2nd January 2022

Maxwell, 60, convicted on five of the six charges she faced as US prosecutors hail verdict and say ‘justice has been done’

Just over 600 women are recognised in the new year list, representing 47.9 of the total.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis used his New Year's message on Saturday to issue a clarion call for an end to violence against women, saying it was insulting to God. Francis, 85, celebrated a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on the day the Roman Catholic Church marks both the solemnity of Holy Mary Mother of God as well as its annual World Day of Peace. Francis appeared to be in good form on Saturday following an unexplained incident on New Year's Eve where he attended a service but at the last minute did not preside over it as he had been expected to.

Extension of Practical Training Fund.

A SERVICE which protects vulnerable women across the north is opening two new contact centres.

Shelter said lone mothers are hit the hardest, with barriers blocking them from additional support for their families.

FOR centuries farming has been considered a `man's job' with women facing many barriers in the sector, particularly due to the tradition of passing farm ownership to sons in farm families, which has gone on for generations.

The Taliban issued a new order on Sunday, AFP reported. The Taliban has restricted women's freedoms since it took control of Afghanistan in August.

Several women from the studio behind many Call of Duty titles announced that the company is making inclusivity its “highest priority”.

As Beijing pursues its solitary path, observers are asking whether the policy is about protecting public health – or social order

Britain’s influence may be in decline but it tells us something when dictators bury their bad news during the West’s biggest holiday

Industry chiefs and experts tell i the introduction of customs controls could also affect small businesses, some of which could be forced to pay tariffs

People working in schools have revealed they have been left with no choice but to leave their jobs after lack of support for long Covid effects

The electoral commission found the PM personally contacted a Tory donor on WhatsApp to ask for help funding his redecoration even though he told Lord Geidt he didn’t know where the cash came from. It would be incomprehensible for Lord Geidt to exonerate Johnson over this https://t.co/GcBeSUpt5r— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) December 31, 2021

Commission chair John Pullinger said reforms would make it ‘harder to demonstrate independence and for the public to be confident of independence’.

Former England and Arsenal striker Ian Wright says that media coverage of Europe-based players travelling to the Africa Cup of Nations is "disrespectful" and "tinged with racism".

You spelled "victims" wrong. https://t.co/KfUHgxdylR— Steve Peers (@StevePeers) December 30, 2021

Why are #disabledpeople being put through this given the cuts they've already faced over the past 11 years? #buildbackfairer#supportdisabledpeople#togetheragainstthecuts#equalityforall pic.twitter.com/dul3eW0fw4— Debbie Abrahams MP (@Debbie_abrahams) December 30, 2021

Following the Maxwell conviction, BBC requested an interview, during which I explicitly stated that I , Prince Andrew and other people had been accused of having sex with Virginia Guffre.— Alan Dershowitz (@AlanDersh) December 30, 2021

BBC News going straight to Alan Dershowitz to comment on Maxwell verdict without context and allowing him to attack Virginia Giuffre 🤯— Catherine Mayer (@catherine_mayer) December 29, 2021

Some 57% of respondents said they were thinking about leaving, or had decided to leave, their current job - including for retirement. NHS nurses have the biggest intention to leave, with 60% saying they want to quit.

What an extraordinary panic from Johnson, asked the simplest possible question: Where have you been for the last ten days? ~AA pic.twitter.com/DA9XixS6dR— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) December 29, 2021

Once people get into conspiratorial modes of thinking like this, even the act of trying to explain that this is a very silly thing to think is seen as hostile, and ultimately a part of the conspiracy against them. Still, I'm going to try. 1/ pic.twitter.com/6khfvodpNt— Aidan Comerford (@AidanCTweets) December 28, 2021

New @ADVANCEGeo paper in @NatureGeosci: we argue, addressing the lack of #diversity in STEMM requires that we use appropriate framing of a #HostileObstacleCourse for scholars from minoritized communities (& drop the flawed metaphor of a #LeakyPipeline) 1/nhttps://t.co/azdj7KijTj pic.twitter.com/cXzeDI5kym— Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe (she/her)👩🏽‍🔬🌍 (@aaberhe) December 23, 2021

2021 saw MPs deliver powerful speeches on the big political stories of the year. Whether it was pandemic, the fall of Afghanistan, or remembering a fallen colleague, the oratory skills displayed by these MPs cemented their speeches into UK political history. Here are the highlights: 7th July – Tan Dhesi tears into Boris Johnson Boris... Read more »

The Bristol University and West Point graduate is the oldest of Hun Sen’s six children and has been groomed to succeed his father

Dame Vera Lynn and the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell are among the new designs.

Several nations see their biggest surge in daily infections as the WHO warns of Omicron's "very high" risk.

Cases continue to rise, but the surge in infections has so far not led to a spike in hospital admissions.

The creatures are attacking as their habitats shrink, a grim side-effect of Iran's water shortages.