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England captain Catherine Spencer believes her side can end New Zealand's dominance of the women's game when the two meet in Sunday's World Cup final.

An amateur gardener grows what he believes to be the largest potato in the world.

An amateur gardener grows what he believes to be the largest potato in the world.

England captain Paul Collingwood says his side are "100% prepared" for Sunday's first Twenty20 international against Pakistan in Cardiff.

Police say they are concerned for the welfare of a teenage girl from Barnsley who has been missing for two days.

Six 12-year-olds from the Bristol area swim the English Channel, setting what they say is a new relay record.

Part of a ring road in south Leeds will be closed for much of the weekend following a large gas mains fire, police say.

A Tory councillor defects to Labour over cuts to the government's schools building programme, saying she was "ashamed to be a Conservative".

The outer building of a Hare Krishna temple in Leicester is to be demolished.

Some 77% of Britons think taxpayers should not help pay for Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Scotland and England, a survey suggests.

A Tory councillor defects to Labour over cuts to the government's schools building programme, saying she was "ashamed to be a Conservative".

A bendy bus catches fire outside Victoria railway station in central London causing travel disruption.

Two Greater Manchester Police officers who crashed a sports car seized from a suspected drink-driver could face prosecution.

England coach Andy Flower says he is satisfied with spin bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed's role within the team despite previous links with illegal bookmakers.

A campaigner who fought with Joanna Lumley for the right of former Gurkhas to settle in the UK has launched a petition to defend the regiment.

Firefighters rescue a horse and its groom after the animal kicked its way from a horse box into the front cab.

Firefighters rescue a horse and its groom after the animal kicked its way from a horse box into the front cab.

A lawyer for the three Pakistan players at the centre of allegations of corruption says they are keen for a "timely and satisfactory outcome" to the affair.

A national club holds its annual swim in Windermere after another event is cancelled because of warnings over poisonous algae.

A national club holds its annual swim in Windermere after another event is cancelled because of warnings over poisonous algae.