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Harris came in 28 balls into the innings with Spirit 40-2 and Griffith having already showing plenty of positive intent.The 31-year-old, back with Spirit after a previous stint in 2023, soon joined in – clubbing Australia team-mate Amanda-Jade Wellington for six fourth ball.She continued to attack Wellington but that almost proved her downfall as she offered a chance at long-off on 22 but the catch went down – an error duly punished by Harris.The half-century came up from 28 balls – Spirit’s second quickest in The Hundred – and while Griffith fell the ball after matching that feat, Harris powered…

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Jessica UreBBC London investigationsWatch Bridgerton actress tackle phone thiefBridgerton actress Genevieve Chenneour has spoken of how she has been left “severely agoraphobic” and unable to leave home following a phone theft that turned violent in west London.The 27-year-old was attacked in a café in February after she confronted a man who had taken her phone.Speaking to the BBC for the first time about the assault, which left her concussed and traumatised, the actress said it had caused her to move out of the capital to live with her mother. “I no longer feel safe calling west London home as a…

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VIJAYAWADA: A 24-year-old newlywed woman died by suicide, allegedly driven to the extreme step due to relentless physical and emotional abuse by her husband near Vuyyur in Krishna district. The deceased, Srividya, left behind a detailed suicide note accusing her husband, Rambabu, a village surveyor, of repeated domestic violence and humiliation.According to police, Srividya, who worked as a lecturer at a private college and held an MSc degree, was found hanging at her residence when no one else was home. Her parents, devastated by the incident, filed a complaint, following which Vuyyuru police registered a case and launched an investigation.During…

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Karen HogganBusiness reporter, BBC NewsPAFormer star fund manager Neil Woodford and his investment firm have been fined a total of almost £46m by the financial watchdog.Some 300,000 people lost out when Woodford Equity Income Fund collapsed in 2019 after investors tried to withdraw money faster than the fund could pay out.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has provisionally fined Mr Woodford nearly £6m and banned him from holding senior manager roles and managing funds for non-professional investors. It has fined his fund, Woodford Investment Management (WIM), £40m.Mr Woodford and WIM are appealing against the decisions, so all the FCA’s findings are…

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James MountfordBBC News, LancashireLancashire PoliceRyan Morgan tried to control the vehicle after his father suffered an epileptic fit at the wheelA driver on cocaine who had ignored medical advice to stop driving before a crash that killed his teenage son has been jailed for 10 years. Daniel Burba, 31, from Morecambe, had an epileptic fit at the wheel of his wife’s van when it swerved off the M6 near Lancaster on 20 April, killing his 14-year-old son Ryan Morgan.Paramedics found a small bag of the Class A drug as they treated Burba, 31, who had previously had seizures because of…

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Police should reveal the ethnicity and immigration status of criminal suspects, Yvette Cooper has said.The home secretary told Sky News there needs to be “greater transparency” about people arrested and charged, with the Law Commission conducting a review of guidance in this area. Politics Live: Migrant detentions will begin ‘in a matter of days’, says CooperThe issue has been the subject of debate in a series of high-profile cases, including recently over the charging of two men – reported to be Afghan asylum seekers – over the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton.The suspects’ ethnicities have not been…

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Picture: Nedous Hotel’s website SRINAGAR: Edwina Mountbatten sipped tea here. Khrushchev’s Soviet delegation walked its wooden halls. In 1947, foreign correspondents wrote dispatches from its snow-wrapped verandas as Kashmir burned during the tribal invasion.Today, it lies sealed. J&K govt took control of Nedous Hotel in Gulmarg — a colonial-era landmark established in 1888 — ending a 137-year-old legacy tied to royalty, revolution, and the region’s political aristocracy.Gulmarg Development Authority (GDA) issued Saturday a 24-hour eviction notice to what it called an “unauthorised occupant”. The lease had lapsed 40 years ago.Perched beside Gulmarg’s golf course with views of Mount Apharwat, the…

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