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England bowler Stuart Broad will retire from Test cricket following the Ashes. The 37-year-old made the announcement at stumps on day three of the final Test against Australia at the Kia Oval. Broad has taken 602 wickets in 167 Tests, making him the second most successful paceman in Test history behind team-mate James Anderson. “Tomorrow or Monday will be my last game of cricket,” he told Sky Sports. “It’s been […]

An independent Scotland could have a migrants commissioner to champion the rights of those who have moved to the country from other nations. The proposal was included in the latest Scottish Government paper on independence, which focused on citizenship. Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville stressed migrants were an “important part” of Scottish society, as she confirmed the SNP would seek to create such a post if Scotland leaves the UK. […]

The soundtrack for the Barbie movie has taken over the UK singles charts by breaking previous records, the Official Charts Company has said. Barbie: The Album, which accompanies the Greta Gerwig-directed comedy about the Mattel doll of the same name, has become the first film soundtrack to land three top five songs at the same time. American singer Billie Eilish’s contemplative What Was I Made For? has reached number three this week. […]

Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murty has claimed the top place as one of Britain’s best dressed for 2023. The businesswoman and fashion designer, 43, was named on the list compiled by Tatler magazine alongside Princess Beatrice’s husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and Love Actually star Bill Nighy. Chandler Tregaskes, style editor for Tatler said: “The coveted number one spot in Tatler’s best dressed list belongs to the chatelaine of Downing Street, Akshata Murty. “Her stream of […]

Two retired Metropolitan Police officers have been jailed for a three-year plot to share “the most depraved” child sexual abuse images together with a serving Met chief inspector, who was found dead before he was charged. Jack Addis, 63, and Jeremy Laxton, 63, were sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on Friday, having previously pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring with Richard Watkinson, 49, to distribute or show indecent images […]

Jeremy Hunt said “no decisions” have been made over compensation for the victims of the “terrible” contaminated blood scandal following their decades of suffering. Appearing before the official Infected Blood Inquiry on Friday, the Chancellor said he is “absolutely content” the Government has been working “at pace” on setting out a full compensation scheme. It comes after Rishi Sunak was heckled and laughed at by those watching the proceedings in […]

Professor Brian Cox has said extraordinary claims about the existence of aliens were made in a US senate hearing, but were not backed up by “extraordinary evidence”. US lawmakers heard first-hand accounts of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings from former members of the military on Wednesday in a hearing to explore what the US Government knows about the existence of UFOs. Retired Major David Grusch told Congress the US is concealing a […]

Sergeant Matt Ratana died in hospital despite the efforts of medical staff, after being struck by two bullets in a holding cell in Croydon, south London, in September 2020 A cannabis user who shot dead a custody sergeant while handcuffed in a police cell has been handed a whole-life sentence. Gun fanatic Louis De Zoysa was convicted of murder last month, after jurors were shown distressing CCTV footage of the […]

Peter Flavel will step down with immediate effect The boss of bank Coutts which shut down Nigel Farage’s bank account, Peter Flavel, will step down immediately, its owner NatWest Group has said. It follows the resignation of NatWest’s chief executive Dame Alison Rose in the early hours of Wednesday. Its interim boss, Paul Thwaite, said the resignation was agreed by mutual consent and is the “right decision for Coutts and […]