42 h. ago Why the Caster Semenya sex eligibility battle confounded sports for 16 years and still isn't over

The sex eligibility case of champion runner Caster Semenya has been one of the most contentious and most complex that sports has seen

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44 h. ago Caster Semenya calls for athletes’ rights to be put first as court rules in her favour

ECHR rules South African runner did not have fair trial on need to lower testosterone levels to compete in women’s sportThe South African runner Caster Semenya has called for athletes’ rights to be better protected after Europe’s top human rights court ruled that she had not been given a fair trial when she contested a policy that required her to lower her testosterone levels in order to compete in women’s sport.The decision, handed down on Thursday by the European court of human rights, was the latest twist in the two-time Olympic gold medallist’s extraordinary legal battle. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Caster Semenya declares victory after ECHR rules she was denied fair hearing

Semenya said she had been “waiting 15 years” for this judgement.

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51 h. ago Photos as Olympic champion Semenya wins partial victory in fight over track's sex eligibility rules

Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya has won a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights in her seven-year legal fight against track and field’s sex eligibility rules.

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51 h. ago Caster Semenya wins ECHR appeal as sex eligibility case set to return to court

The 34-year-old has been unable to compete in her favoured 800 metres event since 2019

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52 h. ago Human rights court rules Olympic champion runner Semenya did not get fair hearing in Switzerland

Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya has won a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights in her seven-year legal fight against track and field’s sex eligibility rules

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3 d. ago A ruling this week in the Caster Semenya case could reignite the issue of sex eligibility in sports

A ruling expected this week by the highest chamber of the European Court of Human Rights could reignite champion runner Caster Semenya’s yearslong legal battle against sports authorities over sex eligibility rules

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4 d. ago DWP bonus of £300 available for state pensioners with more than £35,000

The Winter Fuel Payment is being reintroduced for pensioners who were born before 1959, with more than nine million people set to be eligible for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) perk

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5 d. ago Wimbledon 2025 LIVE: Carlos Alcaraz vs Andrey Rublev latest score and updates

Back-to-back men’s champion looking to seal quarter-final return on Centre Court tonight

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1 week ago Conor McGregor civil rape case appeal begins as judges consider claims Nikita Hand was 'beaten by her partner hours after the alleged sex attack'

MMA fighter Conor McGregor's appeal against a High Court jury's finding that he assaulted Dublin woman Nikita Hand in the penthouse of a hotel in December 2018 will be heard today.

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2 w. ago Couple caught in 'sex act' on busy train as police launch appeal for woman in fur coat

A couple were caught committing an indecent act on a busy evening train service, with police now launching an appeal for witnesses

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2 w. ago Public 'sex act' on busy train discovered by worker sparks police appeal for witnesses

Police want to speak to anyone who saw a woman performing a sex act on a man in full view of other passengers on board the 7pm train between Glasgow and Edinburgh on Saturday

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2 w. ago Witness appeal as couple spotted allegedly engaging in sex act on Edinburgh to Glasgow train

The couple were on a Scotrail service between Glasgow and Edinburgh.

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2 w. ago Man wrongfully deported to El Salvador must be returned to US, court rules

Court orders White House return Jordin Melgar-Salmeron, who was deported less than 30 minutes after his removal was barredAn appeals court has ordered the Trump administration to return a man wrongfully deported to El Salvador to the US and to explain how it is complying in a ruling apparently designed to break a pattern of apparent government defiance of judicial orders.The US court of appeals for the second circuit in New York also required the government to provide a declaration of the current whereabouts and custodial status of Jordin Melgar-Salmeron, who was deported on 7 May less than half an hour after the court had expressly barred his removal. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago DWP looking at ways to help people on benefits losing payments due to planned reforms

Planned changes to PIP eligibility are set to start in November 2026.

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3 w. ago California challenges troop deployment after appeals court rules for Trump

State to argue in federal court that control of national guard – deployed to Los Angeles – should return to Gavin NewsomCalifornia’s challenge of the Trump administration’s military deployment on the streets of Los Angeles returned to a federal courtroom in San Francisco on Friday after an appeals court handed Donald Trump a key procedural win in the case.Friday’s hearing comes a day after the ninth circuit appellate panel allowed the president to keep control of national guard troops he deployed in response to protests over immigration raids. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago DWP confirms new PIP changes will not apply to specific group of nearly 700,000 people

Eligibility changes to PIP are set to start in November 2026.

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3 w. ago New welfare reforms update for people on Adult Disability Payment

The DWP is set to transfer PIP eligibility and assessments from November next year.

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3 w. ago Shabana Mahmood warns foreign criminals 'should expect to be deported'

The Justice Secretary will say the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which Winston Churchill helped draw up after the Second World War, needs to be overhauled

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3 w. ago Michelle Keegan stuns in white sports bra as she works up a sweat on paddle ball court after marking her return from maternity leave with new 'six

The actress, 38, who found fame as Tina McIntyre on Coronation Street in 2007, stunned as she uploaded a smiley selfie to her Instagram Stories on Monday.

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