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Leeds Rhinos head coach Brad Arthur told BBC Radio Leeds:”It’s the closest we’ve got to 80 minutes. I was pretty pleased with that performance. I thought we showed good resilience, good fight, the attitude was really good, too.”I asked the boys for a bit extra tonight in their effort and physicality and they delivered.”I thought the opposition were really good early, they made us fight and we were probably fortunate to go in [at half-time] at 18-0, but that’s exactly what we needed.”Our resilience before half-time and then even at the end of the game on the try line, just…

For those in Greenfield, life has been largely unaffected by the blaze with smoke mainly blowing in the other direction. While some said there had been a drop in visitors, Melanie Harrop, from Harrop’s Farm Shop, said the fire had had no impact.She added: “They were going past every day, on some days it was like 10 fire engines going past. It was just barmy but they have got it a bit under control now.”Harrop said she hopes authorities will focus more on tackling issues that can lead to fires, adding: “I think it’s awful. I think it’s horrible and…

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That demand for endearing imperfection is also helping to sustain one of the country’s oldest papermaking traditions.Jim Patterson, 79, owner of Two Rivers Paper in Watchet, Somerset, still makes paper using techniques that pre-date the invention of the paper machine in 1806.Using unbleached cotton and linen rather than wood, the company produces paper by hand for fine artists, watercolour painters and bookbinders.”The difference between anything that’s made by hand, and that which is made on a machine, is the consistency of it,” he said.”We sell imperfection, and that’s attractive for some. It’s not ‘unreliable’, it’s the measure of craftsmanship.”In an…

Meanwhile, a boxer from Tuvalu claimed her country’s first ever Commonwealth Games medal without winning a fight.Because there were only five entrants, Tarona Taafaki received a bye to the last four, meaning she was automatically guaranteed at least a bronze medal.The 20-year-old lost her first and only fight in the women’s 75kg division – which was a semi-final – to India’s Lovlina Borgohain on Friday, losing every round on all three of the judges’ cards.Taafaki’s coach and father, Badi Taafaki, says the population of the tiny Pacific island nation – at 10 square miles the fourth smallest in the world…

Chancellor John Healey has announced the date of his first Budget will be Wednesday, 28 October.In a video message,  he said: “This will be a Budget that moves money and power out of Westminster, and into every postcode around Britain.”It will be built on fiscal discipline. It will meet our fiscal rules. It’ll give businesses and families some of the stability they need to plan for the future. Now, let’s get on with the job.”Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said his government will stick to Labour’s fiscal rules on spending and borrowing as well as the party’s 2024 manifesto pledges not…

Georgia Hunter Bell is eyeing an ambitious sweep of gold medals in 2026 after winning the 800m Commonwealth Games title in Glasgow.England’s Hunter Bell dominated the field to add Commonwealth gold to the 1500m world indoor title she won earlier this year in Poland.The 32-year-old, a training partner of 800m Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson, will also race at next month’s European Championships and the inaugural Ultimate Championships in September.”There are four opportunities to win gold this year,” Hunter Bell told BBC Sport.”I am two golds down and two more to go.”Hunter Bell is blossoming later in her career. Having taken…

Tranmere Rovers v Rochdale – Saturday, 1 August (15:00 BST)Rochdale’s return to the EFL after three seasons away proved to be every bit as gripping as York’s.After dusting themselves down from their final-day disappointment, Dale beat Scunthorpe in the play-offs to set up a promotion final against Boreham Wood at Wembley.Goals from Matt Rush and Abdul Abdulmalik had Wood on course for a first-ever EFL promotion before Tyler Smith pulled one back with 13 minutes to go and, in the seventh minute of stoppage time, Dieseruvwe popped up again to send the game to extra time.After a goalless 30 additional…