Nationwide says New Forest is most expensive national park with an average property price of £576,000

Buying a home in a national park comes at a 25% price premium, with the New Forest the most expensive of the 13 parks in England and Wales, according to Britain’s biggest building society.

Nationwide said properties in a national park enjoy a valuation almost £67,000 more than a similar property elsewhere, based on the average UK house price of £266,640.

New Forest – £576,000

South Downs – £400,000

Peak District – £375,000

Yorkshire Dales – £353,000

Lake District – £333,000

Dartmoor – £310,000

Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) – £274,000

Eryri (Snowdonia) – £173,000

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• Taylor and Serrano meet on Paul v Tyson undercard
• Global audience of 300m expected for Netflix broadcast
• Main event ringwalks expected after 11pm ET/4am GMT
• Paul v Tyson: all of your pre-fight questions, answered
• Send Bryan a tweet at @BryanAGraham or email him

Bryan will be here shortly. In the meantime here’s his explainer with everything you need to know about tonight’s event.

Mike Tyson is returning to professional boxing for the first time in nearly two decades on Friday night in Texas. The 58-year-old former undisputed heavyweight champion is fighting YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in a made-for-Netflix showdown expected to draw a global audience of around 300m viewers.

Neeraj Goyat v Whindersson Nunes , six rounds, middleweights

Mario Barrios v Abel Ramos , 12 rounds, for Barrios’ WBC welterweight title

Katie Taylor v Amanda Serrano , 10 (two-minute) rounds for Taylor’s undisputed women’s junior welterweight championship

Jake Paul v Mike Tyson , eight (two-minute) rounds, heavyweights

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The 600kg animal was in the deep end and it took Leicestershire firefighters three hours to get her out safely

A pregnant cow has had to be rescued by firefighters after she got stuck in a small swimming pool.

The 590kg (93-stone) cow was found in the deep end of the pool in two to three feet of water at a house in Ketton, Rutland.

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Melbourne-based photographer Charlie Kinross has spent the past five years capturing the charm of old houses, shops, motels, service stations and silos in towns across country Victoria. Over this period he has noticed some buildings have been updated and modernised, further fuelling his passion to document their timeless authenticity before they disappear

• Head On portrait prize 2024 – in pictures

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Reform may well be Labour’s new main opponent, and the next battleground may not be where anyone expected

Two key rules of politics are to always look ahead, and to understand your opponent. And so it is that just months after crushing the Conservatives in a general election, many Labour MPs are bracing for fresh challenges and a new foe – Reform UK.

Nigel Farage’s party is in parliamentary terms a minnow, its five MPs giving it little more than 1% of the Commons strength enjoyed by Keir Starmer. But many within Labour believe that by the time of the next election, things could be very different.

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Exclusive: Welsh secretary to announce £80m funding to help 2,800 Tata steelworkers and local economy

Port Talbot steelworkers and their families affected by the closure of furnaces will be entitled to grants of up to £10,000 to start businesses, the Welsh secretary will announce on Saturday.

As Labour holds its annual Welsh conference in Llandudno, Jo Stevens will say the government is funding £80m to help 2,800 Tata steelworkers and local businesses.

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Stars of tomorrow, including under-21 debutant Jobe Bellingham, swap shirts and stories in goalless friendly

Dean Huijsen revived an old tradition here. When was the last time you saw a footballer not just swap shirts with his opponent but immediately put it on too? As the final whistle went, the Bournemouth defender who was born in Amsterdam but represents Spain where he was raised, made straight for Samuel Iling-Junior who, like him, had played at Juventus. He moved like a young man on a mission, which it turned out he was. They embraced and when Huijsen finally walked off he was wearing white, a No 14 on the back.

It had been that kind of night, a familiarity and a sort of mutual admiration about the place, something of themselves seen in each other. Something shared, and not just, as it turned out, the scoreline. At the end, ball boys holding camera phones had run on seeking out Jobe Bellingham, who had played over an hour on his U21 debut, while players from each side made their way towards familiar faces, of which there were many. This was a friendly that was, well, friendly.

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• Ireland 22-19 Argentina
• Three first-half tries enough for Andy Farrell’s side

Jeopardy is a word with plenty of currency in rugby these days. Mostly it’s used in reference to how competitions are structured, but also in describing individual matches. This one had plenty. Not always evident, especially in the first half when Ireland looked a good deal better than against the All Blacks. But the race down the home straight, with Argentina a man down, had heaps of it. When at last the pressure was relieved for the home team pretty much all of them called the knock on.

By way of compensation after last week the light rain made its way elsewhere well before kick off, so we had a game with fewer stoppages and, mercifully, fewer scrums: just one in the opening quarter. And plenty of quick, watchable rugby.

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Weeks after Cristiano Ronaldo was reduced to ranting and raving on the south side of Glasgow, another icon of international football was left with a bloody nose by Scotland.

Luka Modric and Croatia played the entire second half of this tie with 10 men, the consequence of a red card for Petar Sucic. Scottish patience won the day by a single John McGinn goal in a scratchy contest, leaving them with aspirations of remaining at the top table in this competition after all. Suddenly Monday’s trip to face Poland in Warsaw has huge meaning for Steve Clarke, whose team could now finish third in Group A1.

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