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Ashes Watch

'A lot of evidence some people have to use them because of benefits system glitches'

Durham 259 & 240-6 Middlesex 196 & 165-5 (Match drawn): Durham captain waits to declare – and scuppers chance of a victory

Durham 259 & 37-0 Middlesex 196

Durham 259 Middlesex 11-2

England bowler penalised for actions in comeback game for Nottinghamshire against Durham

Nottinghamshire 320 & 333 Durham 471 & 184-4 (Durham win by six wickets)

Nottinghamshire 320 & 145-5 Durham 471

Driver of the lorry has been arrested, and ambulance service say they treated and transported 25 patients

The first County Championship half-century of an Ashes summer was scored, appropriately, by an Australian, pipping another to the mark by moments. Ed Cowan, the man likely to open the batting for Michael Clarke's team in the first Test at Trent Bridge in July, marked his first appearance on that ground for Nottinghamshire by passing 50 in the 20th over against Middlesex, an over ahead of George Bailey, Australia's Twenty20 captain, on his Hampshire debut against Leicestershire at the Ageas Bowl. Bailey fell seven runs short of a debut century.

The Italian's appointment has proved hugely controversial

Coroner demands gun licensing overhaul over killer Michael Atherton, who legally owned six weapons

Police have taken to Facebook to warn youngsters they could be arrested for throwing snowballs at cars, homes or people who do not want to be involved in games.