Police patrols increase to protect women
Maisie Lillywhite & Beth Cruse BBC News, Gloucestershire Getty Images Women have voiced concerns regarding their safety during the Cheltenham Festival Police will be carrying out more patrols to ensure women’s safety during the Cheltenham Festival. According to a survey run by the organisation GlosWomen, there is an “atmosphere of intimidation” during race week, which […]
How did Welsh cricket fare in 2021?
Losing the world’s best T20 batter in Beth Mooney and arguably one of the world’s greatest batters in Meg Lanning would hit any team hard. West Indies’ opening batter Hayley Matthews shone at the top of the order, but they lacked further world-class talent that other teams were able to draft in last minute. England’s […]
Marske United’s first girls’ football team popularity soars
BBC Marske United FC Girls’ was founded in January 2023 A football club which created its first girls’ team a year ago said it has become even more popular following the success of the Lionesses. The Marske United FC Girls’ under-11 team has a full squad of 14 members who play in a competitive league. […]
New multi-cultural women’s group launched at gurdwara
Paul Shuttleworth BBC Shropshire BBC The new group was officially launched by the Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire, Anna Turner A multi-cultural women’s support group has been launched in Shropshire. It will be based at a new £2.5m Sikh temple inside former tax offices in Priorslee, Telford. Volunteer Kuldip Sidhu said after a couple of unsuccessful attempts […]
‘The pressure to feel empowered is suffocating’
Mark Savage BBC Music Correspondent Harvey Pearson Camilla and Jessica Staveley-Taylor: ‘We both had ghosts to exorcise on this record’ In an era of cost-cutting, even successful indie-folk bands are prone to shrinkflation. So if you buy The Staves’ fourth album, All Now, you may notice the group has slimmed down from a trio to […]
Ex-student’s Poor Things Oscar win sparks ‘buzz’ at former college
York College/Nadia Stacey Nadia Stacey won the Oscar for best make-up and hairstyling at the 96th Academy Awards Ceremony earlier this month A woman who won an Oscar for her work on the film Poor Things has “created quite a buzz” at her former college, staff have said. The work of Nadia Stacey, who previously […]
Women’s fertility is more complicated than you might have heard
Amanda Ruggeri Features correspondent Getty Images Female fertility is often said to “fall off a cliff” after 35, but there is growing recognition that this idea overlooks much of what we now know about how and when women become pregnant. In terms of milestones, turning 35 years old may seem unremarkable. Unless, that is, you’re […]
Egg freezing patients ‘misled’ by clinics
Anna Collinson, Maryam Ahmed & Bella McShane BBC News BBC Natalie Thomas struggled to understand from her clinic’s website what her chances of having a baby were Women who freeze their eggs are being misled by some UK clinics about their chances of having a baby, a fertility charity says. The Fertility Network was reacting […]
Archery European Championships: GB women eye success
Hunt is a former world number one with the compound bow, but switched to recurve in 2010 in a bid to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympics. She has since moved into the top three in Britain and has competed at World Cups, but will be experiencing a major championship for the first time with […]
Great Britain women hail ‘huge leap forward’ at 2012 test event
“To nearly take a set off the number three team in the world must not be underestimated – last year we wouldn’t have been able to do that, so it just shows the progress that we’ve made.” Last year it was clear that morale was at an all-time-low, external. Recent months however, have certainly shown […]