Grace Dean & Alex Kleiderman BBC News Getty Images/BBC Actor Gary Oldman has been knighted alongside David Beckham on a King’s Birthday Honours list that also recognises Strictly Come Dancing hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman. The Oscar winner and the former football England captain are among 19 new sirs, while 21 damehoods have been...
Exeter’s England winger Claudia MacDonald has signed a new contract for the 2025-26 Premiership Women’s Rugby season. The 29-year-old, who has won 35 England caps, joined the club in 2022 and has scored 25 tries in 29 games during a spell that has been hampered by a serious neck injury. MacDonald earned an England recall...
“I was terrified to be anywhere near a rugby pitch or a rugby ball.” Following a second neck injury in February 2024, the thought of playing again was a huge ask for England wing Claudia MacDonald, who had already considered retirement. A comeback that seemed nearly impossible, when MacDonald barely left her house after being...
England wing Claudia MacDonald says she has overcome her fear of leaving the house after recovering from a second neck injury to return to the Red Roses set-up. MacDonald, who can also play at scrum-half, was ruled out of last year’s Women’s Six Nations after suffering a second neck injury in February 2024. It followed...
Commemorate the life and political times of the outstanding activist and Communist Claudia Jones on 25 February at Highgate Cemetery, Swain’s Lane, London. Claudia Jones was a journalist and writer. She argued that people were attacked for their race, gender and class. She spent time in a US Jail and was deported to Britain...