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Root makes Kevin Pietersen request as former batter joins England coaching team

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The Independent UK

Joe Root says it is ‘disrespectful’ to suggest Pakistan have shown lack of fight

Pakistan took the unprecedented step of sending seven players plus head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed and assistant Umar Gul home during the tour.

The Independent UK

Joe Root backs ‘always brilliant’ Pietersen to bring best out of England players

Joe Root has backed Kevin Pietersen to bring the best out of England’s players after the former captain’s surprise appointment as a specialist mentor to the white-ball squad

The Guardian - UK

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Joe Root reacts to Kevin Pietersen’s appointment to England coaching role

Pietersen is returning to England’s ODI and T20 ranks as a batting mentor

The Independent UK

2026 Ballon d’Or: PSG, Arsenal, Bayern Munich among Club of the Year nominees as Harry Kane emerges as favorite. Check full list of contenders

The much-anticipated 2026 Ballon d'Or ceremony is set to take place in London on October 26. This esteemed award will recognize outstanding performances spanning from August 2025 to July 2026. The forthcoming FIFA World Cup, hosted in North America, is expected to sway the final nominations significantly. Among the frontrunners,…

The Economic Times

One in 12 golf clubs in England broke water extraction rules in past five years

More than 140 clubs breached licences, with a third caught taking water illegally, analysis shows – but no fines issued

The Guardian - UK

At 13, a UK boy’s plant-selling business helps pay his £4,000 school fees

A 13-year-old boy living in Surrey, England began selling plants outside his father’s office at the age of 6, and has now turned that early venture into a business that helps pay his £4,000-a-term school fees. ‘Malaki Conteh’ first started selling to raise money for singing lessons because he wanted…

The Times of India

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Local areas with highest and lowest fertility rates revealed

Some 12 of the top 25 local authorities with the lowest fertility rates are in the capital.

Evening Standard

How fertility rates compare in your area after record drop in England and Wales births

London and university cities are driving a drop in fertility rates, according to new figures

The Independent UK

Michael Vaughan applauds Kevin Pietersen return but says England face challenge

Vaughan captained Pietersen at the start of his international career.

The Independent UK

It was clear Pakistan would struggle in England but they were set up to fail

My heart has always belonged to Pakistan’s cricketers but the PCB’s nonsensical decision-making is breaking it

The Guardian - UK

Drought conditions will continue without ‘sustained rainfall’ in affected areas

The Environment Agency said even a few weeks of wetter weather ‘cannot reverse the impacts of several months of exceptionally dry conditions’.

Evening Standard

It’s been the wettest week since early February – so why are we still in drought and under hosepipe bans?

Despite recent wet conditions, ‘further significant rainfall’ is needed before drought conditions can end, environment bosses warn

The Independent UK

Compulsory grammar tests in England’s schools aren’t improving children’s writing

For over a decade, children in year six – the final year of primary school in England – have taken the grammar, punctuation and spelling test as part of their Key Stage 2 Standard Assessment Tests (Sats). This GPS test has shaped how grammar is taught in primary schools.

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The Independent UK

James Anderson and Michael Vaughan react to Kevin Pietersen’s shock England return

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The Independent UK

Michael Vaughan highlights ‘issue’ with England hiring Kevin Pietersen

Pietersen has been brought in as a specialist mentor for England’s white-ball teams but Vaughan has highlighted a potential pitfall

The Times of India

Shakespeare’s Globe to replace 30-year-old roof with 14,000 reed bundles in £10m project

Shakespeare’s Globe in London is set for a major roof replacement nearly 30 years after the reconstructed theatre opened. The £10 million project will use traditional thatching and around 14,000 bundles of reed instead of modern roofing materials. The Globe’s original roof used 6,000 bundles of Norfolk reeds. The project…

The Guardian - UK

How the smaller ball trial in WXV has brought ‘mixed bag of emotions’

The trial has caused heated debate in women’s rugby, with England’s Zoe Harrison calling it the ‘worst decision ever’, but others more open to it

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The Guardian - UK

Councils pay more than £125m a year placing vulnerable children in illegal care homes in England

Exclusive: Booming industry of businesses profit from shortage of beds for most at-risk children

The Independent UK

UK weather forecast: Experts on when warmer temperatures will return after heavy rain

Despite the wet weather, most of England and all of Wales is still in drought

The Guardian - UK

England’s teenagers outperform peers in most countries in maths, reading and science

OECD test sees results dip in almost all member nations and warns of ‘digital distractions’ eroding academic skills

The Conversation

What anglers have taught me about saving England’s sharks

I spent six days on a small fishing boat in the middle of the English Channel in July trying to catch a thresher shark. The weather was fickle, even at the height of summer.

BANG Premier

Andrew Garfield hopes The Uprising leaves billionaires terrified

The Uprising star Andrew Garfield has a clear goal in mind for his new movie based on the Peasants' Revolt in 1381 England.

The Independent UK

Small boats crisis could worsen if traffickers shift destinations across the south coast

An ‘ongoing cat-and-mouse dynamic between the authorities and smugglers’ could shift where small boats depart from and arrive

International Business Times UK

Joey Barton Could Spend a Year on Remand After Bail Bid Fails Over Alleged Golf Club Attack

Joey Barton, former England midfielder, remains in custody after being denied bail over an alleged assault at a Merseyside golf club. His trial is scheduled for March 2027.

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