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(Reuters) -Britain’s telecom and media regulator on Wednesday fined Royal Mail 21 million pounds ($28.1 million), its largest penalty to date on the post and parcel group, for missing delivery targets for 2024–25. The more than 500-year-old Royal Mail, whose iconic red post boxes with the Royal Crest dot Britain, has been trying to modernize …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain could take a leading role in helping to disarm Hamas in Gaza, based on its experience of encouraging militant groups in Northern Ireland to lay down their arms, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday.  Starmer told parliament that decommissioning the enclave would be vital if Donald Trump’s ceasefire between Israel and …

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RIGA (Reuters) -England booked their place in next year’s World Cup finals as captain Harry Kane scored twice in a 5-0 romp away to Latvia on Tuesday to ensure they will win qualifying Group K. There has been little doubt throughout the campaign that England would reach a ninth successive major tournament but now they …

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(Reuters) -Former England all-rounder Ian Botham has criticised the team’s Ashes preparations, saying their decision to play only one warm-up game “borders on arrogance” and could leave them undercooked for the test series in Australia. Botham, who featured in England’s victorious Ashes tours of 1978-79 and 1986-87, said he was concerned that Brendon McCullum’s side …

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By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -England have not won an Ashes test match in Australia for nearly 15 years but their batting firepower could prove decisive in the series starting in Perth next month, according to former captain Alastair Cook. That 2010-11 series ended in a 3-1 England victory with Cook scoring 766 runs including …

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(Reuters) -A royal delivery from Windsor Castle helped the World Conker Championships go ahead as planned on Sunday after an unusually dry and warm summer had put the event at risk. When Britain’s horse chestnut trees, on which grow the shiny inedible nut-like seeds which have been used to play conkers for generations, failed to …

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