Tragic twist for orphans of mass killings
Van Dunem family Sita Valles, the mother of João Ernesto Van Dunem, was one of those who was killed in the 1977 massacre Decades of silence and fear followed the 1977 massacre of perhaps as many as 90,000 people in Angola, but as the families of the disappeared started to speak out, demanding answers, the […]
The unlikely birthplace of cinema
Fox Photos/Getty Images A couple locked in a passionate embrace for a scene in the film, The Thrill, shot on Brighton beach in 1926 (Credit: Fox Photos/Getty Images) It’s 125 years since many landmarks of early cinema were invented – and a British seaside town was the unlikely setting, writes Norman Miller. While Hollywood was […]
Network Rail launches South East campaign to recruit more women
BBC Jordanna Mills is a member of Network Rail’s maintenance team Network Rail has launched a campaign to persuade more women in the South East to follow careers in the rail industry. The company, which maintains the UK’s tracks and infrastructure, is placing adverts in stations across its southern region. It wants women to consider […]
Pauline Peyraud-Magnin: France goalkeeper to leave Arsenal Women
Goalkeeper Pauline Peyraud-Magnin will leave Arsenal Women when her contract expires this summer. The 28-year-old France international made 26 appearances in all competitions after joining from Lyon in 2018. Peyraud-Magnin helped the north London club win the Women’s Super League title in 2018-19. “Everyone at Arsenal would like to thank Pauline for her contribution to […]
Glastonbury for weirdos, yes, but party conferences matter
Reuters/PA Media “Glastonbury for weirdos.” I’m afraid that as a fully paid-up political nerd myself there is an element of truth in that comic description of party conferences from a Labour Party insider. Twenty years ago I went to my first “season” and was gobsmacked that so many of the clichés I’d grown up with […]
How the Bumble boss changed the dating scene
Getty Images Out of adversity comes opportunity, so the saying goes. For Whitney Wolfe Herd, that meant taking a difficult exit from online dating app firm Tinder – which she sued for sexual harassment – and setting up Bumble, her own rival company with a focus very much on women. But it is a bittersweet […]
Two arrested during operation targeting predatory men
Getty Images Project Vigilant aims to tackle unwanted sexual advances in busy night-time locations Two men were arrested on suspicion of sexual assault during a special operation in east London which targeted predatory behaviour towards women. Ten uniformed and two plain-clothes officers patrolled Shoreditch as part of Project Vigilant on Thursday night. The tactic is […]
CBI urges crackdown on sexual harassment at work
Getty Images Employers group the CBI has called on business leaders to help stamp out sexual harassment in the workplace. It comes after a number of revelations about alleged misconduct by politicians at Westminster and elsewhere. “Sexual harassment in all forms is totally unacceptable in today’s Britain,” said CBI director general Carolyn Fairbairn. “The harm […]
Are the bodies of victims undermining Iran’s official figures?
Coronavirus: Iran mortuary worker cleanses bodies The video shows a mortuary worker at a cemetery surrounded by dozens of bodies. Some are wrapped in white shrouds – he says those were ‘done’ in the morning. Then he shows us rows of black body bags lined up unceremoniously on the floor and waiting to be prepared […]
Euro 2022: ‘There is genuine belief Lionesses can end wait to reach a final’
They showed that against Spain in the quarter-final, when substitutes Ella Toone and Alessia Russo combined to equalise, before Georgia Stanway fired in a superb winner in extra time as they won 2-1. With her team trailing 1-0, Wiegman took off the England women’s team’s record scorer, Ellen White, and the tournament’s top scorer, Beth […]