Nadine Dorries invited to watch rugby league after mixing up the codes
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries will be invited to sample rugby league at first hand after confusing the 13-man game with the rival code.
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Nadine Dorries mistakes rugby league for union code at World Cup event
Nadine Dorries, the secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport, stunned a rugby league audience by confusing the 13-man game with the rival code.
Legal fears could block moves to prioritise women over trans athletes
The culture secretary, Nadine Dorries, has been told by numerous sporting bodies that they are nervous of legal challenges if they carry out the government’s call to prioritise female sport over trans inclusion, multiple sources have told the Guardian.
Nadine Dorries: Women’s sport must be reserved for those born female
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries says UK sport must follow swimming’s lead and ensure that only athletes born female are able to enter female competitions, saying the issue had been “ducked” for too long.
UK says sporting bodies must reserve women’s sport for people born of the female sex
LONDON : Britain's sports minister Nadine Dorries on Tuesday said she expected sporting bodies to reserve women's sports for those born of the female sex, after holding a meeting with a number of governing bodies.
Nadine Dorries offers the illusion of easy choices while trans athletes pay the price
Nadine Dorries cares. Nadine Dorries just wants to help. Nadine Dorries is making the pinched, sympathetic face she makes when she is doing something that pains her deeply but nonetheless needs to be done, like abolishing the BBC or selling off the colour red. “In a choice between inclusivity and fairness, as culture secretary I will always choose fairness,” Dorries writes in the Mail on Sunday. “So I’m setting a very clear line on this: competitive women’s sport must be reserved for people born of the female sex. I want all our sporting governing bodies to follow that policy.”
Warning issued over new internet laws to give ministers 'unprecedented' powers
The government is facing calls to 'slim down' its Online Safety Bill over concerns about its potential impact on citizens' freedom and privacy.
Nadine Dorries to urge British sports to follow Fina in transgender policies
The culture secretary, Nadine Dorries, says she will make it “crystal clear” to British sporting bodies that competitive women’s sport must be reserved for people born of the female sex when she meets them on Tuesday to discuss their transgender policies.