Beloved country star Dolly Parton was many things to her fans, including an actor, singer, philanthropist and entrepreneur. But after her death on Tuesday at the age of 80, some admirers are remembering her as something she never overtly claimed: feminist icon.

The incident happened in Lisnahull Road in Dungannon, County Tyrone.

What a difference a red state makes. Unapologetic and steadfast, Riley Gaines, the nation’s leading advocate for the preservation of women’s sports for biological women, gets under the skin of woke leftists without even trying. She travels the country, and says that biological men don’t belong. The audacity! THESE FEMALE ATHLETES NEED TO SPEAK UP ABOUT KEEPING WOMEN'S SPORTS FOR WOMEN, LIKE SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM DID In some places in this country, Gaines gets booed for speaking this simple logic and truth. She gets yelled at. Even spit on for her beliefs. That was the kind of reception Gaines got at her very first WNBA game in Minneapolis earlier this summer, when she dared to take a sign into t

The capital is not set to vote on a new mayor until 2028.

Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds rejected comedian Bill Maher’s claims that he lost key counties in the recent primary in part due to the racism within the state. Appearing on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" Friday night, Donalds, the Republican gubernatorial nominee, pushed back on host Bill Maher's assertion that he lost parts of Florida's Panhandle because of the area's predominantly White electorate. "You did lose the ‘Redneck Riviera’ badly," Maher said, referring to Donalds’ losses in Calhoun, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Hardee, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Suwannee, Taylor, Union, and Washington counties — rural counties where

Updates from the second Test (4.10pm BST) Get in touch: mail Daniel and follow us on BlueSky Pieter-Steph du Toit walks out with his wife and children on the occasion of his 100th Test. I got to chat with him back in 2021. He has quite the story: Continue reading...

Updates from 3pm games (BST) around the grounds Get in touch: mail Sarah and follow us on Bluesky The Liverpool v Nottingham Forest match is turning into a right battle. Alexander Isak equalised for the Reds but Morgan Gibbs-White just slotted a beautiful penalty to put Forest ahead once again. All the updates: Hull City make one change as Matt Crooks makes way for Hidemasa Morita, who will make his full Hull debut. Continue reading...

Latest updates from Lord’s | County cricket live Day two report | Sign up for the Spin | Mail Tim Our very own Luke McLaughlin is getting into the soggy swing of things: “Sticking with 90s Dad Rock rain-related tunes…” Continue reading...

County Championship updates | England v Pakistan live Day two roundup | Sign up for the Spin | Mail Tanya Lunch at 1.10. Everyone out in the middle practising and the groundstaff are sanding (? )the outfield. Remaining cloudy this afternoon. England and Wales will have with spells of rain and showers, heavy at times. Elsewhere, it will be drier with a few showers or patches of rain. Windy in the far south. Continue reading...

PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough died in a head-on collision on the A66 near Middlesbrough.