5 d. ago Melissa Andreatta's appointment as Scotland Women manager injects hope

The Scotland Women’s national team need some TLC - and I think Melissa Andreatta can provide that, and more.

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6 d. ago 'My aim is...': Scotland confirm head coach appointment as Olympic coach agrees deal

Scotland Women have announced Pedro Martinez Losa’s successor.

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1 week ago Stranger than fiction MI5 tales revealed in first National Archives collaboration

From Guy Burgess’s briefcase to microdots secreted in talc, an exhibition reveals remarkable items from the agency’s archives – and the extraordinary stories behind themThe agency that would become MI5, originally known as the Secret Service Bureau, employed just 17 staff in 1914; by the end of the first world war, the number working for Britain’s domestic counter-intelligence agency had swelled to 850, including a number of female administrators.While valuable for managing the card index records, noted Edith Lomax, the controller of women staff in 1918, only women under the age of 30 should be recruited “on account of the very considerable strain that was thrown on [their] brains”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Man travels 1,000 miles from Cornwall to Scotland and back for dentist appointment

‘In Glasgow you can walk straight into an NHS dentist to get treatment’

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2 w. ago Man drives 1,000 miles to Scotland and back for dentist appointment

Mark Formosa, 48, took the extreme measures after failing to find an NHS appointment anywhere near his home in Newquay.

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3 w. ago Historic step to scrap discriminatory ‘relic of a past age’ set to become law

The measure will allow Lady Elish Angiolini KC, a practising Roman Catholic, to be appointed as Lord High Commissioner of Scotland

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3 w. ago Knight’s sacking exposes England’s failure to plan captaincy succession | Raf Nicholson

Now just eight weeks until their next series they must appoint a coach, a captain and try to show they are serious about cultural changeThey say in cricket that one brings two: something that has proved true in the case of the England and Wales Cricket Board’s post-Ashes review. On Friday, Jon Lewis was sacked as head coach and, 24 hours later, Heather Knight followed him out of the door.A 16-0 error-strewn Ashes whitewash required big change and the ECB has certainly delivered on that score. Lewis was always unlikely to survive after his infamous “Bondi-to-Coogee” interview, during which he blamed the defeat on Australia’s sunnier climes, made him a laughing stock. But firing Knight is a far more radical step – an admission that, despite the insistence to the contrary of Clare Connor, the managing director of women’s cricket, the ECB’s review has indeed uncovered evidence of a poor team culture. Why else would they end Knight’s reign at a point when she is a mere 15 months away fro...

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4 w. ago E2E 100 Female: how Universal Partners are empowering entrepreneurs and driving global success

Universal Partners is a leading financial services firm specialising in cross-border payments and bespoke risk management services. They offer personalised, flexible solutions for women-led businesses, ensuring they have the financial tools to scale and succeed in an increasingly global economy

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4 w. ago ‘I have belief’: Cushing feels Manchester City can beat Chelsea in Europe

Interim manager positive despite League Cup final defeatTeams meet in Women’s Champions League this weekNick Cushing has said Manchester City’s performance in their defeat in Saturday’s League Cup final has given him belief that they can beat Chelsea in the Women’s Champions League on Wednesday, as the two teams’ run of four consecutive meetings continues. Manchester City lost 2-1 in Cushing’s first game back in interim charge, just five days after the sacking of Gareth Taylor, and Cushing’s team will now host Chelsea in the first leg of their European quarter-final, before a crucial league meeting at the Etihad Stadium on 23 March and then 27 March’s reverse leg of their Champions League tie.“I have the belief that we’re going to win on Wednesday, and with some slight adjustments and maybe some rotation, we can make sure we fall the right side of the result,” Cushing said despite the loss at Pride Park on Saturday, where Yui Hasegawa’s late own goal gave Chelsea the first major pie...

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