Wales Women: Ioan Cunningham and Geraint Lewis appointed interim coaches
“The search has begun for a new Wales Women head coach, but we are also confident we have the right team to support the players this autumn as they start to build towards next autumn’s rearranged Rugby World Cup.” The interim coaching team led a three-day training camp last weekend with a wider player group […]
Doug Beattie ‘deeply ashamed’ by past tweets
UUP leader Doug Beattie apologises for making a joke about Edwin Poots and his wife Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie has said he is “deeply ashamed and embarrassed” by a number of historical tweets he published. Earlier Mr Beattie apologised for tweeting a joke about the former DUP leader Edwin Poots and his wife. “Since […]
‘I started a business accidentally’
RBS Keely Deininger, here with models, says she has had challenges with cash flow and time management Keely Deininger loved her job in design at a Marks and Spencer supplier. But she gave it up to look after her three children: “One day, I called my mother and asked her to look after the children. […]
Hundreds rescued from love scam centre in the Philippines
Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission Police rescued hundreds of victims from the centre in Bamban, about 100km north of capital Manila Hundreds of people have been rescued from a scam centre in the Philippines that made them pose as lovers online. Police said they raided the centre on Thursday and rescued 383 Filipinos, 202 Chinese and […]
US women’s national team reach agreement with US soccer over equal pay
United States forward Alex Morgan says a “monumental step forward” has been taken after the women’s national team (USWNT) reached agreement with governing body US Soccer on equal pay. The players will receive $24m, external (£17.7m) and US Soccer has pledged equal pay for the men’s and women’s teams across all competitions, including the World […]
What are parties saying on childcare?
Getty Images With polling day fewer than four weeks away, families are asking just what the parties are planning to do about childcare. Here, we answer a selection of readers’ questions on family benefits and finances. What will each party do to help full-time working parents with financially crippling childcare costs? – Craig Harris, Newry […]
The 26-year-old with a £100m sportswear brand
Gymshark Ben Francis is still only 26 but his business is expected to see turnover hit £100m this year The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles a different business leader from around the world. This week we speak to Ben Francis, founder of UK sportswear brand Gymshark. It is hard to know how a then […]
Diane Abbott hits out at racism in politics after donor row
Watch: Abbott stood up in an effort to catch the Speaker’s attention 46 times Diane Abbott has spoken out about racism in politics, a day after being denied a chance to take part in a Commons debate about a Tory donor’s criticism of her. Frank Hester is reported to have said the MP made him […]
The story of women’s football in 10 objects
BBC Prof Jean Williams with the original minutes from 1921 which banned women’s football in FA grounds A hundred years ago, teams of women were playing in front of large crowds and making big money. Then the Football Association banned them from its grounds. Here’s the story of the fall and rise of women’s football, […]
Sturgeon rejects ‘confidentiality breach’ claim over Salmond complainer
PA Media Nicola Sturgeon has denied allegations that the name of a woman who complained about Alex Salmond was passed to him during a government investigation. Mr Salmond claims to have been told the name of a complainer when a meeting with Ms Sturgeon was being set up. Labour MSP Jackie Baillie said this was […]