By Ed Osmond LONDON (Reuters) – Ben Stokes played another magnificent innings which revived memories of his heroic Ashes test-winning knock at Headingley four years ago but on a sunny afternoon at Lord’s on Sunday he was unable to finish the job. The left-hander bludgeoned nine fours and nine sixes in his 155, dragging England …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s King Charles will meet U.S. President Joe Biden at Windsor Castle on July 10, a spokesperson for Buckingham Palace said on Sunday. The spokesperson said further details would be released in due course about the meeting which will take place at one of Charles’ residences just outside London. The White House …
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By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – England will require more heroics from Ben Stokes if they are to pull off an unlikely victory over Australia on Sunday and level an Ashes series threatening to slide out of their control. Chasing 371 for victory at Lord’s, England had their top-order ripped apart by Aussie pace duo …
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LONDON (Reuters) – England off-spinner Moeen Ali should be fit to face Australia in the third test at Headingley with his finger injury healing well, according to bowling coach Jeetan Patel. Moeen, recalled to the test squad after a back injury to Jack Leach, suffered a cut finger in the opening test at Edgbaston and …
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(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is planning a deal with Italy to stem the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean and return them to North Africa, the Telegraph reported on Friday. Sunak had sent Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service Simon Case to Italy in mid-June for two days of meetings …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A column by TV personality Jeremy Clarkson in the Sun newspaper in which he wrote he hoped Prince Harry’s wife Meghan would one day be forced to parade naked through the streets was sexist, Britain’s press regulator said on Friday. The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) ruled the column contained a pejorative …
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By Hugh Lawson LONDON (Reuters) -Australia built a lead of 221 on the third day of the second test at Lord’s before rain stopped play on Friday, adding 130 to their first-innings score for the loss of two wickets after skittling out England’s tail end in the morning. Usman Khawaja was the pick of the …
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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Prince Harry is seeking damages of around 440,000 pounds ($560,000) from Britain’s Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), court documents released on Friday revealed as the trial of the royal’s phone-hacking lawsuit came to an end. The prince and around 100 others are suing MGN, the publisher of the Daily Mirror, Sunday …
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(Reuters) – The London High Court trial in which Prince Harry and some 100 others are suing British publisher Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) concluded on Friday, with a ruling not expected for several months. Here are details of the case: WHAT IS THE COURT CASE ABOUT? Harry and the others are suing MGN, publisher of …
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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s former leader Boris Johnson urged a court on Friday to allow the release of potentially embarrassing WhatsApp messages between senior figures to a COVID-19 inquiry despite objections by his successor Rishi Sunak’s government. Johnson, who ordered the inquiry in 2021 after Britain recorded one of the world’s highest death …
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