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ENGLAND SENT INTO TAIL-SPIN
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ENGLAND SENT INTO TAIL-SPIN

KULDEEP AND ASHWIN CRASH THROUGH SUFFERING TOURISTS AFTER CRAWLEY BUILDS PLATFORM

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March 07, 2024
Uneasy peace at Red Bull as Verstappen defends his father
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Uneasy peace at Red Bull as Verstappen defends his father

FOR a company that is such a PR machine, Red Bull has tied itself up in knots in recent weeks.

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March 07, 2024
Henman tips Raducanu to return to top table if she wins her fitness fight
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Henman tips Raducanu to return to top table if she wins her fitness fight

TIM HENMAN has backed Emma Raducanu to get back to the top of the women's game on the evidence of her start to 2024.

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March 07, 2024
Hammers in familiar territory for latest test
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Hammers in familiar territory for latest test

Boss Moyes hopes that group-stage win in Black Forest will help settle his side tonight

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March 07, 2024
After meeting one Fury this week, I hope to shake on a deal with Tyson
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After meeting one Fury this week, I hope to shake on a deal with Tyson

I'VE been in Saudi Arabia for a week today, arriving with all my team last Thursday, and we've been training hard ever since.

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March 07, 2024
Entain review raises prospect of Ladbrokes sale
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Entain review raises prospect of Ladbrokes sale

LADBROKES and Coral owner Entain has launched a review of all its brands, raising the possibility that some of the biggest names in betting could be put up for sale, after a \"difficult year\".

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March 07, 2024
ITV chief vows to 'reshape' its cost base after profits crash
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ITV chief vows to 'reshape' its cost base after profits crash

A TOUGH advertising market saw profits plunge at ITV this year with CEO Carolyn McCall pledging to \"reshape\" the cost base of the broadcaster behind Coronation Street and Love Island.

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March 07, 2024
Westfield UK boss backs Labour plan after VAT-free blow
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Westfield UK boss backs Labour plan after VAT-free blow

THE UK boss of Westfield today became one of the highest profile business leaders in London to openly back Labour's policies for the retail sector as he attacked the \"utter disappointment\" of Jeremy Hunt's failure to restore tax-free shopping for foreign tourists or reform business rates.

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March 07, 2024
Aviva promises £300m for investors
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Aviva promises £300m for investors

INSURANCE giant Aviva today revealed plans to pay out £300 million more to investors through a share buyback and pointed to bigger dividends in the years ahead.

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March 07, 2024
Hugo Boss slides over 'slight delay' hitting €5bn target
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Hugo Boss slides over 'slight delay' hitting €5bn target

SHARES in fashion giant Hugo Boss tumbled today as it revealed that it might not hit its target of €5 billion (£4.3 billion) of sales by 2025.

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March 07, 2024
Uncle Gary: I won't break the Kate code but she's doing well
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Uncle Gary: I won't break the Kate code but she's doing well

THE Princess of Wales's uncle Gary Goldsmith has said his niece is getting the \"best care in the world\" - but he cannot talk more about her wellbeing due to a \"code of etiquette\".

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March 07, 2024
Missed chances to halt the four killings in 'house of horror'
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Missed chances to halt the four killings in 'house of horror'

THE risk to women posed by a drug user who murdered his girlfriend and three other family members in \"house of horror\" killings in London was not assessed despite previous sexually inappropriate behaviour in a \"missed opportunity\" to prevent the tragedy, a watchdog revealed today.

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March 07, 2024
Sheen (in his jim jams) brings some zest to tale of Nye Bevan's triumph
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Sheen (in his jim jams) brings some zest to tale of Nye Bevan's triumph

MICHAEL SHEEN'S performance as the creator of the NHS Aneurin Bevan, is, fittingly, a triumph against the odds.

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March 07, 2024
Hunt's £20 billion Budget shortfall leaves scrapping national
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Hunt's £20 billion Budget shortfall leaves scrapping national

BRITAIN’S public services other than health, defence and education face a £20 billion shortfall in Jeremy Hunt’s pre-election Budget, top economists said today.

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March 07, 2024
Heat on Donelan to pay back £15,000 libel cash from own pocket
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Heat on Donelan to pay back £15,000 libel cash from own pocket

A MINISTER who used £15,000 of taxpayer money to settle a libel claim legal bill was today under pressure to cover the damages herself.

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March 07, 2024
18 months in jail for armourer who allowed live bullet in gun before Baldwin film tragedy
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18 months in jail for armourer who allowed live bullet in gun before Baldwin film tragedy

THE armourer on the Alec Baldwin film Rust has been jailed over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

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March 07, 2024
Hunt puts Britain on autumn poll alert with pledge to cut more taxes
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Hunt puts Britain on autumn poll alert with pledge to cut more taxes

JEREMY HUNT put Britain on notice for an autumn general election as he sought to create a “big divide” between the Tories and Labour on taxes.

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March 07, 2024
'However good I am in Cabaret, critics will still say I don't deserve it'
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'However good I am in Cabaret, critics will still say I don't deserve it'

CARA DELEVINGNE says preparing for her stage debut in Cabaret has left her “on the edge of a nerve” — and braced for criticism.

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March 06, 2024
Clattenburg's return as referee critic spells trouble
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Clattenburg's return as referee critic spells trouble

NOSTALGIA is a powerful drug, so I’ll admit to being pathetically excited at the BBC reboot of Gladiators.

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March 06, 2024
Hapless execution ruins moments of brilliance
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Hapless execution ruins moments of brilliance

WE will come, soon enough, to Singapulah’s intriguing backstory and its manifold multisensory distractions; we will come to the richly staged retro interior, the stacked displays of purchasable larder items, and the flavours that, at their best, flare and sparkle with jolting, technicolour vividness.

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March 06, 2024
Madonna tells fans: I couldn't walk after near-death experience
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Madonna tells fans: I couldn't walk after near-death experience

MADONNA has told fans she “could not walk” after her “near-death experience” last year that left her in a medically induced coma for four days.

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March 06, 2024
WOOD'S BACK IN FOR TOUR FINALE
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WOOD'S BACK IN FOR TOUR FINALE

SEAMER PARTNERS ANDERSON IN PACE ATTACK AS ENGLAND SKIPPER STOKES PROMISES FIGHT TO FINISH

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March 06, 2024
Arteta facing dilemma as he looks to bolster attack
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Arteta facing dilemma as he looks to bolster attack

Should he target a central striker or winger?

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March 06, 2024
Ngannou showed against Fury he's a serious boxer, but he doesn't worry me
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Ngannou showed against Fury he's a serious boxer, but he doesn't worry me

WHEN I watched Francis Ngannou’s fight against Tyson Fury at home in October, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect.

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March 06, 2024
Betting giant 888 pays £39m to exit failed Stateside venture
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Betting giant 888 pays £39m to exit failed Stateside venture

WILLIAM HILL owner 888 revealed today it will pay $50 million (£39 million) as the price of an exit from its failing US business.

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March 06, 2024
L&G is committed to the City, says new boss
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L&G is committed to the City, says new boss

LEGAL & GENERAL today committed itself to the City and said it would aim to raise dividend payouts by 5% a year — a boon to large investors such as pension funds.

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March 06, 2024
Southend Airport owner reaches end of runway
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Southend Airport owner reaches end of runway

THE protracted battle over the future of Southend Airport drew to a close today after owner Esken bowed to pressure from its biggest lender Carlyle and agreed to wind itself up in a move likely to leave shareholders empty-handed.

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March 06, 2024
Two ageing prizefighters in the ring in a gladiatorial battle
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Two ageing prizefighters in the ring in a gladiatorial battle

WELCOME to the political Thunderdome. The 2024 US election will be a gladiatorial battle between two ageing prize fighters who are determined to keep taking swings at each other.

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March 06, 2024
'Taylor Swift's writing brilliance freaks people out'
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'Taylor Swift's writing brilliance freaks people out'

Jack Antonoff is the producer behind modern pop’s biggest records from Lana Del Rey’s Chemtrails Over the Country Club to Swift's 1989. He tells El Hunt how he's become so prolific and why his new record is his best yet

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March 06, 2024
President loses...to an unknown hopeful in tiny Pacific territory
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President loses...to an unknown hopeful in tiny Pacific territory

AN UNKNOWN candidate who defeated President Joe Biden in American Samoa’s Super Tuesday caucus revealed he found out he had won when his “phone started blowing up.”

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March 06, 2024