This idea is thought to have originated in the 1940s, when American soldiers were stationed in France after WW2. In the States, women had been shaving their legs and underarms since the start of ...

France's Senate on Thursday voted unanimously in favour of a bill that would recognise the suffering of women convicted of illegal abortions before the procedure was decriminalised in 1975.

The statue of Margaret is one of 10 8ft-tall (2.4m) silhouettes of women who had served during WW2 which have gone on display. Typhoon and Atlas aircraft, crewed only by women, took part in a ...