Three days of mourning have started in the United Arab Emirates after it was announced this afternoon that menswear fashion label owner Sheikh Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi has died in London. Via: Shaikh Khalid Bin Sultan dies aged 39 in London
Cricket World Cup updates from the match at EdgbastonEngland v Australia: Women’s Ashes, first ODI – live!County cricket: the action from around the grounds – live!And you can email Simon here or tweet @Simon _Burnton 2.52pm BST 1st over: Bangladesh 1-0 (Tamim 1, Soumya 0) Bhuvi Kumar bowls, and after Read more
Follow all the action from Leicester, 2pm BST startAshes eclipses World Cup at pinnacle of women’s cricketAnd you can email Geoff or tweet @GeoffLemonSport 2.49pm BST Mercy. (Invoke the rule?) Wilson has looked the most assured, but a change to spin brings her undone. Jess Jonassen, left-arm crafty, hits the Read more
Nick Kyrgios wins five-setter, Barty and Kerber also advanceDan Evans and Harriet Dart seal first-round victories at SW19Email Jacob here or tweet @JacobSteinberg 2.51pm BST Konta is taken to deuce, but effectively serves out the opening game against Ana Bogdan. Lloyd Harris, meanwhile, takes the first game off Federer on Read more
After more than a year without a Sweden goal Blackstenius has got two to earn a World Cup semi-final against the NetherlandsAt the start of the year, Stina Blackstenius had had enough. She had been with Montpellier since the summer of 2017 but after a promising start she had fallen Read more
The conflict reflects a broader contest between liberal democracy and populist authoritarianism. China must not be allowed to impose direct ruleBy accident or design, the eruption of political violence in Hong Kong has opened the way for direct rule from Beijing. It is unlikely radical new measures to bring Britain’s Read more
Follow live updates from Westminster Via: Brexit news – live: Boris Johnson warned chancellor could join Tory rebellion to scupper his no-deal plans as Jeremy Hunt vows to rip up backstop
Soon-to-be-sacked Philip Hammond threatens revolt, telling MPs ‘It will be for the House of Commons to ensure that that doesn’t happen’ Via: No-deal Brexit to cost UK £90bn, chancellor tells Tory leadership rivals
Boy shouted ‘you shot me, granddad’, after Albert Grannon fired modified weapon into his stomach, court told Via: Man jailed for three years for accidentally shooting six-year-old great-grandson dead with pellet gun
Shadow chancellor says Jeremy Corbyn will seek ‘pragmatic and practical’ discussions on Labour Brexit policies, including Final Say vote Via: Labour to ask civil service to start planning for second Brexit referendum