Waiting list grows for Suffolk menopause courses
Suffolk Libraries Suffolk Libraries and Suffolk Mind have been running the “ground-breaking” courses for a year More than 100 women are currently on a waiting list for menopause courses in a county a year after they started. Suffolk Libraries and Suffolk Mind run courses and sessions and provide support for anyone experiencing the menopause or […]
Boris Johnson burka probe is ‘show trial’
PA Jacob Rees-Mogg suggests Boris Johnson attracts extra criticism because people are envious of him A Conservative Party investigation into Boris Johnson is a “show trial” and is being used to stop him becoming leader, Jacob Rees-Mogg has claimed. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, the Tory backbencher blamed Theresa May’s “personal rivalry” with Mr Johnson […]
Daryll Neita: GB sprinter targets medals at Paris 2024 Olympics
Following a winter training block which she describes as an “insane operation”, Neita could not have hoped for a more promising start to this Olympic year. Certainly, as far as season-opening races go, beating the world 100m champion is not a bad place to start. Neita was beaming as she cruised to an impressive 200m […]
Scotland’s papers: Clutha compensation victory
BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC BBC The son of Clutha victim John McGarrigle has told The Scottish Sun that he has been vindicated by his compensation win, after claiming lawyers had tried to prove that he did not love his father, who died along with nine other people in the […]
Google gender gap questioned
A Google engineer has posted a 10-page treatise about bias, criticising the company’s left-leaning culture and policies meant to increase diversity. Zoe Jervier, global talent director at Entrepreneur First, said early intervention is key to solving the gender gap. She told the Today programme: “If you think how career roles are normalised or the gender […]
UFC: Molly McCann, Valentina Shevchenko & Joanne Calderwood encourage more women to take up MMA
The UFC celebrated its 25th anniversary last year but it is only since November 2012 that women have competed on the promotion, with American Ronda Rousey paving the way as the first female champion. McCann says part of the attraction for women is being on the same pay grade as their male counterparts and being […]
Tasmania elects majority of women in Australia state first
TASMANIA LABOR Tasmania’s opposition leader Rebecca White (left) and her deputy, Michelle O’Byrne Tasmania has become the first state in Australian history to elect a majority of female MPs to its legislature. The state, Australia’s smallest, held its election on 3 March, but counting was not finalised until this week. The Australian Capital Territory (ACT), […]
‘I was raped at 14, and the video ended up on a porn site’
Rose Kalemba Last year Rose Kalemba wrote a blog post explaining how hard it had been – when she was raped as a 14-year-old girl – to get a video of the attack removed from a popular porn website. Dozens of people then contacted her to say that they were facing the same problem today. […]
Shergar Cup, Ascot: Napravnik seeks win with female jockeys
“It’s a very risky business and a dangerous sport, but we love it,” said the 31-year-old Dubliner, speaking just days after jockey Simone Montgomerie died after a fall at the Darwin Cup meeting in Australia. “What happened in Australia puts things in perspective.” Allpress acknowledges that women “are making their mark” in New Zealand racing […]
Who’s running and what’s at stake?
BBC Len McCluskey has been a major force in Labour politics for a decade Unite is beginning the contest to elect its new leader. So what hurdles do the candidates face? It’s no longer the biggest union in the UK – that accolade belongs to public service union Unison – but it is the largest […]