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Post-Brexit trade deal talks between the UK and Japan are thought to have hit a stumbling block over Stilton – after international trade secretary Liz Truss insisted on making blue cheese part of the negotiations. The two countries had hoped to finalise an agreement by the end of August, ...

A suspended Metropolitan Police officer has been told he is the subject of a criminal investigation for common assault and gross misconduct after appearing to kneel on a black man’s neck. The police watchdog has launched a probe into the actions of two officers during the arrest of Marcus ...

TORONTO -- Eighteen flights arriving in Canada from international destinations since the start of August have had people on board with COVID-19. According to the federal government, the flights landed in Canada between Aug. 1 and Aug. 4. They all had passengers who tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving ...

A decision by their own independent adjudicator, which reduced Umar Akmal's original three-year ban by 18 months, has now been challenged by the PCB in the Swiss Court of Arbitration for Sports.Akmal was banned from all representative cricket in April for failing to report details of corrupt approaches made ...

The number of NHS contact tracers will be reduced by a third while the rest are set to be redeployed locally as the government appears to acknowledge that the national system, described as “world beating”, is not fit for purpose. In an overhaul of the Test and Trace programme, ...

Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq rued his side's lack of fortune at crucial times on the fourth day as Pakistan slumped to a tense three-wicket defeat at the hands of England in the first Test at Old Trafford. Writing for the PCB's in-house website, Misbah said Pakistan "were right on ...

Food manufacturers should be given taxpayer help to research how to re-formulate unhealthy foods to help tackle Britain’s obesity crisis, a new report has said. The non-profit think tank Demos also said ministers must consider subsidising healthy foods to help tackle food market flaws, which it says leave 20 ...

Fragmented mental health services and a failure to learn from mistakes is increasing the risk of homicides committed by people with serious mental health issues, an NHS report has warned. There were 111 homicides committed by people receiving mental health services in the year to 19 March and a ...

A landmark coronavirus study has found the risk of transmission in classrooms is minimal, ratcheting up pressure on the Education Secretary to fully reopen schools. Boris Johnson is understood to have warned that Gavin Williamson's 'head will be on the chopping block' if pupils are not back in lessons next ...

In another era, an era in which England didn't have one of the best allrounders or swing bowlers in their history, Chris Woakes may have played a hundred Tests and be something of a household name.He's won more World Cups than Ian Botham, after all. He's made more Test ...