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Davies goes home to build Wales base with the Blues

It is not all sweetness and light in Welsh rugby despite the Six Nations Grand Slam: the four regional sides are struggling for crowds, struggling for finance and, as a consequence, struggling to hang on to their best talent in the face of big-money raids from France.

Phil Davies is joining Cardiff as director of rugby

Davies goes home to build Wales base with the Blues

It is not all sweetness and light in Welsh rugby despite the Grand Slam triumph in this year's Six Nations: the four regional sides are struggling for crowds, struggling for finance and, as a consequence, struggling to hang on to their best talent in the face of big-money raids from France.

BEN YOUNGS: The scrum-half appeared to drop his right knee on the prone body of Jamie Gibson

Ben Youngs suspended by RFU, but won't miss a Leicester game

Leicester scrum-half Ben Youngs has been suspended for a week by a Rugby Football Union disciplinary hearing after pleading guilty to striking London Irish forward Jamie Gibson with his knee.

Northampton winger Calum Clark

Northampton suspend winger Calum Clark indefinitely

Northampton have announced that they have suspended flanker Calum Clark from playing until further notice.

PJ Proby, the veteran pop singer

'Justice has been done': singer P J Proby cleared of £47,000 benefits fraud

PJ Proby, the veteran pop singer, has been cleared of benefit fraud after the prosecution dropped its case following the discovery of new evidence. Proby, 73, was acquitted on all nine counts after being accused of cheating the benefits system out of more than £47,000 by claiming he had just £5 in the bank.

PJ Proby fraud trial is stopped following new evidence

American-born pop singer PJ Proby has been cleared of benefit fraud after the prosecution dropped its case following the discovery of new evidence.

Charlie Hodgson: England No 10 has recovered from an injured finger to start for Saracens

Weekend Preview: Hodgson back to help weakened champions

Saracens v Northampton

Burglar given 22 years for OAP murder

A burglar who murdered a disabled pensioner while on licence for a string of street robberies has been ordered to serve at least 22 years behind bars.

Goode keeps his cool to shock Saracens

Saracens' hopes of finishing top of the Aviva Premiership were dealt a bitter blow last night when lowly Worcester pulled off a 16-11 win at Sixways, after the visitors had opened up an 8-0 lead.

Wayne Barnes was one of two English referees at the World Cup

Brian Ashton: More common sense, less letter of the law from refs

Tackling The Issues

Gloucester try to halt Worcester’s highly rated Miles Benjamin

Worcester need to keep young talents, says Goode

Worcester 21 Gloucester 15

The Gloucester wing Charlie Sharples tackles fellow wide boy - Worcester's Miles Benjamin - at Sixways

Worcester look Goode enough to avoid drop

Worcester Warriors 21 Gloucester 15: Former England fly-half adds footwork to boot work to beat Tindall's disappointing Gloucester

Manu Tuilagi has a hamstring problem

Manu Tuilagi to miss start of Six Nations with injury

Centre Manu Tuilagi looks set to miss England's RBS 6 Nations opener against Scotland due to a hamstring injury.

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Joumana Haddad: 'Arab women have been brainwashed'

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Next in line – but public just can't warm to idea of Charles in charge

'Independent' poll finds less that half want him to take throne as ministers moan of interference
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Nothing's sacred: the illegal trade in India's holy cows

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Mogul grounded: Desmond gives up his jet deal

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