Minnie Stephenson , Reporter

A shocking report has exposed  “a stifling, oppressive and brutally misogynistic culture” in Ireland, according to the country’s children’s minister. 

Every social interaction, says the government, is a risk we should avoid. 

An Indonesian Boeing 737-500 is feared to have crashed off the coast of Jakarta.

For the first time in its history, the UN humanitarian aid agency Unicef has launched an emergency response in the UK, to help feed children caught up in the coronavirus crisis. The pandemic has seen hundreds of thousands of people lose their jobs and left many families struggling to cope. The national poverty charity Turn…

She was showbiz royalty – the queen of the Queen Vic. Dame Barbara Windsor began life, a real Eastender – becoming a household name, first with the quintessentially British Carry On comedies then as the hard-nosed pub landlady Peggy Mitchell in the soap Eastenders. 

A new comedy play called The Comeback is quite literally making a comeback, as theatres in London’s West End begin opening their doors once again. 

While we can’t wait for 2020 to finally be over, there are plenty of people determined to make the best of things this Christmas, pandemic or not.

The High Court has declared that teenagers under the age of 16 are unlikely to be mature enough to give informed consent to take puberty blockers for gender reassignment.

New footage of a Jimi Hendrix concert which took place in Hawaii, at the foot of a volcano, has just been released.

The latest official coronavirus figures show there have been another 19,609 new cases across the UK in the last 24 hours. A further 529 deaths have also been reported, taking the total to 53,274. It’s these kinds of figures which have created a huge dilemma for the government, determined not to be cast in the…

They just want to become mothers, but say they’re being discriminated against because of their sexuality. YouTube stars Megan and Whitney have launched a campaign demanding equal fertility treatment – after they were told they’d have to pay up to £30,000 to a private clinic before they could get any help from the NHS. Minnie…

The UK’s chief Brexit negotiator has said a trade deal with the European Union might not be agreed

Dominic Cummings was ordered to leave Downing Street after his relationship with Boris Johnson “fell off a cliff”, according to one former Cabinet Minister.

A small silvery depiction of a naked woman was designed to celebate the campaigner and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. But as soon as the statue to the icon was unveiled today’s campaigners and feminists began to express their anger about why the “mother of feminism” was depicted as a nude figure. The 18th century philosopher, who…

On inauguration day, on 20 January, Kamala Harris will make history. She will become the first woman and the first person with Black and Asian heritage to become vice-president of the United States. She’s a woman who’s been breaking barriers throughout her career. But she’s also unafraid of making controversial decisions and has faced criticisms…