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British Special Services were called upon to rescue a hijacked oil tanker off the U.K. coast in the early hours of Sunday, October 25. According to reports from The Guardian, seven suspects were detained on the vessel following a request from local authorities for specialist armed services to regain control of the hijacked ship. The […]

The England National Cricket Selectors have released the names of the cricket squad who will be facing West Indies on Wednesday, July 8. The selectors picked a 13-man team and named Ben Stokes as the captain. The longtime vice-captain and all-rounder will replace Joe Root as England’s skipper for the match, per The Cricket Times. […]

The ECB announced on Friday that the Pakistan cricket team is set to arrive in England for their summer tour on Sunday, Sky Sports reported. The teams are set to play three Tests and three Twenty20s, with the competition starting in August. International competitions and major leagues have been shutting down because of the spread […]

Teams that end the Cricket World Cup in a tie should share the title, Ross Taylor says. One year after the controversial finish to the 2019 Cricket World Cup that saw England and New Zealand tied at 241 runs each after 50 overs followed by a Super Over, the New Zealand batsman said that he […]

A stabbing rampage in the town of Reading in the United Kingdom has left at least three people dead. In addition, it has been reported that “a number” of other individuals have been taken to the hospital, though no further details were given about their health status. According to the BBC, police are currently looking […]

Protesters in Bristol, England toppled a 125-year-old statue of notorious slave trader Edward Colston on Sunday, BBC News reported earlier today. The 17th-century historical figure was torn down during a Black Lives Matter protest rally. The protestors used ropes to tear it down, and photos from the article show them dropping it into the Bristol […]

An English man who starved to death after his public benefits were cut off pulled out his own teeth with pliers, his family believes. The story of Errol Graham’s death began in June 2018. The 57-year-old grandfather was likely mentally ill, according to his family, and had basically withdrawn from society and holed up in […]

A British teenager who was bullied for starting an Instagram account to review books has found himself with something every social media user craves — hundreds of thousands of followers — CNN reports. Callum Manning can thank his sister and her tweet about the perils of bullying for his sudden Instagram fame. Callum, 13, loves […]

After a fast start under new manager Jose Mourinho last November, kicking off his tenure with three straight wins, Tottenham Hotspur have struggled, and have likely lost superstar striker Harry Kane to injury for the duration of the 2019-2020 campaign. Sitting six points off of a Champions League place, the Spurs’ best chance at a […]

After England stunned defending Rugby World Cup champions New Zealand 19-7 in the first 2019 semifinal on Saturday in Yokohama, Japan, the South Africa Springboks followed up with a hard-fought, tactical 19-16 victory over the Brave Dragons of Wales, to set up a rematch of the 2007 World Cup final on November 2. The Springboks […]

British police are publicly shaming a parent who broke at least one written law, and probably half a dozen unwritten ones, for double-parking in front of a school when they lived about a block away, Yahoo News reports. It’s the bane of every parent who drives their kid to school: other parents who disobey the […]

The UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group A has been dominated by England. However, on Friday, the leaders who had previously outscored opponents 19-4 through their first four games, as The Inquisitr reported, suffered a shock 2-1 defeat to the Czech Republic. When those two teams first met in March, England cruised to a 5-0 victory. […]

England face Czech Republic for only the fourth time in their respective histories, as The Inquisitr reported, in a clash of the top two teams in Group A of the UEFA 2020 European Championship qualifying round. But the game will actually be only the second competitive match between the two countries, since the Czech Republic […]

A village in England has been forced to cancel its ghost tours and other spooky goings-on after the local minister complained about disrespectful tourists and the general un-Christian-ness of it all, Yahoo News U.K. reports. Prestbury, Gloucestershire, which is about 100 miles northwest of London, has everything a fan of the paranormal loves. There are […]

England not only will be looking to definitively cast their sorry showing at the 2015 Rugby World Cup into the dustbin of history when they open their 2019 tournament on Sunday, they will also need to keep pace with New Zealand. The All Blacks won their opening match, and the two are considered co-favorites to […]

A 10-year-old girl stymied a would-be armed robber by throwing a loaf of bread at him, The Evening Standard reports. Unfortunately for police, the suspect is still at large. Authorities say that just before 10 p.m. on Monday night, the unidentified girl and her father were doing some shopping at Express Supermarket in Worthing, England. […]

An English couple has announced that they are raising their newborn baby to be “gender-neutral,” Yahoo News reports. That means that, among other things, the couple aren’t revealing the baby’s biological gender even to friends and family; will refer to the baby using neutral pronouns such as “they”; and will allow the child to choose […]

The most surprising story of the 2020 UEFA Euro qualifiers so far has been the miracle run put together by the tiny, strife-torn country of Kosovo. A former Serbian province that gained UEFA membership just three years ago, and has a population of fewer than 2 million — and whose independence remains unrecognized by Serbia, […]

An English mother claims that one of her cousins was holding her newborn baby when the child vomited on the cousin’s designer blouse. And the cousin then demanded that the mother pay over $2,000 to replace it. A couple of generations ago, whenever someone offended you, all you could do was tell your family and […]

England would appear assured to solidify their place atop Group A of the 2020 UEFA Euro qualifiers when they host winless Bulgaria on Saturday, but Three Lions manager Gareth Southgate does not want his team thinking that way, he told the BBC. Southgate, who led England to the World Cup semifinal in 2018, as well […]

An Australian tourist was charged £55,315.12 ($68,060.28) for a single beer at a Manchester, England hotel, BBC News reports. And even though he’s going to be getting money back, the man has been charged a four-digit transaction fee as well as interest while he waits for the hotel and his bank to sort things out. […]

A 17-year-old from Bristol, England, reportedly went blind after his fussy eating habits left him severely malnourished, reported The BBC. The teenager, who was not named, had been subsisting entirely on French fries, Pringles, and white bread, with an occasional slice of ham or a sausage since elementary school. His picky eating habits led him […]

England’s 24-year-old Cricket World Cup bowling hero Jofra Archer received his first Test cap even though not a single ball was bowled on Wednesday, as The Telegraph reported, as England and Australia will try again on Thursday to get their second Ashes Test match — which will also be the second match for both countries […]

A woman in Great Britain posted a photo of a cow which wandered into her neighborhood and poked its head into her kitchen window while she was eating breakfast. The Daily Mail shared the photo of a Holstein dairy cow peering through her window, and social media kept the joke going. She posted the photo […]

Just two weeks after the conclusion of the dramatic 2019 Cricket World Cup, won in dramatic fashion by England, the oldest rivalry in cricket takes center stage when England hosts arch-rival Australia in the 71st playing of The Ashes, as The Inquisitr reported, with Day 1 of the first Test match out of five scheduled […]

On Thursday, the oldest rivalry in cricket returns as England hosts arch-rival Australia in the first of five Test matches as the 2019 Ashes series opens for the 71st time, in a rivalry that stretches all the way back to 1861, according to CricInfo. Through the years, the two nations have been very closely matched, […]

A homeowner reports that soon after a neighbor complained that her protected 200-year-old Sycamore tree was blocking the light onto their property, the tree was poisoned and is now dying. According to The Daily Mail, Jill Sarchet, a woman from Burnley, England, grew suspicious after the leaves on her 100-foot tall sycamore started turning brown […]

Just 10 short days after winning the 2019 Cricket World Cup in what, as The Inquisitr reported, was immediately hailed as perhaps the greatest 50-overs match ever played, England returns to the field — this time in the Test format of the game facing Ireland in Test cricket for the first time. While for the […]

In what was immediately labeled “the greatest cricket World Cup final there has been, by a mile,” by The Guardian, England — the country where the sport originated — won their first world championship, taking the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup. To clinch the victory, the team needed a tiebreaking super over to come out […]

In a 2019 Cricket World Cup final that matches the teams that placed third and fourth on the group stage table, one outcome is certain. When England and New Zealand finish their match, the Cricket World Cup, in its 12th edition, will see its sixth different champion, as CricBuzz noted. Neither side has captured the […]

After underdog New Zealand shocked table-topping India — the Black Caps bowlers rallied to defend a seemingly vulnerable total of just 239, as Deadspin reported — one of cricket’s oldest and most heated rivalries moves to center stage in the 2019 Cricket World Cup, as Australia faces England in the second semifinal. The winner, of […]

Ahead of the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup, the 38th match of the tournament, pitting host England against powerhouse India — the second and first-ranked ODI sides in the world, according to the ICC — would likely have been seen as a battle for the top spot on the table. But when the two countries […]

In a battle of for survival in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the Lionesses of England must hold off what is certain to be a spirited challenge from the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon. This comes after the African side edged their way into the knockout stage with a miracle 2-1 win over New Zealand […]

A English shopkeeper is standing his ground against vegans who claim that his streetside meat display is “offensive,” The Norfolk News reports. Anthony and Bridget Mattocks are the owners of Norfolk’s Pie Man in Sheringham. Six days per week, the shop serves meat pies, a beloved and traditional British meal. Meat pies are, of course, […]

With eight points, and four matches remaining, one more victory should be enough for 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup host England to nail down a spot in the tournament semifinals. And they may have just what the doctor ordered when they face a struggling Sri Lanka side on Friday. Sri Lanka, with only one win, […]

A 78-year-old man has pleaded guilty to shooting and killing his 6-year-old great-grandson with a pellet gun, BBC News reports. On July 26, 2018, according to a Sky News report from the time, 6-year-old Stanley Metcalf was visiting family, including his great-grandfather Albert Grannon, in the village of Sproatley in East Yorkshire, in England. The […]

It’s been over 50 years since England has won an international soccer trophy (the last time being the 1966 World Cup), and now, for the second time in 11 months, they’ve come within two games of snagging one, the BBC reports. On both occasions — first at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and just […]

As the English Women’s National Team enters the 2019 Women’s World Cup, there has been much hype about manager Phil Neville’s shift in the style of the team, transitioning the women from a team that would sit back and counterattack to a possession-heavy team with a flowing passing style, as reported by The Guardian. While […]

Just five days after the UEFA Champions League final in Madrid featured two English Premier League teams, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, which featured seven players who also serve on England’s national team, those players must be ready for another high-pressure match. England takes on the Netherlands in the second semifinal of the UEFA Nations League […]

Just over two weeks after England and Pakistan played a one-day international match on the record-setting, run-rich pitch at Trent Bridge, the two teams return to the site of what was a surprisingly close contest won by England. The English side won by three wickets with just three balls remaining, per CricInfo. The rematch comes […]

The last four years of international cricket have all been building toward this — the opening match of the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup in England. The Cup opener sees the host nation, who enter the tournament in the unfamiliar position of favorite, as The Inquisitr reported, take on South Africa in a 50-over match […]

The ICC 2019 Cricket World Cup gets underway on Thursday, with host England taking on 2015 semifinalists South Africa in the opener at The Oval in London. But this year, England, who have never won the cup despite being the country that invented the game as The Telegraph recounts, open the tournament not only as […]

England is banning plastic straws, stirrers, and cotton-tip swabs in the country starting in April 2020. The country is hoping to reduce the amount of plastic trash that is littering the country’s shores and oceans, and eliminating the 5 billion disposable straws that people use each year in the country is a huge step in […]

The Cricket World Cup opens in just 11 days, but England and Pakistan still have one last competitive match to play, and it will be one in which Pakistan will look for some kind of morale boost heading into the Cup competition after losing the first three one-day international matches in which there was a […]

In what could easily become the most entertaining match of the England vs. Pakistan one-day international series in advance of the Cricket World Cup, the teams take to the pitch at Trent Bridge in Nottingham; a ground that has seen eight single-innings totals over 400 in just the past three years, per CricInfo. That includes […]

When Donald Trump arrives in London next month, he will be greeted with close to 1 million protesters — and one giant statue of himself sitting on the toilet and tweeting. The statue was created by Don Lessem, who worked with protest organizers who had previously greeted Trump with a giant blimp depicting him as […]

England’s upstart fast bowling sensation Jofra Archer was rested in the second ODI against Pakistan, and is now expected to be rested again in the third ODI, which, according to a CricBuzz report, is an all-but-certain sign that the 24-year-old is set to take a place on England’s Cricket World Cup squad. There are still […]

Donald Trump is both not worthy of a state visit to England and not “in the same class” as Barack Obama, London Mayor Sadiq Khan said this week. Trump is preparing for a visit to the U.K. on June 3, one that has generated plenty of controversy and plans for protests. Khan, who has been […]

England and Pakistan are trying to fine-tune their teams for the Cricket World Cup, with opens in less than three weeks in London, but the weather had other ideas on Wednesday when the teams were able to get in only 19 overs of their first one-day international match. But even in that shortened contest — […]

With just three weeks to go before the 2019 Cricket World Cup opens in England, the host nation faces Pakistan in a five match, one-day international series that will allow both teams to put the finishing touches on their World Cup squads. But with the absence of a key player in Alex Hales, who has […]