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  1. Pope hits 245 as Surrey dominate Leicspublished at 19:27 British Summer Time 17 April 2021

    England batsman Ollie Pope makes a brilliant 245 as Surrey pile on the runs against Leicestershire on day three.

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  2. Carlson hundred keeps Glam afloat v Sussexpublished at 19:20 British Summer Time 17 April 2021

    Sussex remain favourites for victory over Glamorgan despite Kiran Carlson's second hundred taking the game into a final day.

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  3. Root & Lyth tons strengthen Yorkshire holdpublished at 19:18 British Summer Time 17 April 2021

    Joe Root's first Championship century in two years puts Yorkshire on course to beat Kent as Adam Lyth also hits a ton on day three.

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  4. Abbas steals the show on bowlers' daypublished at 21:27 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Bowlers come to the party with some fine performances on the second day of the latest round of the County Championship.

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  5. Yorkshire bowlers put Kent on back footpublished at 19:51 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Yorkshire take a 114-run first innings lead after bowling out Kent for 265 on day two at Canterbury.

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  6. Pope & Foakes star with bat for Surreypublished at 19:45 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    England pair Ollie Pope and Ben Foakes both score unbeaten half-centuries to put Surrey in a strong position against Leicestershire.

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  7. Relive day three of nine County Championship matchespublished at 19:39 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Relive day three of nine County Championship matches, as England's Ollie Pope and Joe Root both score big runs.

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  8. Suicidal asylum seeker 'left at ex-Army barracks'published at 16:54 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Inspectors found "serious safeguarding concerns" at Napier Barracks in Kent, report shows.

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  9. Babes in Wood killer's ex 'wanted partner cleared'published at 16:37 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Jennifer Johnson "significantly undermined" the first trial of Russell Bishop in 1987, a jury heard.

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  10. Police detain suspect after man escapes custodypublished at 16:16 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    A man wanted on "suspicion of escaping lawful custody" has been held by officers in Margate, Kent.

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  11. Relive day two of nine County Championship matchespublished at 09:53 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Relive day two of nine County Championship matches, including James Bracey's century for Gloucestershire against Somerset.

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  12. 'We need more funding for cancer research'published at 06:09 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Matthew has been shielding for most of the last year due to his mother's cancer.

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  13. Essex humbled while Stevens rolls onpublished at 20:42 British Summer Time 15 April 2021

    Wickets aplenty fall on the first day at Chelmsford but runs continue to flow for batsmen around the County Championship.

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  14. Root falls early but Yorkshire take commandpublished at 19:04 British Summer Time 15 April 2021

    Joe Root falls cheaply but Adam Lyth's 97 helps Yorkshire take command on day one of their County Championship game against Kent.

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  15. Sussex take control despite Carlson tonpublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 15 April 2021

    Sussex take control in Cardiff reaching 99-0 in reply to Glamorgan's 285, of which Kiran Carlson made an unbeaten 127.

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  16. Babes in the Wood killer's ex 'lied on oath'published at 18:16 British Summer Time 15 April 2021

    Jennifer Johnson is accused of lying about key evidence at her ex's first murder trial in 1987.

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  17. Moment family reunites at care home after a yearpublished at 15:56 British Summer Time 15 April 2021

    Eileen Fuller met her great-grandchildren for the first time in 15 months at her Sittingbourne home.

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  18. Home Office 'accepted Covid risk' at asylum camppublished at 14:58 British Summer Time 15 April 2021

    Only "relatively young people in good health" were sent to Napier Barracks in Kent, court hears.

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  19. Asylum-seeker barracks 'squalid and unsafe'published at 16:56 British Summer Time 14 April 2021

    Conditions at Napier Barracks in Kent breached asylum seekers' human rights, High Court hears.

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  20. Relive day one of nine County Championship matchespublished at 15:24 British Summer Time 14 April 2021

    Relive day one of the second round of County Championship matches, including Essex's collapse against Durham.

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