Former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming is appointed as England Test coach, with Joe Root as captain.

The UK is seeing a sharp rise in cases - 67 since April - with many of them among travellers returning from Mexico.

The Bank also expects the economy to grow more than previously forecast this year, although uncertainties remain because of the Iran war.

The sportswear company’s stock declined 17% after it reported a 30% hike in marketing expenditure.

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as Bank governor Andrew Bailey prepares to present updated forecasts on UK economy That German GDP reading has indeed contributed to the wider eurozone hitting expectations – and then some. The eurozone economy grew by 0.4% in the second quarter of 2026, according to the preliminary reading from Eurostat – defying the gloom caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran. Continue reading...

An anonymous X account posted a detailed breakdown of chatbot text in 38 popular stories inspired by the hockey romance. The fandom spiraled.

The restaurant company provided no update on the cyclospora outbreak tied to Taco Bell restaurants is affecting its business.

Updates from Thursday’s live action in Glasgow Medal table | Day six in pictures | Mail Martin It’s time for Martin Belam to run the show. Fiji’s Taniela Rainibogi is going to wear gold: he backs up his dominant display in the snatch with a clean-and-jerk lift of 208kg. That brings him to a total of 378kg, and he finishes four kilos ahead of England’s Cyrille Tchatchet II. Samoa’s Jack Opeloge, making a dash for bronze by trying to lift a monstrous 210kg, has a nasty fall with his second attempt – and doesn’t fare much better with his third. Canada’s Xavier Lusignan takes third. Continue reading...

After a cancellation and long delays, the airline offered to cover the cost of a flight on another carrier. Then it refused to make good on that promise.

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