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The boys are back in a blast from the past
IN 1982, Alan Bleasdale's TV series Boys from the Blackstuff about unemployed Liverpudlian road-workers distilled the Thatcherite evisceration of regional communities and working practices.
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May 30, 2024
Evening Standard
No purge of the Left, claims Labour as Abbott row deepens
LABOUR today denied it was pursuing a \"cull\" of Left-wingers as party leaders raced to select a full slate of candidates for July's general election.
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May 30, 2024
Evening Standard
Portillo moment? Don't bet on it but, yes, my seat's on a knife-edge
Hunt blasts Labour on rail nationalisation and the NHS
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May 30, 2024
Evening Standard
TRANSFER PUSH TO KICK OFF THE MARESCA ERA
CHELSEA FINALISING FIVE-YEAR DEAL FOR ITALIAN BOSS... AND DRIVE FOR NEW RECRUITS WILL FOLLOW
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May 29, 2024
Evening Standard
It never rains but pours as England face 120 defence well undercooked
AT ONE stage here, warm-ups having been abandoned as drizzle turned to windy downpour, only Jofra Archer remained, tearing across the increasingly sodden outfield in a series of shuttle runs.
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May 29, 2024
Evening Standard
Five-year deal only worth it if Blues give Enzo time
THE last Chelsea manager to survive five years at Stamford Bridge was Dave Sexton.
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May 29, 2024
Evening Standard
Royal Mail agrees £3.6bn takeover by Czech tycoon
ROYAL MAIL is heading for foreign ownership for the first time in its 508year history after its parent company accepted a £3.6 billion takeover bid, but questions remain over the institution's status as the UK's universal postal service provider beyond 2029.
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May 29, 2024
Evening Standard
How to build a dream home from scratch
Architect Will Burges thought he ought to get on with his self-build ambition now his genius family home in Crystal Palace has been named as Riba London Small Project of the Year. He tells Cat Olley how it came together
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May 29, 2024
Evening Standard
Non-dom tax reform plan hits prime prices
Prime Central London property prices are expected to fall one per cent this year, instead of the one per cent rise predicted in January. Knight Frank has revised its forecast due to a deterioration in demand for the capital's most expensive homes.
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May 29, 2024
Evening Standard
Meet the Londoners moving to the hot new regeneration zones
The postcodes may not be fashionable, but after huge investment some areas are on the rise. Charlotte Duck talks to people flocking to the capital’s developments
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May 29, 2024
Evening Standard
Andy Murray's swansong has something to teach us
○NLY two players ever got close to breaking up the hegemony of the big three of men's tennis: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
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May 29, 2024
Evening Standard
Gyms are one of life’s joys, so why are many of those who use them truly awful?
I'M not being funny but...why does this world have so many overprivileged w****rs? Hear me out! I've been hitting the gym hard these past few months and I love it.
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May 29, 2024
Evening Standard
This is exactly how not to do national service
THE idea of some sort of national service to meet the challenges and threats of the times has been kicking around for some time. Service chiefs have been looking at conscription and concepts such as \"total defence\" by Finland's citizen soldiers - but none of them would work for the UK's security needs and social and political complexity.
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May 29, 2024
Evening Standard
Club Wembley? Mate, it's just Soho House for diehard footy fans
AT half-time, my friend Steve got talking to the couple sitting next to us. We four were sharing a table at the Laurent Perrier lounge at Wembley Stadium, a light-filled, open bar that feels like the parts of Heathrow Airport that get you hyped up to travel (Bloody Marys at Spuntino) rather than those that plunge you sordidly into a state of distress (any chaotic Spoons).
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May 29, 2024
Evening Standard
This might just be the world’s most beautiful pub
The Hero, Maida Vale 55 Shirland Road, W9 2JUD. Meal for two plus drinks and service, about 130. Open Monday to Thursday, noon-11.30, Friday and Saturday, till midnight, Sunday till 10pm); theherow9.com
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May 29, 2024
Evening Standard
Family blame watch robbers for beautiful son’ taking his own life
THE parents of a watch dealer found dead a day after being attacked by robbers today said they believed he took his own life \"due to the anguish and distress of this terrible incident\".
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May 29, 2024
Evening Standard
Rafah air strike did not violate US red line’
White House says Israeli targeting of Hamas was precise’ but deaths horrific’
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May 29, 2024
Evening Standard
Sandwich service in Cornwall... but Sunak under fire for hitting region
RISHI SUNAK handed out bacon butties after taking the sleeper train to Cornwall - and immediately ran into criticism that his plan to restore national service would cost the region more than £70 million.
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May 29, 2024
Evening Standard
How many exclusions from school are for sexist abuse? We haven’ta clue
Evening Standard demands a shake-up with new offence category of sexist abuse’
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May 29, 2024
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The moment you leave your home the boys treat you as fair game
The macho classroom culture created by male pupils can have a devastating effect on teenage girls.
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May 29, 2024
Evening Standard
Truth about boys, porn and how they talk about girls
THE nine teenage boys aged 13 to 15 sat joking and laughing in their south London classroom, their joshing belying a nervousness, trying to gauge how honest they should be.
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May 29, 2024
Evening Standard
'London would never have been as much fun without its queer community'
DONATELLA VERSACE has said it is vital to \"respect and protect\" the capital's LGBTQIA+ community which is \"so much part of what makes London so special\".
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May 29, 2024
Evening Standard
Water firm sewage polluters will face criminal charges’
THAMES Water bosses who allow sewage to be pumped into London's rivers will face \"criminal charges\" under hardline Labour plans to clean up Britain's waterways.
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May 29, 2024
Evening Standard
Abbott: I am being banned from standing as a Labour MP
DIANE ABBOTT told today that she was being banned from standing as a Labour MP.
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May 29, 2024
Evening Standard
Palace co-owner eyes Everton move
CRYSTAL PALACE part-owner John Textor is said to be the front-runner to buy Farhad Moshiri's majority stake in Everton.
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May 28, 2024
Evening Standard
Cup-winner Ten Hag on tenterhooks as United owners look at De Zerbi
MANCHESTER UNITED are continuing to sound out potential new managers, as Erik ten Hag faces an anxious wait to find out whether he will keep his job after Saturday's FA Cup triumph.
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May 28, 2024
Evening Standard
CHELSEA PUSH TO TIE UP QUICK MARESCA DEAL
CLUB OFFICIALS MEETING FOXES BOSS IN MARBELLA FOR TALKS WITH POTENTIAL FOR FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT
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May 28, 2024
Evening Standard
Farewell performance? Not yet, but the Nadal show is nearing its finale
THIS was the beginning of the end, rather than a finite end itself for Rafael Nadal.
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May 28, 2024
Evening Standard
Cup win can’t put gloss on woeful season... and Ten Hag must pay price
United have gone backwards, so decision should be easy for chiefs
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May 28, 2024
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Buoyant M&S to invest 30m in revamping London stores
MARKS & SPENCER is to invest another £30 million in its London stores over the next year, including the opening of two new foodhalls and the creation of 100 new jobs.
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