The women facing rape threats and abuses on Clubhouse
Getty Images Women are subject to massive online abuse in India In November Bhavini received screen recordings from her friends in a Clubhouse room with a title that mentioned her underwear. The live-audio app allows users to start a virtual room or join one in which other people are speaking. In these recordings, men were […]
Batter Sophia Dunkley handed first England central contract
England have awarded a central contract to South East Stars batter Sophia Dunkley for the first time. The 22-year-old has played in 15 Twenty20 internationals after making her debut at the 2018 World Cup in West Indies. Dunkley is one of 17 players, including captain Heather Knight and all-rounder Nat Sciver, to be handed a […]
Labour plans to teach British Empire injustice in schools
Getty Images Children will be taught about injustice and the role of the British Empire as part of the national curriculum under Labour, Jeremy Corbyn has said. At the launch of his race and faith manifesto on Tuesday, the Labour leader said a new trust will educate on how to address the legacy of slavery. […]
China surveillance of journalists to use ‘traffic-light’ system
BBC The Chinese province of Henan is building a surveillance system with face-scanning technology that can detect journalists and other “people of concern”. Documents seen by BBC News describe a system that classifies journalists into a “traffic-light” system – green, amber and red. Journalists in the “red” category would be “dealt with accordingly”, they say. […]
Unseen photos show first women’s football stars
Lizzy Ashcroft Collection One photograph shows Dick, Kerr Ladies with players from top Belgium and French teams The images capture the lives of the Dick, Kerr Ladies team and their superstar striker Lily Parr, as the club enjoyed the height of their success in the 1930s. The images were owned by Lizzy Ashcroft, who played […]
Boris ‘worse for Scotland than Thatcher’
Daily Record While Tuesday’s leadership debate dominates the front pages, the Daily Record leads with comments from Nicola Sturgeon on Conservative front-runner Boris Johnson. The first minister said he could do more damage to Scotland in 18 weeks at Number 10 than Margaret Thatcher’s government did in 18 years, the paper reports. The Times The […]
Google and big tech are ‘institutionally racist’
WATCH: Timnit Gebru accuses Google and the wider tech sector of institutional racism Timnit Gebru, a highly influential artificial-intelligence computer scientist, is at the centre of a race row that has engulfed Google’s AI research workforce and raised passions beyond. She says she was fired by Google after it took issue with an academic paper […]
Northern Ireland: Former women’s boss Kenny Shiels’ exit offers ‘fresh start’ – Angela Platt
Qualification for last summer’s Euros was the first time Northern Ireland had ever reached the finals of a major competition. They followed that up in September by completing their World Cup qualifying campaign with away wins over Luxembourg and Latvia, before an impressive home victory over Italy in a friendly in November. Shiels’ departure and […]
All male Labour leader race ‘no accident’, minister claims
Labour must justify a potential all male leader race says Eluned Morgan There is a campaign to “actively prevent a woman” from getting into the race to become the next Welsh Labour leader, a minister has claimed. Eluned Morgan is currently one nomination short of getting on the ballot paper. Local Government Secretary Alun Davies […]
100-year-old takes computer classes at local library
Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC Margaret Griffiths says she retired as a teacher before computers were used A 100-year-old woman is taking IT classes in a bid to “catch up” on technology she missed out on when she was a primary school teacher. Margaret Griffiths, from Ynyshir, Rhondda, said she enrolled in the weekly classes to […]