And the founder of playboy magazine, hugh hefner, has died he was 91. England have suspended ben stokes and alex hales from International Cricket until further notice after the pair were involved in an incident near a bristol nightclub. Stokes was said to be fragile and devastated and has apologised to cricket chiefs after his arrest on suspicion of assault. Video footage allegedly shows him in a brawl in the early hours of monday. Our sports news correspondent Richard Conway is here. Worse so just bring us up to date, where are we with this . Yeah, so the ecb saying that ben stokes and alex hales will not be considered for selection, they are saying it is not a suspension per se, but they will not be considered for selection for International Matches until further notice. They say they remain on full pay pending their own investigation and of course that of the avon and Somerset Police. This all stems, of course, from an incident in bristol in the early hours of monday morning. Why ha
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