Dr Latifa Patel, who chaired this week’s British Medical Association (BMA) annual conference in Belfast , claimed she had been disrespected and subjected to ‘poor behaviours’.

The £1,700-a-year club has long been at the centre of controversy over its all-male membership, and now it appears that a host of members are calling for women to be permitted to join.

EMILY PRESCOTT: I can reveal that former BBC newsman Sopel has just become a member of the storied Covent Garden institution after a lengthy wait.

The Treasury select committee found a ‘shocking’ prevalence of sexual harassment and bullying within finance, which it said ‘holds back progress for women’.

The Oscar nominations were announced to fanfare in Hollywood on Tuesday – but the two most prominent women involved in last year’s billion-dollar blockbuster were notably left out.

Barton shared a series of misogynistic posts on social media on Wednesday that floated the idea that ‘women shouldn’t be talking with any kind of authority in the men’s game’.

Next year, the RNLI will celebrate its 200th anniversary. Yet for many former volunteers, the charity has tarred its reputation of saving lives by not dealing with these serious allegations.

Robert De Niro’s production company Canal Productions has been found liable of gender discrimination against his former assistant Graham Chase Robinson.

The former England star, 81, said this morning that a member of the royal family ‘should definitely’ have attended the World Cup final in Sydney.

The Lionesses kick off against Spain at 11am but many pubs, bars and clubs only have licences allowing to them to sell pints, wine and spirits from Midday.