Lucy Egan News Today

Plant breeding skills shortage dire threat to food security: study-

A lack of scientists specialized in plant breeding could lead to dire food security implications in Australia, and around the world, according to new research conducted across three continents.

Ipswich Town Women secured a historic place in the quarter-finals of the Women’s FA Cup by beating fellow FA Women’s National League Southern Premier side Southampton on penalties following a tightly-contested tie at the Goldstar Ground which had ended 1-1 after extra-time, Saints goalkeeper Kayla Rendell having scored a sensational last-gasp equaliser after Anna Grey had put the Tractor Girls in front.

A fitness club is set to re-open on the site of another vacant gym after being forced to move from their old site.

Members of a gym and squash club have called it a “lifeline” as the fight to save it from closure.

A gym has been forced to close after dangerous concrete was found in the building - and landlords say they will not be re-letting it.

Sophie Peskett netted a second-half hat-trick as ITFC Women thrashed Stevenage 7-0 at the County Ground, Letchworth on Sunday afternoon to climb to second in the FAWNL Division One South East. Skipper Amanda Crump coverted two penalties, while Abbie Lafayette scored once and home defender Leah Dunnage added an own goal.

Anna Grey and Abbie Lafayette are leaving Ipswich Town Women this summer, the Tractor Girls having released their retained list following the end of the 2022/23 campaign.

The Tractor Girls’ title hopes suffered another blow this afternoon when they were held to a disappointing 1-1 home draw by Chichester & Selsey, a Lucy O’Brien equaliser cancelling out the visitors’ early goal and all but confirming their relegation from the FA WNL Southern Premier Division.

Ipswich Town Women’s boss Joe Sheehan says his side are determined to progress as far as they can in the FA Cup - in which they face Billericay away in the second round on Sunday (KO 2pm) - with their