Women’s World Cup 2023: Morocco and the women’s football revolution funded by a king
While progress has been made, it seems not everyone has moved away from the view that football is for men, not women. “It hasn’t gone completely,” says Mrabet when asked about the traditional mindset. “I think all of women’s football is still living the situation.” According to 14-year-old Rim, an impressively mature junior player with […]
University of Bristol makes tactile robotic hand ‘breakthrough’
University of Bristol Developed by the University of Bristol, the tactile robotic hand can rotate objects University researchers say they have made a “key breakthrough” in the development of tactile robotic hands. Led by Prof Nathan Lepora, a professor of robotics and AI, at the University of Bristol has created a four-fingered robotic hand which […]
Government looking at language rule for butchers
PA Media The government is looking at relaxing the language requirement of its immigration system to get butchers into the UK, says the environment secretary. The pork industry has warned of a crisis that could see 120,000 pigs killed because of labour shortages. Butchers are on the government’s skilled occupation list, allowing them to work […]
Tory ‘turmoil’ blamed for slow Islamophobia action
PA Media “Turmoil” at the top of the Conservative Party is to blame for its slow progress on tackling Islamophobia, an independent review has found. Prof Swaran Singh said the “political upheaval” of the past two years had impacted the party’s efforts. The Tories said there had been “significant progress” but there was “still work […]
Helping women ensure their voices are heard
Getty Images ‘Women get interrupted a lot’, says Facebook’s Nicola Mendelsohn “I remember early in my career that sometimes I would have a thought in my head, but I lacked the confidence to be able to get that thought out,” says Nicola Mendelsohn. “Then I would hear, usually a man, say the point that I […]
Waiting list grows for Suffolk menopause courses
Suffolk Libraries Suffolk Libraries and Suffolk Mind have been running the “ground-breaking” courses for a year More than 100 women are currently on a waiting list for menopause courses in a county a year after they started. Suffolk Libraries and Suffolk Mind run courses and sessions and provide support for anyone experiencing the menopause or […]
Prof Patricia Wiltshire discusses career on Desert Island Discs
Norfolk Police Michelle Bettles was a sex worker in Norwich who was murdered in March 2002, aged 22 A forensic scientist involved with investigations into some of Britain’s most notorious crimes has told how the unsolved murder of a mother-of-three 22 years ago affected her. Prof Patricia Wiltshire told BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs […]
Oil on stormy market waters
Getty Images Oil prices had diaried an appointment with mayhem this week, but instead, the market is calmer and positive. Global demand is up, as lockdown eases, and supply has been cut by Opec, Russia and, decisively, in the USA. Speculators can drive volatility, and not just in the oil market. The warning of chaos […]
Boris Johnson burka probe is ‘show trial’
PA Jacob Rees-Mogg suggests Boris Johnson attracts extra criticism because people are envious of him A Conservative Party investigation into Boris Johnson is a “show trial” and is being used to stop him becoming leader, Jacob Rees-Mogg has claimed. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, the Tory backbencher blamed Theresa May’s “personal rivalry” with Mr Johnson […]
Daryll Neita: GB sprinter targets medals at Paris 2024 Olympics
Following a winter training block which she describes as an “insane operation”, Neita could not have hoped for a more promising start to this Olympic year. Certainly, as far as season-opening races go, beating the world 100m champion is not a bad place to start. Neita was beaming as she cruised to an impressive 200m […]