University Challenge viewers celebrate the VERY rare sight of two female captains, saying ‘makes a change!’ (even if all the other contestants are white men) Edinburgh’s Niamh Clarke and Durham’s Holly Parkinson, both studying Physics; captained the teams in the latest episode of University Challenge Two female captains on the show is a rare sight, … Read more
BA captain’s charming children’s books about the adventures of two pilots, written to reduce fear of flying, has now taken off as a YouTube cartoon series Long-haul pilot Rob Johnson penned kids books about pilots Ollie and Polly h He invented them to help his sons understand his job as a BA Captain Rob says the … Read more
A Question of Sport host Sue Barker is AXED along with team captains Phil Tuffnell and Matt Dawson as BBC plan a huge shakeup to the panel in 2021 By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 08:46 BST, 13 September 2020 | Updated: 08:54 BST, 13 September 2020 BBC have axed A Question of Sport host … Read more
Laura Whitmore and Emily Atack have been announced as Holly Willoughby‘s replacements on Celebrity Juice, four months after she left her 12-year stint. The presenter, 35, and the former Inbetweeners actress, 30, took to Instagram on Thursday to confirm their new roles as the show’s new team captains. ITV2’s comedy panel series will see comedian … Read more
Bristol University BANS the ‘fatphobic’ c-word ‘calories’: Sports captains and fitness instructors are given mandatory training to combat ‘insidious diet culture’ on campus Training on impact of weight stigma will be introduced at Bristol University Comes after Student Council condemned the ‘insidious presence of diet culture’ Critics described it as example of ‘cancel culture’ and … Read more
Remarkable pictures showing hero British captain’s tank corps alongside Cossack warriors during the Russian Revolution are uncovered in a garden shed 100 years on A collection of photographs taken by British Army Captain Reginald Shaw MBE were found in a garden shed The photos were taken in South Russia between 1919 and 1920 when British … Read more
Premier League set to speak to club captains about keeping the Black Lives Matter slogan on players’ shirts amid increased scrutiny of the movement The Premier League are set to discuss whether to keep BLM slogan on shirts Top flight players took a knee before every game of the restart in June Sports have responded … Read more
Last October it was reported that Jamie Vardy unfollowed the former England captain on social media amid the beginning of the WAG war between their wives. And now, Wayne Rooney, 34, is said to have re-followed the Leicester City player, 33, on Instagram, but his gesture appears to have been snubbed as Jamie still doesn’t follow … Read more
The extraordinary story of a British First World War captain who became an unlikely cult hero as he fought the communist Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War has come to light after his medals and photographs sold for £7,500. Captain William Richardson was flung into the conflict along with other Allied war veterans after troops … Read more