7 h. ago England can’t change now: Bazball approach must be seen through to its conclusion | Taha Hashim

This four-year experiment has produced exhilarating cricket – it is worth seeing the whole thing through before casting judgmentTravis Head’s latest masterpiece is three days old, the postmortems are complete and England supporters have done their pained vox pops in Australia. And somehow we’re still more than a week out from the second Ashes Test. It’s a hefty gap bound to be filled by rage, moving from the defeat in Perth to the preparation for a pink‑ball affair in Brisbane.England’s first-stringers could pass the time with a day‑night knockabout against a prime minister’s XI in Canberra. Instead, as planned, it will be a Lions side that plays this weekend, joined by Josh Tongue, Matt Potts and Jacob Bethell, unused squad members in Perth. It is understandable why this has annoyed many, why Michael Vaughan’s soundbite – that it would be “amateurish” not to play the fixture – carries some substance. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Michael Vaughan warned England would be 'absolutely stupid' after crucial Ashes decision

England lost the first Ashes Test inside two days and have chosen to take an 11-day break rather than play a day-night tour match in Canberra, with Michael Vaughan having strong views on the decision

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14 h. ago England warned ‘wickets fall in clumps’ with pink ball under lights at the Gabba

‘You’ve got to stay in it and make most of middle session’Siddle and Law back tourists’ decision to skip CanberraAs they lick their wounds after a first-Test defeat in which they lost five wickets for 12 runs in their first innings and four for 11 in their second, England have been warned to prepare for conditions where “wickets fall in clumps” when the Ashes resume in Brisbane next week.David Sundarski, curator at the Gabba, is preparing for a second day-night game in quick succession after the Sheffield Shield match between Queensland and Victoria, which ended on Monday with the home side winning by seven wickets inside three days. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago ‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last

It took some oblique wording, but Saudi Arabia made a last-minute decision to sign deal that marks departure for CopDawn was breaking over the Amazonian city of Belém on Saturday morning, but in the windowless conference room it could have been day or night. They had been stuck there for more than 12 hours, dozens of ministers representing 17 groups of countries, from the poorest on the planet to the richest, urged by the Brazilian hosts to accept a settlement cooked up the day before.Tempers were short, the air thick as the sweaty and exhausted delegates faced up to reality: there would not be a deal here in Brazil. The 30th UN climate conference would end in abject failure. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Town votes to rename street named in honour of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor was stripped of his prince and Duke of York titles by King Charles in October

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30 h. ago Major update in furious row over road named after Andrew Mountbatten

Prince Andrew Way in Carrickfergus was named in 1986 to mark Andrew's wedding to Sarah Ferguson, but the disgraced former royal has since been stripped of his titles

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31 h. ago Mid and East Antrim Council agrees to rename ‘Prince Andrew Way’

The street in Carrickfergus was named following Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s wedding in 1986.

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35 h. ago Inside King Charles and Prince William's 'tensions' over Andrew after 'furious' call

As the disgraced Andrew Mountbatten Windsor looks particularly downcast during a public outing, experts warn the headache for the royals is far from over

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36 h. ago North Norfolk guide: what will Prince Andrew find when he moves to the Sandringham Estate?

As Andrew Mountbatten Windsor prepares for his move to the Sandringham Estate, here’s our essential guide to north Norfolk

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37 h. ago Council considers changing name of Prince Andrew Way after Mountbatten

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been stripped of all his titles and now a council will debate changing a street named after him

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39 h. ago Deniz Undav’s nose for goal is making Stuttgart forget all about Woltemade | Andy Brassell

Hat-trick against Dortmund showed striker’s instinct and invention as Sebastian Hoeness finds a solution yet againThis had felt like one of those weeks not in which momentum was shifting, but in which it had already shifted. It was ultimately a positive one for Germany; they had entered Monday’s reception of Slovakia, who had beaten them in the teams’ first game in Bratislava, with need of a point and not without some trepidation. Those worries were emphatically scrubbed out in Leipzig, 6-0. It was night and day next to the laboured win in Luxembourg three days before, but those contrasting displays had one thing in common. They were marshalled by the goals and the sang-froid of Nick Woltemade.That the towering striker was Stuttgart’s for a season feels almost a dream already; a super, surprise single season of future fable to be filed alongside Didier Drogba’s solo campaign at Marseille as he power-walked the path to global domination. Yet if any team in Germany are equipped to dea...

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61 h. ago ‘Stranded’: Palestinians who were in Israel on 7 October 2023 are suspended between exile and war

Unable to reunite with their families in Gaza due to the closed border, Palestinian workers have spent two years in a refugee camp at Nablus stadiumInside a dim locker room at the Nablus municipal stadium, in the occupied West Bank, the television rarely goes dark, streaming day and night the relentless news from Gaza. Gathered in front of it are a group of men from Khan Younis. For more than two years, they have lived in this stadium converted into a refugee camp, their lives suspended between exile and the war they watched on a screen.They are mostly construction workers who were in Israel on the morning of 7 October 2023 when Hamas launched its attack. As Israel rounded up Palestinians from Gaza, they fled to the West Bank, where they remain – cut off from wives and children living in makeshift tents inside the strip. With very few exceptions, civilians are not currently allowed in or out of Gaza. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago UK leader suggests former Prince Andrew should testify in US investigation into Jeffrey Epstein

Pressure is increasing for the former Prince Andrew to give evidence to a U.S. congressional committee investigating the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after Britain’s prime minister suggested he should testify

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68 h. ago ANDREW PIERCE: Parliament must seriously consider doing THIS to disgraced Andrew Mountbatten

Have the royal family done enough with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who was once known as Prince Andrew and the Duke of York?

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3 d. ago Eastenders stars Jessie Wallace and Jacqueline Jossa look worlds away from the BBC soap on glam night out

EASTENDERS actresses let their hair down after a busy day on the Walford set as they joined forces for a night out. BBC soap stars Jacqueline Jossa, 33, Jessie Wallace, 54, Heather Peace, 50, and Michelle Collins, 63, glammed up for an evening on the town - with Lauren Branning actress Jacqueline celebrating the off-set...

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3 d. ago People with a Blue Badge cannot park in these 11 places at any time of day or night

Full list of Blue Badge parking rules for people travelling in a vehicle as a driver or passenger.

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4 d. ago RICHARD EDEN breaks down the moment Prince William was finally 'done' with Andrew

Royal expert Richard Eden breaks down the body language that suggests Prince William was finally 'done' with Andrew Mountbatten Windsor at the Duchess of Kent's funeral.

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5 d. ago 'I saw two sex workers with Andrew in Buckingham Palace but that wasn't the worst part'

Former Met Police protection officer Paul Page alleges he witnessed Prince Andrew breach palace security protocol with two women he believed to be sex workers

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5 d. ago 'I saw Andrew with sex workers at Buckingham Palace but then got real surprise'

Ex-Met Police officer Paul Page alleges he witnessed Prince Andrew with two women believed to be sex workers at Buckingham Palace, claiming the Duke then broke royal protocol

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5 d. ago Octopus Energy recommends 4pm Martin Lewis 'rule' that boosts warmth and cuts bills

Sticking to the 'rule' every day can make your house feel warmer at night

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