Heather Knight column: England’s summer, a possible women’s IPL, and the ECB’s new competition
Since we returned from India, we’ve had the ECB’s announcement about the new competition which will run from 2020. First and foremost, the idea that we’ll have women’s domestic cricket on free-to-air TV for the first time ever is huge, and so exciting. We do need to broaden cricket’s fan base as well. Sometimes when […]
England v United States: Captain Zoe Aldcroft on her knitted Jonny Wilkinson
Aldcroft’s nomination may have shocked her, but it is hardly surprising given the key role she has played in England’s impressive 17-Test winning run. An influential player in a third successive 2021 Women’s Six Nations win, the Scarborough-born forward is one of only two players in England’s team to have started every game in a […]
Home Office emails reveal concern over ‘racist’ chicken shop scheme
Home Office The boxes featured real life stories of young people who used to carry knives but had “turned their lives around” Home Office staff worried the government had “publicised racist stereotypes” by running an anti-knife crime campaign in chicken shops. Internal emails obtained by the BBC show staff thought media coverage revealed they were […]
Largest number of Welsh female MPs elected
Getty Images Anna McMorrin won Cardiff North from Conservative Craig Williams by more than 4,000 votes A record number of women have been elected to be MPs in Wales, but the nation still lags behind the UK. Two of the four Welsh seats to change hands on Thursday went to women, making 11 of Wales’ […]
Brentwood couple who help sick children both appointed MBE
Jason O’Shea Jason and Gail O’Shea have raised £2m for seriously-ill children A husband and wife whose charity has helped more than a thousand children with life-limiting or life-threatening illnesses have both been appointed MBE. It is 18 years since Jason O’Shea and his wife Gail, both 58, from Brentwood, in Essex, founded Wipe Away […]
Women’s Six Nations: England win title as France fail to beat Scotland
England probably expected their title wait to go to the rearranged final weekend given Scotland, who have not beaten France in the Six Nations since 2010, trailed by 10 points in the second half. But Scotland struck back after France had to continue with 14 players after using all their replacements and then losing a […]
Bridgerton star Phoebe Dynevor to play ceramic artist Clarice Cliff
LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX Phoebe Dynevor is now a major star thanks to Bridgerton’s success Bridgerton star Phoebe Dynevor is to follow her role in the Netflix hit by playing the late British ceramic artist Clarice Cliff in a film biopic. Dynevor, who portrayed Daphne Bassett nee Bridgerton in Netflix’s biggest-ever show, will play the Stoke-born Cliff […]
The Hundred: Meet Manchester Originals
Simply put, Sophie Ecclestone is the best bowler in the women’s game. The 23-year-old England left-arm spinner is the number one-ranked bowler in both Twenty20 and one-day international cricket and has every chance of staying there for years to come. Only five wickets in last year’s tournament was a disappointing return but was more to […]
Phil Neville: Why England Women boss has Bayern and Juventus on his radar
Should Zelem earn a Serie A title winners’ medal, she would follow in the footsteps of Birmingham City left-back Paige Williams, who achieved the feat with Brescia in 2015-16. “I spoke to Paige and got her perspective of being in Italy and she only had good views. That settled my nerves a little bit,” Zelem […]
Can UK bookseller James Daunt revive Barnes & Noble?
BBC James Daunt says the strategy for turnaround at Barnes & Noble is relatively simple James Daunt, credited with a turnaround at Britain’s biggest book chain, Waterstones, is plotting a similar strategy to address the troubles at America’s Barnes & Noble. In the 1990s, the company was king of America’s bookshops, a fast-expanding corporate behemoth […]