95 m. ago Parkrun urged to stop letting trans people compete in women's runs after Supreme Court ruling

Women's rights groups are now calling for organisers to take action to comply with this week's Supreme Court ruling, which said that women are defined by biological sex and not gender .

Events

2 h. ago The sheer mendacity of Labour in the wake of the Supreme Court trans ruling is breathtaking. They're gaslighting us when they should be apologising to all those women who dared to speak out

The Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of a woman is the perfect opportunity to stop and take stock of the mad culture war that has been raging around this issue for the past decade or so.

Events

3 h. ago Kilmar Ábrego García ‘traumatized’ by threats in prison, Maryland senator says

Chris Van Hollen describes meeting with constituent held in Salvadoran prison against supreme court orderUS politics live – latest updatesWrongly deported Salvadoran man Kilmar Ábrego García has been held incommunicado and faced threats in prison that left him “traumatized”, a Democratic senator said Friday after returning from meeting him in El Salvador.Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, the state Ábrego García had been living in with his US citizen wife and son until he was deported last month in what the Trump administration conceded was an “administrative error”, traveled to the central American country this week to see his constituent. After initially rejecting his request to meet Ábrego García and preventing him from traveling to the prison where he was being held, president Nayib Bukele’s government on Thursday facilitated a meeting at Van Hollen’s hotel. Continue reading...

Events

3 h. ago ‘Shocking to the sense of liberty Americans hold dear’: the impassioned US court order in the Ábrego García case

Judges on the US court of appeals for the fourth circuit issued a memorable call for the return of Kilmar Ábrego García and the separation of government powers. Here is the textUpon review of the government’s motion, the court denies the motion for an emergency stay pending appeal and for a writ of mandamus. The relief the government is requesting is both extraordinary and premature. While we fully respect the Executive’s robust assertion of its Article II powers, we shall not micromanage the efforts of a fine district judge attempting to implement the Supreme Court’s recent decision.It is difficult in some cases to get to the very heart of the matter. But in this case, it is not hard at all. The government is asserting a right to stash away residents of this country in foreign prisons without the semblance of due process that is the foundation of our constitutional order. Further, it claims in essence that because it has rid itself of custody that there is nothing that can be done....

Events

3 h. ago Trans protests to be held in London and Edinburgh after Supreme Court ruling

An ’emergency demonstration’ will be held in Parliament Square, central London, while a rally and march will take place in Edinburgh.

Events

7 h. ago No obligation to exclude trans women under ‘misunderstood’ Supreme Court ruling, former top judge says

Lord Sumption has warned the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling this week is being misinterpreted

Events

8 h. ago Hundreds take to Manchester city streets in trans rights march

The protest comes after the UK’s Supreme Court ruled this week that the terms ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex

Politics

10 h. ago Now NatWest, Halifax, TSB and Lloyds ALL vow to support their trans workers after Supreme Court 'woman' ruling

The three high street banks (pictured, file photo) were among the first to publicly reassure staff following the case announcement on Wednesday.

Events

12 h. ago Now NatWest, Halifax and Lloyds ALL vow to support their trans workers after Supreme Court 'woman' ruling

A NatWest spokesperson (pictured, file photo) told MailOnline: 'We wouldn't comment on the Supreme Court Judgment. As always, our priority is to ensure that all colleagues feel supported at work.'

Events

12 h. ago Sam Smith issues powerful response to Supreme Court ruling on definition of a woman

Pop star Sam Smith has shared a strong message on social media following the Supreme Court's decision over the definition of a woman and sex in the Equality Act

Events

13 h. ago Former Dragons Den star and gym magnate Duncan Bannatyne says 'no

Duncan Bannatyne, the owner of The Bannatyne Group which owns health clubs and spas across the UK, shared a series of gender critical posts in the aftermath of the ruling.

Events

14 h. ago Senate Democrat meets Ábrego García in El Salvador as legal battles continue – US politics live

Visit by Maryland’s Chris Van Hollen comes as a federal appeals court rules against the Trump’s administration’s efforts to block return to the USThe Democratic senator from New Jersey, Cory Booker, plans to travel to El Salvador, a source familiar with his itinerary said, as Democrats seek to pressure the Trump administration to return Kilmar Ábrego García, the wrongly deported Maryland resident.Booker’s trip to the Central American country would come after the Maryland senator Chris Van Hollen traveled there this week to meet with his constituent.The Supreme Court was clear: the Trump administration must act to facilitate the return of Kilmar Ábrego García to the United States. There is no room for debate – yet Trump is refusing, in defiance of a lawful court order.Every member of Congress should be standing up for the Constitution and demanding that the administration act to return Mr. Ábrego García to the U.S. and to his family.” Continue reading...

Politics

14 h. ago Police Scotland to review trans policies following Supreme Court judgment

Police Scotland confirmed it was reviewing its Transitioning at Work policy based on self-identifying “as part of our wider sex and gender review”.

Events

15 h. ago Police Scotland orders policy review in wake of Supreme Court gender definition ruling

Police Scotland has issued an update in the wake of Wednesday’s ruling by the Supreme Court on the definition of a woman.

Events

15 h. ago SNP Government demands urgent meeting with Westminster following Supreme Court gender ruling

Scotland’s Social Justice Secretary plans to make a statement at the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday’s judgment next week.

Politics

16 h. ago Trans celebrities and activists vow to defy Supreme Court gender ruling and continue to use single sex toilets as they claim to be victims of 'blatant discrimination'

A string of high profile figures from Britain's trans community have used TV interviews and social media posts to brand the judgment 'an attack' and 'blatant discrimination'.

Events

16 h. ago Scottish prison bosses 'should remove trans women from female jails' following Supreme Court ruling

Rhona Hotchkiss, a former governor of Cornton Vale women's prison, said there should be ‘no males in female jails’

Events

19 h. ago Scottish ministers want urgent meeting with UK Government on gender ruling

Scotland’s Social Justice Secretary plans to make a statement on the judgment at the Scottish Parliament next week.

Politics

20 h. ago Readers' Letters: Be kind to all, but let's ditch gender madness

Correspondents overwhelmingly backed the Supreme Court’s judgment on the legal definition of a ‘woman’

Politics

21 h. ago If Britain is now resetting the clock on trans rights, where will that leave us? | Gaby Hinsliff

There is both joy and dismay after the supreme court judgment. Compassion and leadership are really needed nowSo this is how a clock turns backwards. With the hands still spinning even now, it’s hard to know yet exactly how far back in time we will land. But Wednesday’s supreme court ruling that for the purposes of equality law, “woman” means “biological woman” – basically the chromosomes you were born with, regardless of what legal hoops you have since jumped through – is nonetheless a watershed moment.We are going back to a time before “trans women are women”, full stop, no debate: and if it’s handled well, accepting that sometimes life genuinely is more complicated than that could ultimately be healthy. But if handled badly, we could be heading back to a far darker time, when trans existence was shrouded in fear and shame and bigots had carte blanche.Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Politics