5 h. ago Four female BBC news presenters who claimed they lost their jobs following a 'rigged' recruitment process agree settlement with corporation over claims of sex and age discrimination

Martine Croxall, Karin Giannone, Kasia Madera and Annita McVeigh were due to begin proceedings on Monday after claiming they had lost out on a top flight job in a 'rigged' recruitment process.

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5 h. ago Female BBC presenters settle sex and age discrimination dispute with broadcaster

Presenters Martine Croxall, Karin Giannone, Kasia Madera and Annita McVeigh claimed they lost their roles on the BBC News Channel following a ‘rigged’ recruitment exercise

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29 h. ago ‘Finding time for pleasure’: what orcas taught me about sex in midlife

Female killer whales lead playful sex lives as they age – and are also celebrated for their matriarchal wisdomHow much do you spend on health and wellness a month?Four years ago, I was thrown for a loop by a wave of strange new symptoms including night sweats, an expanding midsection, dry skin, and a strong and sudden intolerance for noise. I suspected they had something to do with the neurological and physiological changes of perimenopause but was frustrated by the absence of clear answers about what was happening to my middle-aged body. Lacking few nuanced representations of this period of life, I began looking at what midlife looks like elsewhere in nature.It was inspiring. Trees, for instance, illustrate the capaciousness of midlife: as they mature, they add rings to their ever-expanding trunks. Mature trees in urban areas – those 20 years and up – remove higher levels of air pollution, sequester more carbon from the atmosphere and provide much more leaf area and shade than thei...

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4 d. ago Surprising link between when you have sex and the risk of CANCER

Women who were sexually active before they turned 18 may be more likely to suffer cervical cancer later in life, a study published earlier this year from researchers in China suggests.

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8 d. ago Jermaine Jenas' wife's 'final straw' that ended 16 year marriage after text scandal

The One Show presenter and former footballer parted ways with the BBC in August after being accused of sending inappropriate texts to female colleagues

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8 d. ago Inside Jermaine Jenas and wife Ellie Penfold's split months after text scandal

Jermaine Jenas and wife Ellie Penfold split this week, less than a year after Jermaine parted ways with the BBC after being accused of sending inappropriate texts to female colleagues

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9 d. ago Jermaine Jenas' wife split, £1m mansion, celebrity pals and US

Jermaine Jenas' wife has announced the pair's separation, months after the ex-footballer was axed by the BBC for allegedly sending inappropriate text messages to female colleagues

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1 week ago White Lotus star defends age gap romance after sex scenes with 29

Walton Goggins, 53, and Aimee Lou Wood, then 29, filmed intimate scenes together for season three of The White Lotus, and the actor said caring about age differences is 'a waste of time'

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1 week ago A new start after 60: I got divorced – and became a sex therapist

I spent a year in shock after my marriage collapsed. Then I realised how much pleasure I could wring out of lifeAs part of her training to be a counsellor, Jill Le Jeune gave a presentation about sex. Her group had worked with people who had experienced trauma, low mood, suicidal ideation. “And everyone was very comfortable around these difficult subjects,” she says. But talking about sex made them squirm. “I thought: actually, I’d rather talk about sex than suicide.” She decided to specialise in the subject and, at the age of 60, started to practise as a sex therapist.But why? “There was a curiosity,” she says, sitting in her office in Clapham, south-west London. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ITV 'poach' BBC Dragons' Den star Sara Davies for 'fastest quiz on TV'

ITV has reportedly signed up Dragon's Den star Sara Davies - who joined the BBC in 2019 as the youngest ever female investor - to host a new daytime quiz show

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2 w. ago Dope Girls: BBC Drama Focuses on Female Gangsters in 1918 London Soho

Dope Girls: BBC Drama Focuses on Female Gangsters in 1918 London Soho  Bleeding Cool News

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3 w. ago Top female pundit, who works for the BBC, Channel 4 and Sky Sports, stands down from Rugby Football League role after sexual assault charge

Priim was also elected as an RFL vice-president in September last year, but left her position on Thursday night after Mail Online broke the news of the serious allegations against her.

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3 w. ago Top female rugby league pundit who works for the BBC, Channel 4 and Sky Sports is accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a sports club

Danika Priim (pictured), currently a vice-president of the sports governing body The RFL, was charged with sexual assault and is due in court next month.

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3 w. ago On TV 40 years ago this week – New look BBC, drugs kingpin arrest and air disaster

The week of February 17 to 23, 1985 saw a new beginning for the BBC, a female duetting at number one, and a soap set in east London kicking off with a dead body

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