Maria Miller has pledged to improve representation of women

British Cycling is one of six national sporting governing bodies without a single woman on its board. Of the 46 national governing bodies (NGBs) that receive money from Sport England, British Cycling, British Shooting, British Taekwondo, the British Wrestling Association, Goalball UK and GB Wheelchair Rugby still have all-male boards.

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Calf complaint has made batsman a doubt

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BBC welfare state documentary presented by John Humphrys breached guidelines

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St Nicholas Abbey’s recovery depends on his temperament and avoiding complications

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Britain is at a crossroads. It needs the radical and thought-through responses which expertise from humanities and social science can provide

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Greater Anglia service travelling at "low speed" hit an East Midlands train parked in station

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Londoners sunbathing during their lunch hour in Green Park

MPs table Early Day Motion calling for workers to be sent home when thermometers hit 30C

Working in high heats can lead to a "reduction in cognitive function, attention span and visual motor tracking" and higher rates of accidents, the motion argues.

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Dr Johnson's favourite book was Robert Burton's bestselling 17th-century self-help guide The Anatomy of Melancholy. This exhaustive manual on madness and depression, first published in 1621, was so popular that, it was said, its publisher "got an estate by it". Johnson said it was the only book which would get him out of bed early.

Dai Greene could manage only second place in Gateshead last month

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World champion claims he has rediscovered his rhythm as Chambers chases place in Moscow

Kier wins contract to build new Broadmoor

The construction company Kier is to build a new £115m high-security home for notorious murderers including the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe.

Iain Duncan Smith is facing criticism that Universal Credit leaves some families worse off

Working families will be ‘worse off’ under Universal Credit scheme

Some working families will be worse off under Iain Duncan Smith's flagship Universal Credit - even though it was intended to encourage people back into work, according to research published today.

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