
Met een busje pepperspray op zak eindigen alle mannen in de bak. Een bekend oud-Hollands gezegde dat voor vrouwen nooit echt realiteit werd. TOT NU. Want na onderzoek van Van Weel is er nu een aankondiging van Van Weel: "Vrouwen die zich bedreigd voelen bijvoorbeeld door een stalker of eergerelateerd geweld, mogen in de toekomst pepperspray bij zich dragen om zichzelf te verdedigen. Pepperspray blijft dan illegaal, maar er kan een uitzondering op de wet worden aangevraagd." Een dikke vette WIN voor vrouwen, die na de hun opeising van de nacht beantwoord zagen met kapotte verlichting, symbool-sisverboden en wandeltochten, maar nu achteraan het loket kunnen aansluiten voor een busje pepperspray. De door Chris Jude vermoorde 17-jarige Lisa zou er overigens niet eens voor in aanmerking zijn gekomen, aangezien pepperspray alleen beschikbaar wordt voor vrouwen die al een zeker risico lopen bijvoorbeeld vanwege een stalker of eergerelateerd geweld. De nacht blijft dus wachten, maar de pepperspray komt er voor sommigen vast aan. En dan zul je ze eens horen, bij het pepperspray-loket: WIJ EISEN DE PEPPERSPRAY OP!!!
Alexis Putellas leads a host of stars expected to arrive in the WSL but smaller clubs will still struggle to keep pace
The whistle has blown on the 2025-26 season for the vast majority of women’s teams around the world, and attention now turns to the hullabaloo of the transfer window and another summer of rising wages, transfer fees and agents fees.
This summer’s activity is likely to see the gap between the haves and the have-nots widen further. Last summer there was an 83.6% increase in global spending on transfer fees in women’s football year-on-year, according to Fifa. This included headline-grabbing moves such as London City Lionesses’ £1.43m purchase of Grace Geyoro from Paris Saint-Germain, albeit London City have denied the figure is that high, and Arsenal’s landmark first £1m deal – the signing of Olivia Smith from Liverpool.
This is an extract from our free email about women’s football, Moving the Goalposts. To get the full edition, visit this page and follow the instructions. Moving the Goalposts will be sent out once a week, on Wednesdays, in the close season but will be back on Tuesdays and Thursdays from September.
Continue reading...Incredulous Italians ask if they should bring grandparents to beach to stay safe, after unpopular move in Villasimìus
Umbrellas have been banned on a beach in Sardinia for anyone between the ages of 10 and 65 in the latest flashpoint in Italy’s long-running beach disputes.
The measure was among several imposed by local authorities at Punta Molentis beach in Villasimìus, on Sardinia’s south-east coast, as part of an initiative to protect its pristine environment.
Continue reading...Hundreds of thousands gather to remember Carlos ‘Indio’ Solari, who inspired cross-generational devotion, especially among working class
The line stretched for more than 7km (four miles). Mourners sang rock songs, waved banners, and carried speakers blasting music while smoke rose from makeshift barbecues and vendors sold T-shirts bearing the image of a bald man with sunglasses.
As evening fell, a drizzle set in, but the queue remained. At the end of the line in Avellaneda, outer Buenos Aires, stood a chapel containing the body of a rock star.
Continue reading...Relatives of Stephen Ogilvie say unrest is unwelcome and that many migrants make valuable contribution to UK
The family of the victim of the Belfast knife attack have called for calm after riots erupted across the city.
Stephen Ogilvie is in hospital having lost his left eye in the attack, footage of which was shared widely on social media late on Monday evening and through the day on Tuesday.
Continue reading...People across the Black diaspora are increasingly turning to weight-loss drugs. How might this reshape our health, wellbeing and body image?
These days, I barely make it through the week without seeing news about what weight-loss medications, such as Ozempic and Mounjaro, can now supposedly achieve. Beyond the health benefits of shedding fat, “GLP-1” medications are also touted to treat addiction, and, as reported recently, even lowering the risk of breast cancer. But the extreme weight loss fuelled by these drugs is also reshaping beauty standards.
In this week’s edition, I’m digging into whether Black beauty ideals across the diaspora are under threat from the spread of weight-loss medication. It’s a delicate conversation that I’ve been eager to have for a while.
Continue reading...As completion of 144-year construction nears, questions swirl over resemblance of church to architect’s original plans
Ten hours before he was due to pass by, the faithful were already picking their spots along the route Pope Leo XIV will take on his brief journey to bless Antoni Gaudí’s iconic church the Sagrada Família.
It’s been a long wait but this evening, 144 years after work began, the pope will bless the basilica’s recently completed central tower in the presence of members of the Spanish royal family, the prime minister and hundreds of bishops.
Continue reading...ROSMALEN (ANP) - Tennisster Suzan Lamens is gestrand in de eerste ronde van het grastoernooi van Rosmalen. De mondiale nummer 125 verloor met 7-6 (5) 4-6 4-6 van de als vijfde geplaatste Oostenrijkse Anastasia Potapova. Zij treft de Turkse Zeynep Sönmez in de volgende ronde.
Lamens en Potapova zouden aanvankelijk dinsdag de baan op komen, maar de partij werd vanwege de regen verplaatst naar woensdag. Beide speelsters verloren in de eerste set een keer hun service. Lamens werkte daarna op 5-6 twee setpoints weg en was vervolgens de sterkste in de tiebreak.
Potapova, de nummer 27 van de wereld, won na een vroege break en een regenonderbreking de tweede set. In de derde set nam Lamens een 3-0-voorsprong, maar de Oostenrijkse draaide de zaken om met vier gewonnen games op rij.