Where women’s nudes are shared without consent
Klawe Rzeczy A BBC investigation has found that women’s intimate pictures are being shared to harass, shame and blackmail them on a massive scale, on the social media app Telegram. WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS CONTENT OF A SEXUAL NATURE In the split second Sara found out a nude photo of her had been leaked and […]
Simone Magill ‘fell out of love with football’ before Aston Villa move
2022 was set to be a defining year of Simone Magill’s career. The striker would lead the line for Northern Ireland at Euro 2022 after firing her country to a first women’s major tournament. Before the Euros, the 28-year-old had secured a move to Aston Villa from Everton, which had ended a nine-year stint on […]
Bristol Mix Nights DJ course makes line-ups more diverse
Giulia Spadafora The eight-week beginners course is taught by Bristol-based DJs Danielle, Daisy Moon (pictured right) and Em Williams A beginners DJ course in Bristol has helped change the musical landscape of the city. Mix Nights aims to bring gender equality to an often male-dominated industry by training cisgender women, non-binary and trans people to […]
The job-sharing apps that feel like online dating
WeJobShare Irenka Krone runs WeJobShare, a website that allows users to find people to job share with After entering a bit about myself and what I’m looking for into a matchmaking website, the details of two potential partners are immediately shared with me. First there is Alejandro, dressed in a sharp suit, and sporting a […]
England star Keira Walsh gets bus named after her as thank you
Reuters Walsh was one of the stars of England’s victory over Germany in July England’s Keira Walsh is to have a bus named after her in honour of her Euro 2022 success. Bus firm Rosso said the bus that runs from her hometown of Rochdale to Rossendale would now bear her name. Operations manager Phil […]
Why African leaders like Cameroon’s President Paul Biya hides his health
AFP Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has been in power since 1982 Rumours of ill-health have engulfed two African presidents in recent weeks, sparking contrasting responses and exposing how the wellbeing of leaders is often treated as a state secret. It started with Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, 91, whose ministers denied that he was sick, insisting […]
‘We do love pain a little bit’ – Alistair Brownlee and Lucy Charles-Barclay pushing Ironman to the limit
“Pushing myself as hard as I can is just what I do,” says Alistair Brownlee with a knowing grin. He’s remembering a day not long after Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge became the first man to break the two-hour barrier for the marathon distance in 2019, a feat that was watched around the world. Brownlee was sat […]
Foreign-born voters talk hope, fear and big money in US election
BBC Millions of people migrate to the United States every year, and the number of those who become US citizens – and therefore earn the right to vote – is growing. One in 10 eligible voters is a naturalised citizen – representing a record share, according to a recent Pew Research Center study. The BBC […]
Olympic sport this week – BBC Sport
Two of Britain’s fast-rising pentathletes achieved the Olympic qualifying standard with top-eight finishes at the European Championships in Kent. Jamie Cooke, 20, came fourth in the men’s final, having eclipsed his own 200m freestyle swimming world record for a pentathlete. World junior number one Freyja Prentice then produced a good run/shoot to climb from 12th […]
From ‘We’ve shut it down’ to 100,000 US dead
Getty Images It’s an uncanny and almost tragically perfect piece of symmetry. The number of US servicemen and women killed in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan – over an aggregate 44 years of fighting – is almost exactly the same as the number of Americans who’ve now lost their lives to coronavirus in just three […]