SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has said he will raise the "folly" of Brexit during a meeting with the governor of the Bank of England. Ahead of talks with Andrew Bailey, Flynn also called on the UK government to renegotiate its trade agreement with the EU.

The Lionesses have hit been hit by a further injury blow with Jess Park unavailable to face Brazil and Australia.

Resident doctors in England will go on strike next month, the British Medical Association said on Thursday, as part of escalating industrial action over job insecurity and eroded pay.

England World Cup winner Jess Breach has signed a new contract with Saracens. The 27-year-old wing was the Red Roses' top try scorer with six as they lifted the World Cup trophy last month. Breach has 53 England caps in which she has scored 42 tries for her country.

The Millennium Seed Bank at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew marks its 25th anniversary. It stores over 2.5 billion wild plant seeds from around 40,000 species to guard against extinction.

England won a damp squib T20 series against New Zealand one-nil, after rain washed out the third and final T20 after only three-and-a-half overs.

Only Severn Trent got the top rating of four stars. All others got two stars, except Thames - the UK's largest water company - which got one. The EA says its assessment criteria has been tightened over time, so its ratings do "not mean performance has declined since 2011".