Category: Women Doing Amazing Things
England women awarded freedom of City of London
Reuters England edged past Germany to secure their first major trophy Women’s Euros champions England are to be awarded the freedom of the City of…
Do the Olympics have a gender gap?
Getty Images There were no women athletes at the first modern Olympic Games, in 1896, because its founder, Pierre de Coubertin, thought women were “not…
Women’s Premiership: Linfield Ladies beat Reds to maintain perfect start
Women’s Premiership leaders Linfield Ladies made it four wins from their opening four games by hammering Cliftonville Ladies. All the goals came in the first…
The Hundred: Has the new tournament been a success?
Some crowds were rowdier than you would want for a family occasion – family stands and alcohol-free zones could become more prominent. The strange regularity…
What is it and what does it do?
Getty Images The couple committed tens of billions of dollars to their global charity work News that billionaires Bill and Melinda Gates are to separate…
Sam Quek: Female athletes should be able to look good without being sexualised
Sam Quek was part of the Great Britain women’s hockey team that won gold at the Rio Olympics in 2016. Here she talks about the…
Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ falls flat in West Bank
EPA The first part of the plan focuses on the Palestinian economy, rather than the more difficult issues More than two years after US President…
Leicestershire cancer charity scammers jailed
Leicester Mercury Kalvinder Garcha (left) and Lynn Middleton carried out their fraud over about two years Two women who scammed a cancer charity and a…
‘I wouldn’t leave South Africa, I have a kid here’
Stanford Mogotsi Stanford Mogotsi (left) and Kabelo Mashishi have made software systems for the likes of Heineken and Fifa Software firm boss Stanford Mogotsi says…
From Rhondda to Greenham and the US Supreme Court
Brinkworth family photo The sisters began their protest camping out in Porth 1981. Bucks Fizz win Eurovision, Raiders of the Lost Ark tops the box…