Radical feminist Julie Blindel and rightwing commentator Milo Yiannopoulis have been banned from speaking at a Manchester Students’ Union debate on free speech.

Feminist science-fiction film The Last of Her Blood that follows a young woman’s fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic reality and is based in Manchester is set for release on June 12.

The Sun’s decision to whip its topless models off Page 3 is a positive sign of progress but a small step in the fight against sexism, according to a Manchester campaigner.

Users are bombarding the VH1 chat hashtag with references to the 2013 summer hit featuring Pharrell Williams and T.I. that some users have dubbed ‘misogynistic’ and a ‘rape anthem’.

Around 230 girls were abducted at dawn from their boarding school in Chibok in the north-eastern state of Borno, Nigeria, three weeks ago – with eight more reportedly snatched on Sunday.

Human rights organisation OBJECT successfully campaigned for a licensing regime in 2009 requiring lap dancing clubs to be regulated by local councils as sex entertainment venues (SEVs) as appose to the previous categorisation of ‘leisure centres’.