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ROOKIE JAISWAL STUNS ENGLAND
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ROOKIE JAISWAL STUNS ENGLAND

OPENER HITS AN UNBEATEN 179 AS INDIA CLOSE ON 336-6

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February 02, 2024
Hammers accused of 'lack of respect' in Benrahma row
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Hammers accused of 'lack of respect' in Benrahma row

LYON have accused West Ham of “incomprehensible behaviour” and a “lack of respect” in a furious response after Said Benrahma’s deadline day move collapsed at the eleventh hour.

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February 02, 2024
Rice key in Arsenal bid to win fight for control over chaos
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Rice key in Arsenal bid to win fight for control over chaos

IT MAY only be early February, but Sunday’s showdown with Liverpool feels season-defining for Arsenal.

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February 02, 2024
England can only rule if Borthwick lets them off the leash
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England can only rule if Borthwick lets them off the leash

IN the city that invented the rule of fear, England will look to launch a new era by trading the stick for the carrot.

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February 02, 2024
Issa brothers appoint glamorous new auditor
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Issa brothers appoint glamorous new auditor

SPY noted with interest the reporting over the weekend that EY had resigned as auditor for Asda.

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February 02, 2024
A fascinating tale of how AI grew and the surprise role of misogyny
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A fascinating tale of how AI grew and the surprise role of misogyny

WALK up to anyone and ask if they know what ChatGPT is: they'll very likely offer an explanation.

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February 02, 2024
Taylor Swift is no plucky underdog, but these Maga conspiracy claims are mad
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Taylor Swift is no plucky underdog, but these Maga conspiracy claims are mad

HAVE we finally reached Taylor Swift saturation point? Right now it’s impossible to move for the micro-updates.

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February 02, 2024
Brianna Ghey's teenage killers named at last
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Brianna Ghey's teenage killers named at last

THE girl and boy who murdered teenager Brianna Ghey can be named for the first time as 16-year-olds Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe.

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February 02, 2024
'You deserved better': Mayor makes apology to Ella's mother, 11 years on
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'You deserved better': Mayor makes apology to Ella's mother, 11 years on

SADIQ KHAN today made a “full and unqualified apology” to the mother of a nine-year-old London girl who died because she lived near roads with illegal levels of toxic air.

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February 02, 2024
Manhunt for chemical attacker stepped up as debate grows over why he was here
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Manhunt for chemical attacker stepped up as debate grows over why he was here

THE manhunt for a suspect wanted over a corrosive substance attack which left a girl and her mother with potentially life-changing injuries intensified today as it was revealed that he was granted asylum despite being a convicted sex offender.

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February 02, 2024
Biden to greet the families of drone victims as questions grow over response
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Biden to greet the families of drone victims as questions grow over response

THE remains of three US soldiers killed in a drone attack in Jordan will arrive back in America today as questions remained over how Washington will respond to their deaths.

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February 02, 2024
Blairs, Elton John and Susanna Reid join Garraway in final goodbye to husband Draper
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Blairs, Elton John and Susanna Reid join Garraway in final goodbye to husband Draper

SIR Tony Blair and Sir Elton John were among the mourners as TV presenter Kate Garraway said a final goodbye to her husband Derek Draper.

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February 02, 2024
Fawlty's back... on West End stage!
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Fawlty's back... on West End stage!

The Germans to feature in special two-hour show written by Cleese

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February 02, 2024
Heat on Starmer and Reeves as they go cold on £28bn green agenda
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Heat on Starmer and Reeves as they go cold on £28bn green agenda

SIR Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves are under attack from within Labour circles as they turn increasingly chilly towards the party’s flagship environmental policy in an election year.

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February 02, 2024
ENGLAND NAME EXCITED BASHIR FOR TEST DEBUT
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ENGLAND NAME EXCITED BASHIR FOR TEST DEBUT

CAPTAIN STOKES BACKS ROOKIE TO SEIZE CHANCE AS ANDERSON RECALLED FOR SECOND CLASH WITH INDIA

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February 01, 2024
Udogie finds his range as Tottenham hit the bullseye during darts grudge match
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Udogie finds his range as Tottenham hit the bullseye during darts grudge match

NO player embodies Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham as well as Destiny Udogie, who produced one of the strangest performances of the Premier League season in last night's win over Brentford.

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February 01, 2024
Teen star Littler unfazed ahead of 'big boys' league' debut
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Teen star Littler unfazed ahead of 'big boys' league' debut

And last year's world champion Michael Smith summed it up succinctly: \"There's only one name on people's lips and it's not mine.\" Luke Littler makes his first competitive outing on British soil since his fairytale run to the World Championship Final tonight on the first day of the Premier League Darts in Cardiff.

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February 01, 2024
Streetwise Bashir has X factor to become an instant hit
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Streetwise Bashir has X factor to become an instant hit

ANOTHER DAY, another insight into the world of this England's selection policy. We knew, of course, about the hunches and the punts, the releasepoints and the straight-to-the-points. Ashes, Moeen? Lol.

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February 01, 2024
BT gets off to flying start with new boss
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BT gets off to flying start with new boss

BT investors will be hoping Allison Kirkby's first day as CEO is a sign of things to come after the telecoms group's shares rallied 2% in the FTSE 100 index.

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February 01, 2024
Shell sparks new row with 23bn investor bonanza
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Shell sparks new row with 23bn investor bonanza

PROFITS at Shell fell back sharply last year from Ukraine war-boosted record levels, but the UK’s biggest energy firm stoked fresh controversy today with another bumper payout for investors.

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February 01, 2024
Idiots who believe in conspiracy theories - what could possibly go wrong?
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Idiots who believe in conspiracy theories - what could possibly go wrong?

EVERYONE is entitled to an opinion, however stupid. And no country, community or generation has a monopoly on stupidity. In the Eighties there was a successful public information campaign to combat the spread of Aids with the catchphrase “Don’t die of ignorance”. If it were possible to actually die of ignorance, Britain would be as underpopulated today as it was after the Black Death.

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February 01, 2024
Gen Z would rather eat yoghurt than fight, but can you blame us?
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Gen Z would rather eat yoghurt than fight, but can you blame us?

IM GOING to war? For Rishi Sunak? Give yer' 'ead a wobble! I've got things to do!\" So said 23-year-old TikToker Charley Marlowe in a widely shared video she posted to the platform over the weekend. \"I'm gay,\" she continued, with her Mancunian lilt.

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February 01, 2024
Bedside reading for Sir Keir? Blair’s book
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Bedside reading for Sir Keir? Blair’s book

SIR Tony Blair has written a book on political leadership, to be published in September. The former prime minister says he has written the manual for government he wishes he had been able to read when he came to power.

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February 01, 2024
Meet the family leading the psychedelic revolution
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Meet the family leading the psychedelic revolution

Amanda Feilding has been at the forefront of psychedelic science for more than halfa century. Now her sons are

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February 01, 2024
Our call: young Londoners need help from all sides
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Our call: young Londoners need help from all sides

THE Evening Standard today called for politicians from all sides to work together to boost the mental health and life chances of young people in London.

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February 01, 2024
Call the midwife to save this lazy show
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Call the midwife to save this lazy show

CALL the Midwife star Helen George makes a poised return to the West End stage in an otherwise lacklustre production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s problematic musical.

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February 01, 2024
There’s no justice... family hits out at one-year term for trip death teenager
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There’s no justice... family hits out at one-year term for trip death teenager

THE family of a retired electrician who died after being tripped from behind today called for a change in the law after his teenage attacker was given just 12 months behind bars.

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February 01, 2024
Attacker threw girl to floor like doll before spraying her mother
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Attacker threw girl to floor like doll before spraying her mother

AMANHUNT was under way today after a mother and her two daughters, aged three and eight, were doused with a corrosive substance in a \"targeted\" attack which saw 11 people taken to hospital.

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February 01, 2024
Robbie: I’m not sad about Barbie snub
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Robbie: I’m not sad about Barbie snub

... but Gerwig pulled offa once in a lifetime film and deserves an Oscar

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February 01, 2024
Labour on new City offensive with 25% tax pledge to bosses
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Labour on new City offensive with 25% tax pledge to bosses

LABOUR promised today to cap corporation tax at its current rate of 25 per cent if it wins power this year, as the party wooed big business with vows of sound economic stewardship.

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February 01, 2024