• Aspinall beats Dobey 6-1 in final to boost playoff chances
• Littler’s win against Humphries enough for No 1 seeding

Nathan Aspinall beat Chris Dobey 6-1 to take victory on night 15 of the Premier League in Aberdeen and close in on the playoffs, while Gerwyn Price earlier hit a nine-dart finish and Luke Littler made sure of top spot at the O ₂ .

Aspinall – who coasted past Stephen Bunting 6-1 in the semi-finals – built on a couple of early breaks over Dobey to establish a solid lead. After Dobey, who knocked Littler out to reach the final, lost his throw again in the sixth leg, he then missed two more darts at a double in the next as Aspinall came back to land double 10.

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Goodbyes to Goodison and Vardy, Palace and City brace for Wembley and the return of Kai Havertz

Aston Villa could not conceal their anger after their game at home to Tottenham was brought forward 48 hours. Villa’s director of football operations, Damian Vidagany, said shifting the game from Sunday to Friday was “clear prejudice” against the club and Villa objected to Spurs’s request for it to be moved to aid their preparations for Wednesday’s Europa League final. Villa were also privately perplexed at Bournemouth’s game with Manchester City being rearranged for Tuesday, after Saturday’s FA Cup final, which is guaranteed to have implications on whether eighth place qualifies for the Europa Conference League. The flipside to all of this is Villa can get on the front foot, kicking off 45 minutes before Chelsea entertain Manchester United and two days before Nottingham Forest head to West Ham and Arsenal host Newcastle. Victory for Villa could hoist them as high as fourth before a final-day trip to Old Trafford and, psychologically, that could prove a knockout blow. Ben Fisher

Aston Villa v Tottenham, Premier League, Friday 7.30pm (all times BST)

Chelsea v Manchester United, Premier League, Friday 8.15pm

Crystal Palace v Manchester City, FA Cup final, Saturday 4.30pm

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Report says proposals ‘threaten to affect most vulnerable’, who would be helped by more time to seek advice

A group of influential MPs has urged the government to delay controversial planned changes to inheritance tax for farmers to “allow for better formulation of tax policy” and to protect vulnerable farmers by giving them more time to seek advice.

The environment, food and rural affairs (Efra) committee has called on the government to hold off announcing its overhaul of agricultural property relief and business property relief until October 2026, before bringing them into effect from April 2027.

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NAO reports £1.9bn tax gap for wealthy individuals and urges ministers to redouble efforts to secure more revenue

Wealthy individuals in Britain could be avoiding more tax than thought, the government’s spending watchdog has said, after a dramatic fall in the number of penalties being issued to the super-rich .

In a report urging ministers to redouble their efforts to secure more of the money owed by wealthy people to the exchequer, the National Audit Office (NAO) said billions of pounds was going unpaid each year.

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• Ofcom and Kick It Out report says situation getting worse
• Azeem Rafiq and Wayne Barnes explain effect of vitriol

The amount of “vile” online abuse directed at people in sport is getting worse and is having a “devastating impact” on their lives, livelihoods and families, a new report by Ofcom and Kick It Out has found.

One anonymous respondent said they had even barricaded themselves inside their house for a week for fear of who they might meet outside, while others spoke of the damage done by threats made to themselves or their families. They included Azeem Rafiq, who told the report that nothing could prepare him for the abuse he received after speaking out about racism at Yorkshire County Cricket Club.

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US inquiries at eight-year high with Glasgow also in top 10, estate agents say

Inquiries from people in the US about buying a home in Britain are at an eight-year high, with Edinburgh topping the list, new data shows.

Hard on the heels of figures showing US applications for UK citizenship are at record levels , Rightmove, the property website, said that since the start of the year the number of inquiries from North Americans about UK homes for sale was up 19% on the same period last year.

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American R&B singer arrested in Salford over alleged 2023 London attack, after flying into UK for new tour

The US musician Chris Brown has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent over an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub two years ago.

The 36-year-old rapper, a former partner of the singer Rihanna, was arrested at 2am on Thursday at the five-star Lowry hotel in Salford, Greater Manchester, after flying into the UK for a tour.

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Matty Godden’s late strike sent Charlton through to the League One playoff final after a 1-0 win over Wycombe. Godden scrambled the only goal over the two legs after 171 minutes of attritional football to secure a Wembley date against Leyton Orient on 25 May. The Charlton manager, Nathan Jones, sank to his knees as fans invaded the pitch in emotional scenes after the final whistle.

Lloyd Jones had earlier missed a golden chance for Charlton, while Kayne Ramsay made two stunning blocks to deny Wycombe. But Lloyd Jones made amends by setting up Godden to fire Charlton to within one match of a return to the Championship, five years after they were relegated.

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Doctors are keeping Adriana Smith on life support months after medical emergency until baby is ready, family says

A pregnant woman in Georgia was declared brain dead after a medical emergency and doctors have kept her on life support for three months so far to allow enough time for the baby to be born and comply with Georgia’s strict anti- abortion law, family members say.

She could be kept in that state for months more.

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