Listen: T20 Blastpublished at 14:52 British Summer Time 17 September 2020
Listen to live BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and BBC local radio commentaries on eight matches in the T20 Blast.
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Listen: T20 Blastpublished at 14:52 British Summer Time 17 September 2020
Rail replacements 'humiliating' disabled peoplepublished at 11:25 British Summer Time 17 September 2020
11:25 BST 17 September 2020Rules on accessible buses come into force at the end of year but operators say there are not enough.
Read MoreWoman dies after being hit by buspublished at 08:15 British Summer Time 17 September 2020
08:15 BST 17 September 2020The bus driver is assisting police with its inquiries, Essex Police said.
Read MorePM: Speak to rule-breakers before calling policepublished at 01:47 British Summer Time 17 September 2020
01:47 BST 17 September 2020Boris Johnson says he is not a fan of "sneak culture" over his new rule banning gatherings larger than six.
Read MoreBabar ton boosts Somerset as Surrey qualifypublished at 22:34 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
22:34 BST 16 September 2020A Babar Azam century fuels Somerset's late T20 Blast bid, while holders Essex keep their faint hopes alive and there are also wins for Surrey, Middlesex and Durham.
Read More'Large' queues build at Covid-19 testing centrepublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
17:10 BST 16 September 2020Many people have been going to a test centre in Southend without an appointment, a councillor says.
Read MoreLong queues form outside Covid-19 test centrepublished at 17:07 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
17:07 BST 16 September 2020A council has urged people only to turn up at the walk-through facility if they have an appointment.
Read MoreSouthend get more time to pay HMRC debtpublished at 11:37 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
11:37 BST 16 September 2020Southend United are given more time to clear tax debts after a winding-up petition is adjourned for a fourth time.
Read MoreThe Mayflower ship that never set sailpublished at 01:49 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
01:49 BST 16 September 2020How plans for a replica of one of England's most famous ships became a railway museum instead.
Read MorePaddleboarder reunited with Go-Pro lost in the seapublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 15 September 2020
18:02 BST 15 September 2020A Cornish metal detectorist tracks down the paddleboarder in Essex who lost the camera six weeks ago.
Read MoreTravellers moved on despite injunction expirypublished at 16:41 British Summer Time 15 September 2020
16:41 BST 15 September 2020A court ruling protecting 320 sites in a town from unauthorised caravan encampments ended this year.
Read MoreSentences to double for attacks on emergency staffpublished at 16:14 British Summer Time 15 September 2020
16:14 BST 15 September 2020New laws will increase maximum jail terms for assaults on front-line workers to two years.
Read MoreFour jailed in Vietnam over migrant lorry deathspublished at 11:38 British Summer Time 15 September 2020
11:38 BST 15 September 2020The defendants were paid $22,000 by one victim for the illegal journey to Britain, state media report.
Read MorePatel challenged on testing delayspublished at 09:36 British Summer Time 15 September 2020
09:36 BST 15 September 2020Home Secretary Priti Patel has said delays in testing for the public are "unacceptable".
Read MoreCrawley hits maiden T20 ton in Kent winpublished at 22:09 British Summer Time 14 September 2020
22:09 BST 14 September 2020Surrey win to go top of South Group, England Test opener Zak Crawley hits maiden T20 Blast ton for Kent, holders Essex break duck and Lancashire beat Yorkshire.
Read MoreReport 'rule of six' breaches, minister urgespublished at 20:39 British Summer Time 14 September 2020
20:39 BST 14 September 2020It comes as England, Scotland and Wales introduce limits on gatherings, with some key differences.
Read MoreTravellers camp set-up after injunction expirespublished at 19:36 British Summer Time 14 September 2020
19:36 BST 14 September 2020The MP for Harlow says the failure to extend the injunction was "deeply worrying".
Read MoreListen: T20 Blast - final group matchespublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 14 September 2020
19:00 BST 14 September 2020Listen to BBC radio commentary on nine matches in the final round of group games in the T20 Blast.
Read MoreListen: T20 Blast - Glamorgan v Somerset, Yorkshire v Durham & Surrey v Sussexpublished at 18:58 British Summer Time 14 September 2020
18:58 BST 14 September 2020Listen to live BBC local radio commentary on five matches in the T20 Blast.
Read MoreFire after gas explosion in top-floor flatpublished at 16:39 British Summer Time 14 September 2020
16:39 BST 14 September 2020A person is taken to a specialist burns hospital while two others have minor injuries.
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