In recent years, men’s clubs worldwide have invested in the women’s game, leading to rapid growth, but progress can come at a price. Glenn Moore investigates, for SHE KICKS, whether there remains a future for independent clubs at the heart of our sport.
History can go unnoticed when it happens. None of the 17,147 watching the 2015 Women’s Champions League final in Berlin knew they were witnessing it…
1. FFC Frankfurt won that final, Mandy Islacker’s stoppage-time goal defeating Paris Saint- Germain 2-1. It is the last time an independent women’s team will win the leading club competition, and not just because Lyon have annexed it since.
Photograph by William (Ned) Friedman
We live in an age of ecosystems of life threatened on a planetary scale by climate change and of genomes of life analyzed at the molecular level, unveiling our own evolutionary history and the processes that underlie all of biology. Powerful though these constructs are, if one’s views of biology,
of life, are predominantly through the lenses of ecosystems and genomes, something has been lost.
I am an organismic biologist a plant morphologist to be more precise. That means that when I think of a “unit” of biology, I am thinking about single organisms. I see
Tributes have poured for Graham Jackett a man described as a significant part of the fabric of Flushing village life after he passed away following a short illness. Mr Jackett, died peacefully in his sleep at Langholme on Tuesday night at the age of 82. Due to coronavirus restrictions the family will not to hold a funeral for the time being, but hopefully will be able to have a memorial service when things get back to normal. Tributes have poured in for Mr Jackett, who along with his wife Maureen, were at the centre of village life for decades living in St Peters Hill.
125 new homes approved across South Kesteven
Coming to Corby Glen, Grantham and Bourne
Councillors have approved plans to build 125 homes across three areas in South Kesteven.
66 homes will be built in Corby Glen, 40 in Grantham and 19 in Bourne.
South Kesteven District Council’s Planning Committee on Wednesday unanimously approved the 66 and 19 homes, while the 40 homes application in Grantham was more controversial.
66 homes in Corby Glen
An artist’s impression of how the 66 home development will look.
Larkfleet Homes were unanimously given permission by councillors to build 66 homes in Corby Glen.
The planning development will be situated on the land adjacent to the fire station in the village.