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England’s Ashes preparation has been rocked after spinner Jack Leach was ruled out of the series with a back stress fracture. Leach claimed four scalps during England’s 10-wicket victory over Ireland at Lord’s this week, but developed low back symptoms during the match. A subsequent scan on Sunday revealed a stress fracture in the lumbar region of the spine, which will rule him out of all five Ashes Tests. “Spinner Jack Leach has been ruled

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A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after two teenagers were reportedly threatened with a machete in a Somerset town. Officers were called to Parkway in Bridgwater at around 6.10pm on Saturday June 3. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested later the same evening and remains in police custody. Avon and Somerset Constabulary said they were aware of footage posted on social media which showed a

A landslide struck a rural district in China’s southwestern Sichuan province on Sunday morning, killing 19 people and leaving several others missing, authorities said. The mountainous region has seen rainfall lasting weeks, saturating the top soil. More than 180 people were helping to find those buried under the debris in Sichuan’s Leshan county, with the search continuing into the afternoon, the Communist Party committee of Jinhouke district said on its social media

She replaced Philip Schofield at the event at The Lowry in Salford Quays EastEnders has been crowned best soap at the British Soap Awards, where host Jane McDonald proved a hit after taking over from Phillip Schofield. The ceremony, at The Lowry in Salford Quays, was presented by McDonald after she stepped in to replace Schofield when he quit ITV amid a furore over his extramarital affair with a younger male colleague. Wearing a gold

It was bought for £1.2 million in March 2007 The King is giving up his home in Wales on the edge of the Brecon Beacons. Llwynywermod, near Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, was bought for £1.2 million by the Duchy of Cornwall estate on behalf of the then prince in March 2007 after he spent 40 years searching for the right place. The former coach house and farm buildings are at the centre of

The pop star was born in London to Kosovan-Albanian parents Pop star Dua Lipa has criticised the way ministers have discussed migrants as “short-sighted and small-minded”. Lipa, born in London to Kosovan-Albanian parents, said the way the Government has discussed Albanians caused her “hurt” as she called for “more empathy”. Home Secretary Suella Braverman singled out “Albanian criminals” as she claimed there was an “invasion” of England in a Commons debate on small

The error led to one of the trains involved wrongly changing tracks The rail crash in eastern India which killed more than 300 people and injured hundreds of others was caused by an error in the electronic signalling system which led to a train wrongly changing tracks, India’s railways minister said on Sunday. “Who has done it and what is the reason will come out of an investigation,” Ashwini Vaishnaw said in an interview