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My best Christmas on tour was in South Africa in 2015. The Boxing Day Test was the opening match of the series and it was going to be highly competitive. South Africa were still packed with big guns and we had just won the Ashes the previous summer.I’d had a few months out with a stress fracture to the ball of my foot and it felt like a Christmas present when I proved myself fit enough to join the squad in Durban.In contrast to that Australia tour five years earlier, I knew if I was fit I was going to…

Britain’s farming sector has been hit by an unprecedented wave of closures, with 6,270 agriculture, forestry and fishing businesses shutting down since Rachel Reeves unveiled her inheritance tax changes on agricultural assets.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures, spanning the 12 months from October 2024 when the policy was first announced, represent the highest closure rate ever recorded in the sector.The data also revealed that fewer people are willing to start new farming ventures following the tax announcement.This creates a net reduction of 3,045 businesses, demonstrating that Britain’s farming sector is contracting at an unprecedented rate.Britain’s farming sector has been…

Edward StourtonThe church of Holy Trinity is a solid red-brick presence at the top of Guildford’s medieval High Street. There has been a place of worship on the site since at least the 14th Century, and today’s Georgian building includes the tomb of an archbishop of Canterbury from the reign of the Stuarts. The pre-Christmas scene here could not be more traditional – children from the local Church of England school putting on a Nativity show of song, dance and drama.But there is a quiet revolution unfolding at Holy Trinity. In defiance of the Church of England’s current rules, the…

We’ve built five quizzes to celebrate five BBC shows – but only those with the biggest football trivia brains can beat them all.So, is your knowledge the Strongest Link or is it more Pointless?With the exception of our Mastermind quiz, which has used past questions on the show, all these quizzes have been written by the BBC Sport team and are just inspired by the relevant BBC quiz.The quizzes get harder as you go – good luck with our Only Connect finale. It’s time to put yourself to the test!

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