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Miners help top flight to outgun European markets
THE out-of-favour FTSE 100 index put on a rare session of outperformance today as mining heavyweights rallied thanks to City support for Rio Tinto.
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December 12, 2023
Evening Standard
Phone giants take £1bn hit on price hike ban threat
MORE than £1 billion was wiped from the value of Britain's biggest phone contract providers today after Ofcom said it planned to ban inflation-linked price rises mid-way through contracts amid a crackdown on practices that it said cause \"harm\" to consumers.
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December 12, 2023
Evening Standard
Consumers cheer as watchdogs are let off the leash
A PACK of snarling industry and financial watchdogs were off the leash today with the Competition and Markets Authority, Ofcom, the Office of Rail and Road, and the Financial Conduct Authority all issuing threats to investigate or regulate.
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December 12, 2023
Evening Standard
Unilever faces 'greenwashing' probe by watchdog
THE competition watchdog is to launch an inquiry into the Dove-toDomestos brands giant Unilever to determine whether its environmental claims are misleading \"greenwashing\".
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December 12, 2023
Evening Standard
Community kitchen serves up a treat
A canteen run by a charity benefiting from our appeal has become a lifeline, reports Anna Davis
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December 12, 2023
Evening Standard
Self-hating charlatans who demonise immigration are dishonest as well as wrong
IMMIGRATION is yet again frontpage news and, as always, I watch the performative hot takes on the issue by people seeking to outdo each other on how \"hardline\" they can be. What madness. For those who are hard of thinking: we don't have to be mean to deal with immigration.
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December 12, 2023
Evening Standard
Back to the office for you bone-idle civil servants
THE one interesting thing to come out of the Prime Minister's appearance at the Covid inquiry yesterday, other than his mesmerising grasp of detail, was his admission that too many people worked from home during the pandemic.
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December 12, 2023
Evening Standard
Rishi Sunak is swirling on the edge of a political death spiral
RISHI SUNAK heads into the chamber tonight as the leader of a Conservative Party which has escaped his control. The proximate issue is the second reading of the emergency legislation on an overhauled Rwanda bill to circumvent legal objections in the Supreme Court ruling against the policy.
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December 12, 2023
Evening Standard
Have the Tories killed satire? This messy romp can't hit an open goal
THIS lame comedy about the Government's mishandling of the pandemic is anything to go by, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak might actually have killed off satire.
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December 12, 2023
Evening Standard
'A man in a coffee shop said he'd shoot me for being gay'
Actor Jonathan Bailey has triumphed this year with the acclaimed drama Fellow Travelers, but he tells Nancy Durrant LGBTQ+ people still have a lot to fight for
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December 12, 2023
Evening Standard
Starmer defends Labour plan – but Conservatives say he lacks principles
SIR KEIR STARMER today vowed a new approach on illegal immigration after Tory criticism that he has no plan B after rejecting the Government's Rwanda scheme.
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December 12, 2023
Evening Standard
New blow as 80% say Tories doing badly on migration
And Rishi Sunak’s personal ratings fall to their lowest level amid civil war over controversial Rwanda bill
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December 12, 2023
Evening Standard
Homophobic attack against Bridgerton star Bailey a day after he met the President
BRIDGERTON star Jonathan Bailey revealed he was the victim of a terrifying homophobic attack a day after meeting US President Joe Biden at an LGBTQ+ event in Washington.
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December 12, 2023
Evening Standard
Turkish football halted after club boss hits ref in 'night of shame'
TURKISH football has suspended all its league games after one of the country's top referees was punched by a club president.
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December 12, 2023
Evening Standard
Young guns hoping for a Dutch treat in Eindhoven
MIKEL ARTETA was today considering which Arsenal youngsters to take to Holland for tomorrow's Champions League dead rubber against PSV.
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December 11, 2023
Evening Standard
Poch's risky move as 'reality' kicks in after another dismal display
THERE are signs that the blame game has started at Chelsea.
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December 11, 2023
Evening Standard
New plans for care home and apartments at listed hospital
A LISTED west London hospital where thousands of servicemen were treated during the Second World War is to be converted in apartments, a cultural centre and a private care home under a major new scheme.
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December 11, 2023
Evening Standard
Chocolate sales soar in hunt for cheaper gifts
BRITAIN'S love of chocolate appears to be more intense than ever as shoppers on squeezed budgets cut spending on expensive presents in favour of confectionery-based gifts in the run-up to Christmas.
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December 11, 2023
Evening Standard
The City to open its first office in the United States
THE City of London Corporation is to open a US office for the first time in its history at a time of intense competition from New York for the crown of world's leading global finance centre.
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December 11, 2023
Evening Standard
Square Mile's envoy will have his work cut out
IT SEEMS bizarre that the City has boots on the ground in Shanghai, Beijing and Mumbai - as well as Brussels but not in America.
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December 11, 2023
Evening Standard
Mourning glory! The firms putting the fun into funeral
WHEN Dan Jones moved away from London last year, he knew his father Roger, who was living in a care home in the capital, was likely to die soon. Jones needed a funeral plan, and after years of his father battling dementia, he didn't want a gloomy affair. Instead, he dreamed of something people would look forward to, a celebration of his life. \"Maybe selfishly I also wanted to have a nice time,\" says Jones, who discovered alternative funeral directors Exit Here.
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December 11, 2023
Evening Standard
At last The Crown is feeding our royal fashion cosplay obsession
HAS it really been seven years since we started reliving the Windsor dynasty in binge-TV form?
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December 11, 2023
Evening Standard
Depressed, unemployed, obese: this is the picture of a Britain that doesn't read
READING can be for solitary pleasure or it can be a quotidian task. Some people avoid books in favour of other forms of recreation; others read everywhere from bathrooms to Tube carriages. Some people love reading so much they even study English till the very end of school.
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December 11, 2023
Evening Standard
A grim antisemitism is festering in our schools
HOUNSLOW council's decision last week to cancel an educational display on Jewish life is surprising, especially as it deprives local schools of a valuable teaching resource at a critical time.
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December 11, 2023
Evening Standard
The Covid Inquiry is chocolate teapot levels of totally useless
AND so it's over nearly. For what has seemed like an eternity, beleaguered and formerly famous TV stars have been subjected to intense scrutiny and forced to perform unimaginable acts, sometimes obliged to chew a lot more than humble pie, in front of an audience which is probably left wondering what it was really all for.
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December 11, 2023
Evening Standard
Israel warning to Hamas as terror group threatens to kill hostages
HAMAS today threatened the lives of the 137 hostages still being held in Gaza as Israel's premier Benjamin Netanyahu warned the terror group that it was facing the \"beginning of the end\".
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December 11, 2023
Evening Standard
Markfield gives us strength... it's a second home
David Cohen meets parents looking after autistic children - as well as trying to balance budgets in a cost of living crisis
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December 11, 2023
Evening Standard
Tube staff praised over fire alert evacuation in 11 minutes
TUBE station staff have been praised for their quick actions after passengers began smashing windows on a packed Northern line train to escape a suspected fire during the King's Coronation bank holiday weekend.
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December 11, 2023
Evening Standard
Bus drivers could strike over delays from low-traffic zones
A GROUP of London bus drivers are considering striking after being pushed to \"breaking point\" by delays caused by low-traffic neighbourhoods and bus lanes being removed.
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December 11, 2023
Evening Standard
Crunch time for Rwanda Bill as Tory deliver their verdict Rightwingers
THE Rwanda plan will survive a key Commons vote, a senior minister predicted today as feuding Tories were urged to unite at the start of a crunch week for Rishi Sunak.
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