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The 96,000 at Wembley expect to see history but I thrive under that pressure
WHEN I first laced up my boxing gloves, if someone had told me I’d fill out Wembley Stadium with 96,000 people, I would have laughed them off.
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September 19, 2024
Evening Standard
Footsie is swept higher by US rate cut
A SURGE in risk appetite swept the FTSE 100 index higher today as traders cheered last night’s super-sized interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve.
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September 19, 2024
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Next to join '£1bn club' as Wolfson backs high street
NEXT looked on the verge of joining the £1 billion club today — the exclusive set of retailers who have made that much profit in a single year.
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September 19, 2024
Evening Standard
The Israeli device attacks make the world a more dangerous place for us all
THE detonation of hundreds of pagers, and dozens of walkie-talkies, used by Hezbollah leaders and associates across Lebanon, killing at least 20 and injuring 450, was a daring and high-risk attack by Israel.
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September 19, 2024
Evening Standard
Lame drama does Tube map creator no favours
AS THE original designer of the modern Underground map in 1931, Harry Beck has probably had more lasting and beneficial impact on London’s residents and visitors than most politicians.
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September 19, 2024
Evening Standard
'Urge your MPs to change rules on magic mushrooms'
PEOPLE are being urged to write to their MPs calling for research to be allowed into the potential benefits of magic mushrooms for treating serious mental health conditions.
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September 19, 2024
Evening Standard
Minister defends £170k salary of PM's aide
Business Secretary dismisses claims Starmer personally intervened on pay
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September 19, 2024
Evening Standard
Four Met officers in double murder case misconduct inquiry
FOUR Metropolitan Police officers are being investigated for misconduct after two vulnerable black women were murdered by a man they had complained about to the force Handyman Carl Cooper, 66, was jailed for life in July for the murders of Naomi Hunte, 41, who was stabbed in the chest, and Fiona Holm, 48, whose body has never been found.
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September 19, 2024
Evening Standard
Global Radio starts court fight with council over noisy Leicester Square buskers
EUROPE’S largest commercial radio company has launched a court fight with Westminster council over noisy buskers outside its central London offices.
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September 19, 2024
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We'll make unions ditch out-dated practices and get trains running on time, says minister
NEW Transport Secretary Louise Haigh vowed today to “tackle the hard yards” on making unions abandon outdated working practices on Britain’s strikeplagued railways and get trains in London running on time.
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September 19, 2024
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Harrods boss Fayed 'raped five employees and sexually assaulted at least 15 more'
THE late Harrods tycoon Mohamed Fayed has been accused of raping, sexually assaulting and attacking female employees in more than two decades of abuse.
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September 19, 2024
Evening Standard
We'll see you next week ...with your new favourite newspaper
TODAY is the final daily issue of the Evening Standard. From next Thursday, September 26, we will be relaunching as a vibrant, culturally rich weekly newspaper, which will contain all your favourite Evening Standard elements news, sport, entertainment, culture, restaurants, music, comment, investigations, campaigns and fun.
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September 19, 2024
Evening Standard
Minister denies claim the UK is 'undermining' Israel's fight
THE Government today pushed back against fierce criticism from Israel’s premier Benjamin Netanyahu, who accused Labour ministers of undermining his country against its enemies.
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September 19, 2024
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Top judge demands reform to fast-track justice after a grieving mother's case
GRIEVING families, pensioners with dementia, and even dead people have been wrongly prosecuted in Britain's secretive fast-track courts, a major Evening Standard/ITV News investigation has found.
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September 18, 2024
Evening Standard
Saka trains for Euro clash in Italy after derby injury
ARSENAL were today boosted by the fitness of Bukayo Saka ahead of their Champions League opener against Atalanta tomorrow.
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September 18, 2024
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After the knocks, I'm on a roll...the best is yet to come from me
THEY say 13 is unlucky for some but that’s not the way I see it ahead of my 13th world title fight.
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September 18, 2024
Evening Standard
I DREAM ABOUT ENDING SPURS' WAIT FOR GLORY
POSTECOGLOU URGES PLAYERS TO EMBRACE SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY’ AFTER 16 YEARS WITHOUT A TROPHY
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September 18, 2024
Evening Standard
Ange must weigh up gamble on 'fearless' rookies
FOR Ange Postecoglou, picking a team for tonight’s Carabao Cup third-round tie at Coventry is a balancing act that he can ill-afford to misjudge.
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September 18, 2024
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Share performance 'not linked' to CEO mega-pay
SOME of the best paid CEOs in Britain have dramatically underperformed the stock market in the past three years, undermining the case for even higher pay for top executives.
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September 18, 2024
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Footsie falters ahead of Fed's rates call
DECISION day on the long-awaited opening cut in US interest rates today kept London traders in defensive mode during a poor session for the FTSE 100 index.
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September 18, 2024
Evening Standard
Taking a seat at the table: Sit down with our new critic
The Standard's new restaurant reviewer, David Ellis, shares the meals that shaped him, and what the next course holds
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September 18, 2024
Evening Standard
I never thought I'd become a best-selling author; bring on the reading renaissance
TO read: within the queer community, known as an instance in which two or more people drag, roast or insult each other for filth.
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September 18, 2024
Evening Standard
"My baby died-then I was convicted over lapsed car insurance"
Broken and lost after her three-month-old daughter died from pneumonia, Jenny Beasley forgot to renew a policy ―and found herself prosecuted as a criminal under the controversial Single Justice Procedure, Tristan Kirk reports
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September 18, 2024
Evening Standard
Sky-high air fares keep inflation above Bank's target rate
ROCKETING summer air fares as sunstarved holidaymakers fled to the Med prevented the headline rate of inflation falling back to its two per cent target last month, official figures reveal today.
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September 18, 2024
Evening Standard
One-year-old twin girls joined at the head separated by London surgeon
ONE-YEAR-OLD twin girls who were born conjoined at the head have been successfully separated during a 14-hour operation by a leading London surgeon.
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September 18, 2024
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Khan says Oxford Street cycle ban is key to renewal
CYCLISTS will be banned from riding through the pedestrianised section of Oxford Street under Sadiq Khan’s plans to ban traffic from the thoroughfare.
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September 18, 2024
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Israel 'blew up thousands of Hezbollah pagers early over fears plot would be foiled'
ISRAEL fast-tracked the detonation of thousands of explosive-packed pagers used by Hezbollah after becoming concerned that the plot was about to be foiled, according to reports.
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September 18, 2024
Evening Standard
Emin's explosion of red radiates heartbreak
RAGE. Anguish. Heartache. Adoration. Obsession. Frustration. Love.
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September 18, 2024
Evening Standard
New Fourth Plinth artwork won't weather the storm ― by design
A SCULPTURE made from hundreds of mask-like plaster casts that will erode and disintegrate in the damp London weather was today unveiled at Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth.
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September 18, 2024
Evening Standard
Diddy held in New York amid assault claims
SEAN “Diddy” Combs was arrested in New York following an indictment from a grand jury.
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