The Spin | ‘I never wanted to work indoors’: Andy Ward on 40 years as a cricket groundsman

Leicestershire’s master of pitches is happy to leave the long days behind after four decades at Grace Road“I’ve just moved house to a nice little village,” Andy Ward says. “Ideally I’d just get a few mowing jobs. That’s all I really need now. I don’t w...

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Netanyahu tells new military chief Israel ‘determined’ to achieve victory – Middle East crisis live

Lt Gen Eyal Zamir says that mission to defeat Hamas is ‘not accomplished’ amid deadlock over ceasefire negotiationsAn Israeli rights group says Israel demolished a record number of Palestinian homes in annexed East Jerusalem last year, reports the Asso...

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