Phil Neville: England Women need ‘experienced manager’ to replace departing boss, says Rachel Brown-Finnis
Phil Neville boosted the profile of women’s football but a more experienced manager is required to take England to the next level, says former Lionesses goalkeeper Rachel Brown-Finnis. Neville, 43, is to step down as England women’s manager next summer, though Brown-Finnis says he should leave now. She told BBC Sport: ”Stepping down now I […]
Brexit, Boris Johnson, and a field of wheat
It is “a significant concession”, the paper says, aimed at breaking the deadlock in negotiations with the EU – though it risks “enraging” Brexiteers. The paper says the idea surfaced after the former foreign secretary began privately setting out his leadership stall to cabinet ministers. Many papers believe Mr Johnson will make a more public […]
Facebook to end use of facial recognition software
Getty Images Facebook has announced it will no longer use facial recognition software to identify faces in photographs and videos. There have been growing concerns about the ethics of facial recognition technology, with questions raised over privacy, racial bias, and accuracy. Regulators had not yet provided a clear set of rules over how it should […]
150 years without upsetting or offending
The People’s Friend was first published in 1869 When the People’s Friend was first published 150 years ago it vowed it would contain nothing with the “slightest tendency to corrupt the morals either of old or young”. According to editor-in-chief Angela Gilchrist, the longest-running women’s magazine in the world is still sticking to those founding […]
Who’s who in Nicola Sturgeon’s reshuffled government
BBC Nicola Sturgeon unveiled her new, expanded cabinet outside Bute House in Edinburgh Nicola Sturgeon has carried out the first reshuffle of her Scottish government cabinet since the last Holyrood election in May 2016. Who’s in and who’s out in the Scottish government’s gender-balanced top team? John Swinney – Education secretary and deputy first minister […]
Retro computer roadshow bringing IT skills to NI schools
Old video games, 8-bit computers and mobile phones are helping to inspire pupils to consider a career in IT Pupils are getting hands on with vintage technology as a retro computing roadshow makes its way across Northern Ireland. Learners have been amazed by 8-bit computers, video games and early examples of the mobile phone. The […]
Guatemala school uses Unicef funds
Mirrorpix/Getty Images It is a fact that even many die-hard Abba fans do not know. Despite selling millions of copies over more than four decades, their massive 1979 hit, Chiquitita, doesn’t earn the Swedish supergroup a penny. “We gave the copyright to Unicef,” its composer and founding member of Abba, Bjorn Ulvaeus, told the BBC. […]
Fears for democracy as buoyant Bangladesh turns 50
Reuters Bangladesh’s economic future looks brighter than before, but what kind of state is it becoming? Bangladesh is held up by many as a model of development, but as it marks 50 years of independence critics say it risks becoming a one-party state intolerant of dissent, threatening the democratic principles on which it was founded. […]
Childhood acne inspires Telford woman’s beauty business
Chloe Eggerton Chloe Eggerton launched her business from home in 2021, during the pandemic An entrepreneur said she had been inspired to set up a beauty business after struggling with severe acne as a child. Chloe Eggerton, from Telford, owns Flossy Tools, with her primary product a microfibre glove that uses water to remove make-up. […]
Beyoncé named music’s most powerful woman by BBC Woman’s Hour power list
Getty Images The star was celebrated for her activism, feminism, business acumen and empowering lyrics She says she’s a “black Bill Gates in the making” who “ain’t never seen a ceiling in my whole damn life”. So it’s hardly surprising that Beyoncé has been named music’s most powerful woman by BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. […]