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Britain’s Francesca Jones made it back-to-back wins on the Challenger Tour by successfully defending her title at the Palermo Ladies Open.The top seed beat Fiona Ferro 6-0 4-6 7-6 (8-6) in two hours and 43 minutes.Jones, who had dropped one set all tournament, took the opener in just 21 minutes.The 25-year-old then fought back from 3-0 down to lead 4-3 in the second, but Ferro reeled off three straight games to level the match.A tight deciding set went all the way to a tie break, where the French seventh seed spurned match point at 6-5, allowing Jones to close out…

Andy Burnham has pledged to continue the UK’s “unwavering” support for Ukraine ahead of a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday.Zelensky will become the prime minister’s first international visitor since he took office a week ago, which No 10 said “illustrates the strength of the relationship between the two nations”.They will visit a naval base, where Burnham will announce the sharing of the intellectual property behind the UK’s new “Stone Cloak” electronic warfare system, enabling Ukraine to produce the technology at scale.The prime minister said: “Britain stands with Ukrain, shoulder to shoulder, and our support remains unwavering. Russia should…

England’s Adam Ramsay-Peaty will have the chance to defend his men’s 50m breaststroke title at the Commonwealth Games after qualifying third fastest for the final.The 31-year-old, who broke down in tears after taking bronze in the 100m on Saturday night, finished second in his semi-final with a time of 26.82 seconds.World record holder Ramsay-Peaty will have to close the gap to South Africa’s Michael Houlie – who set the pace with 26.61 – when he races in the final on Monday at 20:07 BST.Australia’s 100m breaststroke gold medallist Sam Williamson and Jersey’s silver medallist Filip Nowacki will also line up…

A baby girl is among four people killed in a fatal crash in Derby.The crash occurred late on Saturday night at approximately 11pm on the A38 on a stretch between the A50 Toyota Island and the A516.A red Hyundai carrying five occupants veered off the carriageway and struck trees.Derbyshire Police were called to the scene on July 25 and discovered the wrecked vehicle.Three of the passengers were pronounced dead at the roadside, while the infant was rushed to hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.The driver, a 33-year-old man who has been arrested, was taken to hospital for treatment…

Burnham first proposed a universal system of social care in England in 2009 when he was health secretary under Gordon Brown. He has vowed to spend political capital on the issue as prime minister.However, he is not the first leader in recent years to pledge to address the issue of adult social care.In 2019, in his first speech as prime minister, Boris Johnson said the Conservative Party would “fix the crisis in social care once and for all”.Five years later in July 2024, Sir Keir Starmer faced criticism when Labour scrapped plans for an £86,000 cap on the amount anyone…

A mic’d up Jonny Bairstow reacts to spilling a catch from a Sam Billings scoop shot attempt, and talks through where he went wrong with the BBC Sport commentary box in the Men’s Hundred match between Trent Rockets and London Spirit.WATCH MORE: Cricket video on BBC SportAvailable to UK users only.

A man has been charged with two counts of attempted rape in Rochdale.Harvey Symes, 23, is due to appear before Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court on Monday, Greater Manchester Police said.The force added that he has also been charged with threats to kill.It follows an investigation after two women reported being attacked in Broadfield Park and Milnrow Park in the town on Saturday morning.Listen to the best of Radio Manchester on Sounds and follow Manchester on Facebook, external, X, external, and Instagram, external. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.

One of the most entertaining riders in the race was Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz of EF Education-Easypost. He toiled earlier in the race before coming into great form to claim the king of the mountains’ polka dot jersey. He won stage 18 and Saturday’s stage 20 after topping the race’s highest point first and after 5,450km of climbing.The green points jersey was awarded to Pedersen of Lidl-Trek, after tenacious riding on climbs he is not typically strong on to hoover up mid-stage points, alongside winning stage four.He beat a number of sprinters to the jersey, including Japser Philipsen of Alpecin-Premier Tech.…

Worcestershire appeared to be cruising towards victory when Hampshire, chasing 308, needed 48 runs to win with 21 balls remaining and one wicket in hand.Some big hitting from Andrew Neal took Hampshire to the brink of an astonishing success but, requiring five more off the final three balls, he edged spinner Fateh Singh behind to fall for 48 off 22 balls.The late drama at New Road was in sharp contrast to events earlier in the day at Radlett, where Middlesex made short work of Glamorgan’s batting line-up.Naavya Sharma (4-29), Toby Roland-Jones (3-35) and Noah Cornwell (3-1) were the only three…

Beloved children’s teddy bears are transgender, a taxpayer-funded exhibition has claimed.A publicly funded exhibition has declared that certain Care Bears characters are “transgender or gender fluid,” drawing on money from Arts Council England to advance its claims.The Villiers Revealed project, produced by Culture Leicestershire, describes the beloved children’s toy line as “a symbol for the LGBTQA+ community” while seeking to spotlight what it calls “trans narratives erased by colonialism.”Originally created by the American Greetings card company in 1981, Care Bears became one of the decade’s most recognisable children’s brands, encompassing both toys and animated characters.The exhibition first appeared as a…