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Batters in Division Two of the County Championship have been put on notice with the news that Jimmy Anderson is planning to make a return for Lancashire this year.

Anderson has not played a competitive match since his farewell Test against West Indies at Lord’s last July but, despite turning …

The “all-weather” fixture on the Flat at Lingfield on Friday succumbed to the Arctic blast that has played havoc with the racing programme over the past week while the feature meeting at Kempton on Saturday was also abandoned after an inspection of the track on Friday morning, but ITV Racing …

A rise in electricity costs this week has raised fears that officials operating Great Britain’s power market could be held to “ransom” by owners of gas power plants during cold, windless days in order to keep the lights on. Here, we look why costs have increased sharply, the trading rules …

Maybe Elon Musk is the man to revive English rugby union. He already believes he has the solutions to most of the universe’s biggest problems so reforming a mere sports team should be a piece of futuristic cake. Throw £40bn at it, take over the comms department and stick the …

Sitting in a nondescript building near the high court in Dublin, about 40 cloaked barristers have gathered almost daily since June last year. At stake is €2.5bn (£2.1bn) worth of aircraft stranded in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine.

Behind multiple screens and a mountain of warehouse boxes they are …

For a brief moment this week, lynx roamed the Scottish Highlands once again. But this was not the way conservationists had hoped to end their 1,000-year absence.

On Wednesday, Police Scotland received reports of two lynx in a forest in the Cairngorms national park, sparking a frantic search. That episode …

The head of the Metropolitan police’s Black Police Association (MBPA) committed gross misconduct over his participation in a WhatsApp group that shared sexist comments and racist remarks about Asian people, a police tribunal has found.

Insp Charles Ehikioya faces potential dismissal after Friday’s tribunal ruling at Palestra House in London. …

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The life of the 14-year-old stabbing victim Kelyan Bokassa could have been saved if he had been helped to move out of south-east London, according to an anti-knife crime charity who knew him.

Kelyan, who was an aspiring drill rapper, was stabbed to death in Woolwich on a 472 bus …

With nine men in the world’s top 100 and 14 in the men’s singles draw at Melbourne Park, Australian tennis would appear to be in rude health as the first grand slam event of the year begins. World No 8

Alex de Minaur is the nation’s big …