The Duchess of Cambridge donned her trusty khaki jacket and £475 boots she’s had for 17 years as she clambered aboard a tractor and petted a lamb during a farm visit with Prince William today. Prince William, 38, and Kate Middleton, 39, who spent much of lockdown living in their Norfolk […]
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The opening round of the County Championship may have been played out in temperatures akin to those endured by the final crew of HMS Terror, and returned just three wins from the nine games, but over four days it threw up plenty to savour. Glamorgan’s draw at Headingley struck a […]
11.51am BST11:51 People were asking yesterday for viewing figures for the YouTube livestreams, and the numbers have now been released – this image is from a Middlesex tweet. Viewing numbers for streams on the first day of the county season. Photograph: Middlesex CCC 11.47am BST11:47 I’m particularly interested to see […]
Summer is coming! The clocks have gone forward, the last (STC) snowfall has melted away, and it is time to don cable-knitted woollens and prepare for red-ball action. Today it begins, with the following fixtures: Group One: Essex v Worcestershire (Chelmsford), Nottinghamshire v Durham (Trent Bridge), Warwickshire v Derbyshire (Edgbaston) […]
English cricket will step up its digital revolution this summer as counties take their live match coverage to new levels and, for the first time, make all enhanced streams available for free via a single smartphone app. While the government’s roadmap out of lockdown means supporters must wait until the […]
No10 may have to roll back its target date for vaccinating all adults if AstraZeneca’s jab is banned for under-30s, an expert warned today. And Britain may need to approve vaccines developed by Russia or China in order to hit the goal of offering everyone a first dose by the […]
The president of the Southern Baptist Convention, America’s largest evangelical denomination, posted a photo on Facebook last week of him getting the COVID-19 vaccine. It drew more than 1,100 comments — many of them voicing admiration for the Rev. J.D. Greear, and many others assailing him. Some of the critics […]
The Gloucestershire town of Tewkesbury is best-placed to recover from Covid-related challenges according to new research from financial services firm Raisin. This is due to a positive mixture of employability and business prosperity, with 80 per cent of residents in work and local businesses having seen a 10 per cent […]