Gloucestershire reached 112-2 in the second innings of their County Championship game with Kent on Sunday, giving them a lead of 191. Ben Charlesworth was their top scorer with 58, but bad light halted play with 36 overs remaining and the forecast for tomorrow suggests a draw is probable. Earlier Ben Compton hit his highest...
Heavy rain forecast across Devon and Cornwall has led to a 19-hour weather warning being issued. The Met Office said the warning would be in place from 14:00 BST on Friday until 09:00 on Saturday as a “prolonged spell of rain” moved across the two counties. It said up to 75mm (2.95 inches) of rain...
Hundreds of homes and roads on Lanzarote have been flooded, after torrential rainfall swept across the Canary Island on Saturday. Lanzarote’s government declared a state of emergency overnight after 6cm (2.4 inches) of rain poured down on the popular tourist destination in just two hours. No injuries have been reported by the Spanish authorities –...
BBC Weather Watchers – Pikman Fires have been burning for days at Glen Rosa on Arran An extreme wildfire warning covering all of Scotland is in place for a final day, with rain showers due in parts of the country on Sunday. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) said crews remained at the scene...
Natasha Booty & Emery Makumeno BBC News, London & Kinshasa AFP This man clung to a car roof in the city’s N’djili neighbourhood Torrential rains and floods have killed at least 33 people in Kinshasa – the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo – according to officials. Desperate residents are trying to flee the...
Latest scorecard from the third women’s Twenty20 match between Australia A and England A at Sydney’s Hurstville Oval. Read article in full at source...
Jersey champions Farmers hope to begin their bid for glory at the European Cricket League finals on Wednesday after rain washed out the first two days. Farmers had been due to open the final group stage of the 10-overs-a-side tournament against defending champions Hornchurch on Monday before taking on Italian team Roma and Swiss outfit...