Credibility does not hinge on wearing sleeves
US Defence department Interviewing US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel in 2014 – and doing just fine without sleeves Quick wardrobe change needed today. I’m going sleeveless on Beyond 100 Days. I hope this does not mean my credibility is shot and my gravitas is sunk. According to the former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell, I’m […]
Barcelona’s car-free smart city experiment
BBC Superblocks have parks where traffic used to be In the centre of bustling and busy Barcelona there is unusual quiet: just the babble of children playing in a small playground and the sound of the birds. There is virtually no traffic and the space where cars would have parked is given over to play […]
The battle for lipoedema surgery: ‘I’m in constant pain’
Lipoedema is a painful and debilitating health condition that causes abnormal swelling and fat deposits on women’s legs and arms. Little is known about it, and it’s often misdiagnosed as obesity. Doctors say the liposuction treatment needed is being wrongly classed as cosmetic surgery, so is rarely funded by the NHS. The BBC’s Alexandra Mackenzie […]
Chelsea 3-1 Manchester United: Marc Skinner says Man Utd ‘still have energy’ for title charge
Under-pressure Manchester United boss Marc Skinner says his side “have the energy” to chase down Women’s Super League leaders Chelsea. Sunday’s 3-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge leaves fourth-placed United 10 points behind Emma Hayes’ side at the halfway point and beyond the traditional tipping point for winning the league. No team has won the division […]
Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed wins
Reuters Abiy Ahmed became Ethiopia’s prime minister in April 2018 The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who made peace last year with bitter foe Eritrea. He was awarded the prize for his efforts to “achieve peace and international cooperation”. Mr Abiy’s peace deal with Eritrea ended a […]
Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020: ‘Covid-critical’ broadband engineers awarded
TalkTalk Managers Andrew Miller and Peter Harding were on 24-hour call at the height of the coronavirus outbreak Two engineers who were on call “day and night” to ensure hospitals, care homes, surgeries and other critical sites stayed online in the early days of the Covid crisis are to be appointed MBEs. Peter Harding and […]
The Color Purple stars ‘want to make Oprah Winfrey proud’
Warner Bros Singer Fantasia Barrino is making her feature film debut The stars of a new musical film version of the novel The Color Purple have said they want to make Oprah Winfrey, who acted in the previous film adaptation, proud. Fantasia Barrino and Danielle Brooks, who act as Celie and Sofia respectively, are taking […]
Griselda Blanco and the female drug barons of Latin America
Alamy The new Netflix series Griselda casts light on a lesser-known figure in drug trafficking, and is part of a growing awareness of the women who run drug cartels in Latin America. “The only man I was ever afraid of was a woman named Griselda Blanco.” This disquieting quote, which opens up Netflix’s latest narco […]
First Asian women elected as Blackburn councillors
BBC Saima Afzal and Maryam Batan celebrate their election victories Blackburn voters have elected the town’s first Asian women councillors. Labour’s Saima Afzal – who first stood as a candidate in 1999 – and Maryam Batan have been toasting victory. The Lancashire town has one of England’s largest Asian populations but the absence of Asian […]
My party doesn’t care enough and I want to change that
BBC The Conservative Party has stopped caring about serious policies and is only interested in chasing “easy votes”, a former minister has said. Phillip Lee, who quit the government to campaign for another EU referendum, said the party was “distracted” by Brexit – a “single issue”. And it was time to reclaim the “centre ground” […]