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Popular coach who believed in the women’s game when few did and cared for his players like they were his daughters On a tour around Liverpool’s revamped women’s training site at Melwood in 2024, of all the grand improvements to the building that Matt Beard could have pointed out with pride, one specific addition meant more to him than any other. It was a painting of his late father, done by a close friend, attached to the wall in his corner office, and his affection for that gift summed up his deep love for family, which is just one reason why the thoughts of so many people in women’s football turned immediately to his wife, children and all of his loved ones, after the shock news of his death at the age of just 47. The Beard family’s loss is being felt all across the sport on a deeply sad weekend for the women’s game, as he is remembered for his ability to make people laugh and his ability to win football matches. Straight-talking in press conferences, but then charming off the microphone, he made time for fans, for fundraising events and for the pub. Some saw him as the “Del Boy of women’s football”, good at finding a bargain in the transfer market and fiercely proud of his London roots, but as a coach he was certainly no plonker – his achievements as a manager make him the most successful women’s-team coach in Liverpool’s history and undoubtedly one of the best of the Women’s Super League era. Even before the division was founded in 2011, he was already a key figure in the development of the women’s game and he fiercely championed its growth long before it entered the mainstream. Continue reading...

The former health secretary argued that society has ‘lost sight of the fundamental reality that child development is a messy and uneven process’.

Exclusive: Michael Weston King, grandfather of Bebe King, warns government against ‘kowtowing to the likes of Farage’ The family of Bebe King, one of the three girls killed in the Southport attack last year, have urged ministers to reconsider their support for disclosing the ethnicity of serious crime suspects, saying this information is “completely irrelevant” and that “the propensity to commit crime happens in any ethnicity, nationality or race”. Bebe was six when she was murdered by 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana, a Welsh-born black Briton from a Christian family who had lived in the local area for a number of years. Continue reading...

After Arsenal paraded the Champions League trophy in front of their fans at Emirates Stadium on Monday, Leah Williamson spoke to Arseblog News and a few other outlets. With thanks to The Sun’s Sandra Brobbey for the transcription. The questions from Arseblog News are italicised.  On Saturday evening there are a lot of Arsenal fans […] The post ‘This the happiest I’ve ever been in my whole entire life and I hope that other Arsenal fans are‘ Leah Williamson speaks to Arseblog News appeared first on Arseblog News - the Arsenal news site.

Following the announcement that NHS England is to be abolished, Siva Anandaciva considers the implications and why at the moment there are more questions than answers.