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LONDON (Reuters) -Former England chief selector Ed Smith has begun a 12-month term as MCC President and ex-England ODI captain Eoin Morgan has been appointed Chair of Cricket, the organisation said on Wednesday. Former Kent and Middlesex batsman Smith, who played in three test matches for England, succeeds Mervyn King. The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Princess Anne, the late Queen Elizabeth’s only daughter, has visited Ukraine to express her solidarity with children and families enduring the impact of the war, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday. Anne, who celebrated her 75th birthday in August, met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during her visit to Kyiv on Tuesday, where they …

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By Yoruk Bahceli and Sam Tabahriti LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer last week announced plans to require workers to hold a compulsory digital identity card to tackle illegal immigration. The plan has revived a national debate, last played out two decades ago, in which fears about privacy and security run up against a …

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LIVERPOOL (Reuters) -The British government said on Tuesday it would scrap a target of getting 50% of young people going to university, and would instead aim to have two-thirds obtain “higher-level skills” by the age of 25 with increased use of apprenticeships. The goal is part of a wider effort to align education with labour …

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(Reuters) – Former Liverpool and Chelsea women’s manager Matt Beard took his own life, a coroner’s court hearing was told on Monday. The BBC reported the hearing in Ruthin, North Wales was adjourned for a full inquest at a later date. Beard led Liverpool to back-to-back WSL titles in 2013 and 2014, before returning in …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Ferrari Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton announced the death of his bulldog Roscoe on Monday in an emotional social media post paying tribute to a pet with a huge following of his own. The seven-times world champion missed a Pirelli tyre test in Italy as well as an event at Milan Fashion …

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