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But the love affair here has gone way beyond baseball, this has been a glorious embracing of two cultures. A point underlined by the news Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has declared a sister city application with Glasgow.Fittingly, she did so in a Scottish pub wearing a Scotland football jersey.Tens of thousands of football fans swarming to a city for a major tournament is nothing new, but it is the manner of the revelry here that has set it apart.At the time of writing, there has not been one arrest of a Scotland fan either in Boston or Providence, another nearby…

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Arsenal’s opening bid for Jeremy Monga rejected by Leicester, Gunners also preparing bid for Bradley Barcola and RB Leipzig make contact with Everton over Barry. Arsenal have had their first bid for Leicester City and England Under-19 winger Jeremy Monga rejected – the 19-year-old one of the club’s long-term targets for the summer. (Telegraph – subscription required) , externalThe Gunners are also preparing a bid for Paris St-Germain and France winger Bradley Barcola, 23. (Independent) , externalRB Leipzig have made contact with Everton over 23-year-old France Under-21 striker Thierno Barry. (Times – subscription required) , externalReal Madrid are looking to…

Counting of the ballot papers will begin as soon as possible, with the result expected to be declared in the early hours of Friday morning. A total of 14 candidates took part in the by-election, which was triggered by the resignation of Labour MP Josh Simons.

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Labour to pay Ed Miliband’s energy quango boss ‘obscene’ £458,000 while working just two days a week`; const adSlotHtmlSkyRight = “; const targetParentSky = document.querySelector(‘.sky–ad__container’); if (targetParentSky) { targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyLeft); targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyRight); } } else { // console.log(“Inder 3 – skys not showing because user is member”); } `; targetParentBillboard.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adBillboard); } }); } `; return trendingDiv; }

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T20 World Cup, Group 2, Headingley West Indies 153-6 (20 overs): Taylor 47* (19); Fraser 2-34Scotland 146 (20 overs): Carter 59 (62), Lister 33 (25)West Indies won by seven runsScorecard. TablesScotland came agonisingly short of a famous victory at the T20 World Cup as West Indies somehow won a tumultuous game at Headingley.Put on the back foot by Stafanie Taylor’s 19-ball 47 not out and having lost four wickets for seven runs in their chase of 154, Darcey Carter, who was battling a calf injury, and Ailsa Lister took the Scots to the point of needing 22 from the last…

A Nottinghamshire volunteer has been slapped with a £150 fine for leaving a kale leaf in a supermarket trolley.A 42-year-old who spends her time rescuing surplus groceries for redistribution to vulnerable families found herself handed a penalty notice after the roughage was discovered.Monica Serro had been gathering food destined for waste through the Olio community-sharing network when an enforcement officer confronted her in a Sainsbury’s car park in Arnold, Nottinghamshire.Labour-run Gedling Borough Council later withdrew the fine and issued an apology, acknowledging the incident did not constitute deliberate littering.Ms Serro and her mother arrived at the supermarket to collect surplus…