Ben King Business reporter BBC Cdr Stephen Clayman says he understands victims’ frustration at how long the investigation is taking Criminal trials over the Post Office Horizon IT scandal may not start until 2028, the police officer leading the investigation has told the BBC. “The teams need to be really meticulous and [pay] attention to...
Wrexham’s first second-tier match for 43 years will be at Southampton on Saturday, 9 August – a day after Birmingham City open the Championship season by hosting Ipswich Town. Leicester City’s return to the second tier begins at home against Sheffield Wednesday on Sunday, 10 August. League One play-off final winners Charlton Athletic mark their...
Ben Duckett’s half-century helps England reach 82-0 on the final morning of the first Test against India, with the home side set 371 to win at Headingley. Read full article at source...
Having watched Kent bat for nearly a day and a half to make 374, Lancashire produced a determined response in the long evening session at Blackpool to finish on 120-1 and leave their County Championship match fairly evenly poised with two days left to play. Ben Compton’s 135 was the centrepiece of his side’s 374...
Even though the fresher feel on Monday might make you think that we’ve “had our summer”, the reality is that temperatures are now actually closer to the seasonal average – around 17C to 24C (63-75F). The blustery showers and sunny spells are also all very normal for a British summer. There may even be an...
The visitors returned to four-day action in a hurry, as Fisher trapped Gareth Roderick lbw in the 10th over of the morning – the first of his three wickets on the day in an eye-catching bowling display. Stand-in Worcestershire captain Libby came together with Nicholls to add 47 for the second wicket, before Surrey struck...
Yashasvi Jaiswal hits England’s Brydon Carse for two fours in the same over as India get off to a good start on day one of the first Test at Headingley. Read full article at source...
The question on everybody’s lips is are these attendances just because fans do not really care about this revamped Club World Cup – or could this apathy continue into the actual World Cup in 2026? BBC Sport spoke to two American journalists to get their thoughts. Doug Roberson of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution thinks there were...
WhatsApp is launching three new ad features in a global roll-out across the messaging app. The Meta-owned platform says the new ads will not be shown in the same place as people’s private chats, nor will the contents of their messages – which are encrypted – be used to decide which ads to display. WhatsApp...
Works are beginning on Monday to allow the excavation of a mass burial site linked to a historic mother and baby institution in the Republic of Ireland. In 2016, investigators found what they described as “significant quantities of human remains” in underground chambers at the site in Tuam in County Galway. Tests confirmed the bodies...
In case one wonders just how deep the rot goes in Los Angeles, look no further than this report from the Los Angeles Times. With the city knee-deep in crisis created by radical leftists intent on disrupting federal law enforcement, the city council wants to side with the radicals. And now they want the LAPD...
Ben Duckett hits 50 off 20 balls as England reach 83-0 after just six overs in the third T20 International against West Indies in Southampton. Read full article at source...
Boulter got a feel for the grass in her doubles victory alongside Raducanu on Monday but faced a tough challenge in Tomljanovic in her first singles match of the season on the surface. Having navigated a tricky hold where she saw off break points before impressively breaking to love, she missed the opportunity at 5-4...
Essex need to start putting some pride into their T20 Blast performances, says captain Simon Harmer. Sunday’s six-wicket hammering by Middlesex was their fourth successive loss at the start of the campaign and leaves them bottom of the South Group. “We need to find ways to win games of cricket and if we’re brutally honest...
Getty Images Welsh rarebit is a popular Welsh dish that consists of toasted bread covered in a seasoned cheese sauce It’s a beloved national dish of Wales and is found on restaurant menus across the country, but did Welsh rarebit actually start life as a joke played by the English? Toasted bread smothered in a...