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Unverified footage emerged on social media appeared to show an inebriated Duckett in a tense exchange with members of the public
This year marks the 60th anniversary since the final Football League match was played on Christmas Day in England.
The Bank of England has cut its key interest rate for the first time in four months as stubbornly high inflation that has plagued British consumers and businesses starts to ease.
The Ashes are over as a contest, but there is still plenty to play for when Australia and England line up for the Boxing Day Test at the MCG. The hosts seek to extend an 18-match unbeaten
England will "look into" reports of players drinking excessively during a break from the Ashes series in Noosa, says director of cricket Rob Key.
The earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making by humans was discovered at 400,000-year-old site in Barnham, England, pushing back the timeline by 350,000 years from previous findings.
With their chances of winning this series now done and dusted, all England have left is to play for pride, but also to save some face before they head home in just over two weeks' time
England have experienced some gloomy Ashes tours this century but the mood this Christmas is as dark as any of them.