Shaunagh Brown column: Neck injury a reminder rugby is not everything
England claimed a Women’s Six Nations Grand Slam and fourth straight title against France on Saturday, but I could not be there. I suffered a neck injury in training and left camp before the team went to Bayonne. As a prop, your neck generally hurts from scrums but any injury in that area or the […]
Celebration of women in science and tech ending
Tracy Howl Ada Lovelace Day 2019 The organisers of Ada Lovelace Day (ALD), an international celebration of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), say today’s event will be the last. They blame a lack of money from corporate sponsors. They also say they there’s a mistaken notion that gender inequality in STEM has […]
Luton Dart airport shuttle route set to launch next month
Luton Rising The Luton Dart will eventually run 24 hours a day Passenger will be able to use a much-delayed driverless railway linked to an airport terminal from next month. The £290m Luton Direct Air-Rail Transit (Dart) was due to open in 2020 but will now take its first customers on 10 March. The 1.4-mile […]
Life lessons from Europe’s last wild beekeeper
NEON One of the more unlikely films competing in this weekend’s Oscars is a fascinating story about a wild beekeeper in the Balkans. Honeyland has a strong ecological message, but it’s the life story of the woman at the centre of the film that has struck a chord around the world. Honeyland is the first […]
Taylor Swift blasts ‘toxic male privilege’ during Woman Of The Decade speech
Getty Images Swift was presented with her award by actress and broadcaster Jameela Jamil Taylor Swift was named Billboard’s woman of the decade on Thursday night – but her speech contained none of the usual award show platitudes. Instead, the star criticised “toxic male privilege” in the music industry, championed fellow female artists and escalated […]
Women’s Premiership: What has happened to former champions Linfield?
In contrast to Linfield’s four senior internationals, Glentoran have 11 NI players on their books while Cliftonville have seven. Aside from the departed McKenna and Burrows, Abbie Magee has missed the full season with an ACL injury and captain Ashley Hutton suffered a similar fate at the end of May. The absence of Magee and […]
Rage at elite over young victims of rail tragedy
Giorgos Christides Dimitra Kapetaniou, 24, was a postgraduate student and like many of the victims studying at university The last time I saw Dimitra Kapetaniou was when my four-year-old labrador spotted her, pulled me towards her and jumped up on her for a big hug. She lived across the street with her parents and her […]
Gary Lineker ‘in negotiations’ over BBC pay
Gary Lineker: “I’m kind of the whipping boy for the BBC” Match of the Day host Gary Lineker, the BBC’s best-paid presenter, has said he’s “in negotiations” over pay after reports that he will take a pay cut. He did not deny the reports, but said he would make an announcement “when there is the […]
Which Downing Street parties have resulted in fines?
Getty Images Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak have both been fined The Metropolitan Police have issued a total of 126 fixed penalty notices have been issued over lockdown events in and around Number 10. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has asked them to explain how they decided who to fine at the gatherings. […]
The Cambridge women ‘crushing’ stereotypes in video game development
Dominic Ward Charlotte Render, Laurie O’Mahony and Stephanie Dunk-Chappell all teach video game development to sixth form students When Stephanie Dunk-Chappell started teaching teens to make video games, she got a lot of “are you in the right room?”. The now 26-year-old says it motivated her to carry on “if only out of spite”. She […]