3 h. ago England fall to heaviest T20 defeat as Mandhana century sparks India rout

1st T20i: India 210-5 beat England 113 by 97 runsDefeat is first of Edwards-Sciver-Brunt eraEngland’s one-sided series against West Indies last month was merely a dress rehearsal: India were always going to be the main event. And so the curtain finally went up on the Charlotte Edwards-Nat Sciver-Brunt era for a Trent Bridge Saturday matinee.The audience, though, went home disappointed after witnessing an England performance akin to The Play That Goes Wrong – bowled out for 113 inside 15 overs, to give India a 97-run win, England’s heaviest T20 international defeat in terms of runs. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Such Brave Girls: TV so hilariously savage it will make you yowl with pleasure

Move over Julia Davies and Sharon Horgan – this devastating, ruthless sitcom is basically the British psyche on a screen. It’s just the medicineI love watching real-life siblings on-screen. They bring a knotted history to every interaction, the way they look at one another, or don’t. They may love each other; they’re definitely stuck with each other. Daisy May and Charlie Cooper were the last to bottle such contradiction; I’m delighted we now have Such Brave Girls (BBC One, Wednesday 2 July, 11.40pm), returning for a second series, in which creator Kat Sadler stars alongside her sister Lizzie Davidson. Cattier than Longleat, it features some of the most savage writing on TV, and makes me yowl with pleasure.It’s about traumatised women making terrible choices. Bear with. The ever-excellent Louise Brealey plays Deb, whose husband abandoned his family 10 years ago after popping to the shop for teabags. In financial trouble, she spends her time trying to lock down relatio...

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49 h. ago Legless in London – new board game bringing disability history to life wins international award

Legless in London – new board game bringing disability history to life wins international award  Swansea University

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50 h. ago Beamish, The Living Museum Of The North wins Museum Of The Year award

The open-air museum brings the history of north-east England to life through its immersive exhibits.

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56 h. ago Drinks firms International Beverage and William Grant & Sons raise £34k for St Andrew's Hospice with charity football match

Airdrieonians FC's Excelsior Stadium hosted the game, which saw International Beverage win 4-0.

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4 d. ago Man spends £2 on board game from charity shop but strikes gold with true value

An excited charity shop customer couldn't believe his luck after learning the true value of a rare Monopoly board game he discovered by chance and paid just £2 for

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4 d. ago Push to change ‘misogynistic’ name of one of the world’s most common surgeries

The name hysterectomy is rooted in a mental health condition – ‘hysteria’ – that was once believed to affect women

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5 d. ago Stephanie Davis' tragic love life as history repeats itself with split months after giving birth

Hollyoaks star Stephanie Davis played Sinead O'Connor in the Channel 4 soap and has had her fair share of headline-hitting relationships - including a fling with Zayn Malik

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9 d. ago Wales' big new rugby hope being mentored by England and Lions star

Sam Scott has been taken under the wing of an England international

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1 week ago England rugby ace George Ford's telling vow ahead of new milestone

At 32, George Ford is now more than a decade into an international career that has seen him win a hat-trick of Six Nations titles, reach a World Cup final and win a pair of Premiership crowns

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1 week ago Women's Euros 2025 Odds: Who are the favourites to win? England, Spain and Germany chances rated

Here are the latest odds for the Women’s Euros 2025, taking place in Switzerland next month.

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2 w. ago I used a Ouija Board for fun when I was a teenager and this is why I've never touched one since

I used to use it like a board game, but then I had a disturbing realisation

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2 w. ago I call on the UK to join the world majority – and recognise the state of Palestine | Husam Zomlot

The UN conference on the two-state solution offers an historic opportunity for Britain: to stand against the continued erasure of my peopleHusam Zomlot is the Palestinian ambassador to the United KingdomFuture generations will look back on this moment as a turning point, when an unrelenting campaign was waged to erase the Palestinian people, and ask how this was allowed to happen.How world leaders, faced with a choice between complicity and courage, enabled genocide. How they denied Palestinians our inalienable right to self-determination and return, and chose to support occupation over freedom, apartheid over equality. Today, after decades of appeasement and impunity, Israel has entrenched one of the longest military occupations in modern history, one that seeks not only to control Palestinian life but to extinguish it.Husam Zomlot is the Palestinian ambassador to the United KingdomDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response o...

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2 w. ago The budget supermarket wines that scooped medals at the prestigious International Wine Awards, including a £7 Aldi bottle

At the 2025 IWSC, UK supermarkets picked up dozens of medals with own-label, budget bottles impressing the judging panels.

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2 w. ago I was Charles Manson's henchman and butchered pregnant Sharon Tate after his three

Charles 'Tex' Watson grew up in small-town Texas, seemingly destined to be an all-American success story. Then, a visit to California in 1967 changed his life - and American criminal history.

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2 w. ago Darwin Nunez makes Liverpool transfer exit decision after Reds rejected £60m offer

Liverpool are keen to find a buyer for Darwin Nunez in the summer transfer window, but the Uruguay international could dictate his own future after Florian Wirtz arrives

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2 w. ago The 18 best Scotch whiskies according to the International Wine and Spirit Competition 2025

This year’s International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) medal winners were announced, and 18 Scotch whiskies got the top award.

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2 w. ago Scotland player ratings vs Liechtenstein: Key creator, hype justifier, two 9s and one 8 as 367

Here’s how The Scotsman rated the Scotland players out of 10 in the international friendly win over Liechtenstein in Vaduz.

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2 w. ago Monopoly fans left 'mindblown' after discovering they've been playing it wrong

A clip of the conversation was shared to TikTok as people admitted they had no idea this was the rule when playing the iconic board game

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3 w. ago How to watch Republic of Ireland vs Senegal: TV channel and live stream for friendly today

Heimir Hallgrímsson’s side recorded back-to-back wins in the last international window, but face a team unbeaten in 14 games

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