37 h. ago WSL players to resume taking knee after Jess Carter abuse prompted refusal

Teams set to perform gesture in selected October gamesConcerns raised that its ubiquity reduced its impactWomen’s Super League players will resume taking the knee this season after England’s Lionesses abruptly stopped performing the symbolic gesture at last month’s European Championship.England’s players announced they would no longer be taking the knee before their semi-final against Italy because of the racist abuse aimed at Jess Carter during the tournament. The 27-year-old defender was targeted online by several individuals, with the first of what is expected to be several arrests in the case made on Thursday. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Moment Lancashire man arrested after abusive messages sent to England footballer Jess Carter

Police have released footage showing an arrest of a man from Lancashire as part of an investigation into abusive social media messages which were sent to Jess Carter.

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3 d. ago Man arrested over racist abuse sent to Lioness Jess Carter during Women's Euros 2025

Police chiefs have condemned the ‘appalling’ messages directed towards Carter and commended the Lioness for standing up to the abuse

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3 d. ago Moment man, 59, is arrested after Lioness star Jess Carter sent 'disgusting' racial abuse during Women's Euros

A man has been arrested after sending Lioness star Jess Carter racially abusive messages during the Women's Euros.

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3 d. ago Man arrested after racist and abusive messages sent to Lioness star Jess Carter

A 59-year-old man was arrested today following investigations by police into racial abuse on social media

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3 d. ago Man arrested after racially abusive messages sent to England star Jess Carter

Police chief hails footballer for standing up to ‘disgusting’ abuse during women’s Euros in July

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3 d. ago Man, 59, arrested over 'disgusting racist abuse' of England Lionesses hero Jess Carter

The man was arrested in Great Harwood on Thursday, with Lancashire Police confirming he has since been released under investigation while enquiries continue

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1 week ago The moment 'racist' Liverpool fan 'realised what he'd done': Fans tell how wheelchair user shouted slur at Bournemouth's Antoine Semenyo before throwing gum at him

Nick Collins was sat just metres away from the incident at Anfield on Friday which prompted a temporary halt during the match as the abuse was investigated.

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1 week ago Liverpool fan's racist rant revealed: Supporters sat next to wheelchair user 'who abused Bournemouth's Antoine Semenyo' tell how he repeated slur before throwing chewing gum at him

Nick Collins was sat just just metres away from the incident at Anfield on Friday which prompted a temporary halt during the match as the abuse was investigated.

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1 week ago Liverpool fan's racist rant revealed: Supporters sat next to wheelchair 'who abused Bournemouth's Antoine Semenyo' tell how he repeated slur before throwing chewing gum at him

Nick Collins was sat just just metres away from the incident at Anfield on Friday which prompted a temporary halt during the match as the abuse was investigated.

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2 w. ago Lioness Jess Carter felt 'relief' when black teammate wasn't only player who missed Euros penalty

Lioness Jess Carter was targeted by vile racist trolls during the Women's Euros in Switzerland last month, forcing her to hand over her social media accounts to a dedicated team

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2 w. ago Lionesses star Jess Carter reveals she was 'scared to PLAY' after suffering horrific racist abuse during England's Euros campaign

Lionesses star Jess Carter has revealed that she was 'scared to play' for the first time in her career after being subjected to racist abuse during Euro 2025.

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4 w. ago The problem is far bigger than Jeffrey Epstein | Rebecca Solnit

Treating the scandal as an aberration misunderstands the global epidemic of violence against womenOn 2 July, the jury delivered a guilty verdict on some of the charges against the music mogul Sean Combs, accused of horrific sexual abuse of women with the help of his extensive staff and deep pockets. He’s also accused in many civil suits of sexual abuse of adults and minors. It seems like everyone promptly forgot about Combs when the facts about the financier Jeffrey Epstein’s decades of horrific sexual abuse of at least a 100 girls and women, with the help of his extensive staff, deep pockets, banks, and elite connections became the next front-page ruckus.In June, the movie producer Harvey Weinstein was found guilty in a New York retrial for some of his decades of horrific sexual abuse of women, with the help of his extensive staff, top lawyers, the film industry, some ex-Mossad agents and of course his deep pockets. In February a federal appeals court upheld the convictions and 30-...

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