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Female sports journalists have always faced sexism. Social media has made it vicious and relentless | Anjali Doshi

Female sports journalists have always faced sexism. Social media has made it vicious and relentless | Anjali Doshi

I have reported on cricket for two decades. The abuse I have been subjected to in recent years is shocking and demoralising By Wisden Cricket Monthly Twenty-four years ago I walked into the Wankhede press box for the first time, to cover an India v England one-day international. That sultry Mumbai evening, Andrew Flintoff sprinted across the outfield twirling his shirt round his head as England won by five runs – a sight that so annoyed captain Sourav Ganguly that he would take his revenge on the Lord’s balcony later that summer. I wrote my report for a local tabloid, the Afternoon Despatch & Courier, with trepidation and an overwhelming sense of impostor syndrome. I was one of only two women among the contingent, and was terrified about what my male peers and senior colleagues would make of my presence and work.

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The GuardianScandalSouth West England
Activists break into building site of Microsoft datacentre in Amsterdam

Activists break into building site of Microsoft datacentre in Amsterdam

Separate actions also take place outside fence and across Europe in backlash against impact of AI boom Activists have stormed the site of a Microsoft datacentre being built in Amsterdam, as the backlash to the social and environmental harms of the AI boom spreads across Europe. Protesters from Geef Tegengas, a Dutch direct action group, clashed with police while breaking into a construction site at Westpoort, Amsterdam, where some members climbed a crane, lit flares and tied helium balloons to equipment.

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The GuardianPoliticiansLondon
Does Andy Burnham’s pivot from press to social media put scrutiny at risk?

Does Andy Burnham’s pivot from press to social media put scrutiny at risk?

A lifestyle podcast or brief TV clip is less taxing than a full press conference – but No 10 insists the PM is not ducking accountability In an interview this week Andy Burnham said he believed the traditional media was less relevant and the world was “not like that any more”. But some people are now asking: does this change in approach mean less scrutiny? The question was in part prompted by Burnham’s decision to travel to the Commonwealth heads of government meeting (Chogm) without the usual accompanying pack of reporters, instead bringing just one TV crew and a news agency journalist.

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The TelegraphPublic PolicySouth East England
Meaningful actions Andy Burnham can take to atone for the wrongs of slavery

Meaningful actions Andy Burnham can take to atone for the wrongs of slavery

SIR – If Andy Burnham had any sense, instead of continuing with a plan for Britain to put £40 m over the next three years towards critical infrastructure in the Caribbean, including renewable energy (report, November 3), he would take the advice of Philip Davis, the prime minister of the Bahamas, and offer Commonwealth citizens access to higher education, vocational training, business, and cultural exchanges with the UK. Such action would rectify the stigma of perceived white superiority, and would be a far more meaningful gesture than an apology or a payout (“Burnham commits to talks over slave trade harms”, telegraph.co.uk, November 5).

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The GuardianScandalSouth West England
Early release prisoners facing street homelessness, probation staff warn

Early release prisoners facing street homelessness, probation staff warn

Charities say situation exposes ‘fatal flaw’ in Andy Burnham’s plan to end rough sleeping in England by Christmas In just four days James is facing the prospect of sleeping on the street. He was released from prison in August and given temporary probation accommodation in Somerset, but that is about to expire and he has nowhere to go. “It is scary,” the 37-year-old said. “I am not asking for special treatment. But literally nowhere wants to help – I have contacted MPs, solicitors, probation and the council. I am quite tempted to just get myself recalled to prison because it is November. It is cold.”

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The GuardianPublic PolicyUnited Kingdom
Burnham aims for ‘quite radical change’ in support for young people

Burnham aims for ‘quite radical change’ in support for young people

Prime minister says ‘root and branch review of childhood’ is needed and he does not rule out some benefit cuts The government is aiming for “quite radical change” in the way young people are supported, Andy Burnham has said, indicating this could include tougher rules for benefits as well as notably more help with everything from finding work to mental health. In media interviews before the release of the second report by the former minister Alan Milburn on reducing the numbers of young people not in work, education or training, Burnham said his mission was “rethinking childhood” from the early years onwards.

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The GuardianElectionsMiami
Florida Republicans survived the ‘blue wave’, but find themselves on shaky ground

Florida Republicans survived the ‘blue wave’, but find themselves on shaky ground

Sunshine state emerged as the lone flag bearer of the Maga agenda, but even there, the GOP finds itself on the defense After the dust settled on Tuesday night’s near-annihilation of the Republican party nationwide, a single red flag fluttered defiantly in Florida, now a last bastion of the Maga movement that has dominated politics in the US for a decade. Voters in the Sunshine state bucked the national trend, just barely, to elect two close allies of Donald Trump into office: congressman Byron Donalds as its first Black governor, and Ashley Moody to the US Senate.

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The GuardianPublic PolicyUnited Kingdom
Employers to be forced to put salaries on job ads, Andy Burnham announces

Employers to be forced to put salaries on job ads, Andy Burnham announces

Workers’ rights campaigners say measure will help young people and women in particular achieve more equal pay Business live – latest updates Employers will be forced to publish salaries on job adverts, Andy Burnham has announced, in an effort to empower both employees and jobseekers. The prime minister said his government would bring in a legal requirement for companies to say what they pay when listing new jobs, which campaigners say will help young people and women in particular achieve more equal pay.

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The GuardianElectionsUSA
Democrats finally decided to take rural America seriously – and won big | Anthony Flaccavento and Erica Etelson

Democrats finally decided to take rural America seriously – and won big | Anthony Flaccavento and Erica Etelson

Democrats won over rural voters from Maga in the midterms by focusing more on working people and less on culture wars Long before Jamie Ager entered politics, he was making a name for himself in a very different place: the meat counter of a grocery store in Boone, North Carolina. It was the early 2000s, and Ager owned and operated Hickory Nut Gap, a regenerative farm near Asheville. Over the next 20 years, he helped build a regional food system that delivered healthier food to thousands of people, improved land stewardship and made farming a bit more profitable.

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The GuardianScandalColorado
Colorado rejects conservative effort to require police to cooperate with immigration officers

Colorado rejects conservative effort to require police to cooperate with immigration officers

Amendment 81 would have required law enforcement to notify federal agents if people accused of violent crimes were not lawfully present in US Colorado voters have spurned a conservative group’s effort to force police and prosecutors to aid the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda. Amendment 81, which failed to receive 55% of the vote on Tuesday, would have required Colorado’s law enforcement agents to notify federal immigration authorities if individuals accused of violent crime were not lawfully present in the US or if their legal status was undetermined.

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The GuardianHumanityUnited Kingdom
Women in media alleging abuse too often not protected, Lisa Nandy says

Women in media alleging abuse too often not protected, Lisa Nandy says

Culture secretary says there is still a problem in the industry and public life after Russell Brand conviction The culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has said there is still a problem with exploitation and abuse in the media industry and a failure to properly deal with allegations after Russell Brand’s conviction for rape and sexual assault. She said women who came forward were too often not protected by institutions across public life, including in politics, and that huge power imbalances meant speaking up came at a very heavy cost.

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The TelegraphCinematic ArtsLondon
Producer accused of watching Brand assault handed top Channel 4 job

Producer accused of watching Brand assault handed top Channel 4 job

A television producer accused of laughing while a female co-worker was sexually assaulted by Russell Brand was handed a top Channel 4 job after the incident was reported to the broadcaster. The Telegraph can reveal that Jack Bayles, an associate of Brand’s, was hired as a Channel 4 commissioner eight years after allegedly watching and laughing while the comedian sexually assaulted a woman.

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The GuardianGlobal AffairsLondon
Russell Brand barrister reports himself to watchdog over clash with journalist

Russell Brand barrister reports himself to watchdog over clash with journalist

Ian Winter KC told Rosamund Urwin of the Sunday Times, whose investigation led to Brand’s victims coming forward: ‘I hope you are pleased with yourself’ Russell Brand’s barrister has reported himself to his professional regulator after being accused of launching a tirade at a journalist shortly after his client had been found guilty of rape. Ian Winter KC “confronted” the Sunday Times journalist Rosamund Urwin, whose investigation led to Brand’s victims coming forward, telling her: “I hope you are pleased with yourself.”

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The GuardianCinematic ArtsLos Angeles
‘I’ve seen people in my neighbourhood pulled out of their cars’: Ava DuVernay on the cruelty and brutality of Trump’s America

‘I’ve seen people in my neighbourhood pulled out of their cars’: Ava DuVernay on the cruelty and brutality of Trump’s America

Ten years after her landmark political documentary 13th, the film-maker delivers a follow-up on the 14th amendment – and the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle birthright citizenship When I ask Ava DuVernay how she kept her focus while making her new film – or how anyone does, when the onslaught of news, fake news and disputed facts seems designed to overwhelm – she starts to answer, then stops. Her eyes have filled with tears. “I just got emotional, as you said that, because it was the film that saved me,” she says. “It’s been a very tough two years. I live in Los Angeles, and I’ve seen people in my neighbourhood pulled out of their cars. The lady who sells flowers next to my office was there one day, and the next day she wasn’t. People I know personally are literally hiding in their houses, like Anne Frank vibes … So when I would feel the rage and the fear, I put it into the film … And I just … I was doing something.”

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The GuardianElectionsMiami
Election results in Brazil, Serbia, Israel and US renew faith in resilience of democracy

Election results in Brazil, Serbia, Israel and US renew faith in resilience of democracy

Four pivotal elections in past two weeks show power of grassroots activism to push back against authoritarianism A sequence of four pivotal elections over the past two weeks in disparate regions of the world has inflicted significant setbacks on authoritarian leaders, and inspired renewed faith that democracy is more resilient than had been feared. The elections in Brazil, Serbia, Israel and the US were held in widely varying circumstances with unique factors, but each showed the power of grassroots activism to produce surprises that pushed back against would-be autocrats and could perhaps begin to reverse a worldwide drift towards authoritarianism.

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The GuardianElectionsWashington D.C.
How a ‘flaming liberal’ podcast host won a US House seat in conservative Missouri

How a ‘flaming liberal’ podcast host won a US House seat in conservative Missouri

Fred Wellman, host of the progressive podcast On Democracy, defeated longtime incumbent Republican Ann Wagner Fred Wellman’s victory in Missouri’s second congressional district on Tuesday was such a surprise that NBC News’s star data analyst Steve Kornacki didn’t even have a graphic prepared, he told supporters on election night. Longtime Republican incumbent Ann Wagner, who had been widely expected to hold her seat, was swept aside as part of a broader wave of Democratic victories across the country.

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