World Cup warm-up: England v Fiji England (8) 22 Tries: May, Smith, Marchant Cons: Ford 2 Pen: Ford Fiji (3) 30 Tries: Nayacalevu, Habosi, Kuruvoli Cons: Muntz 3 Pens: Muntz 3 England slumped to a fifth defeat in six matches as Fiji beat them for the first time as both sides ended their World Cup…
Hackers briefly disrupted some train services, amid suggestions that the attack came from Russia.
More than two months after promising to resign, she tells Rishi Sunak “history will not judge you kindly”.
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The blaze took hold at a building in east London which contains flats and a business centre.
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Donald Patience “had been dead for days” when police called to a suspected robbery found his body.
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