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Results fail to lift pressure as GSK outshone by Pfizer
GLAXOSMITHKLINE remained under pressure today after so-so results that drew unfavourable comparisons with US rival Pfizer.
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February 09, 2022
Evening Standard
Don't use £16m Harrods wife to get to husband, says court
Martin Bentham Home Affairs Editor A BANKER'S wife from Knightsbridge who spent £16 million in Harrods cannot be treated as her jailed husband's "chattel" in a battle to seize her jewellery, a court has told law enforcers.
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February 09, 2022
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MARKET ROUND-UP Paper supply problems deliver boost for packaging giants as FTSE surges
A PAPER supply crunch fuelled by the online shopping boom pushed shares in three of London's biggest packaging firms to more big gains today.
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February 09, 2022
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LV=and Royal London abruptly call off takeover negotiations
LV= HAS ended takeover talks with Royal London, just days after the pair said they were ongoing.
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February 09, 2022
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Clarke earns recall as he is put on standby
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE batter Joe Clarke has been included among England's Covid reserves for next month's Test series against West Indies, which appears to indicate his international blacklisting is over, writes Will Macpherson.
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February 09, 2022
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University Challenge host Gascoigne dies aged 87
ORIGINAL University Challenge host Bamber Gascoigne has died aged 87.
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February 08, 2022
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Tale as old as time: Ora fulfils Beauty and the Beast dream...
RITA ORA says her life is "feeling like a Disney movie" after landing a dream role starring in a new Beauty and the Beast TV prequel series.
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February 08, 2022
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Ocado rattled as tech spending spikes losses
OCADO'S big bet on selling "smart warehouses" to other grocers saw its losses jump last year, leaving some investors rattled.
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February 08, 2022
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Mercedes hint at Hamilton's return
MERCEDES appear to have confirmed Lewis Hamilton's return to the grid for this season.
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February 08, 2022
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Judge silences horn-honking truckers in Ottawa protest
TRUCKERS in Ottawa have been told to silence their horns with an injunction today amid protests over Covid rules.
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February 08, 2022
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Jimmy Carr's Holocaust gag fails the funny test
IF ANYTHING, it's a surprise it's taken this long. In his 22 years of comedy, Jimmy Carr has made a career out of jokes that take straight-faced pleasure in slicing right through the boundaries of acceptability, poking fun at everything from acid attacks to Rohypnol. This is the man who named his 2007 tour Repeat Offender, after all.
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February 08, 2022
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Getlink sees Eurotunnel freight surge as Brexit frictions ease
THE Eurotunnel saw strong growth in freight traffic in January, after new measures reduced frictions in the movement of goods between Folkestone and Calais.
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February 08, 2022
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Germany talks tough as it fires new warning at Putin
Straw men: German army snipers demonstrate their capabilities at the Bundeswehr training ground in Munster
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February 08, 2022
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Carrie is steeped in the Westminster bubble, says friend of biographer
LORD Ashcroft is "a bit baffled" by criticism of his forthcoming biography of Carrie Johnson, The Londoner understands.
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February 08, 2022
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Anne McElvoy Boris makes more band changes than Spinal Tap – let's see how this plays
GUESS who's back, back again? Meet the old friends-of-Boris with updated nameplates on the office door. The Prime Minister has the kind of default mode that some chaps have in calling up old girlfriends and he deploys the same chat-up line, invariably starting the conversation with, “It's time to get the band back together again.” Some, like his campaign strategist Sir Lynton Crosby, made clear they had moved on to other relationships (while being around for emotional crises and guest roles come the next election perhaps.
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February 08, 2022
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Zahawi: Exams will not be axed unless there's a public health emergency
EXAMS will be cancelled this summer only if there is a “public health emergency", the Department for Education pledged today, with Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi, inset, saying he “firmly intends” exams will take place.
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February 07, 2022
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Stewart: It felt good to be Diana
KRISTEN STEWART has spoken of how nervous she was before playing Princess Diana in Spencer, but that the role eventually made her feel "higher than 1 remember".
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February 07, 2022
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QUEEN TO STAGE JUBILEE SHOW OF STRENGTH
IMPRESSIVE SCHEDULE OF ENGAGEMENTS. SHE WANTS TO BE OUT AMONG PEOPLE'
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February 07, 2022
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Ottawa emergency over 'out of control trucker protest
THE mayor of Canada's capital Ottawa has declared a state of emergency as truckers paralysed the city in an ongoing protest over Covid rules.
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February 07, 2022
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Moving from No 11 to 10 is notoriously treacherous
NO one goes into politics – with its endless door-knocking and having to be nice to voters all the time – to be lobby fodder. Most MPs, on both sides of the house – including Liberal Democrats - want to be prime minister. Of course, only a tiny minority succeed.
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February 07, 2022
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Fashion's more diverse than it was — but I still have to change to fit in
DESIGNER and artist Osman Yousefzada says despite the progress the fashion industry has made on diversity, “I still codeswitch” – a term for using a different way of speaking in different places.
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February 07, 2022
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Eriksen arrives at the Bees
CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN was due to train with Brentford for the first time today.
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February 07, 2022
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Catherine and Heathcliff's doomed romance is most joyful production for an age
EMMA RICE brings all the weapons in her theatrical armoury to this exuberant adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic novel, apart from brevity. The doomed moorland romance of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, which almost totally destroys their families, unfolds with dance, song, physical comedy, clever props and back projection.
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February 07, 2022
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Tories hold seat in by-election after MP killing
THE Conservatives have held on to the seat of Southend West following a by-election triggered by the killing of Sir David Amess.
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February 04, 2022
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There's no place like home, says Raducanu
TENNIS star Emma Raducanu has told the Standard “there’s no place like home” as she swapped the courts for a night out in Shoreditch.
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February 04, 2022
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Russia ‘plotting fake attack to justify invasion'
THE United States has accused the Kremlin of an elaborate plot to fabricate a “false flag” attack by Ukrainian forces that Russia could use as a pretext to invade its neighbour.
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February 04, 2022
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Munira: Boris whisperer who wielded the dagger
SOME departures matter more than others. You might say the exit of a head of a policy unit unknown outside Westminster is small on the resignation Richter scale.
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February 04, 2022
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Moyes blast at ‘terrible' fixture pile-up
DAVID MOYES hit out at international fixture scheduling as Michail Antonio was due to land back from Jamaica duty just over 24 hours before their FA Cup tie at Kidderminster tomorrow.
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February 04, 2022
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Met has no intention of changing its racist culture, says Doreen Lawrence
‘Public won’t trust Met unless racists are named and punished’
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February 04, 2022
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Harry: I burned the candle at both ends until I found meditation
THE Duke of Sussex has told how he experienced “burnout” and was guilty of burning the candle at both ends — until he discovered meditation.
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