BBC News Middlesex started strongly when opener Artemis Downer, who hit an unbeaten 60 when they hammered Glamorgan by 10 wickets earlier in September, impressed with a couple of boundaries before being caught at point off Anna-Mae Shearn. Izzy Routledge and Sproul helped steady the ship with a fluent 60-run partnership, before Routledge was caught […]
BBC News Certain things stood out. At half-time, Rangers were not just ahead thanks to Naderi’s goal, they were winning battles all over the pitch, just as they had done last Sunday. They were winning aerial duels by 67.6% to 32.4%, they had eight shots to Celtic’s one, six on target to Celtic’s zero. Camilo […]
BBC News Former Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond has thanked emergency services for their help on the 20th anniversary of the crash in which he was nearly killed. Hammond was seriously injured in September 2006 when the 320mph (515km/h) jet-powered Vampire dragster he was driving veered off the track at Elvington airfield, near York, during […]
BBC News A Liberal Democrat council leader has said the party is “sleepwalking into irrelevance” and questioned whether Sir Ed Davey was the right leader. Julian Brazil, the leader of Devon County Council, told the BBC the party was “lacking ambition” and “not saying the things that people can relate to”. Asked whether Sir Ed […]
BBC News There is deep unhappiness and frustration in Buckingham Palace at what Earl Spencer has put into the public domain. Their strongly worded statement tells you everything you need to know about how upset they are. “While we do not comment on books as a matter of principle, His Majesty is mindful that the […]
BBC News Great Britain’s Zoe Backstedt produced a superb ride to claim silver in the women’s time trial at the UCI World Road Championships in Montreal. The 21-year-old Welsh rider could have opted to defend the under-23 title she won last year. But instead she stepped up to elite level and finished 40.11 seconds behind […]
BBC News Earl Spencer, brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, said he misses his sister every day during an interview with the BBC. “That’s the thing with sibling loss, you never get over it,” he told Laura Kuenssberg. His book, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, is due to be published on Tuesday and is expected […]
