Jess Fishlock: Euro 2025 qualification ‘won’t define my career’
Wales’ record goalscorer Jess Fishlock says her career will not be defined by whether or not they qualify for Euro 2025. Prior to Friday’s play-off semi-final first leg against Slovakia, she has told a new BBC documentary series, Iconic: The Rise of the Women in Red, that “the story has been a success, with or […]
Wales women: From part-time pioneers to Euro play-offs
That line for those gains would be much further than the players at the time would have hoped. Starting with Euro 1995, Wales would compete in five Uefa qualifying campaigns, winning only two out of 32 matches. Crowds were small, their managers were only part-time and facilities and equipment were not what you would expect […]
Deportivo La Coruna: From the brink to new beginnings for former Spanish champions
Augusto Cesar Lendoiro took charge in 1988 and was the president who oversaw Depor’s glory years, but it was also under his stewardship the club racked up debts that by 2013 totalled more than 160m euros. Administrators insisted Lendoiro resign, or the club face insolvency. He did, but the economic burden remained. In 2020, Spanish […]
How Wharfedale Men’s Shed helps men make new friends
BBC Stuart Gregory (left) and Bob Miles (right) were two of Wharfedale Men’s Shed founder members in 2018 “I don’t know where I’d be if I hadn’t come to The Shed,” 72-year-old Bob Emblin reflects. “This place has been great.” ‘The Shed’ Bob is referring to is the Wharfedale Men’s Shed group – a place […]
Stoke-on-Trent Ms GB Classic winner to help women with menopause
Miss Great Britain Debbie Hughes, who is a grandmother of three, wants to use her new title to help women with the menopause A grandmother of three who was crowned Ms GB Classic has said she wants to use her title to empower women who are going through the menopause. Debbie Hughes, 55, from Lightwood, […]
Bradford Council to save on cleaning ‘litter-strewn’ streets
BBC Rubbish left on Ashgrove in Bradford Bradford Council is proposing to make savings of £1.5m by taking fewer trips to empty public bins. The cut is one of multiple measures the council is proposing to save £40m this financial year, which it needs to do for the next five years to become “financially stable”. […]
Kate has been amazing this whole year, Prince William says
Prince William says his wife Catherine is doing well after finishing cancer treatment The Princess of Wales is doing “really well” and has been “amazing this whole year”, Prince William has said. He was speaking to broadcasters ahead of presenting his environmental Earthshot Prize in Cape Town, South Africa later. On his wrist the Prince […]
Wolverhampton students’ mural brightens up mental health hospital
University of Wolverhampton Laura Boden and Amy Cole, two of the students involved in the mural, said they were pleased to have produced such a large-scale artwork Three students have created a series of murals to brighten the outside space of a mental health hospital. The artwork was produced at St George’s Hospital in Stafford […]
Trump defence pick surprises Washington, here’s why
BBC Hegseth has limited previous political experience, having once unsuccessfully run for a Senate seat Pete Hegseth has spent the past eight years on the couch of a Fox News morning show defending President-elect Donald Trump and advocating for a conservative cultural shift in the US military, and he could soon be directing that agenda […]
Democrats bet on women showing up in force. They didn’t.
Getty Images The majority of women cast their ballots for Harris, but not by the margins she needed to win In an election full of uncertainties, one thing at least felt likely – women across the US were going to turn out for Kamala Harris. Just as months of relentless polling showed Harris in a […]