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Grand National: Rachael Blackmore will surely not be the last woman to ride into the winner’s enclosure
Some 44 years after Charlotte Brew was the National’s first woman jockey, Rachael Blackmore rode over the line in first place.
Woman appointed to referee English Football League game for first time ever
Rebecca Welch said she never would have thought she would be refereeing an EFL game when she started out 11 years ago.
We can stop to take pride on International Women’s Day – but only for a moment
On the long climb, stop and catch your breath on International Women’s Day. Look back in anger – but with pride, too. Dear granddaughters, let me recount women’s lives when I started work in 1968. To you, it’s the same ancient history the suffragettes were to me.
Improving gender balance in FTSE leadership
The Hampton-Alexander Review was an independent, voluntary and business-led initiative supported by Government to increase the representation of women in senior leadership positions and on boards of FTSE 350 Companies, from 2016-2020.
Meet Whitney Wolfe Herd, the 31-year-old CEO of the female-led dating app Bumble that just went public
Whitney Wolfe Herd is used to making bold moves.
Perhaps that’s why on the dating app she cofounded, women make the first move in heterosexual relationships. And Wolfe Herd’s next move may be among her boldest — Bumble went public on Thursday.
COVID-19: Sir Michael Caine and Sir Elton John advocate vaccines
Two entertainment legends appear in a new NHS England campaign advert to encourage coronavirus vaccination.