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Alianna Gomez-Alvarez was found in a storage unit leading to charges for Chayanne Porter. She has now been extradited and faces new charges after her daughter gave new information to police

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3 d. ago Taking a closer statistical look at where the Ashes urn was lost for England

Jacob Bethell’s brilliant 154 in Sydney lifted him to the top of England’s batting averages.

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3 d. ago Brendon McCullum insists he ‘won’t be told what to do’ after England’s heavy Ashes defeat

A five-wicket defeat in Sydney closed the book on a dreadful tour for England and head coach McCullum

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3 d. ago England’s Ashes player ratings: Jacob Bethell and Josh Tongue shine amid heavy defeat by Australia

England toiled to another Ashes humiliation at the hands of Australia

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3 d. ago The Ashes RECAP: Australia win the fifth Test to take the Ashes 4

Despite Jacob Bethell's classy century, the Lions will need something special to stop the Aussies sending Khawaja out a winner in his final Test.

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3 d. ago Brendon McCullum open to ‘tweaks’ but keen to stand firm as Ashes fallout begins

A five-wicket defeat in Sydney closed the book on a dreadful tour that saw high hopes of bringing the urn back home dissolve into another heavy loss.

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3 d. ago The Ashes LIVE: Australia win the fifth Test to take the Ashes 4

Despite Jacob Bethell's classy century, the Lions will need something special to stop the Aussies sending Khawaja out a winner in his final Test.

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4 d. ago EV charging boom reshapes Britain’s cities as Coventry leads the way

New data shows dramatic growth in EV chargers across the UK, with some cities racing ahead while others face a widening infrastructure gap

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4 d. ago Jacob Bethell plays starring role in Ashes Wars Episode 5: A New Hope | Barney Ronay

A brilliant hundred against an elite attack on a wearing pitch shows this England team can survive and evolveEt in dystopia ego. In the midst of death, we are in life. On a throbbingly hot deep blue afternoon in Sydney, as this ghost ship of an England Ashes tour creaked towards its final dock, the fourth day of the fifth Test produced an unexpected late plot twist. Something good happened.Jacob Bethell batted for six hours from mid-morning to close of play and scored a hundred of rare beauty at the SCG. It was an easy, crisp kind of beauty too, all classical lines and symmetry, an innings of layers and gears, of comforting rhythms, shot through with moments of balletic power. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Why Jacob Bethell was England’s best and worst selection decision of the Ashes

Bethell ended his Ashes on a high with sublime century on day four of the final Test to give a tantalising glimpse of a bright future

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4 d. ago England’s Ashes centurion Jacob Bethell: I knew Test ton was coming

Bethell provided a bright moment in Sydney as England’s miserable Ashes series nears its end.

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4 d. ago The future of England cricket – Sir Alastair Cook raves over Jacob Bethell

Jacob Bethell struck a sublime 142 not out to help England extend their Ashes tour into a fifth and final day at the SCG.

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4 d. ago Ben Stokes injury update issued by Jacob Bethell ahead of final Ashes day

England’s captain pulled up with a right adductor injury while bowling on day four in Sydney

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4 d. ago England star Jacob Bethell's parents in tears as their son hits his spectacular maiden century at the Ashes

ASHES BREAKFAST: Jacob Bethell danced down the track to an off-break from Beau Webster and launched it over midwicket for the boundary to his parents' delight.

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4 d. ago England star Jacob Bethell thrilled to silence his critics with Ashes century

Jacob Bethell, 22, had never scored a first-class hundred before hitting an unbeaten 142 at the SCG.

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4 d. ago Jacob Bethell's sublime Ashes hundred cements his status in England's future

‘Starboy’ provides glimpse of what might have been had the selectors backed him earlier

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4 d. ago Bethell’s elegant first Test century presses pause on Australia’s Ashes party

Fifth Test; day four: England 302-8 & 384; Australia 567Tourists lead by 119 after late wickets let hosts back inIt was good. So good. So unbelievably good. On the penultimate day of an Ashes tour packed with regrets for England, a star was born when Jacob Bethell, 22 years young, raised his bat to all corners of the Sydney Cricket Ground in celebration of a hundred that offered hope for the future.There was no reason why England should collapse to defeat on this sun-soaked fourth day but every reason to think they might anyway. Ground down by Australia over two months, starting their second innings 183 runs behind and with Ben Stokes injured first thing, they certainly looked ripe for it. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Lloyds leads charge in using blockchain to disrupt UK banking

‘Deposit tokenisation’ could overhaul how customers use their accounts, says chief Charlie Nunn

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4 d. ago Jacob Bethell leads charge as England look to stave off defeat in Sydney

Bethell hit an excellent 79 not out as England shaved a 183-run first-innings deficit down to single figures.

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4 d. ago England attempt fightback after captain Ben Stokes limps off injured

Stokes left the field with a groin injury in his second over of the fourth day at Sydney.

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