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Crawley began the Ashes series with a pair in the first Test in Perth, facing only 11 deliveries in the match. Since then he has made scores of 76 and 44 in the second Test in Brisbane, and a battling 85 in the second innings of the third Test in …

England’s promising start to the fifth Ashes Test against Australia was curtailed by bad light and rain on the opening day in Sydney. Joe Root and Harry Brook had taken the tourists to 211-3 when the weather arrived to wipe out the evening session at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The …

A Kenyan elephant believed to have been one of Africa’s largest male tuskers has died of old age. The pachyderm, fondly known as Craig, died of natural causes on Saturday morning at Amboseli National Park in southern Kenya, conservationists confirmed. “Craig had just turned 54 years old. He led a …

A teenager who went to two schools in the UK is believed to be among the people missing after a devastating fire at a Swiss ski resort that killed at least 40 people and injured 119 others. Charlotte Niddam previously attended Immanuel College in Hertfordshire and the Jewish Free School …

England were incredibly disappointing as they lost the first three Tests in just 11 days to surrender the series at the earliest opportunity. But the tourists won the fourth Test in Melbourne to earn their first victory in this country for almost 15 years. All of Stokes, head coach Brendon …

At least two people have died after a powerful earthquake hit southern and central Mexico on Friday. CBS, the BBC’s news partner in America, reported that as of Friday evening local time, two people were killed and several injured. The epicentre of the 6.5 magnitude earthquake was near the popular …

Families’ search for loved ones in the aftermath of the Swiss ski resort fire dominates Saturday’s papers. The Times leads with a photo of a former pupil from a UK private school who has been reported among the missing. Charlotte Niddam, thought to be 15, has not been heard from …

Flammable sound-proofing material is likely to blame for the rapid spread of the deadly fire at a Swiss ski resort, Sky News has been told. The disaster occurred during the early hours of Thursday at Le Constellation, a bar in the upmarket Alpine ski resort of Crans-Montana. At least 40 …

Federica Bedendoin Maryport, Cumbria Federica Bedendo/BBC A regeneration project has pumped £12m into Maryport in west Cumbria Protecting a town’s heritage and character – and restoring its past glories – can attract shoppers, tourists and economic benefits. But sometimes efforts to preserve the original features that make a place unique …

Apple TV Matthew Rhys plays “soft and cowardly” Mayor Tom Loftis in his latest show Emmy Award-winning actor Matthew Rhys will play the mayor of a cursed island town in his latest television show, Widow’s Bay. In the Apple TV series, Rhys, 52, portrays Tom Loftis, a mayor desperate to …

Pauline McLeanScotland arts correspondent Shutterstock Maureen Beattie is continuing the family support for the campaign to save Rothesay Winter Gardens after her father Johnny Beattie stopped its demolition in 1982 Rothesay’s A-listed Winter Gardens are the ultimate survival story. And actress Maureen Beattie has the badge to prove it. In …

England have selected off-spinner Shoaib Bashir in a 12-man squad for the fifth Ashes Test against Australia in Sydney. Bashir has not played in the first four matches despite starting the series as England’s first-choice spinner. The 22-year-old missed out on the first Test after being named in a 12-man …

Video shows Swiss ski resort bar on fire Several dozen people are presumed dead and around 100 injured after a fire ripped through a bar in a ski resort in southern Switzerland, officials have said. The fire broke out at around 01:30 (00:30 GMT) during new year celebrations in a …

Watch: Huge fire rips through historic Amsterdam church during New Year celebrations Police in the Netherlands were pelted with fireworks and faced an “unprecedented amount of violence” on New Year’s Eve, officers have said. A 19th century church in Amsterdam was engulfed by fire in the early hours of New …

Watch: BBC reports from the scene of Swiss resort bar fire Several dozen people are presumed to have died and more than 100 injured following a fire in a ski resort in southern Switzerland, officials have said. Police said several nationalities were likely involved in the New Year’s Day fire, …

Dozens of people are presumed dead and around 100 others have been injured after a fire during New Year’s Eve celebrations at a bar in the Swiss Alps. The tragedy occurred during the early hours of Thursday at Le Constellation, a bar in the Alpine ski resort of Crans-Montana. Here …

Cwmni Da/S4C Kenner Elias Jones was “popular, colourful, generous” and a serial fraudster Kenner Elias Jones was a performer from a young age. As a choirboy with “the voice of an angel”, aged 19 he carried a cross leading a procession at Prince Charles’s 1969 investiture in Jones’s Caernarfon hometown, …

Matthew Tucker,BBC Newsand Lucy Talavera,BBC News AFP via Getty Images Fireworks lit up the midnight sky over Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House during New Year’s Day celebrations in Australia Nations around the world are welcoming the New Year as midnight strikes across different time zones. The island of …

Reuters A passenger has described “chaos” after two trains collided head-on near Peru’s most popular tourist attraction, Machu Picchu. Niels Honkoop, 33, told the BBC he had switched seats part-way through the journey from the middle of the train to the back, before it crashed, injuring many of those sitting …

Watch: Injured passengers helped from train after collision near Machu Picchu A train driver has died and at least 40 people have been injured in a head-on rail collision near Peru’s most popular tourist attraction, Machu Picchu. Two trains collided on the single track leading to the ancient Inca town …