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Cyclist Jess Varnish says she was told to ‘go and have a baby’ by Shane Sutton

Edit The Guardian 23 Apr 2016
• British Cycling’s technical director denies making remarks to 25-year-old ... Track cyclist Jess Varnish has alleged she was told to “go and have a baby” by British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton when she was dropped from the Olympic programme ... Varnish had publicly criticised Sutton and British Cycling head coach Iain Dyer in the wake of that failure ... British Cycling ‘totally deny’ that Jess Varnish was dropped over outburst....

Varnish told to 'go have a baby'

Edit Sporting Life 23 Apr 2016
Varnish had publicly criticised Sutton and British Cycling head coach Iain Dyer in the wake of that failure. British Cycling has insisted the decision to drop Varnish was made on performance grounds, but the 25-year-old has claimed in the Daily Mail that Sutton told her she was 'too old' ... Varnish, whose boyfriend Liam Phillips is due to compete for Sutton in BMX in Rio, claimed there was a macho culture within British Cycling....

Jess Varnish: British Cycling to contact sprinter over sexism claim

Edit BBC News 23 Apr 2016
British Cycling will contact Jess Varnish about claims by the sprinter that she was the subject of sexist comments by a senior cycling coach. Varnish, recently dropped from the GB team after missing out on the 2016 Olympics, said in the Daily Mail that British Cycling chief Shane Sutton had told her to "go have a baby" ... British Cycling said they wanted to give Varnish, 25, the chance to discuss her concerns in full....

Artist J.M.W. Turner To Be Featured On U.K. £20, Ousting Economist Adam Smith

Edit National Public Radio 23 Apr 2016
i. Joseph Mallord William Turner's "Self portrait, age 24," will grace the UK's £20 note ... UniversalImagesGroup/Getty Images ... ... Art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon said Turner "is to British art what Darwin is to British science or Churchill is to British politics." ... "He is, I think, without doubt, the single most original British artist of all time – the one who's had the greatest influence on the art of Europe and indeed, the world ... ....

Obama says North Carolina law should be overturned

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 23 Apr 2016
The United Kingdom had issued a travel advisory Tuesday warning British citizens about possible discrimination if they travel to certain U.S. states. Obama said he wanted the British to know that people in North Carolina and other states that have pursued similar legislation are "wonderful people" and that British citizens should feel free to come and enjoy themselves. He said they'll be treated with "extraordinary hospitality." ... ___ ... ....

Leaders: Obama’s intervention was born out of genuine belief

Edit Scotsman 23 Apr 2016
It is hard to say what effect Mr Obama's appeal will have on the ordinary British voter. There will one school of thought that says such a blatant intervention might backfire, with British citizens not very happy with being told what to think by an outsider ... attributed by some to “the part-Kenyan president's ancestral dislike of the British Empire”....

Here's how Obama responded to the London mayor's 'part-Kenyan' remark

Edit Business Insider 23 Apr 2016
In a joint Friday press conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron, President Obama responded to scathing remarks from London Mayor Boris Johnson ... Johnson had accused Obama Thursday of being hostile to British interests, demonstrated by his removing a Churchill bust from the White House when he entered office, a story that has been debunked ... ....

Obama’s lecture to Brits is absurdly hypocritical

Edit New York Post 23 Apr 2016
President Obama’s call for British voters not to pull out of the European Union is an act of hypocrisy so blatant, it’s breathtaking ... He admitted the vote is an internal matter, but insisted that membership in the EU “magnifies” British influence in Europe instead of diminishing it, as pro-Brexit leaders maintain ... To say his comments have touched off a firestorm of resentment is putting it mildly ... Boris Johnson is right ... ....

EBW presents Wrestling at Plug - Live Wire

Edit Skiddle 23 Apr 2016
Plug in Sheffield. Sunday 24th April 2016. 5.00pm til 10.00pm (last entry 10.00pm). Minimum Age. 14. Plug plays host to the explosive wrestling action of Elite British Wrestling ... But this April it plays host to the explosive wrestling action of Elite British Wrestling, and the grapplers that make up its roster intend to show off their own unique band of smash hits and broken records ... ....

Brexit camp backlash over Obama 'back of queue' warning

Edit Belfast Telegraph 23 Apr 2016
Share Go To ... Ukip leader Nigel Farage said Mr Obama did not know what he was talking about, and was being manipulated by Number 10 ... Mr Obama said that while the vote was a matter for the British people, the US had a "deep interest" in the outcome ... I don't believe the EU moderates British influence in the world, it magnifies it ... Mr Cameron said the referendum was the "sovereign choice of the British people" but added....

3 in custody after suspected explosive device found in vehicle at B.C. border

Edit Topix 23 Apr 2016
Canada Border Services Agency says three people are in custody after a suspected explosive device was found in a vehicle at a British Columbia border crossing. Spokeswoman Bernee Bolton said during a routine secondary examination at a crossing in Abbotsford, B.C., officials found what appeared to be a suspected explosive device and immediately called police ... ....

Warplane crashes near Damascus, causes unclear - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Edit Topix 23 Apr 2016
A warplane in Syria crashed southwest of Damascus on Friday, and it was not clear if it had been brought down by insurgent gunfire or suffered a technical fault, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. The plane crashed southwest of Damascus airport, the British-based monitoring group said, after flying over territory controlled by Islamic State ... ....

President Obama dives into U.K. leaving EU controversy

Edit CBS News 23 Apr 2016
President Obama took the side of British Prime Minister David Cameron and said the U.K. should remain in the European Union during a visit to London Friday ... ....
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