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The budget chain said bookings were boosting by major sporting events as well as concerts by Kings of Leon and Justin Timberlake.

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Farmers took their protest over inheritance tax law changes to the North Wales port last night after holding one in Dover earlier in the day

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69 minutes ago Shoaib Bashir repays faith with four wickets as England chip away at New Zealand

The best first day performance by a slow bowler at this venue since Nathan Lyon in 2016

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3 hours ago Rutherglen writer shares hope with others through experience of her brother's final journey

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3 hours ago Shoaib Bashir strikes late to keep sluggish England in the hunt against New Zealand

England win toss; New Zealand 319-8 on day one of first TestKane Williamson falls just short of ton on return to sideThe night before this series opener saw a reunion for the New Zealand side that first beat England back in 1978, with David Gower, though not in that touring team, providing an English voice on the panel. When Geoffrey Boycott’s seven-hour 70 came up, Gower joked that it was “seriously fucking rapid” by his old mucker’s standards – before apologising for his use of the word rapid.What followed from England on the opening day at Hagley Oval was not exactly breakneck either; Ben Stokes winning the toss, electing to bowl, and his side labouring through just 83 overs. And yet the cricket was still hugely engrossing for the 8,000 or so lucky souls who lined the grass banks of ...

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3 hours ago Bashir strikes late to keep sluggish England in hunt against New Zealand

New Zealand 319-8 after being put in to start first TestKane Williamson falls just short of ton on return to sideThe night before this series opener saw a reunion for the New Zealand side that first beat England back in 1978, with David Gower, though not in that touring team, providing an English voice on the panel. When Geoffrey Boycott’s seven-hour 70 came up, Gower joked that it was “seriously fucking rapid” by his old mucker’s standards – before apologising for his use of the word rapid.What followed from England on the opening day at Hagley Oval was not exactly breakneck either; Ben Stokes winning the toss, electing to bowl, and his side labouring through just 83 overs. And yet the cricket was still hugely engrossing for the 8,000 or so lucky souls who lined the grass banks of this...

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4 hours ago Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade kicks off a century after its first trip through Manhattan

A century after the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the annual holiday tradition kicks off Thursday in New York City with new Spider-Man and Minnie Mouse balloons, zoo and pasta-themed floats, performances from Jennifer Hudson and Idina Menzel, and more

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4 hours ago ‘We’ve heard these promises before’: is this the end of the line for Irish fishing?

Devastated by quota changes post-Brexit, fishers are pinning all their hopes on Ireland’s politicians as they head into a general electionWords and pictures by Finbarr O’ReillyGale force winds gusting across the North Atlantic Ocean kicked up thick spumes of spray from the heaving swell soon after the Ocean Crest and Carmona trawlers left the main Irish fishing port of Killybegs in County Donegal. No other boats were fishing in the area when the storm swept over Ireland’s north-west coast. This was February, and the window for catching migrating mackerel was quickly closing but the two trawlers had yet to fill their quotas.“This weather is about the limit of what we can fish in,” said skipper Gerard Sheehy as the nose of the Ocean Crest plunged into the trough of a swell, sending a wall...

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