Hand heart or peace sign? Which gesture embodies Olympics 2024? From Snoop Dogg’s two fingers to Simone Biles’s sweet signal, TikTokers are debating the summer’s best symbol The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2024
Sexism, celebrity and the tragedy of Rebecca Loos The Beckham documentary reminds us that Rebecca Loos was a casualty of the kiss-and-tell era, says Kate Wills Evening Standard · Oct 5, 2023
End of an era? Get to know the big bosses quietly reshaping how tech does business... With Elon mayhem at Twitter and mass firings at Meta, Silicon Valley is in chaos. Meanwhile, some low-key kingpins are quietly reshaping how tech does business (and you’ve probably never heard of them). Kate Wills reports Evening Standard · Nov 24, 2022
‘We told you so’: For Black athletes racism from college fans is a familiar story So widespread is racist abuse from the stands that ignoring it is seen as part of a college athlete’s job The Guardian - US · Oct 6, 2022
BYU hit by fresh allegations of racist abuse from crowd at athletic event Fresh allegations of racist slurs being used at a BYU athletic event have emerged, a month after similar claims involving the Duke volleyball team The Guardian - US · Sep 30, 2022
BYU apologizes to a banned fan, saying it found no proof they yelled racial slurs Brigham Young University says it found no evidence of racial heckling of Black volleyball players during a game against Duke University. Duke's top athletics official says she stands by her players. WEKU · Sep 14, 2022
BYU reverses ban on fan after investigation into incident during Duke volleyball game Brigham Young athletics lifted the ban on the fan who Duke's volleyball team accused of directing racial slurs at a Black player during a game on its campus last month. Tribune News Service · Sep 9, 2022
Rachel Richardson: Duke player’s claim of racist slur denied by university — what we know BYU investigation finds no evidence of use of racial slur The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2022
BYU investigation finds no racial slurs against Duke player An investigation by Brigham Young University into allegations that fans engaged in racial heckling and uttered racial slurs at a Duke volleyball player last month found no evidence to support the claim The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2022
BYU investigation claims no racist slurs were made against Duke volleyball player The university said it has lifted a ban on a fan who was identified as directing racial slurs toward Duke sophomore Rachel Richardson during the match. It also apologized to the fan for any hardship the ban caused. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 9, 2022
BYU: No Evidence of Racist Heckling at Duke Volleyball Match The university banned a student for the incident last month. Sports Illustrated · Sep 9, 2022
Commentary: What happened at Brigham Young University isn’t unique On Aug. 28, a spectator at a volleyball game at Brigham Young University yelled the N-word multiple times at Rachel Richardson, a player from Duke University. There was no intervention by school officials until after the game. And while this may seem like an isolated incident, racist taunts like these… Tribune News Service · Sep 7, 2022
South Carolina Cancels Home Opener vs. BYU After Racial Slur Incident The moves comes a week after a Duke volleyball player was allegedly barraged with racial slurs by a BYU fan during a match on campus. Sports Illustrated · Sep 3, 2022
‘Please lean in with a bit of empathy’: it’s not easy being trans in rural Australia Attitudes to TGDNB people may be improving but the lack of dedicated health services is a big problem in the bush The Guardian - AU · Sep 2, 2022
WEKU · Sep 2, 2022 BYU says it has no proof that the fan banned over racist slurs said them The slurs marred a high-profile volleyball match between BYU and Duke last Friday. Duke sophomore Rachel Richardson says players were "targeted and racially heckled."
Tribune News Service · Aug 30, 2022 Before BYU joins Big 12, league must give school a reality check on its racism problem Brett Yormark’s first order of business as commissioner of the Big 12 is to keep the league from imploding, but somewhere on his to-do list must be to have a sit down with incoming member BYU.
Tribune News Service · Aug 29, 2022 Duke volleyball player and dad say BYU didn’t act fast enough during racist incident As a child growing up in Fort Worth, Texas, in the 1960s and early ’70s, Marvin Richardson lived through school desegregation and the racial turmoil that followed the passage of the Civil Rights Act. He lived through the “fears and challenges” that came with being Black in the South, he…
Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 29, 2022 Duke volleyball player says BYU was slow to respond to racist slurs “No athlete, regardless of their race should ever be subject to such hostile conditions,” said Rachjel Richardson, the only Black starter on the Blue Devils team.
Tribune News Service · Aug 28, 2022 Duke volleyball players ‘racially heckled’ by BYU fans in ugly incident during match Brigham Young University banned a spectator from attending events at any of its athletic venues after an incident in which racial slurs were directed toward Black Duke players during a volleyball match on its campus Friday night.
WEKU · Aug 28, 2022 BYU bans a fan who yelled a racist slur at a Black volleyball player on Duke's team The universities are playing in a four-team, round-robin invitational. Brigham Young University says the fan is not allowed at any of the athletic venues on campus.
Birmingham Post · Jun 27, 2022 People on the move: key North East appointments and promotions of the week Companies announcing promotions and new arrivals this week include Troo, Ward Hadaway and Tharsus
Birmingham Post · Jun 7, 2022 North East deals of the week: key contracts, investments and acquisitions Organisations announcing deals include Troo, Lixir Tonic, Quantafuel and Studio Anyo
Birmingham Post · May 30, 2022 50 new jobs created at Sunderland energy broker Troo following investment The Doxford International Business Park firm has so far raised £1.5m in investment to help it grow
Daily Mirror · Apr 21, 2022 Pregnant woman wins £185,000 after boss fires her due to her morning sickness Rachel Richardson, a quantity surveyor, was sacked a month after telling managers she was pregnant because she had missed a few meetings due to severe morning sickness