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The Ireland star was asked by Brian O’Driscoll, as part of the BT Sport series Lions Call, who he sees as the main contenders to wear the No.9 jersey in next summer’s three-Test series with South Africa. … [Read more...] about Ben Youngs desperate for rugby to return so he can get off 99 England caps

“Was I put out? Not a bit,” he said. “Manu is a fantastic addition to the squad who I’m looking forward to learning from. He has slotted in really well and already lifted standards in training. … [Read more...] about Manu Tuilagi can turn challengers Sale into Premiership champions, Sharks believe

Day slept on the outright lead after his opening 65, and he joined Li on eight under with three birdies in four holes from the fourth and responded to a bogey at nine with another birdie at the 10th, although it took him four shots just to hit the green at the 12th and he then compounded his previous errors with a miss from three feet. … [Read more...] about PGA Championship: Li Haotong two shots clear at halfway as Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy stay alive

“Even when they said who we were going to play (last week), it still doesn’t have a life to them until they get a date for each game,” Tar Heels coach Mack Brown said after Thursday’s practice. “So I think it kind of came to reality today that, ‘Hey, we may actually play, this is important, we better go to work.’” … [Read more...] about Notre Dame opens ACC play against Duke, won’t play Navy

Primula cheese sold in all major supermarkets has also been pulled from shelves because it may contain a bacteria that could cause paralysis. … [Read more...] about Nerf Super Soakers sold by Argos and Amazon recalled over fears they contain dangerous levels of lead

In another development, the Department for Transport has announced that emergency funding for bus and tram operators in England is being extended. The money will support services in September when schools are set to fully reopen and brings the total amount spent during the pandemic on the sector to at least £700m. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus: Face covering use expanded in England and Scotland

BBC Weather forecaster Alina Jenkins said: "Really as we start to look into next week, we are still holding on to some fairly high temperatures, it is going to be feeling warm for many of us, and also we have an area of low pressure in the Bay of Biscay. … [Read more...] about UK weather – Severe thunderstorms to batter Britain next week as yellow warnings issued for WHOLE of UK

Jeremy Leaf, a north London estate agent and a former residential chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics), added: "Looking forward, we are being told the housing market revival will be tested by rising unemployment and the imminent end of the furlough scheme, but there's not much evidence of a slowdown at the moment." … [Read more...] about House prices up 1.6% in first rise since lockdown as stamp duty holiday kicks in

Despite the rise, separate Government data today suggested cases could actually be on their way down again after weeks of being on the up. The Office for National Statistics (ONS), which tracks the size of the outbreak by swabbing thousands of people, now believes there are 3,700 people in England getting infected with Covid-19 each day. … [Read more...] about Lockdown ‘killed two people for every three that died of coronavirus’: 16,000 people in the UK died in five weeks as hospitals shut down to deal with COVID while 25,000 died from the virus

Residents evacuated in Ironbridge as Severn breaches defences Evacuations also in East Yorkshire along River Aire Landowners may be paid to let fields flood to protect towns ​Dispatch: 'We knew it was close to a river – but never did I expect it to be like this' Could a new technology powered by AI help protect Britain from floods? Flood-hit communities will face further heavy rain and strong winds as Storm Jorge makes its way across the UK over the weekend. … [Read more...] about UK weather: Storm Jorge to hit UK – and it should be pronounced ‘hor-hay’, say Met Office