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Thousands of Children Sexting, Police Say

Thousands of children, including a boy aged five, have been investigated for sexting, the BBC has learned. Nearly 400...

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Sunderland Fan Bradley Lowery Dies Aged Six After Cancer Fight

Bradley Lowery, the Sunderland football mascot whose battle with a rare cancer helped raise more than £1m to help...

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Britain Opens Separate ‘jihadi Jails’

Britain said Thursday it had begun housing Islamist extremists in separate prison units to prevent them radicalising...

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Jayawardene Pulls Out of Lancashire Cricket Stint

Sri Lanka great Mahela Jayawardene has withdrawn from his planned spell with Lancashire during English county cricket's...

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LA Aims For 2024 Games, But Keeps 2028 In Mind

US Olympic Committee officials are working on the possibility of Los Angeles being offered the 2028 Olympics while...

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Sex Offenders Cannot Be Barred From Social Media

The US Supreme Court on Monday unanimously struck down a North Carolina law that barred registered sex offenders from...

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Pakistan Captain Sarfraz Hopes Cardiff Run Continues In England Semi

Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed hopes the team's "high confidence" in Cardiff will stand them in good stead when they...

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Smith Advice To Stokes Rebounds On Australia

It may not have been the most profound piece of batting advice Steve Smith has ever given when he told Ben Stokes...

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De Villiers Wary of ‘next Level’ Stokes

South Africa captain AB de Villiers believes England all-rounder Ben Stokes has taken his game to the "next level" in...

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Steyn Rules Himself Out of England Test Series

Dale Steyn's quest to become South Africa's all-time leading Test wicket-taker has been put back until at least...

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Rain Thwarts Tamim’s Hundred Bid Against Ireland

The first match of the tri-series in Dublin between Ireland and Bangladesh was abandoned after just 31.1 overs because...

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Philander Sidelined With Groin Injury

South Africa all rounder Vernon Philander will miss Sussex's One Day Cup group stage fixtures after suffering a groin...

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Game of Thrones Actor Neil Fingleton Dies

Britain’s tallest man, who played a giant in Game of Thrones, has died, reportedly of a heart attack, at the age of...

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US Supreme Court Debates Ban On Accessing Social Media

The US Supreme Court on Monday took up a case involving a North Carolina law that bars registered sex offenders from...

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‘Box-Office’ Stokes Deserves IPL Windfall

Ian Botham says "box-office" Ben Stokes deserves every penny of the more than £1.7 million ($2.1mn) that the England...

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Woman Deported To Singapore Despite 27-Year Marriage

A woman who has been married to a British man for 27 years has been deported to Singapore. Irene Clennel was being held...

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Britain’s Tallest Man and Game of Thrones Star Dies

Britain’s tallest man who stood at 7ft 7in has died aged 36. Basketball player-turned-actor Neil Fingleton suffered a...

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Ghanaian Advances To Semi-Final of $7M Shell Ocean Discovery Competition

A Ghanaian, Mark Amo-Boateng, has made it to the semi-finals of the $7 million Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE, a...

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Principal Visits the Home of Every Student Who Attends Her School

Most principals go the extra mile for their students. But Elizabeth MacWilliams of Carroll Middle School goes many...