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Graves has already stated regrets for Azeem Rafiq, the former spinner turned whistleblower whose revelations are at the center of the scandal that has engulfed the club in recent years, has not apologized. Rafiq believes that Graves' plans, which Yorkshire has characterized as the only viable option left to resolve a crippling financial crisis that involves debts involving over £15 million to the Graves family trust, shows that the game has failed to address the discrimination issue.

Exclusive BY MATT HUGHES: The Rajasthan Royals' takeover bid at Yorkshire could spark a rash of Indian investment in English cricket, with several other IPL franchises attempting to buy shares in the eight Hundred teams. Following our report of the Royals' £25 million bid to buy the club, Mail Sport has been told that the ECB has no objection to the Royals taking over at Yorkshire, although the governing body is also considering changes to the Hundred's system to encourage foreign investment. The eight city-based Hundred teams are now 100% owned by the ECB, but there are plans to give over 35% of each franchise to its constituent counties and encourage private investors to buy 33 percent. With further detailed talks with the counties planned later this month, the ECB will maintain one-third ownership of each team as well as owning the overall tournament.

A debate that is sure to ruffle feathers, but a report indicates that anything beyond the Watford Gap should be classified as the north of England. This is the line at which high street bakery Greggs, northernness' emblem, is more popular than Pret A Manger's sandwich shop of choice. Interestingly, the Pret and Greggs dividing line indicates that Cornwall is northern.

Scientists from Pusan National University in South Korea and the University of Hawaii have given detailed estimates on how meltwater from Earth's two ice sheets would increase to sea levels by 2150. ice sheets - large swaths of ice are more than 12,000 square miles (those less than that are called ice caps). In the south, there are only two ice sheets in the world: the Antarctic Ice Sheet in the south and the Greenland Ice Sheet in the north. According to the latest report, melted water from Antarctic Ice Sheet in the south and Greenland Ice Sheet in the north would raise sea levels by an additional 4.6 feet by the year 2150. And this isn't even considering other causes of rising sea levels, like ice caps and floating platforms of ice that have melted too.

Kathleen McGinness (pictured left) 73, was injured in the explosion earlier this month. At 4 a.m. on December 10, the three-story building (pictured right) overlooking St Helier's port collapsed in a fireball. When Ms McGinness exploded, she was living in the building next to the Pier Road. She had been receiving medical attention at the General Hospital in Jersey, where she died on Christmas Day, since the incident. Following the tragedy, her death brings the total loss of life to ten.

Luzia Batista, a retired cleaner in St Helier, Jersey, smelled gas on December 9, but just hours later, a massive explosion ripped through the area. Even sent an executive to check checks by Island Energy, Jersey's monopolistic gas firm. However, seven hours later, Mrs Batista and her husband's first-floor apartment was shook so violently that they were kicked out of bed, and she discovered nine of her neighbors, including Derek and Sylvia Ellis (bottom right).

At 4 a.m. on Saturday, a three-story building overlooking St Helier's port burst in a fireball, leaving nine people dead. 'The number of islanders reported to have died in the fire has now risen to nine,' Jersey police chief Robin Smith said in a tweet on Thursday.' The statement comes as a probe into what caused the deadly explosion continues. Seven of the victims (pictured right) have been identified as Peter Bowler, 72, Raymond 'Raymie' Brown, 71, Romeu and Louise De Almeida, 67 and 64, Derek and Sylvia Ellis, 61 and 73, and 63-year-old Billy Marsden, 72, are among the victims.

Following the explosion in Jersey flats, seven people have been reported dead, with respect pouring in on the victims' names as it becomes clear that the building was not connected to the island's gas supply. Condolences have been sent from around the island as flags continue to fly half-mast from Monday to sunset on Friday. Following an island-wide silence at 11 a.m. yesterday in remembrance, flowers were laid near the site of the explosion. Peter Bowler (left), 72, Raymond 'Raymie' Brown (centre bottom), 71, Romeu and Louise Brown (bottom right), 61 and 73, and Billy Marsden (top right).

The demise of Romeu and Louise de Almeida (67 and 64), Peter Bowler (72, left), Raymond 'Raymie' Brown (71, top center), Derek and Sylvia Ellis (61 and 73, top center), and Billy Marsden (62, top right) were all identified by police, although two others remained anonymous at the request of their families. Five people are reported dead, five are still missing, five are reported dead, and four others are missing, although four others are unaccounted for. The explosion, which occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning, is still under scrutiny, and it comes as Jersey's electricity corporation revealed that safety testing of the entire island's gas supply is still underway.

Authorities on the Channel island of St Helier say they are still searching for a block of flats that was destroyed in a fire in the early hours of Saturday morning. According to the State of Jersey Police, more than a day and a half after the devastating explosion that flattened the low-rise apartment block. Rescuers have been battling near-freezing temperatures as they look for potential survivors, but no signs of life have been found and it has since been classified as a'recovery operation.' The families of those who have yet to be discovered are being supported by specialist officers, according to police, while police and fire dogs have 'identified several areas of concern where potential bodies may be located.' The number of Islanders reported dead in the explosion has risen to five, according to Robin Smith, chief of Jersey Police.' While there are still a number of people on the assumption of four, we're still working on the assumption that four people are missing. This news was not announced to their families before other Islanders were aware of it. Special agents are now assisting them.'

Following the explosion that smashed a block of flats in St Helier in the early hours of Saturday morning, police said they suspect about a dozen' people are missing. Any survivors of the 'devastate' explosion that flattened a low-rise apartment block, killing at least three people in the night, had been looking through the night. During warnings of a big tragedy, emergency services were dispatched to Haut du Mont flats just before 4 a.m. According to Chief of Jersey Police Robin Smith, locals were awakened by what seemed to be an earthquake as their houses shook and windows shattered after the three-story building fell 'like a pancake.' Many people rushed from their homes to the streets to see the fire lighting up the night sky, the air heavy with plumes of smoke billowing from the building, which had completely dismantled, and rubble was scattered around the streets. 'It is with sadness that I am reporting that the search-and-rescue mission has been relocated to a recovery team,' Chief of Police Mr Smith has said. Following a thorough analysis and the use of specialist K9 units, the decision was made.'

In Jersey, a man was killed and up to 12 others are missing after an explosion destroyed several flats. In the aftermath of a major disaster, emergency services were dispatched to Haut du Mont in St Helier just before 4 a.m. Debris was strewn across the street, while smoke plumes billowed through the air as two 'walking wounded' were rushed to the hospital. A search and rescue operation is now underway in the hopes of finding people trapped in the rubble, but the scene is reportedly "very hazardous."

Glen Casada, Tennessee's former House Speaker, and his top aide were arrested on federal charges, including bribery, kickbacks, and plotting to commit money laundering involving federal assets.

On Wednesday night, former Yorkshire chairman Robin Smith sluggishly condemned the department's handling of the Azeem Rafiq affair as "monstrously unfair." Smith also accused select committee Chair Julian Knight of attempting to prevent the truth from being published. Rafiq was able to make allegations against former Yorkshire workers without risk of legal action due to parliamentary privilege, and the committee published his 57-page witness testimony to an employment tribunal. However, the independent review into his lawsuits gathered by law firm Squire Patton Boggs has not been published.