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REDDITCH United ended a run of three pre-season games without a win with a 3-1 victory against Coventry United. Goals from Tyler Bruck, a trialist and Alex Cameron saw Redditch return to winning ways under caretaker boss Jimmy Fry at the Valley Stadium. Coventry play one level below the Reds after securing promotion to the Northern Premier League Midlands last season. Redditch broke the deadlock on 25 minutes when Bruck drew a foul in the box and picked himself…

Green Party leader Zack Polanski has repeatedly declined to apologise to Nigel Farage after re-sharing a photograph of a man wearing a T-shirt bearing a guillotine and a slogan referencing the Reform UK leader. Zia Yusuf, Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson, described the picture as showing someone appearing to call for Farage’s beheading, and suggested it could amount to incitement to murder. Polanski was reported to the Metropolitan Police over the post, which he subsequently removed, though he told…

MIKEY Doble achieved three top-10 finishes for Studley-based Power Maxed Racing as the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) returned from a mid-season break at Thruxton. Doble finished eight in races one and two and 10th in race three while he also secured a victory in the independent class to lead the standings. The Power Maxed driver sits seventh in the drivers’ standings on 136 points and now leads the independent drivers standings by 23 points. Doble showed consistency throughout…

Whitehall officials draw up 1.8pc income levy to bankroll Andy Burnham’s social care plan. Officials in the Department for Health and Social Care have drawn up a package of options for Prime Minister Andy Burnham, as he prepares to confront one of the most politically fraught questions of his early premiership: how to pay for the overhaul of the country’s care system. Among the proposals being considered is a new, mandatory levy on income, which would feed into a…