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The head of MI6 is a woman for the first time ever. But what other high-profile jobs have never had a female leader in the UK, and why?
Margaret Beckett, who served as the first female foreign secretary under Tony Blair in the early 2000s, technically became the first ever female Labour leader after the death of John Smith in 1994.
Where was Sir Keir Starmer? It used to be customary for PMs, on their return from summits, to hasten to the Commons to make a ...
Margaret Beckett - who has briefly led the Labour party - is its great survivor. It will come as no surprise to her colleagues that she has become the UK's first female foreign secretary - she has ...
Professor Malcolm Chalmers is Deputy Director General of RUSI and directs its growing portfolio of research into contemporary defence and security issues. His own work is focused on UK defence, ...
The tennis champion met up with West Australian Indigenous actor Lila McGuire, who will play her in the three-part miniseries ...
The tennis champion met up with West Australian Indigenous actor Lila McGuire, who will play her in the three-part miniseries Goolagong.
The Autism&Uni Toolkit was recently launched by Queen Margaret University (QMU) in Musselburgh to support autistic and neurodivergent students through every stage of their higher education journey.
Staycations fell out of favour with many as the pandemic receded into memory. But a weekend at the new studios at Killyhevlin ...
Beau’s modus operandi is lip-syncing, which he takes to new levels as he embodies recorded interviews with such accuracy that we lose sight of who is talking. On paper, what he proposes here is a ...
From a wildlife champion to a road safety campaigner and conservationist, meet the Oxfordshire residents who have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours list.