The Women's Equality Party are bringing you #WEPstock - a digital feminist festival to bring together inspirational women from across the UK
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5th Aug 2021 | Updated at 09:54am 5th Aug 2021
'Pitruvandana' - a virtual tribute to all Fathers
Fathers are the solid foundation of our lives. They are the strength we rely on as we take our first step in the world. Fathers can be tender, tough, fragile or powerful but they are probably the most uncomplicated love we will ever know. Father’s...
Sadiq Khan promises to bring Indian Premier League matches to London
Sadiq Khan has vowed to work hand-in-hand with cricketing authorities to make the Indian Premier League the latest global sports league to stage matches in London.
Lord Woolley becomes the first Black man to head an Oxbridge college
A political and equalities activist has become the first black man to be elected head of an Oxbridge college. Lord Simon Woolley, founding director of campaign group Operation Black Vote, will be the newly elected principal of Cambridge University's...
New hijab trial designed by New Zealand first tried in Leicester
A new hijab designed in New Zealand especially for operational Muslim police officers is being trialled by Leicestershire Police in a first in England.
University of Glasgow project investigating the effects of Covid-19
A project at the University of Glasgow that is aiming to better understand the effects that Covid-19 infection has on blood vessels and blood pressure has received a grant of £250,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.
Coalition to feed children and end starvation in Cowley Hill, Borehamwood
On 27th July, local partners announced a unique collaboration to provide nutritious midday meals to hundreds of children in Cowley Hill, Borehamwood, who are at risk of going hungry during these school summer holidays due to coronavirus.
770,000 people in England unable to speak English well
In an interview, the communities secretary, Sajid Javid revealed that 770,000 people living in England speak little or no English at all, and warned that up to 70% of them are women from the Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities.
Sigma sponsors transformation of Community Pharmacy 2025 vision
A donation from Sigma Pharmaceuticals plc is funding a three year PhD scholarship aimed at developing a coherent and transformative vision for English community pharmacy in 2025. The project has already begun in the Department of Pharmacy and...
According to a report published by The Independent, a law firm ran a poll and figured that lack of sex life due to menopause could be one of the major causes why couples are separating or filing for divorce.
The UK government has received criticism from researchers for not including pregnant women in their agenda to protect them from the heatwave. The BMJ released research titled: Associations between high temperatures in pregnancy and risk of preterm...
Labour & Co-op MP for Birmingham Edgbaston and Shadow International Development Secretary Preet Kaur Gill has nominated Sophia Duleep Singh for UK’s Hidden Heroes statues campaign. This is Kaur’s attempt to bring more diversity to new commemorative...
Fareeha Jay graduated in 2000 with a Masters in Anthropology from Quaid-I-Azam University in Pakistan. She worked for various organisations as an Anthropologist...
Kass Naidoo was 14 when she decided what she wanted to do when she grew up. After hearing the great West Indian commentator Donna Simmons on the radio,...
Leading homelessness charities have made an unprecedented joint plea to UK ministers to reconsider the police and crime bill, warning it could in effect criminalise large numbers of people simply for being homeless.
A London council is to install extra CCTV cameras and step up security patrols following a spate of vandalism connected to low-traffic neighbourhood schemes (LTNs), after oil was poured over planters and on the street in the latest incident.
