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Unlock more of the best of our cricket coverage with a DailyMail+ subscription – brilliant exclusives, in-depth insight and the writers you love every day  There were still dark, angry clouds over Lord’s when Joe Root walked out to bat just before 1pm. England had been reduced to 26-2 by the bowling of Mohammad Abbas and Root was thrust straight into the firing line against the Pakistan attack. After the week the England captain has had, he could have been forgiven for thinking it never rains but it pours. Root, a battlefield promotion as England skipper after the sudden exit of Ben…

Lindsay Clancy’s murder case is now in the hands of a Massachusetts jury after 22 days of testimony in Plymouth Superior Court.Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the deaths of her three children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months. Clancy admits to killing the children in their Duxbury home on Jan. 24, 2023. She then slit her throat and jumped from a window, breaking her neck. The fall left her paralyzed. Her defense claims that she was overmedicated and suffering from postpartum psychosis, and so should not be held criminally responsible. Prosecutors allege that she planned…

The deadly flash flood in Nepal on Wednesday was likely caused by a huge chunk of a glacier that broke off and temporarily dammed a river, according to preliminary investigations by scientists. That may have led to the backed-up water surging downstream with enormous force a few hours later, they suggested.Scientists are still piecing together information from satellite and ground-level data to figure out exactly what happened to cause the flood, which killed hundreds of people and left over a thousand more missing, including foreigners and pilgrims. The U.S. Geological Survey on Wednesday reported a magnitude 5.2 glacier collapse that…

Dolly Parton spent years secretly getting her affairs in order to eliminate any potential money-grabbing over her staggering $450 million empire – with her plans kept so tightly under wraps that even her inner business circle were left in the dark, the Daily Mail can reveal. The country music icon’s plans were so covert, in fact, that those who worked closely alongside her for decades were forced to have frantic conversations to work out ‘what’s next’ in the hours after her shock death on Tuesday, according to an insider with intimate knowledge of Parton’s business and legal affairs.The source, a Tennessee native who…

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As Lindsay Clancy’s trial nears its end in Massachusetts, her ex-husband is hundreds of miles away trying to rebuild a life that keeps being dragged back into the spotlight.Patrick Clancy, 38, was seen this week touring apartments in a quiet neighborhood of Manhattan as he and new wife, Dr Rachel Danis, seek to escape the glare of publicity.He rode a Citi Bike through the streets and wandered around incognito, wearing a golf-branded baseball cap and sunglasses in an apparent bid to avoid being recognized.Patrick viewed properties with realtor Alex Grapstein from Corcoran, a real estate company specializing in luxury condos,…

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Andy Burnham has been accused of backtracking on his support for a cap on political donations to avoid displeasing Labour’s union paymasters.The Prime Minister backed a £500,000 limit on cash gifts to parties when he was campaigning to return to Westminster in May, amid a row over £5million given to Reform by Thailand-based billionaire Christopher Harborne.In an email the now PM he told Shaun Bowler, the founder of WakeUpGB –  which campaigns for stricter rules on money in politics – that such a cap ‘would guard against the perception of any one party being unduly influenced or swayed by one person or organisation’.But…

A British nurse who was on a Hindu pilgrimage to a sacred mountain is among at least 33 UK nationals missing following the devastating ‘tsunami in the sky’ flash floods in Nepal.Sarada Simkhada, who is a senior nurse at the Darent Valley Hospital, left for Nepal last Saturday to take part in the holy trip.Ms Simkhada, from Dartford, moved to Britain more than two decades ago and was known at the hospital for being extremely hard working, a friend said.Her relatives are increasingly concerned for her wellbeing after she was last heard from a day before the flood on Wednesday.She…