14 h. ago This Morning star says 'we need to talk more' as she opens up about suffering two miscarriages

The admission came during an interview with Olympic swimming champion Rebecca Adlington

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17 h. ago Michael Phelps launches scathing attack on ‘failing’ USA Swimming

Olympic champion writes lengthy Instagram postAmerican says he would hesitate to let sons competeMichael Phelps has launched a scathing attack on USA Swimming’s leadership, with the 23-times Olympic gold medallist branding the body weak and demanding sweeping reforms after what he sees as years of organizational decline.“I’ve watched too many teammates struggle to compete in a sport they love without the support they need,” Phelps, who retired from competitive swimming in 2016, wrote in a lengthy Instagram post. “I’ve also seen the sport struggle to return its membership numbers to pre-pandemic levels, and I’m done pretending this system works just because it produces medals. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Women's rights champion and Olympic hero Sharron Davies is set to become Conservative peer

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch will reportedly appoint the 62-year-old to the House of Lords alongside columnist Simon Heffer and Graham Edwards, the Tory party treasurer and mega-donor.

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41 h. ago Michael Phelps returns to pool to race Baltimore Ravens players

The 23-time Olympic champion taught some of the NFL team’s players how to swim

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44 h. ago ‘A whole spectrum of hatred’: women face increased violence in Milei’s Argentina as rights are eroded

In a country once lauded as a progressive bastion in Latin America, protections are being dismantled by a populist leader, and gender-based offences are on the riseIn the week before her murder, Fernanda Soledad Yramain lay awake at night listening as a motorbike circled the house where she was hiding. “She kept saying ‘it’s him’,” remembers Daniella Viscarra, Soledad’s sister-in-law with whom she had sought refuge in the Tucumán countryside. “She was scared all of the time.”A month earlier, in September 2024, 29-year-old Soledad had ended a relationship with her boyfriend, Francisco Timoteo Saldaño. They had been together since she was 14 and he was 35, and shared three children. In the final year of their relationship, Saldaño had turned violent. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago DVLA driving licence changes: Everything we know on 'biggest change in decades'

Justice Minister Alex Davies-Jones said the road safety proposals, set to be published in the autumn, will be the 'biggest shake-up to our driving laws for decades'

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3 d. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: In Lawless Britain the 'rights' of scumbags are put ahead of innocent shopkeepers and abused Jewish women

The law is more concerned about shielding the identities of criminals than protecting their victims, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN.

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3 d. ago Activists at women's rights rally at Glasgow University are refused service at the student union bar 'over their opinions and beliefs' and signs 'that make staff feel unsafe'

Let Women Speak (LWS) had booked a private room at Glasgow University Union (GUU) where they planned to hold a social after their rally on Sunday.

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4 d. ago Nicola Sturgeon 'not rushing into a relationship with anyone' after separating from Peter Murrell

The ex-SNP leader said she strongly felt the "rights of women and the interests of trans people are not irreconcilable at all."

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5 d. ago L’Oréal hires OnlyFans star to market makeup popular with teenagers

Women’s rights campaigners warn collaboration with US adult content creator Ari Kytsya risks glamorising pornography industryGlobal cosmetics giant L’Oréal has recruited a model famous for filming pornographic content on the OnlyFans adult website to promote a makeup brand popular with teenagers.Ari Kytsya, a US-based adult performer, has been hired as a new brand ambassador for Urban Decay, a line of makeup sold in Boots and in other high street stores globally. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Swinney praises Olympic champion Hoy’s cancer work after Bute House meeting

The cyclist has turned to raising awareness of cancer since announcing his terminal diagnosis last year.

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9 d. ago Ofwat chief David Black to step down with regulator set to be abolished

Mr Black, who took over as Ofwat's boss in 2021, decided the time is right for him to pursue new opportunities

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9 d. ago Double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel to ride for Red Bull

The former Vuelta a Espana winner will join Grand Tour rivals Primoz Roglic and Florian Lipowitz on the German team

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1 week ago 'Barely legal' pornography featuring adults dressed as children could be banned by new government taskforce amid fury over Channel 4's Bonnie Blue documentary

The proposed ban by the independent pornography taskforce - set up in July by Conservative peer Gabby Bertin - comes in response to 1,000 men and me: The Bonnie Blue story.

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1 week ago Kenny Bednarek hits out at Noah Lyles after shoving Olympic champion at trials

The incident happened as the US Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Oregon

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1 week ago Government could ban 'barely legal' pornography featuring adults dressed as children amid fury over Bonnie Blue documentary 'glamorising' extreme adult content

The proposed ban by the independent pornography taskforce - set up in July by Conservative peer Gabby Bertin - comes in response to 1,000 men and me: The Bonnie Blue story.

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1 week ago UK pornography taskforce to propose banning ‘barely legal’ content after Channel 4 documentary airs

Programme about performer Bonnie Blue condemned for ‘glamorising and normalising’ extreme pornographyThe new pornography taskforce will propose legislation this autumn aimed at banning a type of “barely legal” content produced by the porn star Bonnie Blue, the Guardian has learned.The proposed action by the independent pornography taskforce, launched last month by the Conservative peer Baroness Gabby Bertin, comes in response to the broadcast of the Channel 4 documentary 1000 Men and Me: The Bonnie Blue Story. The programme followed the performer as she filmed herself having sex with 1,057 clients over the course of 12 hours. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Peep Show icons return to comedy but fans are complaining about one key thing

Channel 4 has announced that comedy duo David Mitchell and Robert Webb are set to return to screens later this year with a brand new sketch show, some fans are disappointed by their new project

Culture

1 week ago Mitchell and Webb return for new comedy sketch show but fans are divided

David Mitchell and Robert Webb are set to return to Channel 4 later this year, and fans have been given their first glimpse of the sketch show with a new teaser

Culture

1 week ago Double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes 'is engaged to her long

The Olympic legend, 55, is set to tie the knot after 'getting engaged to her girlfriend Louise Cullen' - three years after publicly coming out.

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