Euro 2022 final: Women’s football will never be the same again
England led though Ella Toone’s superb lofted finish from Keira Walsh’s perfect pass just after the hour, but the dangerous Germans, cruelly robbed of top scorer and talisman Alexandra Popp after she was injured in the warm-up, deservedly struck back when the dangerous Lina Magull clipped in the equaliser at the near post with 11 […]
Stewart Regan’s gone but what now for Scottish FA?
It’s not a popular notion, but his heart was in the right place and he wanted to make things happen. The archaic structure of the SFA didn’t help. In the end, it was time for him to leave. It was best for everyone. But what now? You have a better chance of getting a camel […]
Office or home? The pleasure and pain of lockdown working
Getty Images For over a year anyone who has been able to, has been asked to do their job from home. And for many that has meant a whole catalogue of challenges from fitting work around home schooling to shooing the cat off your keyboard. While there was money to be saved on bus fares, […]
Adèle Haenel MeToo moment shocks French cinema
AFP Adèle Haenel said she had tried to cut off links with the director at the age of 15 The French film world has been shaken by the account of an award-winning actress who says she was sexually harassed as a young teenager by the director of her first film. Adèle Haenel decided to speak […]
The remarkable rise of the independent councillors
BBC Catherine Sayer and Kevin Bourne are among a new breed of independent councillors A quiet revolution has been going on in town halls across England and Wales, as voters turn their back on the big Westminster parties in favour of local, independent candidates and residents’ groups. What’s behind the surge in support for them? […]
Why I was emotional at my Hall of Fame surprise
It’s about people and not the occasions – that’s where I get emotional. When you play football you get to do a lot of cool stuff. How many of my family members would have had an opportunity to be on the pitch at Wembley? It’s little things like that which make it special as I […]
Ed Miliband says Labour left-wingers are not facing ‘purge’
Ed Miliband defends Keir Starmer’s sacking of Rebecca Long-Bailey Labour left-wingers are not at risk of being “purged” for speaking out in defence of Rebecca Long-Bailey after she was sacked in an anti-Semitism row, former leader Ed Miliband has said. Ms Long-Bailey made a “significant error of judgement” by sharing an article that contained an […]
Women’s FA Cup final: Sam Kerr seals title for Chelsea against Manchester United
Sam Kerr was Chelsea’s matchwinner yet again as they wrapped up a third successive Women’s FA Cup title with victory over Manchester United in front of a world-record domestic crowd at Wembley Stadium. Kerr, who has netted six goals in the competition this season, fired in a cross from Pernille Harder and celebrated in front […]
Wales’ politicians could be able to split roles
Getty Images Ken Skates when he was deputy minister for culture, sport and tourism presenting a Welsh dragon to Uruguay rugby captain Santiago Vilaseca A former Welsh government minister has said he would still be in the cabinet if job sharing was allowed. Ken Skates stepped back from government in 2021 in search of a […]
Why do some job adverts put women off applying?
Atlassian Aubrey Blanche says some job ad words indicate “hostile work environments” to women Words matter. And the way we use them in job adverts can dictate whether or not people bother to apply. This is a big problem if you’re a business trying to recruit more women and ethnic minorities into your workforce. So […]