Are changeable heels the end to women’s sore feet?
Tanya Heath Paris Tanya Heath Paris shoes come with changeable heels “Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world,” film star Marilyn Monroe once said. But what constitutes “right” for women nowadays? While high heels can make the wearer feel more confident, they aren’t comfortable for long-term wearing. This means that […]
India celebrates woman who flew on Virgin Galactic
Getty Images Sir Richard Branson celebrates with Sirisha Bandla perched on his shoulder Indians are celebrating Sirisha Bandla’s flight to the edge of space on billionaire Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic rocket plane. Ms Bandla is the second woman born in India to go to space after Kalpana Chawla who died when the Columbia Space […]
Obituary: VS Naipaul
Colin McPherson It is universally agreed that Sir Vidia Naipaul was a great writer of the English sentence; a master stylist and story-teller with a cold, clear eye for the ironies, tragedies and sufferings of mankind. But here all agreement stops. For his many supporters, his fiction had merciless comic clarity and his travel writing […]
Charles ‘attacks’ Rwanda plan, and sugar tax snub
The Times leads on the reported remarks by the Prince of Wales that flying migrants to Rwanda is “appalling”. A source quotes him as being “more than disappointed” at the policy. The Daily Mail says Prince Charles is risking a major clash with Number 10 – adding it has learned there has been friction between […]
Phil Neville: England boss to be ‘ruthless’ when picking Women’s World Cup squad
When asked about the selection process, Neville – who won 59 England caps as a player but missed out on World Cups in 1998, 2002 and 2006 – replied: “It is going to be difficult, you know it and I know it. It is coming. “We have spoken to the players about it, how we […]
Third of council equal pay claims still not settled
PA The report says measures previously adopted by councils kept men’s salaries higher Councils across Scotland have still to settle more than a third of all equal pay claims 13 years after the deadline for new rules was set, a spending watchdog has found. The Accounts Commission said about £750m was spent settling claims since […]
EU leaders attempt to dodge Putin’s divide and rule tactics
EPA There is concern that President Putin is trying hard to shift the balance of power in Europe They say there’s safety in numbers. Europe, Nato and the US find themselves looking nervously over both shoulders these days. A) At China: the ever-present shadow over Shoulder Number One, with its economic might and expanding global […]
Lauren James: Chelsea striker wants to ‘win Ballon d’Or’ and play at World Cup
James describes herself as a “laid-back, chilled person” who enjoys the simple things in life like nice food and shopping. If she wasn’t a footballer, she said she would have liked to have been a 200m runner. Her playing style perhaps reflects her personality. She glides across the pitch effortlessly and is deceivingly fast. “I’m […]
What is Nicola Sturgeon’s political legacy?
Getty Images Nicola Sturgeon celebrated the 2019 Westminster election results Nicola Sturgeon will be remembered as one of the most impressive politicians of her generation, delivering a string of landslide election victories for the SNP. But the first minister entered politics for one thing above all others and, in the end, she failed to deliver […]
Northern Ireland: Men’s and women’s players to get equal pay
Northern Ireland winger Caragh Hamilton said it was “another huge step” in the growth of the women’s game in Northern Ireland. “Some key people/players have been instrumental in making this happen, refusing to settle for anything less than equality,” she posted on social media. , external “Another huge step in our mission to drive the […]