South Africa v Australia: World Test Championship final cricket, day two – as it happened
Daniel Gallan (later) and Geoff Lemon (earlier)
theguardian.com
June 12, 2025
Sport
For the second day in a row, ball dominated bast as 14 wickets fell with Australia holding a nervy lead of 218.
Emma Raducanu leapfrogs Katie Boulter to British No 1 after beating Sramkova at Queen’s
Tumaini Carayol at Queen's Club
The Guardian
June 12, 2025
Sport
Emma Raducanu beat Rebecca Sramkova 6-4, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals at Queen’s as Katie Boulter bowed out
Australia and South Africa wickets tumble to leave WTC final on a knife-edge
Ali Martin at Lord's
The Guardian
June 12, 2025
Sport
Pat Cummins took six wickets as South Africa were dismissed for 138 but Australia struggled their way to 144-8 in their second innings
Demob-happy IFS director tears into Rachel Reeves’s spending review
John Crace
The Guardian
June 12, 2025
Politics
Blistering analysis by outgoing chief concludes chancellor likely to end up ‘gnat’s whisker’ away from tax rises
Saving Britain’s precious habitats from invasive grasses
Unknown Author
The Guardian
June 12, 2025
Environment
<strong>Letters: </strong>Readers respond to an article by George Monbiot
Sheep farming is integral to the Lake District’s heritage
Unknown Author
The Guardian
June 12, 2025
UK news
<strong>Letters: </strong>The public can trust sheep farmers to continue to manage the landscape sensitively, writes <strong>Phil Stocker</strong>
Wales needs a green future, not Nigel Farage’s coalmine fantasy
Neil Kinnock
The Guardian
June 12, 2025
Politics
<strong>Letters: </strong>The Reform UK leader’s vision of reviving coalmines and blast furnaces in south Wales is absurd, writes <strong>Neil Kinnock</strong>
The honourable course on Gaza
Unknown Author
The Guardian
June 12, 2025
Global
<strong>Brief letters: </strong>Foreign Office staff | Children’s books | Persnicketiness | Present participles | Pure tennis poetry | Shag carpet
Government set to intervene in Croydon council as report warns of ‘financial crisis’
Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent
The Guardian
June 12, 2025
Society
Commissioners likely to run council, which report says is ‘heading for effective bankruptcy’ for fourth time since 2020
An ugly pack and backs worth paying to watch: Bath have taken us back to the 1990s
Andy Bull
The Guardian
June 12, 2025
Sport
There was a time when the team playing at the Rec were the dominant force in English club rugby and there are signs they may be on the rise once again