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Reform UK bearing down on Labour as voters back harder line on migration
Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, is now neck and neck with Labour largely because its stance on immigration is proving attractive to floating voters, according to the latest Opinium poll for the
Observer
.The rise of the populist rightwing party is causing increasing concern in the Labour high …
Muddy, bloody and bruised, Fin Smith comes of age on the grand stage | Andy Bull
How many years can a man grow in an hour and 20 minutes? At quarter to five on Saturday afternoon, Fin Smith, 22, looked awfully young to be leading England’s backline out at Twickenham. Slim, trimmed, and clean shaven, in crisp, freshly pressed whites, look close and you could almost …
France’s carelessness proves costly as win slips through their fingers | Michael Aylwin
It’s still there. That kink in the psyche of so many France teams over the years, a niggle that has kept them from joining the very best sides in history, despite all the talent, despite the heritage. It has cost them World Cups, it has cost them championships.
Here they …
Parents of two murdered Southport girls speak of hearing news of attack
The parents of two of the girls murdered in Southport have spoken of the moment they were told “something awful has happened” to their children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.
The families of Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe also called for more protection for children from the internet …
Labour planning radical overhaul of benefit system as rising numbers deemed unfit to work
Britain’s broken welfare system is fuelling the “greatest unemployment challenge of a generation”, ministers have concluded as they draw up a root-and-branch overhaul designed to counter the spiralling numbers deemed too unwell to work.
Rules that force benefit claimants into an “all or nothing” choice between working and being deemed …
England 26-25 France: Six Nations player ratings from Twickenham
England
Marcus Smith
Got lucky after he was stripped by Bielle-Biarrey. Both missed kicks were poor, but he always looks likely to spark something.6
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England stun France as dramatic late Daly try clinches Six Nations classic
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Silly penalty against when …Rare metal assets, 4,000 workers, a Canary Wharf HQ… but does this billion-pound firm really exist?
At first glance, there is nothing remarkable about Gofer Mining plc. It appears to be just another multibillion-pound corporate giant, with London headquarters in Canary Wharf and interests stretching from Tibet to Ukraine.
Its lengthy financial accounts are full of prosaic details about mineral weights, rare metal assets and exploration …
England stun France as dramatic late Daly try clinches Six Nations classic
Another Saturday night at the movies with a stunningly different conclusion. This was an absolute thriller which kept everyone guessing right up to the final breathless reel. The clincher, in the end, was a sensational 79th minute try from replacement Elliot Daly, bursting unstoppably on to a short ball from …
Health minister Andrew Gwynne sacked over WhatsApp comments
Andrew Gwynne, a minister in the Department of Health and Social Care, has been sacked from the government over comments posted on an internal WhatsApp group.
Gwynne, 50, the MP for Gorton and Denton, has also been suspended by the Labour party over the messages reported by the Mail on Sunday.
Trump at the Super Bowl: how the NFL’s culture war ended in surrender
As a 2016 presidential candidate and White House occupant, Donald Trump lambasted NFL players for kneeling during the national anthem in protest at civil rights abuses. Now, set to become the first incumbent president to attend a Super Bowl, it appears that the US’s most popular sport is genuflecting before …