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Half of first-time property buyers need help from parents

Half of first-time property buyers need help from parents

According to estate agency Savills, more than half of all UK first-time buyers received help from their families to purchase a property in 2024. While lower than the previous year, this number is still higher than every other year since 2013. Estate agency Savills has said that over half of all new property buyers in 2024 had help from their families, or the ‘bank of mum and dad’ as it’s...

By Bristol, UK
Opinion – Blue Origin’s view of women’s safety is concerning

Opinion – Blue Origin’s view of women’s safety is concerning

On reflection, some of the inadvertent messaging is concerning and shows a lack of progress here on Earth. Last month a group of female American celebrities, including singer Katy Perry, chat show host Gayle King, activist and astronaut Amanda Nguyen, HR executive Kerianne Flynn, journalist Lauren Sánchez, and NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, participated in the first all-women Blue Origin space mission since Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo spaceflight...

By Manchester, UK
Scotland to scrap new law that would criminalise misogyny

Scotland to scrap new law that would criminalise misogyny

The Scottish government has said it will no longer be moving forward with a policy that would criminalise misogyny. Instead, it will be amending existing hate crime legislation. A bill that was poised to reinforce and improve protection for woman and girls in Scotland has been scrapped ahead of next year’s elections. Ministers say that there isn’t enough time to craft a new law that reflects the recent Supreme Court...

By Bristol, UK
FA to ban transgender women from football

FA to ban transgender women from football

The Football Association (FA) has announced that transgender women will be banned from playing in women’s football from 1 June. It is a response to the Supreme Court ruling earlier this year that the term ‘women’ only refers to biological women. The FA has announced that transgender women will be barred from playing professional football from 1 June. The decision is a response to the Supreme Court ruling earlier this...

By Bristol, UK