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Firms tell Labour to block 'Beeching style' post cuts
A BUSINESS coalition representing more than 10,000 small and medium size firms today urged the Labour government to block “Beeching style” cuts to postal services.
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July 29, 2024
Evening Standard
Trad wifedom is a hoax, of course - but our obsession with it is deeply unedifying
THE obsession with trad wives goes on. Many yearnings meet in them but the principle one is misogyny, just not in the way you might think.
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July 29, 2024
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Edna O'Brien mastered the art of reinvention
THE opening sentence of Girl, Edna O’Brien’s last novel is, I think, unforgettable: “I was a girl once, but not any more...” And from there O’Brien, who died on Saturday, takes the reader into the unimaginable horror of the abduction and rape of the Chibok schoolgirls by the Islamist group, Boko Haram.
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July 29, 2024
Evening Standard
This ogre of a play needs to go to a land far, far away
SHREK just keeps on giving, doesn’t he? The DreamWorks ogre first appeared in 2001, with a fifth film in his franchise just announced — and don’t forget the Puss in Boots spin-offs.
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July 29, 2024
Evening Standard
Heatwave on the cards... as kayaker ends 2,000-mile trip
LONDON is set to bask in 32C heat with temperatures in the high 20s for most of the week.
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July 29, 2024
Evening Standard
Israeli clash with militant Hezbollah 'could be worse than Gaza war'
AN escalation in fighting between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah could be a “much more serious situation” than the war in Gaza, a Cabinet minister warned today.
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July 29, 2024
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Minister refuses to rule out tax hikes in autumn budget
Starmer ally leaves possibility of hikes open as Reeves sets out spending cuts
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July 29, 2024
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Daley gets the full set of medals as he wins silver at fifth Olympics
TOM DALEY completed the full set of Olympic medals as he today won silver at his fifth Games.
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July 29, 2024
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New Tory leader 'must send a clear centre-Right message'
THE new Tory leader must set out a “clear centre-Right message” for the party after years of infighting, a shadow minister said today as nominations to take over from Rishi Sunak were set to close.
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July 29, 2024
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Dean is ready to push for glory again after being edged out of title defence
BEING asked to drape his Olympic gold medal over the neck of a Jack Russell by an exuberant owner is one of the more surreal moments Tom Dean faced after the last Games.
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July 26, 2024
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Norris: I'm not proud of how I behaved last week
THE headlines from the Hungarian Grand Prix were not of a McLaren onetwo, nor of Oscar Piastri’s first victory in Formula One.
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July 26, 2024
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Segro's green shoots for warehouse sector
THERE are signs the commercial property sector has turned a corner in the UK after warehouse developer Segro said it had seen the first rise in valuations for two years.
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July 26, 2024
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Post-election surge is on the way, says Rightmove chief
RIGHTMOVE today said it was prepared for a surge in property deals amid falling mortgage rates as the online real estate portal posted a rise in sales and profits.
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July 26, 2024
Evening Standard
A love affair with a pop star gone horribly wrong that puts #MeToo centre stage
YOU may have noticed a recent trend in fan fiction-inspired stories of love affairs with pop stars.
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July 26, 2024
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I use headphones every day and this is the question that makes me shudder
IT IS the question I fear most in life.
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July 26, 2024
Evening Standard
Thanks Kamala, brat summer is over already
WITH all due respect, the moment Kamala Harris co-opted the brat aesthetic for her presidential campaign, brat summer was over.
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July 26, 2024
Evening Standard
Distrust the bellicose prophets of doom with their bad history
THERE is an air of the Old Testament prophets over the latest dire military and strategic warnings in Britain and America about the need to prepare for war with Russia and China by 2027.
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July 26, 2024
Evening Standard
Thieves steal £185,000 diamond watch
A mother was robbed of her £185,000 designer watch in front of her children in a \"terrifying\" mugging outside St Pancras station.
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July 26, 2024
Evening Standard
'Paris will be wrecked by the Olympic Games'
Locals in the French capital have been pushed to the edge by intense traffic, the closure of bridges and metro stations, and 6ft barriers lining the streets in preparation for the upcoming Games. No wonder they're fleeing the city
4 min |
July 26, 2024
Evening Standard
El Chapo's cartel co-founder and drug lord son under arrest
ONE of the world's most powerful drug lords has been arrested by US federal agents in Texas along with the son of infamous cartel leader El Chapo.
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July 26, 2024
Evening Standard
Mother of man kicked by police 'involved in row with passenger'
A MAN was kicked in the head by a police officer at Manchester Airport after his mother was involved in a mid-air row with another passenger, it was claimed today.
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July 26, 2024
Evening Standard
I won't be silent on harrowing crisis in Gaza Strip, says Harris
KAMALA HARRIS stated that she would \"not be silent\" over the harrowing humanitarian situation in Gaza after meeting Israel's prime minister at the White House.
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July 26, 2024
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Tax rises threat as ministers face £20bn black hole in public finances
BRITAIN could be hit with new tax rises in an autumn Budget as the new Government faces up to the reality of the nation's dire public finances, leading economists warned today.
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July 26, 2024
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Huge arson attack on French rail network hits fans on way to the Games
FRENCH plans to welcome the world to the 2024 Paris Olympics tonight were hit by a massive arson attack on the nation’s high-speed rail network.
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July 26, 2024
Evening Standard
EMILE ON VERGE OF JOINING FULHAM
AND SESSEGNON AGREES A RETURN TO CRAVEN COTTAGE
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July 25, 2024
Evening Standard
A Games on spectacular scale, but is Paris ready to party?
Show of epic ambition awaits in French capital
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July 25, 2024
Evening Standard
Assured Nwaneri seizes his moment to impress Arteta
ETHAN NWANERI’S potential has been spoken about with excitement for years at Arsenal — and in Los Angeles overnight, he showed what all the fuss is about.
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July 25, 2024
Evening Standard
Possession problem dogs Blues at start of new era
THE Enzo Maresca era got off to an underwhelming start on a night that showed the new Chelsea boss faces many of the roadblocks that slowed progress under Mauricio Pochettino.
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July 25, 2024
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BT extending full-fibre at rate of 78,000 premises each week
BT has said it brought its full-fibre internet network within reach of one million more premises in the first quarter.
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July 25, 2024
Evening Standard
Centrica profit drops as prices 'normalise'
THE owner of British Gas revealed a sharp drop in profit today as energy markets remained calm after the turmoil that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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