Women’s World Cup: How resurgent Italy grabbed attention of a nation
While Saturday’s opponents the Netherlands have never reached this stage before, as reigning European champions they will be favourites to advance. The Oranje eliminated Japan in the last 16 after pipping Canada to top Group E, but if Italy can upset the odds (kick-off 14:00 BST) the impact could be a lasting one back home. […]
‘I want to kill off Tory party’
Getty Images Heidi Allen, Anna Soubry and Sarah Wollaston join the Independent Group The papers are dominated by the defection of the three Conservative MPs to the Independent Group. “Let’s get this party started” is the headline in City AM, which pictures the self-styled “three amigos” alongside the eight Labour MPs they have joined forces […]
Police facial recognition surveillance court case starts
Facial recognition: ‘Law has not caught up with technology’ The first major legal challenge to police use of automated facial recognition surveillance has begun in Cardiff today. Ed Bridges, whose image was taken while he was shopping, says weak regulation means AFR breaches human rights. The civil rights group Liberty says current use of the […]
From softball in Staffordshire to hard ball for England: Danielle Wyatt’s pathway to success
Staffordshire’s Danielle Wyatt is one of the leading cricketers in England, having been part of the side that won the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup. Her achievements were a source of great pride for the county, which has produced only a handful of international cricketers over the years, the previous one prior to her having […]
Jeremy Corbyn adds new faces to shadow team
BBC Tracy Brabin will work on Labour education policy Ex-Coronation Street actress Tracy Brabin is among Labour MPs to have been given frontbench jobs by Jeremy Corbyn. The Batley & Spen MP becomes a shadow education minister, with responsibility for early years provision. Chris Williamson gets the key role of shadow fire services minister while […]
Women’s Super League: How Chelsea overcame injuries, Covid & pressure to win title
Chelsea have been here before. They have won WSL titles and often delivered when the pressure has been on. A lot of that comes down to experience and that is something manager Hayes is not short of. The Blues boss has now won six WSL titles with the club – including their first in 2015 […]
How Scott Morrison ran out of miracles
Getty Images Voters have questions the genuineness of Scott Morrison’s image In 2019 Scott Morrison said he “believed in miracles” when he won an election that he had been projected to lose. This time around, it seems he ran out of them. Voters turned on his conservative coalition on Saturday, flipping key seats to Labor […]
Brexit vote and Boeing’s space test
AFP MPs to vote on Johnson’s Brexit deal The Parliamentary year is ending as it began – with MPs debating Brexit. Whereas, in January, Theresa May was embarking on a series of defeats over the deal she struck with the EU, her successor as prime minister says his 80-seat majority will provide “certainty” after years […]
Barbara Taylor Bradford to be A Woman of (More) Substance with new novel
Getty Images Barbara Taylor Bradford said period TV dramas since A Woman of Substance were “junk” Barbara Taylor Bradford’s blockbuster A Woman of Substance sold millions of copies and became a mini-series that is still Channel 4’s most-watched show. Now, the author is writing a new novel that revisits the story – but from a […]
I was never given realistic chance to enact tax cuts
Reuters Liz Truss has made her first comments about her short-lived premiership Liz Truss has said she was never given a “realistic chance” to implement her radical tax-cutting agenda by her party. In a 4,000-word essay in the Sunday Telegraph, Ms Truss stood by her plans to boost economic growth, arguing they were brought down […]