From bike lanes to lost pets
BBC The community-focused Nextdoor social network has grown substantially during the pandemic, but has had to make changes, says chief executive Sarah Friar, in an exclusive interview with the BBC. Nextdoor, unlike the bigger social networks, is designed to offer a hyper-local experience, creating social newsfeeds about your neighbourhood, with posts by verified people who […]
‘I fear losing rugby as a community’: Trans player on World Rugby proposal
Transgender participation in women’s sport is a complex and divisive issue, and McKenzie fears being excluded from competition World Rugby is considering a proposal to ban transgender athletes from women’s contact rugby due to safety concerns that they say have emerged from recent independent research, claiming there was likely to be “at least a 20-30% […]
Wales Women: Warren Abrahams says cohesion is ultimate goal
Abrahams’ first squad will be announced ahead of the Six Nations. There were no places in the recent training group for former captain Carys Phillips or Sioned Harris. The pair were left out of the 2020 Six Nations despite having accrued over 100 caps. Harris said in the summer she was “desperate” to get back […]
Call for all-male Holyrood management board to quit
BBC Holyrood’s all-male management group of MSPs have been urged to quit so a gender-balanced group can be installed. But former Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said the parliament “simply cannot take a lead” on equality issues with only men on the corporate body group. Each party nominates an MSP to join the management group at […]
John McAfee’s life on the margins
Charismatic huckster, arch self-promoter or fugitive? John McAfee, the tech millionaire who fled Belize after the murder of his neighbour, eludes easy descriptions. Smuggling himself across the border from Belize to Guatemala, Mr McAfee said he had evaded capture by dying his hair and beard, and puffing up his face by filling his mouth with […]
Arsenal sign Canada goalkeeper Sabrina D’Angelo on permanent deal
Arsenal have completed the signing of Canada goalkeeper Sabrina D’Angelo on a permanent deal. The 29-year-old joins the Women’s Super League side after four years with Swedish club Vittsjo GIK in the Damallsvenskan. D’Angelo made 70 appearances for Vittsjo and has 24 caps for Canada after making her debut in 2016. “It feels amazing – […]
How Australia’s PM built a ‘miracle’ election win
Scott Morrison: “I said I was going to burn for you, and I am” Australia’s ruling coalition was widely expected to be defeated in Saturday’s election after long trailing in opinion polls. But somehow, after just nine months as prime minister, Scott Morrison hailed a “miracle” victory. In doing so, he defied a perception in […]
‘They put my face on a porn video’
BBC Kate Isaacs Imagine if your face had been digitally edited into a porn video without your consent and then shared on the internet. One woman reveals the horror of it happening to her. Scrolling through her Twitter feed one evening, Kate Isaacs stumbled across a disturbing video among her notifications. “This panic just washed […]
Scotland Women: Goalkeeper coach Steve Banks on life inside the camp
Splitting his time between coaching the Scottish women’s team and English League Two side Tranmere Rovers, Banks says the transition to working with the national side has been seamless. “I don’t change it at all. I do the same sessions I would do with the men because as far as I’m concerned, that’s the way […]
Labour’s deputy Tom Watson condemns bid to oust him
Tom Watson speaks to Radio 4’s Today programme about the bid to oust him as deputy Labour leader Labour’s Tom Watson has said the bid to oust him as deputy leader by abolishing his post is a “sectarian attack” on the party’s “broad church”. A motion had been tabled by Jon Lansman, of the Labour […]