4 h. ago UPenn bans transgender athletes from female sports and revokes some of Lia Thomas’ records in Trump admin deal

The Department of Education claimed trans women’s sporting victories had been illegally ‘misappropriated’ from their cisgender competitors

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4 h. ago 20 states sue after the Trump administration releases private Medicaid data to deportation officials

The Trump administration has violated federal privacy laws when it turned over Medicaid data on millions of enrollees to federal deportation officials last month, says California Attorney General Rob Bonta

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6 h. ago Bridgerton's Simone Ashley admits she suffered 'a lot of anxiety' after soaring to global fame and teases she will open up about her 'heartbreak' in 'beautiful and messy' debut album

The actress, 30, plays Kathani 'Kate' Bridgerton in the Netflix series but her rise to fame first came after her appearance in Sex Education.

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6 h. ago Bank of England seeks views on theme for next series of banknotes

A consultation will be open until the end of July.

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6 h. ago Pupils with special needs ‘have to travel further to school for suitable place’

Spending by councils on transporting children with Send to schools is predicted to increase to around £1.97 billion in 2025/26, a report suggests.

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6 h. ago Digital ‘one stop shop’ for NHS will speed up care for patients, Government says

The new ‘innovator passport’ will mean technology that has been robustly assessed by one NHS organisation can easily be adopted by others.

Science

6 h. ago Report: Buhari spent days in ICU after falling ill on London medical trip

Report: Buhari spent days in ICU after falling ill on London medical trip  TheCable

Science

7 h. ago Iconic nineties girl group 'turn down appearance in Louis Theroux's new BBC documentary about girlbands' ahead of their 30th anniversary

This puts Theroux in a tricky spot, as the band are widely seen as the ultimate girl group and were expected to feature in the film.

Culture

7 h. ago UPenn to ban transgender athletes, ending civil rights case focused on swimmer Lia Thomas

Penn settles Title IX case over Lia Thomas’ winsSchool will ban trans women from female sportsFeds call it a victory for women and girls’ rightsThe University of Pennsylvania has agreed to ban transgender women from its women’s sports teams to resolve a federal civil rights case that found the school violated the rights of female athletes.The US Education Department announced the voluntary agreement Tuesday. The case focused on Lia Thomas, the transgender swimmer who last competed for the Ivy League school in Philadelphia in 2022, when she became the first openly transgender athlete to win a Division I title. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Overseas students using higher education as ‘backdoor’ to stay in UK – report

The graduate visa route should be scrapped for all students other than those on postgraduate research degrees, think tank says.

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8 h. ago Teacher, 26, 'confessed to sex with student in staff room before being arrested'

A teacher has been charged with third-degree sexual conduct with a 16-year-old boy, as the educator is said to have confided in a colleague about the relationship

Society

8 h. ago Vet gives major warning over new social media trend that could KILL pets

Vets spurred by a now viral TikTok have warned that animals could be killed if their owners feed them one widely-used but potentially dangerous over-the-counter medication

Events

9 h. ago Microsoft sparks chaos for millions as essential app is axed

Microsoft is set to cause chaos when it shuts down a key app feature used by millions of people.

Events

9 h. ago DOE withholds billions from school for teacher training and afterschool programs in districts as it looks to trim agency

Educators some say the reality is ‘worse than [they] imagined’ – after having expected to begin receiving the grants on July 1

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10 h. ago Emmerdale reveals who Ray's working with in betrayal and it's bad news for Ross

Emmerdale's Robert Sugden featured in a huge twist with new villain Ray on the ITV soap on Tuesday night, and it won't end well for Mackenzie Boyd or Ross Barton

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10 h. ago Brit found dead in Arizona named 12 years later after scientific breakthrough

The Brit remained nameless for 12 years after going to visit a friend in the US with no belongings beyond the clothes on his back - and no close relatives to help identify him

Events

11 h. ago Hamza Igamane 'arrives' for Lille medical as Rangers rumour mill explodes with two transfer truths emerging

The swirls over the future of the Ibrox striker are surging into overdrive

Science

11 h. ago Parents divided over school leavers' prom theme as bosses insist it was 'entirely age appropriate'

The school has defended the 'Vegas' theme and said there was no actual gambling, but there's been criticism

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11 h. ago ‘Completely radical’: how Ms magazine changed the game for women

In a revealing HBO documentary, the women involved with the groundbreaking feminist publication describe the rocky road to progressThe first of July marks the anniversary of Ms magazine’s official inaugural issue, which hit newsstands in 1972 and featured Wonder Woman on its cover, towering high above a city. Truthfully, Ms debuted months earlier, on 20 December 1971, as a forty-page insert in New York magazine, where founding editor Gloria Steinem was a staff writer. Suspecting this might be their only shot, its founders packed the issue with stories like The Black Family and Feminism, De-Sexing the English Language, and We Have Had Abortions, a list of 53 well-known American women’s signatures, including Anaïs Nin, Susan Sontag, and Steinem herself. The 300,000 available copies sold out in eight days. The first US magazine founded and operated entirely by women was, naysayers be damned, a success.The groundbreaking magazine’s history, and its impact on the discourse around second-...

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11 h. ago Mysterious packages featuring a picture of Yosemite Sam — and containing cocaine — washed ashore along a Florida beach

A beachgoer discovered about 70 pounds of cocaine inside bizarre, Looney Tunes branded bags, on a Florida beach, authorities said.

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