1 hour ago Extreme weather is set to add HUNDREDS to your grocery bills: Prices for butter, beef, milk, coffee and chocolate soar by 15.6%

Your weekly food shop is about to get even more expensive, scientists have warned - with extreme weather to blame.

Economics

5 h. ago Sri Lanka keep slim World Cup hopes alive with four wickets in Bangladesh’s final over

Sri Lanka, 202, bt Bangladesh, 195-9, by seven runsBangladesh needed nine runs from final over to winSri Lanka snatched victory from the jaws of defeat to record their first win of the Women’s Cricket World Cup, edging out Bangladesh by seven runs in a nerve-jangling finish in Navi Mumbai on Monday.With Bangladesh cruising and only nine needed off the final over with five wickets in hand, having mustered just three runs off the penultimate over, the captain, Chamari Athapaththu, took the ball herself and turned the game on its head. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Arsenal make call on extra security for rival boss following row with fan

Diego Simeone clashed with a Liverpool fan during Atletico Madrid's previous visit to England and Arsenal have made a decision on whether to beef up their security ahead of Tuesday's game

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8 h. ago Ronald Araújo ignites Barcelona’s comeback spirit before El Clásico | Sid Lowe

Injury-hit and under pressure, Hansi Flick turned to defender turned makeshift striker to take them top of La Liga“I told my teammates: ‘If I go on, I’ll score,’ and everybody laughed,” Ronald Araújo said but they weren’t laughing now. Actually, wait, no: they were laughing now. Laughing and shouting and swearing and scrambling to escape the bench, like someone had set fire to it. Someone like him: 6ft 3in and 15 stone of Uruguayan beef, tearing off his top and leaping over the boards advertising Kicking My Feet, fists thudding at his bare chest while Barcelona’s players chased him, Frenkie de Jong leapt on for a ride, and over on the far side of Montjuic the manager who wasn’t supposed to be there let rip. “It’s football, it’s emotion,” Hansi Flick said.When it’s like this especially. On a weekend when the first 15 seconds of every game weren’t played at all and weren’t always broadcast either – La Liga distracting everyone from the 22-man standstill protests over their unilateral ...

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13 h. ago 'Young lady, you don't know anything about it!' Trump snaps at reporter as he is asked about how buying Argentinian beef will affect US farmers, claiming: 'That country is dying'

Donald Trump has snapped at a reporter who asked him about how buying Argentinian beef will affect American farmers, telling her: 'Young lady, you don't know anything about it!' 

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13 h. ago Phil Salt happy to sacrifice century chance and let Harry Brook take charge

The pair put on 129 as England crushed New Zealand by 65 runs.

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14 h. ago New Zealand vs England: Harry Brook and Phil Salt power tourists to dominant T20 win

England take 1-0 lead in three-match series in Christchurch after first match was abandoned due to rain

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14 h. ago Harry Brook and Phil Salt power England to dominant T20 win over New Zealand

The duo’s efforts formed the backbone of the tourists’ 236 for four.

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14 h. ago Rashid and Salt star as England thrash New Zealand in second men’s T20I

England, 236-4, beat New Zealand, 171, by 65 runsAdil Rashid takes four wickets after Phil Salt’s 85If rain potentially saved England from defeat in the first game of this series, in the second it arrived too late to help New Zealand. A 129-run partnership between Phil Salt and Harry Brook powered the tourists towards a score of 236 for four and, though the Black Caps demonstrated some mighty power-hitting of their own, they simply could not do it often enough, and too regularly lost wickets in trying.Adil Rashid took four wickets and Jordan Cox three catches as New Zealand were dismissed for 171 with two overs remaining, England winning by 65. By the time the forecast downpour arrived, the heavens opening as if fed up with having cricket balls repeatedly hit into them, the game was over. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Salt marvels at Brook after England thrash New Zealand in second men’s T20I

England, 236-4, beat New Zealand, 171, by 65 runsRashid takes four wickets after Salt’s 85 and Brook’s 78If the first game of this series was ruined by a downpour, the second was won by a deluge. A 129-run partnership between Phil Salt and Harry Brook powered the tourists towards a score of 236 for four, England smashing 34 boundaries and the record score on this ground, leaving New Zealand a forlorn chase which ended when their last wicket fell with two overs remaining and 65 still required.The Black Caps demonstrated some mighty power-hitting of their own but they simply could not do it often enough, and too regularly lost wickets in trying, with England’s fielding despite a swirling wind as impeccable as their opponents’ had been unreliable. Adil Rashid took four wickets, and Jordan Cox three catches, as New Zealand were dismissed for 171. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Trump suggests US will buy Argentinian beef to bring down prices for American consumers

President Donald Trump says the United States could purchase Argentinian beef in an attempt to bring down prices for American consumers

Politics

30 h. ago England hold nerve to beat India and seal Women’s Cricket World Cup semi

England, 288-8, bt India, 284-6, by four runsIndia fail to chase down target after Knight’s centuryEngland won a last-over thriller against India at Indore on Sunday to seal their place in the World Cup semi-finals, holding two crucial catches at the death to defend 288 and win by just four runs. Earlier Heather Knight’s third ODI century in her 300th international set up the exciting finale.India were left needing 27 off 18 but, defying England’s recent ­reputation of falling to pieces under pressure, Linsey Smith conceded just four runs from the 48th over and then defended 14 off the last to ensure ­England came out on top. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Heather Knight scores ton as England beat India to reach World Cup semi

Knight’s superb 109 was the mainstay of England’s 288 for eight.

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33 h. ago Dickie Bird remembered as ‘best umpire in the world’ at emotional Yorkshire farewell

A larger than life character, legendary umpire Bird passed away at the age of 92

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33 h. ago Cricket icons turn out for emotional funeral of legend Dickie Bird after his death aged 92

Umpire great Dickie Bird OBE - who died last month aged 92 - was laid to rest in his hometown of Barnsley with a poignant tribute from England legend Sir Geoffrey Boycott

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34 h. ago Mourners including former England captain Michael Vaughan gather for legendary cricket umpire Dickie Bird's funeral after his death aged 92

Former players including ex-England and Yorkshire stars Michael Vaughan and Geoffrey Boycott were among those who arrived to pay their respects at St Mary's Church, Barnsley.

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37 h. ago Australia outclass India to cruise to victory as rain disrupts opening ODI

Captain Mitch Marsh anchored a comfortable chase after Australia’s bowlers impressed in a rain-reduced affair

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37 h. ago Sam Curran thankful for ‘reset’ after regaining his England place

The all-rounder impressed in Christchurch.

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57 h. ago Aldi urgently recalls steaks over health fears as shoppers warned 'DO NOT EAT'

Aldi is recalling its £3.99 Ashfields 30 Day Matured Thin Cut Beef Steaks over a health fear that could pose a risk to shoppers

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59 h. ago England’s best cricket still to come at World Cup, says Charlotte Edwards

England take on India on Sunday looking to seal a semi-final spot.

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