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Sir Garfield Sobers was called the “greatest all-round cricketer the world has ever known” by former team-mate Sir Clive Lloyd at the legendary West Indies player’s state funeral in Barbados.Lloyd described all-rounder Sobers, who died aged 89 on 17 July, as “a man who lived in the hearts and minds of Caribbean people and who became a source of inspiration to millions throughout the world”.An entertaining left-handed batter and bowler of seam and spin, Sobers played 93 Tests between 1954 and 1974, scoring 8,032 runs and taking 235 wickets.The funeral was staged at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, the principle…

Staff working at Manchester’s busiest rail station are set to strike on Saturday over what their union has said is the unfair sacking of a colleague. About 70 Avanti West Coast members who are part of the RMT and work at Manchester Piccadilly have announced plans for a 24-hour strike, with further walk-outs planned.The action comes after what the union said was the dismissal of a staff member based on “anonymous allegations” over which they have taken industrial action four times in the past two months. Avanti West Coast has been contacted for comment.RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey said the…

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Britain’s largest bakery retailer is pressing ahead with plans to add up to 110 new outlets this year.The plans are part of a wider ambition to grow its footprint from 2,773 shops to 3,500.Greggs revealed on Wednesday that it has trimmed its 2026 opening target slightly, down from an earlier goal of 120 new sites.The chain now expects to launch between 100 and 110 fresh locations before the year is out.The company is also testing a new format called Greggs Express, with 10 trial sites offering self-service coffee and food set to open this year.More than half of the outlets…

The BBC has confirmed it is scrapping Blankety Blank, Celebrity Mastermind and Live at the Apollo as part of sweeping cost-reduction measures across the corporation.Announcing the cancellations on Wednesday, the broadcaster acknowledged that “really tough choices” were necessary given its current financial pressures, and the news has been met with mixed responses.”Unfortunately, we have to make some really tough choices in light of our funding challenges, and these savings have been identified from the Entertainment genre,” the BBC said in a statement.The corporation described itself as “incredibly proud” of all three programmes, thanking cast and crew for “making them such…

The Metropolitan Police has said it will be taking no further action after Green Party leader Zack Polanski re-posted a photo of a man wearing a T-shirt with an image of a guillotine and the slogan “we’re only making plans for Nigel”.In a statement, the police said it did not believe sharing the picture constituted an offence.However, it added that the wearing of the T-shirt should be recorded as a crime and had referred a crime report to Avon and Somerset Police, who cover Bristol where the photo was taken.Polanski has said he had made an “inadvertent mistake” by re-posting…

The Hundred women’s competition, The OvalMI London 151-4 (100 balls): Kerr 49* (32); Kapp 2-24London Spirit (151-5 balls): Jones (49); Gordon 2-29, Matthews 2-33Match tiedScorecard. TableMI London held London Spirit to a nail-biting tie at The Oval after Hayley Matthews conceded only three runs from the last three balls of the match.With Spirit needing nine off the final set, Matthews’ international team-mate Deandra Dottin struck a four off the first ball before adding a single from the following delivery.Matthews struck back, having Nadine de Klerk caught at deep mid-wicket for 13 and keeping new batter Charlie Dean to a single.Dottin…

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Andy Burnham has been accused of “firing the starting gun” on further tax rises after admitting “difficult decisions” must be made in order to fund his social care reforms.Earlier today, the Prime Minister unveiled a three-point plan to fix social care after years of “shameful” neglect, which included bringing forward Baroness Louise Casey’s social care review.Reform UK’s Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick insisted his party, which was snubbed from cross-party talks, would not fund social care with a “mammoth tax assault”.Mr Jenrick said: “Make no mistake, today Andy Burnham fired the starting gun on his scheme to raid the little money…