Women’s science award backed by Royal Society criticised for allowing trans entrants despite landmark Supreme Court gender ruling

By SAM MERRIMAN, SOCIAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT Published: 14:19 EDT, 19 August 2025 | Updated: 14:30 EDT, 19 August 2025 A prestigious women’s science awards backed by the Royal Society has been criticised for allowing transgender women to enter despite the landmark Supreme Court gender ruling. The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in …

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Evri to support Vinted’s trial of reusable packaging

Evri has announced a collaboration with European second-hand fashion marketplace Vinted, which will see the carrier become the first in the UK to offer customers free reusable packaging in a number of dedicated Evri ParcelShop locations across the UK. Vinted’s delivery arm Vinted Go recently signed a four-year extended contract …

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Upgraded postbox spells end for Dipton ‘yarn bombers’

The red postbox outside The Hungry Caterpillar, a post office in Dipton, Stanley, was ‘removed’ overnight on Tuesday (August 19) and will be replaced by an automated solar-powered mail system. The biggest change to the design of the red postbox since its introduction more than 175 years ago, it is …

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AMANDA PLATELL: Prince William needs to man up. His new obsession suggests he has forgotten everything the late Queen stood for… this is why I fear for the future

News that the privacy-obsessed Prince William has found his ‘forever home’ in the isolated eight-bedroom Forest Lodge, where he says he will live even after becoming King, should raise red flags about what the heir might sacrifice to shield his family. What damage will William’s control-freak tendencies and stubborn insistence …

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Royal Mail reveals reason for removal of red pillar post boxes

Residents have noticed that iron red pillar post boxes have started to be removed in the town, including outside of post offices. The doors of the pillar boxes have been removed, and cling film has been wrapped around them. One resident who expressed concern over the loss of the ‘historical landmarks’ said: “Post offices …

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