19 m. ago Nicola Sturgeon branded 'threat to our democracy' after refusing to apologise after Supreme Court gender ruling

Sturgeon told journalists she “fundamentally disagrees” when asked if she should apologise to women in light of the Supreme Court ruling.

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80 m. ago State Pension back payments of nearly £7,900 due for thousands of older women this year

A former pensions minister is urging the UK Government to resolve historical State Pension errors as a matter of urgency.

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1 hour ago My rare disease was getting closer to a cure. RFK Jr could undermine that | Jameson Rich

The Trump administration’s funding cuts to the NIH could destroy a wave of approaching research breakthroughsSince Robert F Kennedy Jr assumed control of the US health department in February, with a mandate to “[lower] chronic disease rates and [end] childhood chronic disease”, he has moved quickly to remake the US’s federal health infrastructure. But the Trump administration’s actions on medical research are already threatening that goal – and could end medical progress in this country for good.Kennedy’s office oversees the National Institutes of Health, the control center of disease research in the United States. Kennedy’s agency has killed almost 800 active projects, according to Nature, affecting medical research into HIV/Aids, diabetes, women’s health, heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s and more. The administration wants to cut the NIH’s budget up to 40% while consolidating its 27 agencies – separated by disease area – into just eight. Elon Musk’s Doge has been reviewing previo...

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2 h. ago ‘The pain was worse than giving birth’: why are so many women separated from their babies in prison?

First they had to give birth in custody, then their babies were taken away. Sometimes they never got them back. Here’s what 29 women told the Lost Mothers ProjectOne by one, 29 women sat before Dr Laura Abbott in similarly small, nondescript rooms across five UK prisons, and described losing their babies. They were not bereaved in the conventional sense – although they were clearly holding in grief, as once the guards had left, they let rare public tears fall. Prisoners who had given birth in custody, they had been separated from their newborn children. In some cases this had happened within four or five days of becoming mothers.“It was worse than giving birth,” said one woman. “That was the hardest pain of my life. I’ve never felt pain like it It was in my chest, in my heart. Even in my belly.” Continue reading...

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3 h. ago 'Angel of death' Scots nurse appeal begins 17 years after being convicted of murdering four women

Colin Norris has served 17 years of a 30-year sentence handed out in 2008 for the murder of four OAPs and the attempted murder of another.

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6 h. ago ‘Whipped in front of everyone’: three women on being flogged by the Taliban

Hundreds of women forced to confess to ‘moral crimes’ they did not commit have been publicly lashed in AfghanistanThree Afghan women who were brutally flogged in public by the Taliban after being accused of “moral crimes” have bravely spoken out about the cruelty they endured.More than 1,000 people – at least 200 of whom were women – are now known to have been humiliated in public floggings since the Taliban’s return to power in 2021, according to court records and media reports. The true numbers are probably much higher. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Emma Jane Unsworth on new book ‘Slags’: ‘Women are encouraged to feel ashamed of our fantasies’

The author of ‘Animals’ and ‘Adults’ talks to Helen Coffey about drugs, booze and oblivion, creating characters ‘that are fun to be around’ and why sibling relationships can be the most complicated of our lives

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6 h. ago ‘It brings out the evilness inside you’ – the ‘horrible’ drug linked to sexual exploitation in a deprived city

Ben Bryant spent five months exploring the impact of synthetic stimulant ‘dust’ on Stoke-on-Trent, where women report incidents of rape and users trade sexual acts for the drug

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7 h. ago Influencers' take selfies in bikinis on sinking $4.5m Lamborghini yacht

Dozens of women were seen lounging on the posh Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 yacht in Miami on Saturday as they celebrated the Formula One weekend - but things quickly went south

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7 h. ago ‘Women designing for women’: the new wave dominating UK high street

Whistles recruits ex-Topshop design chief, while M&S, Uniqlo and Cos thrive with women in top creative rolesThe health of the British high street is a much-discussed topic in fashion. The latest secret weapon set to resuscitate the sector? A wave of female designers at much-loved brands.Jacqui Markham, previously the design director at Topshop and Asos, was named the new creative director at Whistles last week. She joins Maddy Evans, promoted to director of womenswear at Marks & Spencer this year, and Clare Waight Keller, the former Givenchy designer who joined Uniqlo last year. Meanwhile, Cos, the fashion insiders’ current favourite, has had Karin Gustafsson at the design helm since the brand began in 2006. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Women's rights campaigners storm male pond at Hampstead Heath in false beards, wigs and moustaches in protest over self

Around 30 female protesters wearing false beards, wigs and moustaches descended on the male-only pond demanding to be let in because they self-identified as male.

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14 h. ago Hospitals that still let trans women use female toilets are breaking the law, NHS bosses warned

Hospitals are breaking the law by continuing to allow trans women to use female facilities in defiance of the landmark Supreme Court ruling on single-sex spaces, NHS bosses have been warned.

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16 h. ago Women open up about having to travel to a different country for abortions and fork out £1,000s

Although women have a legal right to an abortion up to 24 weeks, certain hospitals do not offer these services up to the limit, with at least 88 patients having to cross the border to access care last year.

Economics

16 h. ago FA chief Bullingham insists transgender ban ‘not an ideological judgment’

‘Difficult decision’ on trans women based on legal adviceGoal Diggers FC march 12 miles to deliver protest letterMark Bullingham, the chief executive of the Football Association, has written to London grassroots football club Goal Diggers FC explaining the governing body’s decision to ban transgender women from women’s football “was not an ideological judgment, but a difficult decision” based on legal advice that a “change in policy was necessary” following the supreme court ruling which said the term “woman” in the Equality Act refers only to a biological woman.Representatives of Goal Diggers undertook a 12-mile walk from their training pitches in Haggerston Park to Wembley Stadium to deliver their open letter to the FA. In it they demanded a reversal of the ban on transgender women from women’s football and described the FA’s decision as a “pitiful and weak response” to the supreme court’s ruling. Bullingham said the FA understands “how difficult this decision will be for people w...

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18 h. ago Should ChatGPT be your therapist? Why women are turning to AI for emotional support

With therapy waitlists at record highs and sessions costing £60+, some women are leaning on AI tools like ChatGPT to cope but can it really replace human connection?

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19 h. ago Naga Munchetty tells BRYONY GORDON doctors accused her of 'having too much sex' when she was treated for thrush

Ms Munchetty recently released a book on the gender healthcare gap, chronicling the experience of hundreds of women who feel their pain was disregarded or downplayed.

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20 h. ago Madness, murder and rape on the Batavia: new theory on Australia’s most horrific shipwreck

Dutch academic says an ‘unlikely story about a mad heretic’ has been repeated for 400 years – and poses an alternativeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn “evil” man took advantage of a shipwreck to lead a mutiny that caused the death of more than 100 men, women and children.So goes the story of the Batavia, wrecked off the West Australian coast in 1629.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Jury selection begins in Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex trafficking trial

At the trial, prosecutors will cast the entertainer as a criminal sexual deviant who exploited his fame to abuse women at gatherings held far out of public view

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21 h. ago London City Lionesses seal promotion to Women’s Super League as Neil Harris’ daughter scores for Millwall

London City Lionesses seal promotion to Women’s Super League as Neil Harris’ daughter scores for Millwall  South London News

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21 h. ago How menopause symptoms could predict women’s risk of dementia

Menopause can provide early warning signs, write Jasper Crockford, Maryam Ghahremani and Zahinoor Ismail

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