Jamison Gibson-Park and Josh van der Flier back were also back to their best, having both been dropped for the victory over Italy.

In stark contrast, England appear to have dropped off alarmingly. There was no direction, their play was littered with errors, indecision, ill-discipline and their line-out fell apart to such an extent in the first half that Luke Cowan-Dickie had to be withdrawn, while Freddie Steward was also hooked before the interval.

There were pockets of resistance, where England managed to generate some momentum thanks to Ollie Lawrence and some running by Henry Pollock – otherwise largely ineffective at No 8 – and Marcus Smith, but there were never in the game, and the stadium knew it, with the atmosphere reduced to chatter and ironic jeers.

While Ireland look to the future, with home games against Wales and Scotland to come, Borthwick faces many questions of his own now.

Match details
Scoring sequence: 0-3, Crowley pen; 0-8, Gibson-Park try, 0-10, Crowley con; 0-15, Baloucoune try; 0-20, O’Brien try, 0-22, Crowley con; 5-22, Dingwall try, 7-22, Ford con; 7-27, Sheehan try, 7-29, Crowley con; 12-29, Lawrence try, 14-29, Ford con; 14-32, Crowley pen, 14-35, Crowley pen; 14-40, Osborne try, 14-42, Crowley con; 19-42, Underhill try.

England: F Steward (M Smith 39); T Freeman, O Lawrence, F Dingwall, H Arundell; G Ford, A Mitchell (J van Poortvliet 25); E Genge (B Rodd 51), L Cowan-Dickie (J George 29), J Heyes (T Davison 72), Maro Itoje, O Chessum, T Curry (G Pepper 51), B Earl (S Underhill 70), H Pollock.

Yellow cards: Steward, Pollock

Ireland: J Osborne; R Baloucoune, G Ringrose (C Frawley 54), S McCloskey, J Lowe (T O’Brien 18); J Crowley, Jamison Gibson-Park; J Loughman (T O’Toole 47), D Sheehan (R Kelleher 55), T Furlong (F Bealham 46), J Ryan, J McCarthy (C Prendergast 62), T Beirne, J van der Flier (N Timoney 49) , C Doris.

Yellow card: J Osborne.

Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)

Scotland stayed on course for a first triple crown since 1990 with a pulsating 26-23 comeback Six Nations victory against winless Wales in Cardiff.

Wales led for 75 minutes at Principality Stadium – and were 20-5 up at the start of the second half – but Scotland fought back with tries for Kyle Steyn, Finn Russell, Darcy Graham and George Turner.

Russell added three conversions as Scotland backed up their Murrayfield victory over England.

Rhys Carre and Josh Adams plus seven points from the boot of Sam Costelow gave Wales a 17-5 interval lead.

Costelow and Jarrod Evans landed second-half penalties, but it was more misery for the home fans as Wales suffered a 14th straight Six Nations defeat.

This was Scotland’s fourth consecutive victory over Wales, their best run since winning five in a row between 1923 and 1927, and will head to Dublin on the final weekend of Championship action with the triple crown on the line.

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Wales were desperate for a positive start after being blitzed in the opening quarter by England and France. But they were reduced to 14 men inside five minutes as Joe Hawkins made shoulder to head contact on Gregor Brown and received a yellow card.

A bunker review ended with no further punishment for the centre, but Wales were disadvantaged for 10 minutes and Adams only prevented Scotland from taking the lead with a goal-line interception.

Wales made the most of that escape after 10 minutes as Tomos Williams’ tap penalty set up a forward drive that ended with prop Carre scoring for the second successive game after crossing against France.

Costelow converted but Wales lost flanker Taine Plumtree to a shoulder injury and Scotland were soon baring their attacking teeth again. Sione Tuipulotu drove through the middle and Finn Russell released Blair Kinghorn to send over Steyn in the corner moments before Hawkins returned to the fray.

This was a far different Wales, however, to the timid team beaten by England and outclassed against France, and the lead was extended after 19 minutes.

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Dewi Lake, scurrying on the floor at one point, made crucial yardage and Wales charged to the try line again. Costelow kept his composure to send Adams over out wide, and added another five points with a touchline conversion and straightforward penalty as Wales continued to win the physical battle.

Costelow took Wales’ lead to beyond two scores with his second penalty and Scotland’s frustration was summed up by Huw Jones – who crossed twice against England – dropping the ball with the try line calling him.

But Russell made no mistake after Scotland pounded the home line with 20-plus phases, the fly-half spotting space and converting his own score.

Replacement fly-half Jarrod Evans’ first involvement was to extend Wales’ lead with a penalty, but Scotland struck straight from the kick-off.

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Russell sent the ball over the head of James Botham and Graham was alert to collect the bouncing ball. Russell added the extras to cut the gap to 23-19.

Wales missed the chance to extend their lead when a penalty was overturned for foul play, and that proved critical as replacement hooker Turner claimed Scotland’s bonus point try five minutes from time with Russell adding the final gloss.

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More than 20 towns with large warehouses have become stealth targets for Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s $45 billion expansion of detention centers. Some communities complain that ICE isn’t telling them anything until after it has purchased space for thousands of detainees. In some cases, warehouse owners are refusing to sell.

A look at some of the locations:

Arizona

Local officials were told nothing before ICE purchased a 418,000-square-foot (38,833-square-meter) warehouse in the Phoenix suburb of Surprise for $70 million, the state’s top prosecutor, Kris Mayes, said in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

Documents later provided by ICE said the Department of Homeland Security estimates it will spend $150 million retrofitting the facility into a 1,500-bed processing site.

Florida

A TV reporter in Orlando spotted private contractors and federal officials last month touring a 439,945-square-foot (40,872-square-meter) industrial warehouse. ICE senior adviser David Venturella told a WFTV reporter the tour was “exploratory.”

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said in a statement that the city hasn’t been contacted by the federal government and that it has no legal options to stop a possible ICE facility.

Georgia

ICE bought a massive warehouse in Social Circle for $128.6 million. The city said it has been informed that the facility is expected to house from 7,500 to 10,000 detainees and will be constructed using a modular design so that capacity can be scaled up or down as needed.

Plans also are in the works to convert a warehouse in Oakwood into an ICE processing facility, Republican U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde said in a statement, although no deed has been filed. City Manager B.R. White said his first inkling that a deal was imminent came when a warehouse supervisor told a city inspector he’d been instructed to clear the job site to make way for the new owners — the federal government.

Indiana

After the town of Merrillville raised concerns about ICE touring a new 275,000-square-foot (25,548-square-meter) warehouse, owner Opus Holding LLC sent a letter stating it isn’t negotiating with federal officials for the property. The letter said Opus was limited in what it could share because of legal issues.

Maryland

ICE purchased a warehouse about 60 miles (96 kilometers) northwest of Baltimore for $102.4 million, a deed signed last month shows. The deed was unearthed by Project Salt Box, a Maryland ICE watchdog.

Officials in Washington County said in a Facebook post that DHS notified them beforehand that it was considering purchasing the warehouse for use as a “new ICE Baltimore Processing Facility.” County commissioners later passed a resolution in support of ICE activities.

Michigan

ICE announced its purchase of a facility in Romulus after the deal was completed. The city responded in a Facebook post that officials were concerned about the “lack of prior notification.”

Minnesota

The owners of warehouses in the Minneapolis suburbs of Woodbury and Shakopee pulled out of possible ICE deals after public outcry, according to local officials.

Mississippi

Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker posted that Noem agreed to look elsewhere after local elected and zoning officials opposed a possible detention center in the town of Byhalia.

Missouri

After weeks of public pressure, development company Platform Ventures announced it would not move forward with the sale of a massive warehouse in Kansas City.

New Hampshire

Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte sparred with federal officials after ICE disclosed plans to spend $158 million to convert a warehouse in Merrimack into a 500-bed processing center.

The issue came to a head when interim ICE Director Todd Lyons testified that DHS “has worked with Gov. Ayotte” and provided her with an economic impact summary.

Ayotte said the assertion was “simply not true.” She said the summary was sent hours after Lyons testified. The document erroneously refers to the “ripple effects to the Oklahoma economy” and revenue generated by state sales and income taxes, neither of which exist in New Hampshire.

New Jersey

Roxbury said Friday that ICE had closed on the sale of a warehouse despite it offering tax abatements to the owner to stop the purchase.

No property documents were yet available online showing the price of the sale. The announcement came just two days after ICE said it had made a “mistake” when it previously announced the purchase.

“Let us be clear: Roxbury Township will not passively accept this outcome,” the mayor and city council wrote in a news release.

New York

ICE said Tuesday it made a mistake when it announced the purchase of a vacant warehouse in Chester. New York state Assemblyman Brian Maher said Friday that ICE is no longer considering the facility.

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt announced last month that property owners had informed him they are no longer engaged with DHS about a potential acquisition or lease of a warehouse.

Pennsylvania

DHS purchased a warehouse in Tremont Township for $119.5 million and one in Upper Bern Township for $87.4 million. Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro has said his administration will fight DHS’ plans to convert the warehouses in rural parts of eastern Pennsylvania into immigrant detention and processing centers.

Texas

In the El Paso suburb of Socorro, ICE paid $122.8 million for a trio of warehouses that span 826,780 square feet (76,810 square meters). ICE also paid $66.1 million for a 639,595-square-foot (59,420-square-meter) warehouse in San Antonio. The mayors of both cities are opposed.

However, another deal in the state was scuttled following community backlash. In the Dallas suburb of Hutchins, a real estate company confirmed that it was contacted about one of its properties but wouldn’t sell or lease any buildings to DHS for use as a detention facility. California-based Majestic Realty Co. provided no explanation in its statement.

Utah

Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall expressed gratitude in her State of the City address that the owners of a warehouse that ICE was eying as a detention facility had announced plans not to sell or lease the property to the federal government.

Virginia

Jim Pattison Developments said in a statement last month that it became aware of the intended use of a warehouse in the suburbs of Richmond, Virginia, after agreeing to sell to a U.S. government contractor. Following boycott threats, the Vancouver-based company announced that the transaction “will not be proceeding.”

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Associated Press reporters Holly Ramer, Isabella Volmert and Marc Levy contributed to this report.

He followed in the footsteps of tonight’s opponent, Warrington, in trying to take down the reigning champion Anthony Cacace, who first defeated Warrington before he swatted Wood aside by TKO. Wood had knocked out Warrington at the Sheffield Arena in 2023, down on all three judges’ scorecards before landing a right hook that felled the ‘Leeds Warrior’. Warrington beat the referee’s count, but saw the contest waved off in the seventh, controversially and to his horror.

Donald Trump moved after a Supreme Court ruling deemed his use of a law was illegal.

President Trump says he has ramped up tariffs on every country to the maximum allowed by US law after being humiliated by the Supreme Court’s ruling. During a televised meltdown last night, Trump declared he was replacing his illegal regime of retaliatory tariffs with a global 10 per cent levy.

It comes after the Supreme Court ruled his use of an obscure “emergency” law to impose them without consulting Congress was illegal. And tonight, Trump announced he was increasing that figure, reports the Mirror.

Labelling the highest court’s decision “ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American”, he wrote on his Truth Social platform that he was hiking the global tariff rate to the maximum legal level of 15 per cent. However, he’s only allowed to do so for 150 days under the loophole his administration has found.

The UK’s biggest business organisation swiftly expressed dismay at the announcement and urged the Government to continue dialogue with US counterparts to keep the UK’s competitive advantage.

“We had feared that the President’s plan B response could be worse for British businesses and so it is proving,” William Bain, head of trade policy at the BCC said.

“This means an extra 5% increase in tariffs on a wide range of UK goods exports to the US, except those covered under the Economic Prosperity Deal.

“This will be bad for trade, bad for US consumers and businesses and weaken global economic growth. Businesses on both sides of the Atlantic need a period of clarity and certainty. Higher tariffs are not the way to achieve that.”

The UK Government repeated its assertion that it expects Britain’s “privileged trading position with the US” to continue, when approached for comment on the announcement of a new 15% rate.

Britain had received the lowest tariff rate of 10 per cent, and a subsequent agreement struck by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Mr Trump saw further carve-outs for the country’s steel industry and car manufacturers.

Questions remain over whether those deals still stand, although officials are understood to believe the changes would not have an impact on most of the UK’s trade with America, including preferential arrangements on steel, cars and pharmaceuticals.

A Government spokesperson said: “This is a matter for the US to determine but we will continue to support UK businesses as further details are announced.

“Under any scenario, we expect our privileged trading position with the US to continue and will work with the administration to understand how the ruling will affect tariffs for the UK and the rest of the world.”

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A 37-year-old man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to police

A man has been left with life-threatening injuries after an alleged assault outside a Wetherspoon’s pub. The incident, outside the Picture House pub in Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent took place between 11.30pm on Friday, February 20 and 12.15am on Saturday, February 21, according to Gwent Police.

A 37-year-old man, from Ebbw Vale, has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police were called after staff from the Welsh Ambulance Service treated a man had been assaulted on Bethcar Street.

The man’s family have been informed, and police have appealed for anyone who witness the incident to get in touch. For our free daily briefing on the biggest issues facing the nation sign up to the Wales Matters newsletter here.

Detective Inspector Elaine Newbury, from Gwent Police, said: “Our enquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances of this alleged assault.

“While we believe this to be an isolated incident, we understand that reports of violence in our communities can be upsetting and unsettling.

“Our officers are in the area carrying out enquiries, collecting CCTV footage and gathering evidence; if you have any questions or information, then please do speak to them.”

There was a large police presence in the town and a number of local shops remained closed on Saturday for investigation work to be carried out.