Al-Shabaab: why women join the Islamist militant group – podcast

Lamu in coastal Kenya is an area where women and girls have been recuited by Al-Shabaab. Eric Lafforgue/Alamy Stock Photo The Conversation Weekly podcast is taking a short break in August. For the next few weeks, we’ll be bringing you extended versions of some of our favourite recent interviews. ThisContinue Reading

Exmouth RNLI volunteers were summonsed to search for an overdue yacht last evening. At 9.32pm on Thursday 26 August 2021, H.M. Coastguard requested the launch of Exmouth RNLI Inshore Lifeboat D-805 George Bearman II following a report of an overdue yacht with one crew member on board. The 26ft vesselContinue Reading

Manaccan has been found an excellent opportunity to get off the mark at the third attempt in a nine-runner Maiden Stakes over six furlongs of ‘good to firm’ Newmarket today when the last meeting on the July course signals the onset of Autumn and a fabulous spell of two-year-old racingContinue Reading