Somerset, victors in each of their first five Blast games before Sunday, last won the competition in 2023, but have also been runners-up twice in the past four seasons. “It is always a difficult place because they’re always at the top or close to winning this competition, so for us to win [there] is a...
Big Zuu scored the winner as a Carlos Tevez-inspired World XI beat England in front of a sellout Old Trafford crowd for Soccer Aid. In the 14th edition of the annual charity football match between England and a World XI – which mixes celebrities and former footballers – the World XI won 5-4, as £15m...
Jessica Murphy BBC News, Toronto Getty Images Leaders of some of the world’s wealthiest countries have descended on a luxury mountain lodge nestled in Canada’s Rockies for this year’s G7 summit. The elite gathering comes as Western allies face numerous crises, from conflicts on three continents to global economic instability. Canada chairs the G7 this...
The bill would gut billions of dollars in health care spending, and redistribute wealth from the poor to the rich. New polling data indicates that a majority of Americans are opposed to Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill, oftentimes referred to by President Donald Trump as the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” with only a quarter of voters viewing...
Pakistan batter Babar Azam will play in the Big Bash for the first time after he was signed by Sydney Sixers before next week’s player draft. The former national captain, the second-highest run scorer in the history of T20 internationals, will be available for the entirety of the 2025-26 season. Babar, 30, has played 320...
Chi Chi Izundu and James Stewart BBC News Investigations BBC/Ben Lack/Getty Images “Ticket Queen” Maria Chenery-Woods and Peter Hunter made millions as touts When a judge dismissed an appeal by prolific ticket tout Peter Hunter and his husband and accomplice David Smith against their landmark conviction for fraud, he sounded an alarm. The evidence, he...
West Indies lost all three of their T20Is against England in recent days, but returning pace bowler Mark Adair knows they will be formidable opposition. Adair returns to the squad after missing the ODI series through injury but Craig Young, Curtis Campher and Gareth Delany have been ruled out. “They’re one of the best teams...
David Dixon BBC News, Cornwall George Stevens The crew aboard the Enterprise had to tackle a net full of Mediterranean octopus A massive haul of Mediterranean octopus has helped a Cornish trawler land a catch worth a record £158,000. The Newlyn-based beam trawler Enterprise was fishing close to the Channel Islands when its crew made...
BBC Josie Long performs a work in progress of her new show Now Is The Time of Monsters at the Exeter Comedy Festival In 2022, comedians Charlotte Evans and Will Adamsdale began what was then Exeter’s only regular new material comedy gig. Held in a tiny cafe, they said often the only noise in crowd...
Glenn Campbell BBC Scotland Political Editor PA Media A Reform UK billboard in Larkhall during the by-election campaign The Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election is a surprise win for Labour – giving the party a much-needed boost with less than a year until a full Scottish Parliament vote. But the other big winner was Reform...
You have to hand it to the Democrats; they don’t believe in half measures when it comes to describing the parade of horribles that will result any time a Republican does anything. Oppose censorship? Fascist?! Close the border? Gestapo! Close down USAID? One hundred thousand people a month are already dying! Reduce the federal workforce?...
The Big Beautiful Bill has taken a lot of PR hits of late, including from me and Elon Musk. I love writing that line. It makes it sound like Elon Musk and I have similar influence, when everybody knows that I am the larger political force of the two. The criticisms all boil down to...
In a letter sent to Senate leaders on June 3, a team of health experts at Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania warn that funding cuts included in the budget reconciliation package narrowly passed by House Republicans last month would lead to 51,000 more people dying across the United States each year. The package,...
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Given how much the Reds have spent already, there is every chance they will spend the £200m Maguire mentions, with several positions still being targeted as areas to strengthen. Liverpool moved quickly to address the departure of full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold with the signing of Frimpong, who can play anywhere down the right-hand side. Wirtz, meanwhile,...