{
  "id": 675937,
  "title": "England scrap midnight curfew after seven months",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/england-scrap-midnight-curfew-after-seven-months-675937",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-12T15:28:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/root-lifts-midnight-curfew-england-141009502.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "England has ended a midnight curfew imposed on its Test teams for seven months. The decision comes as the sport's governing body reviews players' conduct rules. Former captain Ben Stokes was forced to retire after breaking the curfew while Johnny Bairstow was sent home from the Ashes tour of Australia when he was caught breaking it.",
  "summary": "New Test captain Joe Root abolishes the midnight curfew imposed on the England team under predecessor Ben Stokes.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ESPNcricinfo",
        "title": "Root abolishes England's midnight curfew, says 'don't think they work'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/root-abolishes-englands-midnight-curfew-says-dont-think-they-work",
        "published": "2026-08-12T15:22:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Sport",
        "title": "England scrap midnight curfew after seven months",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/england-scrap-midnight-curfew-after-seven-months",
        "published": "2026-08-12T15:28:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "England scraps midnight curfew on men’s cricket team under new captain Joe Root",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/england-scraps-midnight-curfew-on-mens-cricket-team-under-new-captain",
        "published": "2026-08-12T19:12:28.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}