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Miss Billington carries a banner enscribed with the suffragette slogan 'Votes For Women' during a demonstration at Westminster

Women

The female of the species is more deadly than the male goes the saying but too often it is women who are the victims in our world. Oppressed and treated as second class citizens since the dawn of time, things are at last changing for women in the western world but elsewhere they continue to have fewer rights and less say then men.

 

How to stay safe getting a great tan

How to stay safe while getting a great tan

AFTER a washout summer we all want to soak up some sunshine. But with more people diagnosed with skin cancer, we all need to be aware of the risks.

Miner's wife Heather Wilson

Death of Margaret Thatcher: Former PM showed women can succeed.. but did nothing for 'suffering sisters'

WOMEN from all sectors of society have slammed Maggie for doing 'nothing but damage women' during her time as leader.

Bad boys, dull jobs and tacky tattoos: Women reveal what they regret about their 20s

FROM turning down dates with the wrong guy to bad bleach jobs, we look at what Scotland's women wish they had done differently and what they are glad they did in their third decade.

Three women discuss why turning 40 is an event that females should be celebrating

SARAH CAWOOD, Caroline Jones and Aisling Friel reveal their thoughts on the milestone birthday and how their confidence has grown with age, writes HEATHER SUTTIE.

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Nicola Sturgeon and Margaret Curran reveal why they're big fans of new Danish show Borgen

DANISH political drama Borgen returned to our screens last night with some of the country's most influential women tuning in. 

Police

Man faces trial over serial sex attacks at Tayside caravan park

KENNETH JOLLY is accused of five rapes but has denied all charges and insists any sexual contact with the women was consensual.

Campaign Against Forced Marriage

Scots with mental and physical disabilities forced into marriages against their will

MANY vulnerable Scots are living in fear of their spouse, with some feeling suicidal, despite new laws aimed to protect victims of forced marriage.

Coronation Street star takes job in pub after acting roles dry up

MARGI CLARKE - who plays Tyrone's mum in the soap - says there aren't many roles on TV for older Scouse women.

Video: Clare Balding praises women nominated for BBC Sports Personality Award

CLARE BALDING hailed the return of women to the BBC Sports Personality of the Year shortlist as "fantastic".

Supermarket ipad perv Benjamin Meyer outside court

Perv who filmed women in changing rooms using iPad is sent to therapy.. by his wife

BENJAMIN MEYER, who has been put on the sex offenders' register, was caught while filming two sisters in an Asda cubicle.

The armed forces talented medical staff have saved countless personnel

Scots medics on Afghanistan front lines give behind the scenes look at life-saving field hospital

THE men and women of the armed forces medical staff give insight into life at  the world-class facility.

Breast Cancer Care celebrate a decade of forums for younger women

THE anniversary is being marked with the launch of a specially-made film by women who have used the service over the past 10 years.

Fern Britton

TV presenter Fern Britton: Television bosses employ ugly old men - if they were women they'd be out of work

THE mum-of-four admits she's unhappy with the way older men are given work on TV regardless of how they look and insists any woman is expected to "scrub up well".

Gill with her son Euan

Woman who lost breasts and ovaries to cancer finally takes genetic test

AFTER watching family members fight the condition, Gill Roberts never wanted to know for sure if she had an increased chance of the illness.

Susan Egelstaff

Susan Egelstaff: We're gearing up for a great Games

WITH the Commonwealth Games 18 months away, Egelstaff insists there is every reason to be excited about the prospects of Scottish sportsmen and women.

(L - R) Helen Crawfurd, Janet Barrowman, Margaret McPhun, Mrs A.A. Wilson, Frances McPhun, Nancy A. John and Annie Swan

Growing calls for Government to issue official apology to Suffragettes who fought to win vote for women

AS this year marks the 100th anniversary of the McPhun sisters' jailing in Holloway prision for window-smashing demonstration, their descendants fight for apology for their treatment.

Minced meat and macaroni

We test out book on doing chores the 1950s housewife way

WRITER Louise Baty takes a look at book A 1950s Housewife which reveals how hard women worked back then, and sees if following in their footsteps turns her into a domestic goddess.