6 d. ago Southwest Airlines apologizes after two blind passengers left behind by plane

‘Nobody told us anything,’ one of women said after all other passengers were rebooked on earlier flight amid delaysThe US’s Southwest Airlines has publicly apologized after two women who are blind were both left behind by a plane flying to Orlando that the pair evidently should have had the opportunity to be on.Southwest eventually ended up flying the women, Camille Tate and Sherri Brun, on another flight for which they were the only two passengers, with the rest being rebooked on a plane that left earlier, according to recent reporting from the Orlando news stations WSVN and WOFL. Nonetheless, as WSVN noted, the two friends from Florida remained outraged at their experience, which resulted from their not being able to see information about the rebooked flight and not being verbally notified of the switch by the airline. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Released violent offenders to be ‘locked’ in restriction zones in England and Wales

Women’s safety campaigners welcome plan to switch from exclusion zones that ‘have made victims feel trapped’Restriction zones aimed at “locking” violent offenders – rather than their victims – into specific areas when they are released from prison are to be introduced by the government in England and Wales.At the moment, exclusion zones are often used to keep an offender away from their victim’s home but many campaigners for women’s safety have long called for this to be flipped.Increased tagging for domestic perpetrators.Requiring judges to flag domestic abuse at sentencing so prisons, probation and police can better identify and manage abusers.Expanding specialist domestic abuse courts.Bolstering transparency for victims at sentencing – including the provision of free copies of judges’ sentencing remarks for victims of rape and other sexual offences. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago More women now likely to buy homes on their own than with a partner, study shows

Research shows more women are planning to buy a home solo and nine out of ten see it as crucial to reach this milestone alone

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8 d. ago More women are planning to buy a home on their own than with a partner, research shows

More women are planning to buy a home on their own than with a partner, according to research.

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9 d. ago Women more likely to buy a home alone than with a partner, Skipton study reveals

A study of 1,000 women who have never bought a property found 37 per cent plan to do so independently, compared with 35 per cent who aim to buy with a partner

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1 week ago Trump’s destructive plan ‘will deny 1.4m women and girls birth control’

The supplies could prevent an estimated 174,000 unintended pregnancies and 56,000 unsafe abortions if they were handed out, the International Planned Parenthood Federation says

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3 w. ago Loose Women star Denise Welch addresses soap return ahead of upcoming ITV cuts

EXCLUSIVE: Long-time Loose Women panellist Denise Welch says she's planning a big career move next year, following ITV's announcement that it was cutting the show back to 30 weeks a year

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3 w. ago Loose Women's Denise Welch addresses soap return amid ITV bloodbath

Long-time Loose Women panellist Denise Welch says she's planning a big career move next year, following ITV's announcement that it was cutting the show back to 30 weeks a year

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4 w. ago ‘Green shoots’ or coalmining past? Welsh town reacts to Labour and Reform’s visions for future

In the final part of a series, we look at the political battle for Bridgend after the closure of its Ford plantBattle over solar as Reform UK attacks net zeroTeesside divided over net zeroHow a refinery closure is hitting jobs and politicsWhy Reform is targeting manufacturing heartlands“It’s sad. I think it killed the town,” says Debbie, sitting in a cafe in Bridgend and recalling the closure of Ford’s south Wales engine plant almost five years ago. “There were lots of men and women working there at the end.”During its 40 years of operations, workers at Bridgend Ford produced 22m engines for Ford, Volvo and Jaguar cars, before it closed quietly in September 2020 during ongoing Covid restrictions. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago What Spain’s celebrations revealed about the Women’s Euro 2025 favourites

Spain 2-0 Switzerland: The world champions celebrated winning their first knockout match at the Women’s Euros and plan to achieve much more

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