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BBC Sport looks at the sometimes surprising stats that show what England need to do to beat Australia down under for the first time in a decade.

BBC Sport’s guide to all you need to know about the 2021-22 Ashes between England and Australia.

The Department of Health says 14 833 793 adults in South Africa are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and 621 146 children have received one vaccine dose.

African National Congress (ANC) councillor for Ward 29 in Soweto, Brenda Dammie, has described as a misconception the narrative that residents of the township do not want to pay for electricity.

The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) and the National Professional Teachers Organisation of South Africa (Naptosa) have urged their members to get vaccinated.

Two weeks ago, several developed nations red listed travel between their countries and Southern Africa after the discovery of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

The justice department says there is “insufficient evidence” to back a writer’s claim a witness lied.

Russia and India signed a flurry of trade and arms deals during President Vladimir Putin’s visit to New Delhi for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, including one that will see India produce more than 600,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles.

The social media giant is accused of fuelling violence against the persecuted minority in Myanmar.

The latest territorial gains claimed by Abiy’s government mark another sharp shift in the 13-month war that has triggered a desperate humanitarian crisis in the north of Africa’s second most populous nation.

Amelie Osborn-Smith says she’d expected to lose her foot, but doctors say she’ll be able to walk on it again.

A Zimbabwe court on Monday dropped a case against investigative journalist and government critic Hopewell Chin’ono, charged with inciting public violence last year for supporting banned demonstrations on Twitter.

Professor Willem Hanekom says that the Omicron variant “is spreading extraordinarily fast in South Africa”.

The Department of Basic Education has published an explanatory summary of its Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill, which will be published for public comment shortly.

Listed property developer, Growthpoint says it is on track to complete the turnkey data centre development of NTT Johannesburg 1 Data Centre at Centralpoint Innovation District in Samrand, Johannesburg, in early 2022.

Former International Relations Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim will be laid to rest at the Heroes’ Acre at Westpark Cemetery in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

The Constitution 18th Amendment Bill will be brought before the National Assembly on Tuesday. The Ad Hoc Committee to Amend Section 25 of the Constitution adopted the Bill which seeks to amend the property clause to facilitate land expropriation without compensation.

The ANC has hailed the former struggle veteran and party stalwart as a committed patriot

The Barberton Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga has granted R3000 bail to the former ANC councillor accused of murder. Lifa Nkosi was arrested last month, following the murder of an off-duty police officer and a friend in Barberton.

Everton struck twice in the final 11 minutes to end an eight-game winless run with a 2-1 victory over Arsenal that lifts the pressure on manager Rafael Benitez.

The Premier Soccer League (PSL) has FINALLY ‘broken its silence’ amid the ongoing debacle involving Kaizer Chiefs and Cape Town City.

Abdul Ebrahim says a lack of communication from the PSL led to match officials arriving at FNB Stadium despite a no-show from Kaizer Chiefs.

Fee-paying Colston’s school to follow Colston primary and Colston’s girls’ school in ditching slave trader’s name

A fee-paying school in Bristol named after the slave trader Edward Colston is to change its name after a consultation attracted thousands of responses from the school and wider community.

Colston’s school was set up by the Bristol-born merchant in 1710 as Colston’s hospital and...

Demand for the Report Abuse in Education helpline means it will stay open, says NSPCC children’s charity

More than 850 calls, many alleging sexual abuse and harassment in schools, have been made to a national helpline set up after the Everyone’s Invited website revealed widespread sexism, misogyny and abuse in education.

A total of 150 were so serious that they have been referred to police and...

Cassper Nyovest is not about to take the hot seat on MacG’s ‘Podcast and Chill’. The Jub Jub drama is enough to scare anyone off…

‘7 de Laan’ fans cannot believe that Shawn Basson is dead. They are certain he will be back…or at least that is what they are hoping.

Something pleasant lies ahead.

The Roy family is rich in Critics Choice nominations.

Charlie Cox is here to stay.

It’s a wrap for two of the stars of Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules.”

Who would have thought the Covid-19 pandemic would present a potential gold mine for companies specialising in the harvesting and selling of data?

The students knew their university was the epicentre of a new Covid-19 variant spreading panic across the globe.

Samsung Electronics will merge its mobile and consumer electronics divisions and has named new co-CEOs in its biggest reshuffle since 2017.

The mother-of-two carefully shielded until the government said it was safe to see friends and family. She had no idea how her existing conditions could affect her

The feeling of relief was immense as 58-year-old Michele Brown returned home from the vaccine centre. Her husband, Terry, 61, had taken time off from his job as a supervisor at a heavy machinery factory to drive her to her second...

President Biden emphasized how the bill would lower prescription drug costs, an issue his administration hopes will build support for the broader package.

A survey of more than 80,000 physicians estimated that women make 25 percent less than men over a 40-year career.

The impotence pill could have effects in the brain that may help fight dementia, say US researchers.

High numbers of staff in self-isolation prompted the closure of Todholm Primary in Paisley.

Tally the Turtle is recovering in a UK zoo awaiting a flight back to the warm waters of Mexico.

Nirmal Purja’s record-breaking climb of the world’s highest peaks is the subject of a documentary.

The spacecraft is set to crash into an object called Dimorphos in September 2022.

For the first time, 3D-printed ‘meat’ is being served as a whole ‘cut’ – the BBC’s Emily Maitlis tried it.