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Evening Standard
Asher-Smith hoping to find crumbs of comfort as Neita aims for glory
DINA ASHER-SMITH has looked like a shadow of her former self at these Games.
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August 06, 2024
Evening Standard
Time to bin trash talking as Ingebrigtsen and Kerr go toe to toe for glory
IT IS one of the most highly anticipated contests of the Olympic programme, with World Athletics president Seb Coe labelling it \"a race for the ages\".
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August 06, 2024
Evening Standard
WORLD RECORD IN MY SIGHTS, SAYS KEELY
HODGKINSON CLAIMS 800M GOLD-MEDAL RUN WASN’T ONE OF MY FINEST’
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August 06, 2024
Evening Standard
Emma turns her red mist into golden moment
THIS was anyone's final before it began, one-hundredth of a second splitting New Zealand and Great Britain on their qualifying rides, both, incidentally, world records, set just minutes apart.
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August 06, 2024
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Travis Perkins hit by housing slowdown
BUILDERS merchant chain Travis Perkins said today that demand remained “weak” as it reported lower revenue and profits and slashed the dividend — a result of the lingering impact of the housing market slowdown.
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August 06, 2024
Evening Standard
Strengthen crisis plans, BoE tells major UK banks
FIVE of Britain’s biggest banks were today ordered to improve their readiness for failure after the sudden demise of major financial institutions in last year’s mini-crash highlighted the speed at which they could collapse.
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August 06, 2024
Evening Standard
The riots should challenge everyone's default mode, but a word of caution...
TO watch the UK in its present state from the vantage point of a holiday is a matter of shame: the images of crowds rampaging and threatening are on TV screens across the continent.
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August 06, 2024
Evening Standard
Harris's discipline is pushing Trump into his 'Fat Elvis' era
KAMALA HARRIS has enjoyed three weeks of astonishing momentum by capturing the “hope” represented by Barack Obama’s presidential campaign while copying the “basement” strategy of Joe Biden.
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August 06, 2024
Evening Standard
Fiendishly difficult piano concerto is an Olympic-level test of endurance
ENDURANCE piano playing isn't yet an Olympic sport but if it comes to pass, then Ferruccio Busoni's 1904 Piano Concerto could be the test piece.
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August 06, 2024
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Harris to unveil running mate in race with Trump for White House
KAMALA HARRIS was today due to unveil her running mate as she stepped up her campaign to beat Donald Trump to the White House.
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August 06, 2024
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Kerr predicts 'vicious' battle for gold as Hodgkinson toasts her win in Paris
HOPES were high that Team GB could extend its Olympics gold rush today as Josh Kerr set his sights on victory in the men’s 1,500m final.
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August 06, 2024
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Tough prison warning for rioters
FAR-RIGHT thugs rioting in Britain were warned today that they face prison sentences of up to 10 years.
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August 06, 2024
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GB athletes have potential to repeat buzz of 2012
LEAVING Tokyo three years ago, despite having failed to win a single gold medal for the first time since Atlanta 1996, the mood in the British athletics team was buoyant.
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August 01, 2024
Evening Standard
SUPERMUM GLOVER IS DENIED A THIRD GOLD
WOMEN’S FOUR PUSH DUTCH ALL THE WAY BUT ARE FORCED TO SETTLE FOR SILVER
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August 01, 2024
Evening Standard
Beth eager to strike gold after recovering from bad break
COMING into the final straight at the BMX World Championships, Beth Shriever got out of kilter, veered off the track and went down on her left shoulder.
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August 01, 2024
Evening Standard
Quiet man Hinchliffe hoping to make a big noise in 100m
LOUIE HINCHLIFFE is very laid-back, to the extent that he arrived on the Eurostar into Paris unaware what day he was actually competing in the 100m at the Olympics.
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August 01, 2024
Evening Standard
Atletico tempt Conor with lure of securing his spot with England
ATLETICO MADRID will dangle the carrot of helping Conor Gallagher advance his England career in bidding to convince the Chelsea star to trade Stamford Bridge for the Spanish capital.
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August 01, 2024
Evening Standard
Weak ticket sales send Wizz Air wrong way in strong session
WIZZ AIR shares were grounded by investors today as the low-cost carrier emerged as one of the exceptions in a strong session for corporate updates.
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August 01, 2024
Evening Standard
The Paris 2024 stars who've won our hearts
Are you suffering from a severe case of Olympic fever? Maddy Mussen is here with a list of 12 athletes everyone has got a crush on
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August 01, 2024
Evening Standard
Can this Brit editor save the Washington Post?
Ex-Telegraph editor Will Lewis was hired by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos to turn round the fortunes of the iconic US title. Can he face down a staff mutiny and the ire of Prince Harry over his past lives, asks Chris Blackhurst?
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August 01, 2024
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Minister calls in BBC boss over handling of Huw Edwards indecent images scandal
CULTURE Secretary Lisa Nandy was today holding urgent talks with BBC director-general Tim Davie in the wake of former News at Ten host Huw Edwards’s guilty pleas to having indecent images of children.
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August 01, 2024
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Three plotters behind 9/11 attacks 'plead guilty to avoid death sentence'
THE US has reached a plea deal with three of the men behind the September 11 attacks, the Pentagon has announced.
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August 01, 2024
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PM summit over far-Right riots
Starmer tells police chiefs they have his full backing’ after 100 arrested in Whitehall clashes
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August 01, 2024
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Rowing hero Glover just misses out on record gold at her fourth Games
HELEN GLOVER, the undisputed star of the British rowing team, today won a silver medal at the Paris Olympics - missing out on gold by the finest of margins.
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August 01, 2024
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Britons 'want to see Harris win but expect Trump to triumph'
MORE than twice as many Britons want Kamala Harris rather than Donald Trump to be the next US president, according to a new poll today.
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August 01, 2024
Evening Standard
Eight held after ‘truly alarming' machete violence in Southend
EIGHT people have been arrested and weapons seized after a machete fight broke out on the seafront in Southend.
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July 31, 2024
Evening Standard
Golden relay boys seek to pool talent again for a 'three-peat' in 2028
BRITAIN’S freestyle relay heroes swam into the record books last night with a superb defence of their 4x200m title, then set their sights on an historic “three-peat” in Los Angeles in four years’ time.
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July 31, 2024
Evening Standard
Spendolini-Sirieix and Toulson hold their nerve and stay in sync for final medal spot
AT 16, Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix had been the youngest member of the British diving team at the Tokyo Games, and said afterwards that she found so little joy in her first Olympic experience that she was not sure she fancied another.
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July 31, 2024
Evening Standard
POTTER'S JOY AT BRONZE IN TRIATHLON
EX-TRACK STAR CAME FOR GOLD BUT IS STILL SMILING
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July 31, 2024
Evening Standard
Atletico chiefs hope improved £34m bid will secure Gallagher
ATLETICO MADRID are increasingly confident that they can strike a deal with Chelsea for England midfielder Conor Gallagher.
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