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The tournament was last staged in England in 2010 The Rugby Football Union will submit a bid to host the 2025 Women’s World Cup in England. The tournament was last staged in England in 2010, and for the 2025 bid the RFU plans to adopt a multi-city and multi-region approach to delivering the tournament. RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney said: “Securing RWC 2025 would add to the impressive list of […]

He will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday afternoon A man has been charged with the terrorism-related murder of MP Sir David Amess. The Conservative MP for Southend West was fatally stabbed on Friday during a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex. Ali Harbi Ali, 25, from London, has been charged with murder and preparing acts of terrorism, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said. He is due to appear […]

Transport firm FirstGroup has sold its US long-distance coaches arm Greyhound Lines to Germany’s FlixMobility more than two years after putting the division up for sale. Shares in Aberdeen-based FirstGroup lifted 2% as it unveiled the deal worth 172 million US dollars (£125 million) with the European coach and rail group. It comes as part of FirstGroup’s move to focus on its UK transport business, having already offloaded its US […]

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The Competition and Markets Authority started an investigation in June 2020 Facebook has been fined £50.5 million after failing to provide enough important information to the competition regulator investigating the firm’s takeover of GIF sharing platform Giphy. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a probe into the acquisition in June last year, shortly after the deal was announced, over concerns about a “substantial lessening of competition”. Giphy’s user-uploaded library […]

He took exactly 100 international wickets across all formats James Pattinson, one of Australia’s potential Ashes bowlers, has retired from international cricket with immediate effect. The 31-year-old, brother of once-capped England seamer Darren, has struggled with injuries throughout his career and has decided he can no longer compete at the highest level. He played 21 Tests, 15 one-day internationals and four T20s for Australia, claiming exactly 100 international wickets. A […]

Disruption around Cambridge started on Tuesday evening and is expected until Wednesday afternoon Train passengers were stranded on trains and at stations for several hours hours after overhead electric wires were damaged. The problem began shortly before 7pm on Tuesday near Cambridge, leading to several lines serving the city being blocked. Operator Great Northern released a photograph showing a pantograph – a device mounted on train roofs to collect electricity […]

The blast occurred just after 7pm on Monday Two adults and two children have been taken to hospital after an explosion at a house in Ayr that caused severe damage, with the blast being heard for miles around. Properties were evacuated in part of the Kincaidston area following the incident on Monday evening. Social media users said they heard the explosion from miles away, while pictures shared online showed at […]

The Cabinet Minister acknowledged that “Covid is far from over”, and stated that the presence of variants of the virus in a number of countries “remains a concern”. It is “imperative” that the aviation sector recovers from the coronavirus pandemic in 2022, according to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps. The Cabinet Minister acknowledged that “Covid is far from over”, and stated that the presence of variants of the virus in a […]