Call for more women footballers on birthday cards
Efforts to promote women’s sport are being undermined by a lack of birthday cards featuring female footballers, a group of MPs has claimed. They are urging manufacturers and retailers to sell more cards celebrating female football players to inspire young women to take up sport. Liberal Democrat MP Helen Maguire tabled a motion in the […]
Why Senegal’s patchwork-wearing Muslims feel misunderstood
Getty Images As dusk settles over Mbacke Kadior, a village in central Senegal, the rhythmic chants of the Muslim worshippers dressed in patchwork garments fill the air. Gathered in a tight circle outside a mosque, the Baye Fall followers sway and sing at the top of their lungs, their voices rising and falling in unison. […]
Why some women are ditching pills and coils for fertility apps
Getty Images Some women are ditching pills and coils for fertility apps When the BBC reported a shift in contraception use from “hormonal” products like the pill to “natural” fertility tracking apps among some women seeking abortions, many other women got in touch sharing their experiences. Their stories reveal how difficult it can be to […]
‘Common sense is secret to old age’
Family handout Marjorie said everybody had a lovely time at her birthday celebrations A great-great grandmother who has just turned 105 said there were “no secrets” to old age apart from “common sense”. Marjorie Rigby, from Dukinfield in Tameside, Greater Manchester, celebrated the milestone with family and friends over a glass of Baileys. She said […]
The York village panto in a venue ‘like a phonebox’
Tom Sawyer & Geoff Corani Tholthorpe Follies have been putting on what is thought to be Britain’s smallest pantomime since 1982 It takes place in a venue that’s barely bigger than someone’s living room with an audience of no more than 60 people. The Tholthorpe Follies pantomime is Britain’s smallest – and likely its most […]
Toy appeal success ‘reflection of community spirit’, says mayor
Sefton Council Sefton Council staff collected donations from Bootle Arriva Bus Depot A Christmas toy appeal which helped provide gifts for almost 1,300 children over the festive season was a reflection of the borough’s “community spirit”, the mayor has said. Councillor June Burns thanked local people for their kindness and generosity after thousands of toys […]
Shepton Mallet community fridge saves 10 tonnes of food from landfill
Shepton Mallet Community Fridge Vix Ross (right) with fellow volunteers at Shepton Mallet Community Fridge Ten tonnes of food, equivalent to 23,809 meals, was saved from landfill in the run-up to Christmas thanks to a community fridge. Twenty volunteers in Shepton Mallet stocked the fridge with food they collected from local supermarkets, including sprouts, carrots […]
British Road Championships: Success for Manx cyclists
Drops rider Holden got the Isle of Man off the mark with second in the under-23 women time trial last Thursday to improve on her third place from last year. She added two more medals after finishing third in the elite women’s road race, which subsequently earned her a silver in the under-23 category. Holden […]
European Cross Country Championships: Britain top table
Britain topped the medal table at the European Cross Country Championships for a 13th consecutive year as every team member won a medal in France. Jonathan Davies won gold in the men’s under-23 race, a victory which helped the men’s U23 squad to team silver. “I’m over the moon. I came thinking I had a […]
Jakob Ingebrigtsen: Olympic champion dominates European Cross Country in Dublin
After winning individual silver and bronze medals at the five previous championships, Grovdal made it a Norwegian senior double as she finished 10 seconds clear of Sweden’s Meraf Bahta, with Germany’s Alina Reh taking bronze. Jessica Judd’s fourth place helped Great Britain win the senior women’s team title as Jennifer Nesbitt and Jessica Gibbon were […]