Misty Copeland calls for more inclusive ballet-shoe emojis, sparking race debate

A public inquiry into the Government's handling and axing of the HS2 rail route to Manchester should be held, transport leaders in Greater Manchester have agreed.

A charity which supports women facing domestic abuse in Stirling says violence against women must end after the sentencing of a brute who murdered his partner in a “sadistic” attack at her St Ninians home.

Charities are stepping up calls for the UK Government to introduce a ‘Help to Repay’ scheme on energy bills as research showed one in four households with fuel debts are unable to clear arrears. An estimated 6.4 million people are now in arrears with their energy bills - up more than 824,000 since April, according to a nationwide survey of 2,000 adults conducted last week for National Debtline, which is run by the Money Advice Trust charity.

Ellise Shafer Arnold Schwarzenegger for president? Though the former Governor of California can’t legally run for the United States’ highest office — the position requires one to be a natural-born citizen, and Schwarzenegger hails from Austria — he said in a new interview with the BBC that he thinks he’d be a good fit. “I feel like I would make a great president,” he said, adding that “everything I’ve accomplished was because of America.” “America gave me so many opportunities and the American people were so embracive, and they just received me with open arms.

More than 10,200 people have signed an online petition calling on the UK Government to bring back the £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) for winter 2023/24. The milestone is significant because it means the proposal has now reached the threshold to trigger an official response from the UK Government.

Horse owners fear a noisy bonfire night display near stables will terrify their animals. One woman has even offered to pay for “quieter” fireworks to be used.

Cher has reflected on her son Chaz’s transition, which she says was “difficult” for her as a parent.The iconic singer was discussing her “difficult, challenging, exciting, interesting” experiences of parenthood in a new interview with the LA Times, which included Chaz coming out as transgender in 2009.“When Chaz went through the transition, that was difficult for me,” she said. “It shouldn’t have been because, you know, I’ve had gay friends forever. I just met some beautiful trans chicks and we have an affinity.

Lewis Miller wants more Australia caps after being given his first taste of international action under the arch against England at Wembley on Friday evening.

Oscar-winner Riz Ahmed has posted a plea on his social platforms for people to “urgently speak up to try to avert the loss of innocent life” amid the ongoing crisis in Gaza and Israel.

Ellise Shafer Riz Ahmed has posted an impassioned plea on social media calling for “an end to the indiscriminate bombing of Gaza’s civilians” amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. “We are told there are two sides to what is happening in Israel and Palestine. But in my heart, I know there is only one — the side of our humanity,” the Oscar-nominated actor wrote.

Naturalist Chris Packham has called for an independent investigation into the multi-million pound Scottish salmon farming industry.

It’s been a tough week in the world, and that posed a difficult challenge for Bill Maher on his Real Time show on Friday. How do you conduct a show built on political comedy when the subject matter is so grim?

Caroline Brew editor In celebration of National Coming Out Day, Gottmik is making the case for more representation of trans men in media. The drag queen, who made history in 2021 as the first trans man to compete on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” discussed their transition journey at United Talent Agency and GLAAD’s “The Business of Drag.” She was joined by fellow “Drag Race” stars Violet Chachki and Monét X Change for the panel conversation.

Tom Morello has called for the condemnation of harm to all children “no matter who they are” after Jamie Lee Curtis deleted a photo of Palestinians.The actress was recently criticised after sharing a photo from Gaza in a post supporting Israel and then deleting it. Curtis took to Instagram to show her support for Israel and posted a photo of children running with one boy carrying a little girl.

A new online petition is calling on the UK Government to ‘honour the Triple Lock in full in April 2024’ ahead of the annual State Pension uprating announcement to be made during the Autumn Statement next month.

If current polls are to be believed, American voters are looking with a sense of dread at a rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Yet, widely anticipating the most expensive election in the nation’s history, another cycle of bitter and polarized politics perversely may be exactly the bottom-line boost TV broadcasters and cable networks need.

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A new online petition is calling on the UK Government to reverse Universal Credit (UC) rule changes that affect parents of young children. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) introduced changes to the frequency of appointments with work coaches for parents of children aged one and two-years-old in July and is set to implement further changes this Autumn for those with children up to the age of 12.

An online petition calling for the State Pension to be increased to £416 each week for everyone over the age of 60, to match the hourly rate of the National Minimum Wage, has received more than 10,000 signatures of support and is now due an official response from the UK Government.