84 m. ago Aryna Sabalenka rushes to aid of Wimbledon spectator as semi

Aryna Sabalenka was in the first of the two women's semi-finals on Centre Court as she took on Amanda Anisimova, but the action was stopped after just 20 minutes

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6 h. ago Rape shame of Putin's troops: Horrific details of 'extreme' sex attacks on Ukrainian women and girls are revealed in court ruling on Russia's 'abhorrent' abuses during invasion

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) yesterday found Russia guilty of committing various atrocities in Ukraine following the outbreak of war in the Donbas region in 2014

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45 h. ago ICC issues warrant for Taliban’s supreme leader for persecution of women

Rights activists hail move to arrest Haibatullah Akhundzada and Afghan chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani for crimes against humanityThe international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for two senior Taliban leaders, accusing them of crimes against humanity for the persecution of women and girls.In a statement, the ICC said on Tuesday there were “reasonable grounds to believe” the Taliban’s supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, and Afghanistan’s chief justice, Abdul Hakim Haqqani, had ordered policies that deprived women and girls of “education, privacy and family life and the freedoms of movement, expression, thought, conscience and religion”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Thomas Partey: the former Arsenal midfielder facing five rape charges

Ghanaian left club this week after playing a central role in Premier League title challenges under Mikel ArtetaFor the first time since Thomas Partey left his home town of Krobo Odumase in eastern Ghana at the age of 11, he woke on Tuesday without a club. Three days later the midfielder, who had departed Arsenal after his contract expired, was charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.What happens next with Partey’s career will be determined by the outcome of legal proceedings scheduled to start with his appearance at Westminster magistrates court on 5 August. The allegations relate to three women who reported incidents between 2021 and 2022. Partey denies all the charges and “welcomes the opportunity to finally clear his name”, his lawyer said. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Make way for the Wimbledon WAGs! The glamorous (and VERY impressive) women taking SW19 by storm as they support their tennis ace partners on court

The tennis wives and girlfriends - or TWAGS as they have become known - are known for their glitzy, jet-setting lifestyles and are often following their partners around the globe - including Wimbledon.

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6 d. ago Supreme Court takes blockbuster case on trans student athletes

Attorneys for trans teen who challenged state-level bans say she ‘just wants to play sports with her friends and peers’

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8 d. ago Priest who wore Robert De Niro's robes from film The Mission sexually assaulted a 'staggering' number of women in congregation, court hears

The 68-year-old, who ran the service in Sheffield between 1986 and 1995, had a team of young women dressed in lingerie, referred to as the 'Lycra Nuns,' tend to his needs at home, jurors heard.

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9 d. ago Women dressed in revealing clothes known as ‘Lycra nuns’ kept church cult leader’s home spotless, sexual abuse trial hears

Christopher Brain surrounded himself with women known as ‘the Lycra Lovelies’ or ‘the Lycra Nuns’, the court heard

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9 d. ago Wimbledon Order of Play today: Day 2 schedule, live scores, results with Jack Draper and Novak Djokovic in action

Defending women’s champion, Barbora Krejcikova kicks off play on Centre Court

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1 week ago Wimbledon Order of Play: Day 2 schedule with Jack Draper, Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic in action

Defending women’s champion, Barbora Krejcikova kicks off play on Centre Court

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1 week ago Crossbow cannibal cop found brain in microwave and severed breasts on table

Serial killer Stephen Griffiths proudly proclaimed himself as the Crossbow Cannibal when he appeared in court charged with the murders of three women. Now as a Prime Video documentary looks back at his twisted crimes, the two police officers who caught him reveal the sickening sights inside his blood-splattered Bradford flat

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1 week ago Hampstead Heath Ladies' Pond faces legal action over 'failure to bans trans women despite Supreme Court ruling'

The famed women-only bathing spot has maintained its trans-inclusive policy pending a 'review' in spite of the UK's highest court ruling in April that trans women are not legally female.

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2 w. ago Andrew Tate’s High Court trial over rape and sexual violence claims by four women brought forward

Four women are suing the former kickboxer over claims of sexual violence, which he denies

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2 w. ago Best tennis fashion for women: Clothes to look the part on court

Where fashion meets fitness

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2 w. ago Abortions in the US are on the rise three years after Roe v Wade was overturned

A growing number of abortions happen through telehealth – including for women in states with strict bansThree years after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, erasing the national right to abortion and paving the way for more than a dozen states to ban the procedure, the number of abortions performed in the US is still on the rise – including in some states that ban the procedure.US abortion providers performed 1.14m abortions in 2024, according to new data released on Monday by #WeCount, a Society of Family Planning project that has tracked abortion provision since 2022. That’s the highest number on record in recent years. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago JK Rowling hits back as Stephen Fry accuses her of being 'a lost cause' and 'radicalised'

JK Rowling, who referred to transgender women as 'men' after the Supreme Court Ruling, lashed out at Stephen Fry after he called her a 'lost cause'

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3 w. ago Families of trans kids worry about what's next after Supreme Court rules on gender

A U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is leaving transgender children and their parents uncertain and anxious about its impact

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3 w. ago MP accused of groping women at Groucho Club appears in court to deny sexual assault

MP accused of groping women at Groucho Club appears in court to deny sexual assault  London Evening Standard

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3 w. ago MP to face trial over claims he groped women at London’s Groucho Club

Patrick Spencer has exercised right to be tried by jury in crown court over allegationsAn MP faces trial over allegations he groped two women in one night while drunk at the Groucho Club in London.Patrick Spencer, the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual assault at Westminster magistrates court on Monday morning. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Campaigners consider legal action against Scottish government after supreme court gender ruling

For Women Scotland says public discussion around legal definition of women has shifted to debates about toilets policyFor Women Scotland, the group responsible for April’s landmark supreme court ruling on biological sex, is considering further legal action against the Scottish government as they warned the key motivation for bringing the case was being lost amid debates about policy on toilets.At a fringe event at the Scottish Conservative conference in Edinburgh, the gender critical campaign group’s co-director Susan Smith said there had been “extraordinary pushback” since five judges ruled unanimously that the legal definition of a woman in the Equality Act 2010 did not include transgender women who hold gender recognition certificates. Continue reading...

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