Daily briefing Sunday 12th July

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1:10England doing it the hard way but Jude Bellingham's extra time effort, as well as the equaliser he'd scored in first half stoppage time, ultimately proved decisive. And his latest match-winning performance earned these words of praise from England's head coach Thomas Tuchel. It's another world-class decisive performance from Tud, there's no doubt about it. So, yeah, we can end of course on a positive note and the positive is way more important than the negative. Tud was fantastic, it was again clinical and crucial in the decisive moments, so full credit to him. Overall Tuchel was proud of his players, although he admitted they had got lucky in Miami.

1:51Norway had a goal disallowed and they also claimed Bellingham's equaliser should have been ruled out after the ball appeared to strike an overhead camera cable but that failed to dampen the mood of England's two-goal hero It's nice to have an impact and to help my team but my God, the effort of those lads in there I'm so proud of how they keep battling regardless of what situations we find ourselves in they can be really proud and I know they are and I'll make sure they feel that as well England's reward is a semi-final against Argentina on Wednesday after the World Cup holders beat Switzerland 3-1 after extra time in Kansas City.

2:27Police say a 28-year-old man has been arrested in South Yorkshire in connection with the death of Anne Widdicombe. A 26-year-old man who was arrested in Newson Abbot on Friday was subsequently released after which police said he was no longer part of their investigation. In a statement, Devon and Cornwall police said the man arrested in South Yorkshire was a white British national. The Times' South West correspondent Will Humphreys says there is evidence to suggest that Widdicombe died in the middle of the day. We understand that Anne Widdicombe was messaging with a TV producer on WhatsApp just before 12.30pm on Wednesday.

3:05But after 12.30pm she failed to respond to any messages. She wasn't found until 11.40am on Thursday morning, so she was alone in the house after being attacked for about 24 hours. Missile alert sirens have been heard in Bahrain, the UAE and Qatar. It's after the US launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iran after claiming Tehran had struck a ship passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran says the vital routes is closed until further notice. and the UK has forced France to deploy extra staff to its border checkpoint in Britain. It's hoped the measure will prevent a French technology failure with the EU's new entry-exit system from causing delays over the summer holidays.

3:49There's more on these stories throughout the day on Times Radio.

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