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Rocky Flintoff has been called up to his father’s Lions squad for next month’s tour of Australia, with England using the trip to give young bowlers who are already in contention for a place in the senior Test squad experience of local conditions ahead of next winter’s Ashes.

The junior …

Late at night, a young father stands in a dumpster in Buenos Aires, passing scraps and discarded food to his wife and two young children. In a subway station, a homeless couple sleep in an unoccupied corner, their heads sheltered by cardboard boxes. On the streets of the city’s slums …

Keir Starmer’s latest “milestone” for the economy is growth that can be “felt in people’s pockets”. News that inflation hit 2.6% in November, and is heading in the wrong direction, underlined just how far there is to go.

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The BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year has long divided opinion – can it really be about personality when Nigel Mansell has won it twice? But however nebulous the criteria for winning,

Keely Hodgkinson ticked every possible box

UK inflation has risen to its highest level in eight months, adding to pressure on the Bank of England to keep interest rates unchanged on Thursday despite a slowdown in the British economy.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show the consumer prices index (CPI) rose by 2.6% last …

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In the early hours of yesterday morning,

Russian general Igor Kirillov and his deputy were killed

First of all, you have to say “fair play” to Australia for making a game of it. Losing some time out of day five of the Brisbane Test was already inevitable with the weather forecast. But when most of the first session disappeared due to lightning precautions and then rain, …

A new law that could see controversial mining and infrastructure projects fast-tracked for approval across New Zealand has sparked protests in parliament and vows from critics and opposition parties to stop proposals that they fear will wreak havoc on the environment.

The coalition government’s Fast-Track Approvals legislation passed into law …

Premiership rugby clubs who “have been teetering on the edge” are set to come under further scrutiny by the government over the repayments of their £124m Covid bailout loans.

A report by the National Audit Office details how the Department for Culture, Media and Sport [DCMS] awarded 26% of its …

From every corner of the West Hall, from the stands to the table seats, came a ringing of boos. Up on the stage Noa-Lynn van Leuven held her head high. Tried to maintain her focus amid the cacophony of derision and disdain being flung her way by the crowd.

Now, …