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Former Australia captain Steve Smith and opener David Warner have been banned from cricket for a year following the ball-tampering scandal. Cricket Australia made the announcement on Wednesday, adding that batsman Cameron Bancroft had been banned for nine months.The trio were sent home after cheating was exposed in the third Test in South Africa.Smith and Bancroft admitted that, after a discussion during a break in play, they decided they would try to change the condition of the ball using a piece of yellow adhesive tape and some dirt collected from the side of the pitch.Bancroft was tasked to do the…

Russia has said the UK most prove British intelligence services did not poison former spy Sergei Skripal. The Russian foreign ministry also said in the absence of that evidence it will consider the case a murder attempt on Russian citizens as part of a “massive political provocation”.Russia’s accusation is its bluntest yet as it continues to deny involvement in the poisoning of former double agent Mr Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury on 4 March.:: Poisoned ex-spy ‘should be allowed to die’:: Poisoned ex-Ukrainian president: ‘I know what Putin fears’ Image: Personnel in protective equipment cover an ambulance with…

The scale of the Brexit jobs exodus from the City of London has eased over the past six months, according to the findings of a survey of financial services firms. The Reuters news agency said it returned to 119 companies, questioned in September, to check their intentions and found 5,000 roles were now due to be shifted to the EU from London by 29 March 2019, the date of Britain’s EU exit.It marked a 50% fall on the 10,000 jobs that firms had originally predicted would be lost, the survey showed.:: Hammond warns City’s EU rivals Brexit is ‘not a…

A deposit return scheme for single-use bottles is going to be introduced in England subject to consultation, the Government has confirmed. Plastic, glass and metal containers would be included in the scheme with a goal of increasing recycling rates and slashing the amount of waste polluting the planet.A consultation held later this year will examine the details of how such a scheme would work, but it is likely to be in place by the end of this Parliament.:: Bottle return scheme is ‘a victory for the seas’ Video: ‘I can barely breathe when I dive into water’ UK consumers use…

Dominic Chappell, the former owner of BHS, faces a lengthy ban from serving as a company director following a Government-sanctioned probe into the retailer’s collapse. Sky News has learnt that Mr Chappell and three other former BHS directors have been informed by the Insolvency Service that it is minded to pursue disqualification proceedings against him, while Sir Philip Green – who sold BHS to Mr Chappell for £1 in 2015 – has been told he will face no further action.The Insolvency Service has powers to ban individuals from directorships for up to 15 years.Individuals who are notified of potential sanctions…

Labour needs to roll out an education programme for members after Jewish leaders staged a protest against anti-Semitism within the party, a senior MP has said. Shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey admitted a demonstration outside Parliament on Monday evening was “emotional” for everybody within Labour, including party leader Jeremy Corbyn.Several hundred people, including a number of Labour MPs, attended the protest in Westminster where Mr Corbyn was told “enough is enough”.Mrs Long-Bailey, a close ally of the Labour leader, admitted “more needs to be done” to tackle abuse of Jews, as she stressed Labour’s efforts in dealing with allegations of…

Manchester’s fire service took more than two hours to respond to the bomb attack on the city’s arena, a report has found. An independent panel report into the bombing, which killed 22 people and injured more than 100, said Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service “played no meaningful role” in the two hours after the explosion.Chaired by Lord Bob Kerslake, the panel was commissioned by the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, to assess the city’s response to the attack on 22 May last year.Even though police, arena staff and even the military were on the scene within minutes, the…

Melrose, the company behind a hostile takeover bid for engineering firm GKN, is facing Government demands for a series of commitments on the engineering group’s future. Ahead of a deadline of lunchtime on Thursday for a majority of GKN investors to accept Melrose’s £8.1bn offer, it has been revealed Business Secretary Greg Clark has written to the turnaround specialist to outline several concerns.Chief among them is a question mark about long-term investment and ownership – given GKN’s standing, its work in UK defence and Melrose’s usual operating model of restructuring and selling for a profit.Mr Clark wrote: “I recognise that…

Forty-one children were killed in a fire at a shopping centre complex in Kemerovo, Russia, local media has said. Both the RIA and Interfax news agencies reported the figure, saying that a list of victims had been made available to relatives.It came as thousands of residents held a rally in the city, demanding a full inquiry into what happened. Image: People grieve at a makeshift memorial in Kemerovo Protesters, many of them in tears, claimed authorities had been hiding the true death toll and that the number killed was higher.One of them shouted: “Why don’t they tell us the truth?”…

More than 130 Russian diplomats have been ordered to leave capital cities across the globe, as the West unites behind Britain over the Salisbury nerve agent attack. Some 60 Russians are to be expelled from the US, while suspected intelligence officers in Canada, Ukraine, Australia, Albania, Macedonia and a number of EU states will also be ejected.Forty-eight of those being kicked out of the US are attached to Russian diplomatic missions and the other 12 are accredited to the United Nations in New York. Video: Over 100 Russian diplomats expelled from countries across the globe in act of solidarity with…