Comfortably beat Barbados (69-3) and USA (56-7) to qualify, but lost 61-26 to Wales and 41-6 to Ireland last autumn. Since thrashed USA again, 52-10, and lost to the NZ Maori (59-23) and New Zealand (64-13) recently.

England's World Cup-winning cricket team have met Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street.

Both England and New Zealand scored 241 runs from their 50 overs in Sunday's final at Lord's, before Eoin Morgan's side won after a dramatic super over.

The victory meant England won the World Cup for the first time after losing in the finals of the 1979, 1987 and 1992 competitions.

Another former Prime Minister, Sir John Major, who is an honorary life vice-president of Surrey County Cricket Club, was also at the reception at Downing Street.

Everton have signed midfielder Fabian Delph from Manchester City on a three-year deal.

The Lion King: Disney remakes and the power of nostalgia

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-47696220

In driving from Houston, Texas to Sterling, Virginia, the Taylors drove 1,626 miles on a single 19.322 gallon fill of clean diesel. That equates to an average economy figure of 84.1 miles per gallon.

In 2011, it was reported that 71-year-old Chen Dejun, of Chongqing, China, has been drinking gasoline for over 40 years. According to one report, in 1969 when Chen picked up his habit (based on a folk remedy), kerosene was the elixir of choice; adapting to the times, he later switched to gasoline, and in 2011, he was supposedly imbibing nearly one gallon each month (about 4 ounces per day).

Explosive diarrhea occurs when the rec tum fills with more liquid and gas than it can hold. Passing the stool is often loud, due to the escaping gas. The World Health Organization (WHO) define diarrhea as passing three or more liquid or loose stools in a day.

Many people, such as the Ceballos family, adopted the name of their occupation as their surname. The surname Ceballos was an occupational name for a knight or a knight's servant.

A knight was a man who served as a mounted, armored soldier during the Middle Ages. Today, a knight is a gentleman bestowed with the rank of knight by a sovereign because of his service or because of his merit. A man who attains such a rank may use the title Sir before his name. The word knight is also used to designate a particular chess piece that sports a horse head. Knight is also used figuratively to mean a man who is a champion or a protector. Knight is also used as a verb to describe bestowing the title of knight upon someone. Derived from the Old English word cniht, the k sound in knight has long gone silent. Related words are knights, knighted, knighting, knighthood.

Night is the time between sunset and sunrise, the opposite of day. Night may be used as an adverb to signify that something takes place at night. The word night is also used to describe something that is gloomy or dark. Night is derived from the Old English words neaht, niht.

To pass with flying colors means to be extremely successful, to achieve something that is difficult, to excel. The phrase is also sometimes rendered as come through with flying colors or come off with flying colors. The idiom to pass with flying colors is taken from a nautical custom. The colors of a ship are its flags. A victorious ship or one that has been successful in trade would enter harbor with its flags fully unfurled, and pass with flying colors. A vanquished ship or one that has been unsuccessful would strike its colors, or take down its flags.

1912

Anyone watching love island?

Nope, never watched it.

Ever been to the Isle of Wight?

Britain's defending champion Geraint Thomas moved up to second in the Tour de France after a dramatic conclusion to stage 10.

Yes I have been to the Isle of Wight. It rained the whole time.

A partial lunar eclipse could be visible from the UK on Tuesday, 50 years to the day since the US mission to put men on the Moon lifted off.

Shocking moment British documentary maker is caught in a violent clash between rival tribes in Congo

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7249287/Moment-British-documentary-maker-caught-violent-clash-rival-tribes-Congo.html

Fishermen 'still illegally discarding dead fish' says report

EastEnders star Tameka Empson's exit confirmed as Kim Fox leaves Albert Square

That time Kim slept though Christmas

A street in north Wales has been declared the steepest in the world.

Residents in Harlech, Gwynedd are celebrating after Guinness World Records verified the gradient of Ffordd Pen Llech at 37.45%.

The title had been held by Baldwin Street in Dunedin, New Zealand, with a gradient of 35% at its steepest.

El Salvador: Woman faces retrial in stillbirth case

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-48995803

Laurent Koscielny 'very hurt' by Arsenal row - Olivier Giroud