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The tour gets underway on the 5th of July Gregor Townsend is looking forward to “a unique and special experience” after Scotland finalised plans for their three-match summer tour of the South Pacific. The tour kicks off in New Zealand with a match against the Maori All Blacks in Whangarei on Saturday, July 5 before Townsend’s side face Fiji and Samoa. The meeting with Fiji will be on Saturday, July […]

An anti-abortion campaigner at the centre of a free speech controversy involving the US government has been given a two-year conditional discharge after being found guilty of breaching a “buffer zone” outside a Bournemouth abortion clinic. Livia Tossici-Bolt was convicted at Poole Magistrates’ Court of two charges of breaching the Public Spaces Protection Order on two days in March 2023. The case involved the 64-year-old from Bournemouth holding a sign […]

He's been with the Blues since 2015 Kevin De Bruyne is to leave Manchester City when his contract expires this summer, the player has announced. The Belgium playmaker has helped City to six Premier League titles and the Champions League since signing in 2015. The 33-year-old said in a statement on X that he would be saying goodbye to Manchester in the coming months. “I’ll get straight to it and […]

It's after he underwent knee surgery England fast bowler Olly Stone has been ruled out for the majority of the summer after undergoing knee surgery. Stone played the last of his five Tests against Sri Lanka in September and had been hoping to push for further honours with Nottinghamshire this year. But the latest in a long line of fitness issues mean he will be starting a long recovery period […]

A mother who suffocated her newborn baby and left his body in woodland only to be arrested 25 years later has been given a suspended prison sentence after admitting manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility. Joanne Sharkey, 55, admitted responsibility over the death of the baby boy, who was named Callum by police investigating his death in 1998. His body was found by a dog walker close to Gulliver’s World […]

That's according to the Public Accounts Committee Measures introduced last year with the aim of boosting access to NHS dentists appear to have “resulted in worsening the picture”, MPs have said. The Dental Recovery Plan has “comprehensively failed”, according to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), amid warnings that vulnerable patients “continue to suffer the most”. A new PAC report also says the dental contract “remains unfit for purpose”, with current […]

The UK could see its warmest day of the year so far, with temperatures higher than European holiday hotspots, after firefighters battled wildfires across the country. Much of the country will be dry and sunny on Friday, and some parts of central England may hit 24C as weather “nearer to what we’d expect in July” continues, the Met Office said. The highest temperature recorded so far this year was 21.3C in Northolt, […]

It's amid concerns about wildfires The UK could see its warmest day of the year so far, with temperatures higher than European holiday hotspots, after firefighters battled wildfires across the country. Much of the country will be dry and sunny on Friday, and some parts of central England may hit 24C as weather “nearer to what we’d expect in July” continues, the Met Office said. The highest temperature recorded so […]

That's according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders New car registrations rose by 12.4 per cent in March as the market saw a recovery in private buyer interest. The figures, compiled by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), show that 357,103 vehicles were registered during the month, representing a 12.4 per cent year-on-year increase. March is traditionally a strong period in terms of registrations, owing to […]