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Racing 92 reached the quarter-finals of 2018-19 Heineken Champions Cup Heineken Champions Cup Pool 4: Racing 92 v Saracens Racing 92: (18) 30 Tries: Vakatawa, Thomas, Russell, Lauret; Pens: Machenaud (2); Cons: Machenaud (2) Saracens: (3) 10 Tries: Lozowski; Pens: Spencer; Cons: Spencer Saracens began their defence of the Heineken...

Maren Mjelde’s penalty proved decisive at Kingsmeadow Chelsea swiftly regained top spot in the Women’s Super League as Maren Mjelde’s penalty saw off a resolute Manchester United side in front of a record WSL crowd. Having been deposed from the summit by Manchester City’s 5-0 win over West Ham in...

Saints centre Rory Hutchinson won three caps for Scotland in the warm-ups for the 2019 World Cup Heineken Champions Cup Pool 1: Northampton Saints v Lyon Northampton Saints: (19) 25 Tries: Hutchinson; Pens: Biggar (6); Cons: Biggar Lyon: (0) 14 Tries: Regard (2); Cons: Wisniewski (2) Northampton Saints resisted a...

Image caption A gang of men forced their way into the house A 13-year-old girl has been critically injured after being attacked by a gang of men armed with machetes in County Fermanagh. She suffered serious stab wounds after the men forced their way into a house at Trasna Way...

Image copyright GMFRS Image caption The blaze at The Cube in Bolton broke out on Friday and took more than nine hours to bring under control Students who were forced to flee a block of flats hit by a major blaze in Bolton are to be re-housed. An investigation is...

Image copyright PA Media Image caption Motorbike and scooter ride gathered in Brackley, Northamptonshire, for the ride Hundreds of bikers have gathered to ride in memory of Harry Dunn, the teenager whose crash death led to a diplomatic row with the US. Harry, 19, died after the collision in Northamptonshire...

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionPrince Andrew on Epstein: ‘There was no indication, absolutely no indication’ Prince Andrew “bulldozed his way” into a BBC interview which did more damage than good, according to Royal commentator Dickie Arbiter. The ex-Buckingham Palace press officer queried why the prince decided...

Devolution – you may have heard of it, but what exactly does it mean for voters? With the general election campaigning under way, reporter Liz Clements finds out which issues directly affect people voting in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. And should these voters pay attention to political parties’ pledges...

Image caption Demolition work is being carried out by hand in an attempt to preserve the neighbouring buildings Demolition work has begun on a 143-year-old building in Glasgow which collapsed in a fire. The blaze on Albert Drive in Pollokshields destroyed the shop where the fire is thought to have...

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Before the two warm-up matches in New Zealand, Jos Buttler had not played since 12 September Tour match, Cobham Oval, Whangarei (day three of three): New Zealand XI 302-6dec & 169-8: Archer 3-34, Curran 3-42 England 405: Buttler 110, Pope 88, Denly 68; Kuggeleijn 3-46 Match drawn Scorecard Jos Buttler...

In the heart of the woods in the Irish border village of Killea in County Donegal, a mysterious Celtic cross appears each autumn. This giant 100m (328ft) long Celtic cross first appeared in a Donegal forest in the autumn of 2016, baffling passengers flying overhead towards City of Derry Airport....

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The UK’s night-time economy has annual revenues of £66bn, says one report It is 04:00 in central London’s clubbing district, Soho. People are slowly streaming out of the clubs, some huddled in doorways waiting for taxis, others dancing on the kerb, merry and very...

Image copyright The Panacea Charitable Trust Image caption Mabel Barltrop founded her religious community in 1919 Two centuries ago, a 64-year-old woman called Joanna Southcott announced she was pregnant with the Messiah. She died in December 1814, months after making this bold claim. Inevitably, a post-mortem examination revealed there was...

Image copyright Rachel Playfair Image caption Rachel Playfair was besotted with her daughter, Lauren Twenty-five years ago, Simon Smith killed his three-month-old daughter – sparking an investigation into the deaths of his two other children. As he is moved to an open prison after serving decades behind bars, his ex-partner...

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Australian firefighters battle a blaze at close range The sight of soaring flames, burning trees and scorched earth is becoming a familiar one for people around the world. From Brazil to Australia, and from California to Indonesia, massive wildfires have torn through vast areas...

Image copyright Eenadu newspaper/A Srinivas Image caption The photo that sparked an outcry A five-year-old in the southern city of Hyderabad was enrolled in school after a photo of her peeking into a classroom sparked an outcry. BBC Telugu’s Deepthi Bathini reports on why the photo doesn’t tell the full...

The Brazilian Grand Prix is live on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and BBC Sport website from 17:00 GMT on Sunday Max Verstappen’s pole position at the Brazilian Grand Prix was emphatic evidence that Red Bull have really come on strongly in the final part of this Formula 1...

Greater Manchester firefighters say they applied lessons learned from the Grenfell Tower fire as they tackled a blaze at a university student accommodation block in Bolton. Two people suffered minor injuries when about 100 residents fled The Cube after the fire broke out on Friday evening. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50449197