The Health Secretary’s comments follow a flurry of late-night briefings from Number 10 in which allies of Sir Keir came out fighting on his behalf.

Australia faced a double injury scare on Wednesday, with Josh Hazlewood undergoing precautionary scans in Sydney and fellow seamer Sean Abbott ruled out of the first Ashes Test.

Kai Trump, 18, is playing on a sponsor’s invitation this week at The Annika driven by Gainbridge event in Florida.

Princess Anne visited Commonwealth war graves and Royal Navy vessel HMS Spey on the first day of her visit to Singapore.

Craig Bellamy has vowed to lead Wales into “massive” Euro 2028 with his name still in the frame for the Celtic job. Bellamy – who had a loan spell at Celtic in 2005 during his playing career – has ...