5 h. ago Voices: What Rayner’s crackdown on child benefit will really mean for middle

A leaked government memo reveals that Angela Rayner wants to stop child benefit handouts to middle-class mums. The trouble is, says Charlotte Cripps, many on her hit list might have middle-class backgrounds but can no longer match them economically

Politics

8 h. ago What Rayner’s crackdown on child benefit will really mean for middle

A leaked government memo reveals that Angela Rayner wants to stop child benefit handouts to middle-class mums. The trouble is, says Charlotte Cripps, many on her hit list might have middle-class backgrounds but can no longer match them economically

Politics

5 d. ago ‘We are a passionately multiracial team’: Zimbabwe return to England transformed

Visitors have endured political chaos and miserable results over 22 years but cricket is finally a national gameTwenty-two years is a long time, even in a sport that measures its games in days and its history in centuries. The last time England played a Test match against Zimbabwe, in 2003, Rob Key was in the middle order instead of the managing director’s job, Jimmy Anderson was a 20-year-old tearaway playing in his very first series, and the England and Wales Cricket Board was just about to launch the world’s very first professional Twenty20 tournament. Zimbabwean cricket has changed, too. Back then the team was in the earliest stages of a transformation that was meant to turn cricket from a minority game, played by the small white population, into a sport that better represented the whole country.They have been hard years, riven by player strikes, political interference, maladministration, and a miserable drop-off in results. The team temporarily withdrew from Test cricket, suspe...

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6 d. ago 'This is thuggery!' Referee fumes at top female player's awful act in middle of match

The incident saw referee Barrett-Theron produce a permanent red card

Sport

3 w. ago Referee leaves snooker viewers stunned with noise in middle of Ronnie O’Sullivan match

The moment was caught on camera and with live microphones inside the Crucible

Politics

4 w. ago Chris Eubank Jr FAILS to make weight for Conor Benn fight and is hit with huge $500,000 fine

Chris Eubank Jr has narrowly missed the middleweight limit ahead of his grudge match with Conor Benn, tipping the scales just half an ounce over the 160lb threshold during Friday's weigh-in.

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4 w. ago Chris Eubank Jr set for huge fine after missing weight for Conor Benn showdown

Chris Eubank Jr has missed weight twice for his middleweight grudge match with Conor Benn on Saturday night, and is set to be slapped with a huge fine

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