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(Reuters) – Michael Vaughan has temporarily stepped down from commentary duties with the BBC, the former England captain said on Tuesday after he was embroiled in the racism controversy involving former Yorkshire player Azeem Rafiq. Rafiq, a player of Pakistani descent, alleged that Vaughan told him and two other players of Asian origin that there …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s sports minister Nadine Dorries on Tuesday said she expected sporting bodies to reserve women’s competitions for those born of the female sex, after holding a meeting with a number of governing bodies. Her statement comes days after swimming’s world governing body FINA voted to restrict the participation of male-to-female transgender athletes in …

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LONDON (Reuters) -London’s Metropolitan Police Service was put in a special monitoring and improvement program by a watchdog on Tuesday and told to come up with an improvement plan after criticism over its handling of a string of high profile cases. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services said in a statement …

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By Alistair Smout and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced plans on Tuesday for a second referendum to be held on Scottish independence in October next year, vowing to take legal action to ensure a vote if the British government tried to block it. Sturgeon spoke as the Scottish government, which …

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SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany (Reuters) – G7 leaders are working on finding a way of letting Ukraine export its grain, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday. “We’re working on it, we’re all working on it,” he said at the start of a five-way meeting with France’s Emmanuel Macron, Italy’s Mario Draghi, Germany’s Olaf Scholz …

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By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – Britons are shifting to cheaper food alternatives in their supermarket shopping as they try to navigate a worsening cost of living crisis, industry data showed on Tuesday. Market researcher NielsenIQ said that over the four weeks to June 18 sales of frozen poultry rose 12% year-on-year, sales of rice …

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By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) – UK startup Circulor, which uses blockchain technology to map supply chains for companies pursuing greener, more sustainable production, said on Tuesday it had raised $25 million to fund expansion, primarily in the United States. The Series B funding round brings Circulor’s fundraising over the last two years to $45 …

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