2 h. ago Why these Ashes will be the end for one of England’s Bazball brothers

While Zak Crawley produced his best innings in an England shirt to stave off an inevitable defeat, Ollie Pope’s latest dismissal could spell the end of his series in Australia

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3 h. ago Crawley admits England ‘staring down the barrel’ but vows ‘we’ll never give up‘

Batter accepts ‘uphill battle’ to keep Ashes series aliveCrawley backs Ollie Pope after dismissal for 17 in AdelaideZak Crawley has promised England will still be hunting for victory on the fifth day of the third Test in Adelaide, despite slipping to 207 for six in pursuit of a record fourth-innings run chase target of 435.“It’s an uphill battle from here,” Crawley said at close of play on Saturday. “But the boys are going to give it a good crack tomorrow. Obviously we’re staring down the barrel, so it’s disappointing. But we’ll never give up.” Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Zak Crawley defends Ollie Pope after latest Ashes dismissal and claims ‘he’s had a good year’

England’s No 3 has averaged 17.62 against Australia but Crawley denied that anyone’s place in the team is under threat

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46 h. ago Legal battle over Peter Cushing's Star Wars 'resurrection' dismissed by senior judges

Senior judges have dismissed a claim over Peter Cushing’s ‘resurrection’ in Rogue One

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48 h. ago There are only two things wrong with this England team. They can’t Baz. And they can’t ball | Barney Ronay

Even losing seems to involve doing so without the qualities that were supposed to make England winIt’s a cruel, cruel summer. By the close of play in Adelaide, on the kind of superheated afternoon when just going outside basically involves setting fire to your own hair, it was clear this was the day the music finally died for England’s Ashes tour; even if that music has long since faded, like the tinkle of a haunted pianola in an empty house.The start of day two had presented a familiar challenge. Here was another occasion where it was necessary to bat properly. And yes, it is always this day. The bat properly day. Do it. Do the batting. The proper batting. By now this seems to raise some very basic existential questions. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago Graeme Swann rips into Ollie Pope after ‘awful dismissal’ as England toil in third Ashes Test

Nathan Lyon dismissed Pope for three runs as the England batter’s woes continued in Australia

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69 h. ago Reeves dismisses claim 1,000 jobs lost a month in North Sea due to windfall tax

The Chancellor said job losses pre-dated the windfall tax

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5 d. ago ‘A lot of stories but very few facts’: sceptics push back on buzzy UFO documentary

The Age of Disclosure was granted a Capitol Hill screening and has broken digital rental records but does it really offer proof of alien life?It has been hailed as a game changer in public attitudes towards UFOs, ending a culture of silence around claims once dismissed as the preserve of conspiracy theorists and crackpots.The Age of Disclosure has been boosted in its effort to shift the conversation about extraterrestrials from the fringe to the mainstream with a Capitol Hill screening and considerable commercial success. It broke the record for highest-grossing documentary on Amazon’s Prime Video within 48 hours of its release, Deadline reported this week. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Richard Tice accused of 'retraumatising victim' with dismissal of Farage racism claim

Reform's Deputy Leader Richard Tice drew a furious backlash after he appeared to dismiss allegations against Nigel Farage from a schoolmate whose family fled the Nazis

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1 week ago Aspects of Peggie tribunal findings ‘hugely problematic for women’ – solicitor

An employment tribunal upheld Sandie Peggie’s claims she was harassed by NHS Fife but other claims were dismissed.

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1 week ago Sandie Peggie judgment: What did the employment tribunal uphold

In a complicated judgment of more than 300 pages an employment tribunal has upheld some of Sandie Peggie’s claims but dismissed others

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1 week ago Brendon McCullum: No chance England can win Ashes with ‘glass jaw’ in Australia

The window of opportunity in one of the most hotly anticipated series in years is fast disappearing.

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1 week ago Lewis Cope's truth about West End past as he makes shock exit on Strictly's musical week

Strictly Come Dancing and Emmerdale star Lewis Cope dismissed claims about having an advantage on the show ahead of his surprise exit from the competition

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2 w. ago Holocaust survivors call on Nigel Farage to apologise over racism row

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has dismissed claims about his behaviour while he was a pupil at Dulwich College, a top private school in London, as 'banter'

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2 w. ago Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’

Exclusive: Yinka Bankole felt compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to dismiss hurt of alleged targetsI’ll never forget the look of hatred Nigel Farage had for me at school, simply for existingA former Dulwich college pupil who claims a teenage Nigel Farage told him “that’s the way back to Africa” has said he felt compelled to speak out after the Reform leader’s attempt at “denying or dismissing” the hurt of his alleged targets.Yinka Bankole, who claims he had just started at the school when a 17-year-old Farage singled him out for abuse, said he had decided to tell his story in full after watching the Reform leader’s press conference on Thursday. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Reform deputy leader dismisses claims of Farage’s past racism as new witnesses come forward

Richard Tice says testimony by about two dozen people about party leader’s school days is ‘made-up twaddle’Reform UK’s deputy leader has described a celebrated film director and a large and growing group of corroborating witnesses as liars over their allegations of Nigel Farage’s teenage antisemitism and racism.With the bigotry row continuing to dog Reform, whose lead in the national polls has slipped in recent weeks, Richard Tice turned on those who claimed to have been abused and those who say they saw it. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Zak Crawley and Joe Root mount England fightback after two early wickets

England reached 98 for two at tea in the Brisbane day-night second Ashes Test after losing Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope for ducks.

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2 w. ago Shorter probationary periods could help avoid unfair dismissal claims

Six-month cut-off is a concession but still a significant change, says Robyn Black

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2 w. ago Putin says Russia has captured Ukraine’s fortress city Pokrovsk in frontline breakthrough ahead of crunch talks with US

VLADIMIR Putin has claimed his troops have captured the key fortress city of Pokrovsk from Ukraine ahead of crunch peace negotiations. Russian fighters were pictured brandishing a flag in the eastern Ukrainian city despite Kyiv dismissing the claims that the frontline region has fallen. Ukrainian Armed Forces' officials admitted on Monday the situation on the...

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3 w. ago Congratulations everyone! Starmer survives another week, and it’s only cost us £26bn | Marina Hyde

Labour can proudly say this was a budget for working people – that is, if your job happens to be prime ministerThanks to Labour’s incredible Black Friday deal, breaking manifesto policies is buy-one-get-one-free. As part of its all-promises-must-go drive, it’s ditching its flagship policy giving the right to claim unfair dismissal from day one of employment. Employers will now have up to six months to summarily sack workers who don’t pan out – unless they’re the government, in which case people have to wait till 2029.The employment rights bill was drawn up and championed by Angela Rayner, who resigned in September following a series of discoveries about her tax affairs. Weird to think that Rayner could easily have been in the I’m a Celebrity camp right now. The former deputy PM reportedly got pretty far along in her discussions with ITV in terms of booking a spot on the current series of the fauna-testicle-based format, and could at this very moment have been giving us her Queen Ove...

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