Sam Hain and Ed Barnard, with a fifth-wicket stand of 151 in 32 overs, gave Warwickshire the advantage on the opening day of their County Championship match against Sussex at Hove – before the home side fought back to achieve parity at the close. Hain played a particularly exhilarating innings, using his feet and wrists...
Laura Gozzi and Zhanna Bezpiatchuk BBC News, London and Kyiv Getty Images A soldiers prepares a cannon to fire and load it with shells in the Sumy region of Ukraine, bordering Russia The head of Ukraine’s army, Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi, has said his troops have stopped Russian advances in the northeastern border region of Sumy....
Joshua Nevett Political reporter PA Media The government’s efforts to fix the prison crisis may not work without “bold investment decisions”, the leading union for the probation service has said. Ian Lawrence, general secretary of Napo, said a review of sentencing policy by former Conservative Justice Secretary David Gauke “may come to little effect” if...