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15 June 2022

What is the Running Up For Air event and how can runners get involved?
The Running Up For Air event from Patagonia comes to Europe for the third time, on 25 June. This Europe-wide event will be held digitally, with runners invited to hit ...

Elephant Gin founders
14 June 2022

Founders of gin brand discuss the threats African elephants face and how we can help to protect them
New for Spring ’22, Elephant Gin have launched the Miniature Tasting Set and for every bottle sold, 15% of profits go directly to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust who nurture orphaned elephants who have been found in the ...

Dame Sarah Storey
14 June 2022

World Champion Dame Sarah Storey discusses She Can Ride and improving the UK cycling experience
29-time World Champion and multiple Paralympic medal winner Dame Sarah Storey started her career out as a swimmer but more recently she’s known as a highly successful cyclist. Although she’s ...

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13 June 2022

Father's Day 2022: Female First's top 70 gift ideas for dads who prefer experiences over stuff
Father’s day is looming again and the shops are full of the same old socks, ties, mugs and keyrings adorned with- you’ve guessed it- ‘the world’s best dad’- BORING! It’s ...

Coway Airmega 150
13 June 2022

Product review: Clean, clear and colourful with the Coway Airmega 150 air purifier
Coway is a Korean-based company on a mission to expand its reputation in the UK as one of the leading brands in the air purifiers sector. And with an impressive and ...

Lilou Ruel
13 June 2022

Red Bull Art of Motion: See Noa Diorgina and Lilou Ruel showing off their big tricks & daring jumps
The world’s best freerunners put on an exciting show during the first day of Red Bull Art of Motion. As the competition kicked off, daring rooftop jumps and big tricks ...

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10 June 2022

Ariel Winter on The Quarry: 'I've always loved video games but I'm very bad at them!' [EXCLUSIVE]
You may know Ariel Winter from Modern Family, but she has proved her acting skills in a whole other genre this year, with the release of cinematic horror game, The ...

Adrienne Smith
9 June 2022

Boston Renegades' Adrienne Smith talks about breaking the women’s football alliance all-time record
Adrienne Smith, elite athlete and professional football player, made history when the Boston Renegades played the D.C. Divas on May 21st at Della Russo Stadium. The veteran wide receiver Smith set a ...

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8 June 2022

Why the UK needs more female coaches in sport
UK Coaching – the UK’s leading charitable organisation for sports and physical activity coaches– is issuing a rallying call for more women to become coaches to counteract the looming covid-related ...

Dan Hatfield
8 June 2022

Seven things to look out for in case you’re sitting on a small fortune at home…
The best thing about being a pawnbroker is that I get to deliver good news. It's my superpower if you like in terms of being able to help people have ...

Tasha is Love Island's first deaf contestant
7 June 2022

Love Island 2022: Who is Tasha Ghouri? First deaf contestant joins the new series
Love Island got off to a dramatic start on ITV2 last night (June 6th, 2022) as five girls and five boys entered the all-new villa, for a summer of romance ...

Salarah Starre by Becky Crockatt
7 June 2022

Salarah Starre explains the Law of Attraction and how it can help people to achieve their dreams
-  What made you want to be a life coach? It was a calling - pure and simple. After a turbulent childhood and teenage years, I resorted to alcohol and ...

Sarah Aspinall
7 June 2022

Sarah Aspinall, founder of Breaking Ballet reveals why dance is not just for the younger generation
-  Why did you initially want to go to ballet school? I fell in love with ballet at the age of 2! Whilst I was quite shy during my school ...

Katie Taylor
7 June 2022

Katie Taylor: From footballer to professional boxing champion
Have you heard of the female boxer who made history in the boxing world? Katie Taylor is the first boxer to hold all four world titles in boxing at the ...

Sydney Olson
6 June 2022

Red Bull Art of Motion: Sydney Olson and Noa Diorgina Man on the sportswomen they most admire
Red Bull has announced its Art of Motion 2022 line up and a new multi-part competition format. 16 of the world’s best athletes are set to go head to head in ...

The Carers' Collective
6 June 2022

Seven tips for managing a caring role by Kaddy Thomas
This week is National Carers Week (7th-12th June 2022), where unpaid carers everywhere are celebrated. Kaddy Thomas is the Founder of the Carers Collective (www.carers-collective.co.uk) and is herself a carer ...

Shay Hughes - Hughes Marino
5 June 2022

The Future Is Female: Hughes Marino Lifts Up Women In The Workplace
Hughes Marino has a long history of celebrating women in its workplaces in San Diego and inside its offices from coast to coast. In 2020, the tenant representation firm was ...

Mireia Martinez
5 June 2022

Surfer Mireia Martinez discusses her sport and the new documentary Barcelona: Surf Destination
Valencian free surfer and photographer Mireia Martinez has recently taken part in Barcelona: Surf Destination which premiered on Rakuten TV. It follows the first ever Olympic surfing champion Ítalo Ferreira ...

Gemma Owen is headed to the Love Island villa
3 June 2022

Love Island 2022: Who is Gemma Owen? Daughter of football legend Michael Owen joins dating series
With the premiere of Love Island 2022 right around the corner, ITV have been whetting the appetites of audiences with a look inside the all-new villa and, by revealing the ...

Gina Kennedy by Sam Mellish, Team England.
3 June 2022

Gina Kennedy discusses the upcoming Commonwealth Games and shares when her passion for squash began
Squash star Gina Kennedy is set to represent England at the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and she’s setting her sights on winning medals. Kennedy started playing the sport when ...

Georgie Spurling
2 June 2022

Fitness coach Georgie Spurling explains how dancing changed her life
Fitness coach Georgie Spurling went against her doctor’s advice following a heart operation when she was younger and started dancing when she reached sixth form. But fear not – this ...

Leah Hunter, RNLI
1 June 2022

RNLI volunteer Leah Hunter shares her advice for anyone visiting the coast this bank holiday
The Jubilee bank holiday weekend is upon us, and people will be itching to get away, even if that means a staycation by the sea – but we’ll need to ...

Hannah Mills
1 June 2022

World Oceans Day: Olympic Sailor Hannah Mills on how her sport made her want to protect the ocean
My love of the ocean started from a young age, but I wasn’t aware of just how much of an impact it would have on me. Aged 2 I fell ...

Licorice Pizza is on its way to home release
31 May 2022

Licorice Pizza deleted scene: Check out a hilarious clip from the award-winning movie [EXCLUSIVE]
Nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Paul Thomas Anderson's incredible coming-of-age love story, Licorice Pizza, is to be made available to own on Blu-ray and DVD for the first ...