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With two years until the tournament, Steve Borthwick’s side are entering a new phase and carry real optimism into November

England got to 222 all out in 40.2 overs thanks to Jamie Overton’s ODI best 68 off 62 balls.

Over-by-over report: England’s top-order batters misfired again in their final international before the Ashes as New Zealand claimed a tense two-wicket win

Earps’ autobiography All In has been serialised ahead of its release, lifting the lid on her decision to retire ahead of the Euros this year

England captain stresses team must display their full power in Saturday’s first of four home internationals in November

Mary Earps says she protested to the Lionesses head coach, Sarina Wiegman, that ‘bad behaviour is being rewarded’ when rival goalkeeper Hannah Hampton was restored to the England side

In Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula (1887), an English solicitor (Jonathan Harker) is sent to Transylvania to assist Count Dracula, an aristocrat, in his move to England. When Harker discovers Dracula lying in a coffin after feeding on blood, he understands the threat that Dracula poses to England.

UK government proposals to increase the cost of sending soil to landfill have received strong pushback from the construction industry. But there is a strong environmental case for protecting healthy soils in this way.

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Old rivals clash at Twickenham in Autumn Nations Series opener

Victory over hosts at Twickenham 12 months ago proved a launchpad for Australia to begin climb back from nadir