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Best of Brakfast Episode 174 Yana Bolder
Brendon McCullum will leave his role as England’s Test head coach but continue to lead the white-ball teams.
The forty-four-year-old took over the red-ball side in spring of 2022, bringing an immediate uplift in form with his ‘Bazball’ style and winning eleven of his first thirteen Tests in charge. This came after England had secured only one victory in seventeen games prior to his appointment. However, England have lost eight of their last twelve Tests, winning just three, following a recent two-one home series defeat to New Zealand. This follows a four-one Ashes hammering over the winter on a tour littered with errors on and off the field.
A major incident has been declared by emergency services dealing with a large wildfire in North Wales.
Firefighters are working to protect communities from the blaze near Sychnant Pass on Conwy Mountain. It comes as a huge swathe of the United Kingdom faces an exceptional risk of wildfires this week.
A twenty-four-year-old woman has been killed and a man injured in a double stabbing in west London.
Emergency crews were called to Uxbridge Road in Hayes shortly before eight o’clock this morning. The woman died at the scene, while the man, in his twenties, is in an unknown condition.
The long-delayed Hillsborough Law bill is expected to be approved by MPs on Tuesday, paving the way for it to become law by the autumn.
The legislation, formally known as the Public Office Accountability Bill, was previously withdrawn following disagreements over a proposed legal duty of candour on public bodies and officials.
Rail passengers are being warned of alterations to services between London Paddington, Reading and Oxford due to the hot weather.
Great Western Railway trains will run non-stop between Reading and Paddington, bypassing Twyford, Maidenhead and Slough. Disrupted passengers can use the Elizabeth line at no extra cost until eight tonight.
Police say there is nothing to suggest that the killing of former MP Ann Widdecombe was politically motivated.
Devon and Cornwall Police also confirmed they are not treating her death as connected to terrorism. A twenty-eight-year-old white British man was arrested in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, yesterday on suspicion of murder. Widdecombe’s family have been informed of the updates.
Antiques Roadshow specialist Theo Burrell has died at the age of thirty-nine.
Ms Burrell joined the BBC programme in 2018 to appraise items brought in by the public. Following a diagnosis of an incurable brain tumour in June 2022, she became a prominent campaigner for Brain Tumour Research, fighting for increased government funding and improved clinical trials.
Parts of the United Kingdom face an exceptional risk of wildfires over the coming days as the record-breaking heatwave continues.
Natural England says a large part of southern England and pockets of the south Midlands are at exceptional risk today. Many other areas across England and Wales face a very high risk all week as heatwave temperatures persist.
The United States has launched a fresh wave of strikes after Iranian forces hit a ship passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
In response, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard announced the waterway is closed and launched attacks on American bases and regional allies. Missiles and drones targeted a US base in Jordan, alongside responses from the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain.
Jude Bellingham’s brace in Miami has sent England through to the World Cup semi-finals.
Norway proved a tough match in normal time, with Andreas Schjelderup scoring in the first half and having a goal disallowed in the second. However, England’s number ten sealed the extra-time win by following up a long shot from Morgan Rogers. The Three Lions will next face the winner of Argentina against Switzerland.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has announced the Strait of Hormuz is closed until further notice, according to state media.
The navy claimed the closure followed an attempt by several vessels to travel along an unapproved route. A statement said one ship was struck by a warning shot, adding that no vessels will pass until the end of American interventions in the area.
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