Big Picture A high bar has been set for the competitiveness of this series. The opening match was a humdinger, seized at the last by Mitchell Santner. It kept New Zealand unbeaten in ODIs this season – nine in a row, ten is their best sequence – and put England in the unusual position of…

The Queen thanked one of Princess Margaret ’s best friends for introducing her to Roddy Llewellyn – the man she had an affair with. Her Majesty also described the episode in Margaret’s love life as “rather difficult at moments”, a new documentary has revealed. Margaret’s friend Lady Anne Glenconner told Channel 5 documentary Elizabeth: Our…

BREXIT CONFUSION What he said: ‘Our message has been consistent since the vote to leave. We respect the result of the referendum.’ What he meant: ‘After months of confusion we’ve made up our minds, sort of.’ Since the referendum in June 2016, Labour’s Brexit policy has been all over the place. By one estimate they’ve…

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The criminal case against the gunman accused in the Florida high school shooting returns to court Tuesday with prosecutors seeking hair samples, fingerprints, DNA and photographs of the suspect. Nikolas Cruz, who has been charged with 17 counts of murder, will not appear in court because he waived his right to…

Bramsche (Niedersachsen) – Horror-Crash bei Osnabrück! Am Montagabend fuhr ein 84 Jahre alter Mann gegen 20.30 Uhr in verkehrter Richtung auf die Bundesstraße 68 nahe Bramsche-Hesepe auf. Die Fahrspuren sind an dieser Stelle durch eine Mittelleitplanke voneinander getrennt. Der Geisterfahrer krachte laut Polizei kurz darauf in ein entgegenkommendes Auto – er überlebte den Unfall nicht. …

Arsenal suffered their heaviest defeat in a cup final against Manchester CityFormer Arsenal striker Ian Wright says he « could not make a case » for Arsene Wenger to remain as manager beyond the end of this season. Wright also accused some players of being « on easy street » and argued that owner Stan Kroenke « does not care ».…

Napoli put on a five-star performance to crush Cagliari 5-0 on Monday and provisionally move four points clear at the top of Serie A. See how the action unfolded at the Sardegna Arena with our liveblog! VAR and a lack of it made for a chaotic start and end to the first half, but Napoli’s…

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