Harry Fone: Councils use “Welcome Back Fund” for wasteful spending projects

We have Rugby’s Lego Trail, a pop-up beach in Stoke, and Wigan splashing out £125,000 on social media campaigning.

Emily Carver: So the European Super League has collapsed. But either way, it’s none of the Government’s business.

The lesson of this drama is that fans must make their voices heard, rather than Ministers threaten knee-jerk legislation.

Neil O’Brien: The New Puritans want to tear down our liberal settlement. Here’s what they think – and why they must be resisted.

Countries need a balance of self-criticism and self-confidence. People are often called on to act for a greater good. But if Britain is shameful, why bother?

David Davis: Scrapping the two metre rule won’t rescue sport, theatre, concerts – and large-scale live entertainment. Here’s a plan that will.

Melvin Benn, managing director of Festival Republic, explicitly links attendance at his events – most of Britain’s music festivals – with compulsory testing.

Garvan Walshe: To get Brexit over the line, the Government needs to calm down

Like rugby team experiencing ‘white line fever’, it seems the closer the objective is, the more unforced errors they suffer.

It’s in the district council elections that the Conservatives are strongest – and so have the most to lose

The final part of our series this week on May’s elections. Will there be a LibDem revival – which polls have yet to indicate?

Joe Baron: Banning tag and rugby tackling is stopping boys being boys

In no place has the assault on masculinity been more prevalent, more zealously pursued and more enthusiastically executed, than in our schools.