What happened when England last hosted the Women’s European Championship?
While the Lionesses, seeking a first ever European crown, start as one of the favourites this time, it was a different story when the Euros came to Manchester, Blackburn, Blackpool, Preston and Warrington. Hope Powell’s squad were part-time and the England boss stated before the tournament: “The women’s game here is a second-class sport.” Striker […]
Climate puzzle persists with unexpectedly warm January
Mark Poynting Climate and environment researcher Reuters Last month’s Los Angeles fires were one of the costliest disasters in US history Last month was the world’s warmest January on record raising further questions about the pace of climate change, scientists say. January 2025 had been expected to be slightly cooler than January 2024 because of […]
Gail Redmond: Progress in women’s football ‘mind-blowing’, says MBE recipient
Redmond, who began her playing career for the Post Office as a teenager before spending 10 years as a player and head coach in the United States, says the opportunity for women to be paid in a massive step forward. “Next year is very exciting with professionalism and the opportunity for women to get paid,” […]
UK-US trade deal speculation and energy bill fears
PA Media Boris Johnson and Joe Biden met on the sidelines of a UN summit in New York A number of front pages focus on the latest developments in trade deal negotiations between the UK and US. The Guardian thinks Boris Johnson’s hopes of a bilateral agreement “have all but evaporated”. The Express appears buoyed […]
Murdered ‘model student’ had top GCSEs
‘Wenjing should have been able to enjoy the safety of her home’ Wenjing Lin was a 16-year-old “model student” who passed all her GSCEs with top A and A* grades. But she never found out about her exam success. She was strangled by a family friend at her family’s Chinese takeaway in Rhondda Cynon Taf […]
False video claims celebrities were ‘paid’ by USAID to visit Ukraine
A video claiming that USAID, the US government’s main overseas aid agency, has paid Hollywood celebrities millions of dollars to visit Ukraine has gone viral on social media and has been amplified by high-profile accounts like Elon Musk. However, the clip is not real and has hallmarks of a Russian disinformation operation that the BBC […]
Suffolk hit by third case of bird flu in a week
BBC The latest case has affected a mix of chickens, ducks, geese and guineafowl A third case of bird flu has been identified in west Suffolk in a week. Suffolk Trading Standards said the latest case was found in Fakenham Magna, near Honington, on Thursday. It said it was a back yard flock of 159 […]
Brentford: The women of power at the club aiming to be ‘most inclusive in UK’
Greg Clarke’s “unacceptable” comments on Tuesday led to the Football Association chairman quitting his job and yet more questions about diversity at the top of English football. But could some of the answers come from Championship side Brentford, who want to become “the most inclusive club in the United Kingdom”? The west London team are […]
‘I’m alive thanks to US foreign aid’
UNIAN Dmytro Sherembey credits USAID with saving his life “I’m alive thanks to USAID,” says Dmytro Sherembey. He’s been living with HIV for 24 years in Ukraine, and says the agency, which distributes billions of dollars of aid around the world, has helped prevent the virus from spreading there. “Every second HIV-positive person in Ukraine […]
Panama Canal Authority denies US claims over free ship passages
Panama has denied making changes to allow US government vessels to transit the Panama Canal for free, following White House claims it had agreed to such a move. The State Department said in a statement on X that its government vessels “can now transit the Panama Canal without charge fees, saving the US government millions […]