Rhys Priestland has lost his fitness battle for Wales’ World Cup semi-final clash against France at Eden Park on Saturday.

Seamus Power continued his remarkable start to life in American collegiate golf with victory in the prestigious Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate tournament in Alabama this week.

Thousands of people today gathered for the funeral of 11-year-old gun victim Rhys Jones.

A coroner will today deliver his ruling in the case of a toddler whom hospital staff took more than 13 hours to diagnose with a form of meningitis.