people on nights out from harassment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}