26 h. ago Transgender players are banned from women's and girls' cricket in England and Wales 'with immediate effect' after Supreme Court ruling

Transgender women have been blocked from taking part in all levels of women's cricket, the England and Wales Cricket Board has declared. 

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26 h. ago FA bans transgender women from playing in women's football... do you agree?

The FA's decision follows April's Supreme Court ruling that a woman is defined by biological sex

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26 h. ago Transgender women banned from women's cricket in England and Wales

Transgender women are to be banned outright from women’s and girls’ cricket in England and Wales

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26 h. ago Cricket bosses ban transgender women from female competitions

The sport's governing body has banned transgender women from being able to play in female competitions across England and Wales

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26 h. ago Transgender women are banned from women's and girl's cricket in England and Wales 'with immediate effect' after Supreme Court ruling

Transgender women have been blocked from taking part in all levels of women's cricket, the England and Wales Cricket Board has declared. 

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27 h. ago Transgender women are banned from women's and girl's cricket 'with immediate effect' after Supreme Court ruling

Transgender women have been blocked from taking part in all levels of women's cricket, the England and Wales Cricket Board has declared. 

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27 h. ago ECB ban transgender women from competing in women's cricket with immediate effect

Change in policy approved at a board meeting following last month’s UK Supreme Court ruling

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27 h. ago ECB bans transgender women from taking part in women’s and girl’s cricket

Trans women had been free to play up to tier three of domestic cricket and throughout the recreational game.

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32 h. ago LGBTQ+ charities warn of ‘genuine crisis’ for trans people after UK ruling

Charities say the judgment creates ‘a legal framework that simply cannot uphold the dignity’ of trans peopleFourteen national LGBTQ+ charities have written to Keir Starmer seeking an urgent meeting to discuss what they describe as “a genuine crisis for the rights, dignity and inclusion of trans people in the UK” after the supreme court’s ruling on biological sex.The UK supreme court ruled last month that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 referred only to “a biological woman” and to “biological sex”, with subsequent advice from the equality watchdog amounting to a blanket ban on trans people using toilets and other services of the gender they identify as. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Sick child killer executed after court ruled 'Gulf War syndrome' wasn't excuse for murders shook as he died

Jeffrey Hutchinson murdered his girlfriend and her three children in their home while her eldest son watched has been executed, despite claiming 'Gulf War syndrome'

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49 h. ago Cricket set to follow football in banning transgender women from female events

Trans women are currently permitted to play in women’s cricket up to and including Tier 3 of the domestic game.

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49 h. ago Transgender women banned from playing women's football in England by FA

The Football Association has said transgender women will be banned from competing in women's football from June 1 in a decision made following the Supreme Court's legal definition ruling

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52 h. ago FA announce transgender women now BANNED from playing women's football

The Football Association has said transgender women will be banned from competing in women's football from June 1 following the Supreme Court's legal definition ruling last month

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52 h. ago English FA announces it will ban transgender players from women's football after Supreme Court ruling

The Football Association announced today that it had updated its policy on transgender women in light of last month's UK Supreme Court ruling regarding the Equality Act.

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53 h. ago FA to ban transgender women from playing women's football in England

All trans women will be banned from all levels of the women’s game form June 1, 2025

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60 h. ago Apple referred to federal prosecutors after judge rules it violated court order

Judge says executive told ‘outright lies’ when he gave testimony in antitrust case from Fortnite maker Epic GamesApple violated a United States court order that required the iPhone maker to allow greater competition for app downloads and payment methods in its lucrative App Store and will be referred to federal prosecutors, a federal judge in California ruled on Wednesday.The US district judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland said in an 80-page ruling that Apple failed to comply with her prior injunction order, which was imposed in an antitrust lawsuit brought by Fortnite maker Epic Games. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Welsh clothing designer loses 'David and Goliath' court battle against fashion giant Boohoo.com after judge rules 'copied' swimsuits had 'low originality'

In a chastening ruling, a judge said Sonia Edwards' garments had 'low originality' while also saying it was unlikely the fast-fashion giant was looking at her social media channels.

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3 d. ago SFA to ban transgender women from playing in women’s football

Scottish Football Association updates guidelines on issueChange comes a week after UK supreme court rulingThe Scottish Football Association is to ban transgender women from participating in women’s football after updating its guidelines.From next season only biological women will be able to take part in women’s competitive football, a term that applies to matches from under-13s up. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Malta’s ‘golden passport’ scheme ruled to be illegal by EU’s top court

Long-awaited ruling means cash-for-citizenship programme that allowed people to live and work in bloc must be scrappedEurope live – latest updatesThe European court of justice has ruled that Malta’s “golden passport” scheme is illegal, meaning its cash-for-citizenship programme must be scrapped.In a long-awaited ruling on Tuesday, the EU’s top court concluded that Malta’s investor citizenship scheme was contrary to EU law. Judges said the scheme represented a “commercialisation of the grant of the nationality of a member state” and by extension EU citizenship, which was at odds with European law. Malta had jeopardised the mutual trust between EU member states necessary to create an area without internal borders, the court argued. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago SFA set to ban transgender women competing in women's football

The move comes after the UK Supreme Court announced that the Equality Act's definition of a woman is based on biological sex.

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