They also pointed out the things I didn't share with my male predecessors, but failed to mention all the experience I had that they lacked. We still treat women at the helm as exceptions and judge them by a blueprint built for men. The question isn't whether a "perfect" woman can endure the old rules; it's whether we're willing to rewrite them.
Birthdays are always a big deal in my family we love any excuse to spend time together. My dad's 60th, in May last year, was a particularly special one, as we had family travelling from Germany to Eastbourne, in East Sussex, to celebrate. I spent the first part of the morning with my sisters at my mum's nearby. She has a birthday in the same week, so we were celebrating hers first.
A blaze ripped through the entire top floor of a block of flats in north London on Monday morning. Firefighters are working to tackle the aggressive fire after around 10 fire engines and 70 fire fighters attended the scene in Maybury Close in Enfield in the early hours of Monday morning. Three children were treated by paramedics and taken to hospital with smoke inhalation.