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Councils will be facing fresh pressure to ensure potholes are being filled and repairs made, thanks to new Government rules.From today, June 9, 2026, councils must provide evidence that they are doing more to fix potholes and future-proof roads under new reporting requirements.Councils will need to publicly demonstrate how well they are repairing roads for the first time, with local authorities being held to account.Labour has argued that the new rules will encourage full road resurfacing, prevent potholes and bring to an end short-term patch fixes.Transparency reports will be published in September later this year, allowing everyone in England to…

Serena Williams and Victoria Mboko defeat third seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Erin Routliffe to reach the second round at Queen’s. The unseeded pair came through a tie-break in the opening set before racing away with the second set to win 7-6 (2), 6-2.READ MORE: Williams rolls back the years on return at Queen’sAvailable to UK users only.

Stockport County have signed free agent defender Kyron Gordon on a three-year deal after his contract expired at newly promoted Rochdale.The 24-year-old has linked up again with boss Jimmy McNulty, who left Rochdale last week to become the Hatters’ manager.Gordon spent the past two seasons with Dale, helping them win promotion to the English Football League via the National League play-off final at Wembley in May.”Kyron is someone that I know intimately from our time at Rochdale, where we enjoyed great success together and I watched him develop into an outstanding footballer,” McNulty said.”It was very obvious to me early…

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Serena Williams rolled back the years at Queen’s with a winning performance on her comeback to tennis after 1,375 days away from the sport.Fans with the hottest ticket in town packed out the Andy Murray Arena on Tuesday evening to watch one of the greatest players of all time return to action.Playing doubles alongside Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko, the 44-year-old American didn’t look a touch out of place as the pair won 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 to upset third seeds Erin Routliffe and Nicole Melichar-Martinez.”It was so fun,” she said in her post-match interview. “I had so much fun playing with…

A bus has been set on fire in Belfast as hundreds gathered to stage a protest after a Sudanese migrant was charged with attempted murder.More than 200 masked men and youths broke off from a main gathering in Cloughfern before setting the vehicle alight. GB News understands the Glider bus had been hijacked before the fire broke out. The Police Service of Northern Ireland has since deployed its Tactical Support Group units and arranged for a helicopter to oversee the response. The asylum seeker, who entered Northern Ireland by crossing the Irish border, was charged earlier today following a suspected…