The female club has rejected an invitation to compete in the prestigious Sveti Duje regatta in Split, Croatia, after discovering that rowers would be put up in a hostel or student accommodation for the third year in a row. Meanwhile, the men's team are put up in the Le Méridien Lav, an exclusive resort which boasts a private beach, marina, sea-front promenade, tennis academy, and where rooms start at £130 (€150) a night. In addition, the female rowers are also expected to pay for their own flights to the regatta, while the organisers of the event arranged the men's travel, according to the report.

NBC News reports the landmark move to host a female-led public concert appears to be yet another attempt by 32-year-old Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to modernise some of the arch-conservative kingdom's practices.

'Are you happy when you see a girl walking down the street with half of her behind showing?' the lawyer asked on the Infrad Show (via Variety Alarabiya English). 'I say that when a girl walks about like that, it is a patriotic duty to sexually harass her and a national duty to rape her.'

The study of 1,000 teenagers conducted by ICM for the National Citizen Service found that 'feminist' is now the most popular description for women (29 per cent), more so than 'bookworm' (19 per cent) or 'sporty' (10 per cent).