Category: Women Doing Amazing Things
Ireland women’s opener Shillington aims to go out on a high
The ICC Women’s World Twenty20 in November will mark the end of an era for Irish female cricket, as stalwarts Clare Shillington and Ciara Metcalfe…
Your most-read Scottish stories of 2023
The BBC Scotland news website has looked back at our most-read stories of the year. This is the top 20 for 2023, with the ranking…
‘We need a miracle’ – Israeli and Palestinian economies battered by war
Getty Images Jerusalem’s Old City should be teeming with visitors at this time of the year More than six months into the devastating Gaza war,…
EFL Week of Action: Fitness for mums & skateboarding refugees among clubs’ community work
Hayley Kinnaird and Elle Leggatt are new mums who are looking to get back to their former fitness after recently giving birth. Their local football…
When is it and what to expect
Getty Images Nikki Haley has risen in the polls since the first debate Seven Republican candidates will battle it out at the party’s second presidential…
The UK city where sex work is banned, but hasn’t stopped
Hull News & Pictures Hull is the UK’s only city to have banned sex workers from its red light district, effectively making prostitution illegal. The…
The human limits of roller coasters
Infusion roller coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach How the amusement ride industry maintains a fairly sound safety record despite taking the human body to exhilarating…
Police investigate ‘offensive’ Leek preacher complaints
Other Members of local churches had been appalled by some of the preachers’ comments, councillor Bill Cawley said Town centre patrols have been stepped up…
How Moon missions changed the modern world
Nasa The Apollo programme took humanity to the Moon but also changed the face of technology back here on Earth. Astronaut Mike Massimino was six…
Victims ‘stuck in limbo for years’
Getty Images Suspected trafficking or modern slavery victims are being put at risk by delays in the system designed to protect them, a BBC investigation…