Seven men have been found guilty of sexually exploiting two teenage girls who were repeatedly raped and assaulted in Rochdale for five years. The gang was convicted at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court of various sexual offences against the girls between 2001 and 2006. The victims were groomed from the age of 13 and treated...
In new documentary Mary Earps: Queen of Stops, the former England goalkeeper – and those close to her – discuss her legacy. Read full article at source...
California’s high school athletics’ playoff and championship governing body, commonly known in the Golden State as CIF, hastily took action in the wake of the threat this week by Donald Trump of pulling funding, perhaps permanently, from California if biological boys were allowed to continue competing against biological girls. Title IX of the Education Amendments...
May is the month when student athletes from around California go through a series of competitions in Track and Field events to decide who will make it to the state level competition at the end of the month. Briefly, here’s how it works. Every high school is part of a local league consisting of a...
Google Plymouth Crown Court heard how Benjamin Lilly had recorded girls aged between 12 and 15 while working at Plymouth Life Centre A lifeguard who used his mobile phone to record young girls undressing in changing room cubicles has been given a two year suspended sentence. Plymouth Crown Court heard how Benjamin Lilly recorded girls...
Well, the good news keeps rollin’ in. SCOTUS, in a 7-2 decision, has returned Maine state representative Laurel Libby to her rightful place in the state house, representing her constituents. 7-2 decision with Jackson and Sotomayor dissenting. The voice of Rep. Laurel Libby’s constituents has been restored! https://t.co/O8Ht3pvYB9 pic.twitter.com/tEffDnoTJX — The Maine Wire (@TheMaineWire) May...
Despite a nine-year stint as England captain coming to an end, the challenges keep coming for Heather Knight. But the latest – slipping back into the batting ranks with the opportunity to “be one of the girls again” – might be a little more enjoyable after a winter in which England’s women faced scrutiny and...
A man has been charged after a 16-year-old girl was raped and a 17-year-old girl was sexually assaulted. Sonny Boyes, 19, from Exeter, has been charged with two offences of rape and three offences of sexual assault. Devon and Cornwall Police said the incidents took place in the area of Digby and Sowton train station...
Two Palestinian girls with serious health conditions have been brought to the UK for private medical treatment. The Gazan children are the first to be granted temporary UK visas since the war between Hamas and Israel broke out in October 2023. Ghena, five, and Rama, 12 arrived in the UK from Egypt on Saturday to...
The three-day, 54-hole event features players with handicaps ranging from one to +5 and runs until Sunday. It was first played at Fulford, York,, external in 2018, introduced as part of The R&A’s drive to boost the girls’ game in Great Britain and Ireland and provide a pathway to the elite amateur level for leading...
A van driver who took “at least 20 lines of cocaine” in the hours before he hit a tram and then a three-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving. Louisa Palmisano, known as Lulu, died in hospital after she was struck while walking holding hands with her parents on Mosely Street...
Mahjooba Nowrouzi BBC Afghan Service BBC Carpet weaving is one of few professions open to women since the Taliban government took power in 2021 At a workshop in Kabul where carpets are made, hundreds of women and girls work in a cramped space, the air thick and stifling. Among them is 19-year-old Salehe Hassani. “We...
Pamela Tickell BBC News, North East and Cumbria Family handout Five-year-old Saffanah, from Stockton-on-Tees, is back to her “sassy self”, her family said The family of a five-year-old girl who had a quadruple amputation after contracting a rare form of meningitis said the “fact she’s alive is a huge miracle”. Saffanah, from Stockton-on-Tees, fell ill...
Danny Fullbrook BBC News, Hertfordshire Family handout Maia Walsh had at least four TikTok accounts, a pre-inquest review heard TikTok will be the focus of an inquest into the death of a girl who used the app before her death, a coroner said. Maia Walsh, 13, posted “I don’t think I’ll live past 14” on...
The Communist Party’s Political Committee has issued the following statement on the sexual exploitation of woman and girls. In a class based society, misogyny, sexual abuse and the objectification of women and girls are part of the oppression all women suffer because of their sex. The Communist Party of Britain supports and is playing...