Mallorca Calvià Netball hosts exciting friendly tournament with Costanets
The Mallorca Calvià Netball Association hosted Costanets from Gibraltar in a spirited friendly tournament on October 19. Discover how this exciting event showcased competitive netball on the island
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Carrie, Johnson, Boris Johnson's wife
Carrie Johnson, the PM’s wife as “…the real person in charge” during the early days of the Covid crisis.
Hair today - gone tomorrow!
“Why is it that so many women are seemingly obsessed by their hair and sometimes talk of little else?”
My Column
Yet another problem with women
This time a lingerie entrepreneur called Emily Bendell has given the club 28 days to agree to admit women or she will seek a court ruling that the club is acting unlawfully under section 29 of the Equality Act 2020 in discriminating against them.
Politics
New Council of Mallorca will stand up for women
Tourism, social welfare, equality, the environment, sustainability and public transport are key issues.
Law enforcement
More police women on the beat in Palma
City council wants to see more women employed and the wage gap closed.
A big mistake
Two of the most powerful women in Britain... but they both committed a highly costly error, they underestimated the electorate and their own popularity.
Employment
Women in the Balearics earn 20% less than men
The wage gap is the third lowest in the country, but there's a catch.
Fairs and Fiestas
Alaro Cossier dances will now feature women
The next time that the Cossiers appear they will feature two women.
Society
Campaign launched against trafficking of women and girls
The campaign highlights the issue of slavery in the twenty-first century which particularly affects women and girls.
Society
Parliament pays tribute to victims of gender violence
Forty-eight candles were lit to remember the women, the ceremony ending with a minute’s silence.
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Comment
Let’s face it chaps - the person in charge is usually a woman
I have this theory (more a certainty actually) that it is women who generally make the key decisions in family life and then rather cleverly ‘sell’ these decisions to the male of the species complete with the fantasy that it was his decision in the first place.
Frank Leavers23/10/2023 11:32