Exiting Australia MP decries ‘bullying’ of women
Getty Images MP Julia Banks (L) was a supporter of former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull An Australian government MP has revealed she will not contest the next election, condemning the parliament’s “bullying and intimidation” of women. In a withering statement, Ms Banks took aim at the “scourge of cultural and gender bias” in politics and […]
The billionaire THG boss facing a reality check
Getty Images THG’s Matthew Moulding, seen here with Prime Minister Boris Johnson The news flow about THG, the company formerly known as The Hut Group, was breathless. The rag-to-riches story of billionaire boss Matthew Moulding, the pictures on Instagram of his muscled torso stripped to his waist, the dealmaking, the creator of a tech business […]
Laura Muir’s road to Rio begins at Scottish Cross-Country Relays
Laura Muir’s first race since the women’s 1500m World Championships final in Beijing will be over the mud and hills in Cumbernauld on Saturday. Muir, 22, who finished fifth in China in August, begins her winter season with the Scottish National Cross-Country Relays. “Laura has started off really well in training following a break after […]
‘Toxic culture of sexism’ in police, says former police chief
Beverley Perkins Photographer Susannah Fish is a former chief constable of Nottinghamshire Police A former police chief has said she would think “very carefully” about reporting a crime committed against her because of how she would be “judged”. Susannah Fish, former chief constable of Nottinghamshire Police, said there was a “toxic culture of sexism” in […]
England’s Nicola Adams wins flyweight gold at Euro Championships
However, the more aggressive Adams took charge in the third and led 9-6 going into the fourth, before controlling a bruising closer. Adams had been the first English female boxer to win a medal at a major tournament when she won European silver in 2007, and has since collected two silvers at world level, but […]
Guide to task facing the party
AFP Liberal Democrats are gathering in Bournemouth for their annual conference. Here’s a guide to the event which runs from Saturday to Tuesday. Setting the scene… Think back to 2015 when the Liberal Democrats took a hammering at the general election, punished for going into coalition with the Conservatives. From 57 MPs, they were reduced […]
Birmingham charity helps women stay away from crime
A woman who was forced to steal to feed her children, has said she would have ended up dead or in prison, if she had not been helped to escape from her violent and controlling partner. She is among hundreds of women in the West Midlands who have turned their backs on crime, thanks to […]
World Indoor Athletics Championships: Laura Muir takes silver as Doyle wins 400m bronze
Laura Muir produced a superb run to win her second medal of the World Indoor Athletics Championships, with silver in the women’s 1500m in Birmingham. The Briton, 24, chased home Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba, who took gold when Muir won bronze over 3,000m on Thursday. Muir clocked four minutes 06.23 seconds, behind Dibaba (4:05.27), with Netherlands’ […]
Turkey’s soft-spoken Kemal Kilicdaroglu takes on powerful Erdogan
Mahmut Serdar Alakus/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Slowly but surely Kemal Kilicdaroglu has changed Turkey’s opposition Republican People’s Party into a vote-winner Kemal Kilicdaroglu, 74, is in the fight of his career. He has mounted the strongest opposition challenge to Turkey’s most powerful man, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, since he took power more than 20 years ago, but […]
Shannon and Cheriece Hylton target athletics success – ‘It’s our time to step up’
Katarina Johnson-Thompson won her first global gold at the World Indoor Championships in January while Andrew Pozzi won the 60m hurdles. Zharnel Hughes was disqualified at the Commonwealth Games after crossing the line first in the men’s 200m but Dina Asher-Smith won bronze in the women’s 200m. The 4x100m relay teams both claimed medals at […]