Category: Women Doing Amazing Things
Gloucestershire ‘well placed’ to benefit from AI investment
Reuters The county’s cyber industry has long benefitted from government intelligence hub GCHQ (pictured) in Cheltenham Tech experts in Gloucestershire expect the county to benefit…
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…
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…
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…
‘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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…