Liam Dawson enjoyed the sort of day all-rounders dream of with a resilient century followed by two key Essex wickets as Hampshire took a firm grip on their County Championship match at Chelmsford. The England white-ball international’s 139 from 235 balls, and a fifth-wicket partnership of 133 with fellow centurion Tilak Varma, underpinned Hampshire’s first-innings...
BBC The Welsh government says it will not proceed with the final commissioning and staffing of the Holyhead border control post In a statement, he said he would not proceed with the final commissioning and staffing of the Holyhead site, and longer term plans can only be made once the UK’s deal with the EU...
Four late wickets for Surrey saw them take control of the County Championship game at New Road, as Worcestershire ended day two on 69-4, trailing by eight runs. Ben Allison led the way for the hosts, with his 5-44 helping restrict Surrey to 291 all out, were Dom Sibley top scored with a measured 73....
In his first Test match in England, Yashasvi Jaiswal reaches his century off 144 balls to put India on 209-2 on day one of the first Test against England at Headingley. Read full article at source...
A US appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump can keep control of National Guard troops he deployed to Los Angeles, despite objections from city leaders and California Governor Gavin Newsom. Trump deployed the troops in response to widespread protests against his immigration crackdown. Local officials called it an unnecessary provocation. A three-judge panel...
An audit led by Baroness Louise Casey into grooming gangs dominates Tuesday’s papers. The i newspaper’s headline says a “generation of girls” were “let down” by police, councils and MPs. It quotes the report, which found authorities “shied away from the ethnicity of perpetrators” for fear of “raising tensions”. The Daily Telegraph focuses on a...
Perhaps we should start a recurring feature here called Non-Sequitur of the Week. The problem with that idea is that it will be tough to top the first winner, already destined for the Topic Change Hall of Fame. Yesterday evening, Jake Tapper hosted both Scott Jennings and David Axelrod to discuss the terror attack in...
Unfortunately, Raskin was not arguing that people really need to learn to use their guns against terrorists more quickly and with deadly accuracy, which is the lesson that any normal human being would have to stop crazed Islamist terrorists from setting Jews on fire. Instead, he really went on television to argue that the attack...
Amy Jones brings up her 15th One Day International half-century in 59 balls as England reached 84-0 against West Indies in the first ODI at Derby. Read full article at source...
Northern Ireland fell to a 2-0 defeat in Poland in their Nations League opener after a quickfire double for the hosts. That was followed by a dramatic 3-2 win at home to Bosnia-Herzegovina, before a draw with Romania was followed by a 1-0 win in the reverse fixture. The opening 45 minutes of the win...
SpaceX on Tuesday launched its ninth Starship test flight from Starbase, Texas, but the rocket encountered issues in orbit due to a booster exploding shortly before its expected splashdown. The early explosion lead to fuel leaks, which caused the rocket to begin spinning uncontrollably. SpaceX said its flight team had lost attitude control as the...
Northamptonshire leg-spinner Calvin Harrison followed up a career-best knock of 63 with two wickets to keep his side in control of their County Championship clash against Gloucestershire at Wantage Road. Harrison, on loan from Nottinghamshire, shared a ninth-wicket partnership of 90 with Liam Guthrie as the home side posted a daunting total of 469, built...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter BBC Liberal Democrat Julian Brazil has been voted in as the new leader of Devon County Council Improving services for children and fixing roads are the top two priorities for the new leader of Devon County Council. Liberal Democrat Julian Brazil will lead a minority administration and has included...
Zak Crawley’s “wonderful” half-century helps England to 112-0 in the first innings of their test match against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge. Read full article at source...
West Ham and Nottingham Forest have both been charged for failing to control their players during the final minutes of their Premier League meeting on Sunday. Forest won 2-1 at London Stadium to maintain their bid to qualify for next season’s Champions League but there were unsavoury scenes deep into stoppage time, with both sets...