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Evening Standard
One of London's unloved streets is getting a glow-up
FOR as long as most Londoners can remember, Queensway has been the ugly duckling to the otherwise rarefied \"swan\" neighbourhoods surrounding Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park.
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April 02, 2024
Evening Standard
I stopped a racist attack on Kennington Road - we're becoming a nasty city again
SOME weeks ago I intervened in a racist assault. Passing a bus stop on Kennington Road on a Sunday morning, my wife Ann and I noticed a burly white man, in his fifties like me, bearing down on a frail, older black man, taunting him and grabbing at the orthopedic crutch he was using.
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April 02, 2024
Evening Standard
Scotland's new hate crime law is truly chilling
The lesson of Scotland's new hate crime law, unleashed on a baffled nation on April Fool's Day, is that free speech needs perpetual vigilance.
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April 02, 2024
Evening Standard
My work is political but it is also playful
Ahead of the first major London show of his work in nearly 20 years, the British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare speaks to Nancy Durrant about false culture wars, diversity in the capital and the exclusive artwork he designed for the front cover of today’s Standard
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April 02, 2024
Evening Standard
KATE MOSS’S BOROUGH COMES TOP IN RESEARCH - And the nation's beauty capital is...
CROYDON has been named the beauty capital of the UK thanks to its high concentration of hairdressers and nail salons.
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April 02, 2024
Evening Standard
Sunak defends free childcare scheme
NURSERY GROUPS ISSUE WARNING OVER PLACES
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April 02, 2024
Evening Standard
Briton among seven aid staff killed in Israeli air strike on Gaza convoy
A BRITON and six other aid workers distributing food in Gaza have been killed in an Israeli air strike, their charity said today, in an \"unforgivable\" tragedy that sparked mounting international dismay.
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April 02, 2024
Evening Standard
Catch criminals, not JK Rowling: minister wades into row over new hate crime laws
JK ROWLING should not be arrested after she challenged police in a scathing online attack on Scotland's controversial new hate crime law, a Cabinet minister said today.
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April 02, 2024
Evening Standard
Welcome to London, UK's loneliness capital
Vauxhall has the highest rates and young women suffer the most
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April 02, 2024
Evening Standard
Former Standard political editor Reiss dies aged 82
CHARLES REISS, the former political editor of the Evening Standard who was behind a series of era-defining scoops, has died aged 82.
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April 02, 2024
Evening Standard
Phillips given lifeline with three games to salvage his Germany bid
GOOD news has not been easy to come by for Kalvin Phillips in club football of late, and given he will have watched England's friendlies this week from an unwanted distance, it would probably be a stretch to say the international break delivered a great deal, either.
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March 28, 2024
Evening Standard
NO NEED FOR ARTETA'S TRICKS AS GUNNERS BID TO END ETIHAD WOE
ONE of Mikel Arteta’s favourite tactics ahead of big games is using motivational tools.
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March 28, 2024
Evening Standard
'VICTORY VITAL TO SHOW OUR TITLE AMBITION'
RICE SAYS ONLY THREE POINTS WILL DO IF ARSENAL ARE TO SHAKE OFF PERCEPTION OF PREMIER CHOKERS
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March 28, 2024
Evening Standard
Russo hopes wait for club honours finally behind her
ALMOST two years have passed since Alessia Russo played the role of back-heeling, goalscoring super-sub as the Lionesses won Euro 2022, but she is still awaiting the first silverware of her club career.
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March 28, 2024
Evening Standard
Rivals show why there's no need for glum faces at Spurs
ANGE POSTECOGLOU has had a fortnight to stew on Tottenham’s worst result and performance of the season, but the 3-0 defeat at Fulham will not have spooked the Australian.
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March 28, 2024
Evening Standard
Spirent soars on new US takeover bid
DEAL-MAKING action continued on the London market today after Spirent Communications backed a new takeover bid worth over £1.1 billion.
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March 28, 2024
Evening Standard
Lloyd's of London hails its best results for 17 years
LLOYD’S of London, the world’s biggest insurance market, has hailed the best set of financial results since 2007, helped by a relative lack of underwriting exposure to catastrophes last year.
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March 28, 2024
Evening Standard
Breaking the taboo of men's mental health in the workplace
HOW do you avoid office burnout? There are fixes which sound simple — drawing strict boundaries around your working hours and not checking your emails over dinner.
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March 28, 2024
Evening Standard
Royal history as the Queen hands out Maundy money
THE Queen made royal history today as she became the first consort to hand over Royal Maundy gifts in the absence of the King.
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March 28, 2024
Evening Standard
Autumn election ‘still favourite' as talk grows of snap vote in summer
MOST Tories back an autumn election rather than a snap poll this summer, former party leader William Hague said today amid a flurry of speculation that Rishi Sunak might go to the country early.
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March 28, 2024
Evening Standard
Rayner on the back foot as home sale row overshadows poll campaign
LABOUR’S deputy leader Angela Rayner was today forced to defend allegations about the sale of her former council house as the row threatened to overshadow the party’s local elections campaign launch.
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March 28, 2024
Evening Standard
Manhunt for the masked maniac behind stabbing on train
A POLICE manhunt for a knife attacker who was filmed stabbing a passenger on a busy train gathered pace today as the victim was left fighting for life.
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March 28, 2024
Evening Standard
Beat it! You almost can't ― until that elephant in the room rears its ugly head
THE best and worst thing about this exhilarating Michael Jackson musical is that it almost makes you forget the elephant in the room.
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March 28, 2024
Evening Standard
Ultimate guide to a bumper Easter
From big nights out to the best Easter menus and a free indoor egg hunt perfect for a rainy day, Jo Taylor, Mike Daw and Josh Barrie on how to make the most of the bank holiday weekend
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March 28, 2024
Evening Standard
BELLINGHAM RESCUE ACT GIVES SOUTHGATE HOPE, BUT FRAILTIES REMAIN
THERE was a passion behind Gareth Southgate’s punch of the air that belied the fact this was a mere friendly — and a noise from the crowd that defied the reality that most of it was already halfway home.
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March 27, 2024
Evening Standard
INJURY ENDS JOHNSTONE'S EUROS HOPES
HEARTACHE FOR KEEPER AS HE UNDERGOES SURGERY
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March 27, 2024
Evening Standard
Stones injury adds to Pep's problems ahead of Sunday's title showdown
MANCHESTER CITY are sweating on the fitness of John Stones after his injury for England last night, amid a potential defensive crisis ahead of their title showdown with Arsenal on Sunday.
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March 27, 2024
Evening Standard
Strasbourg fans up in arms over Chelsea link that isn't working
STAMFORD BRIDGE is not the only place where Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali are coming under fire.
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March 27, 2024
Evening Standard
OMODA LAUNCH CHINESE FIRM PLANS UK ASSEMBLY LINE
CHINESE electric car maker Omoda is planning to set up an assembly plant in the UK as it eyes sales of up to 10,000 in its first year in the country.
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March 27, 2024
Evening Standard
Sorrell rejects takeover talk after £6m loss at S4
ADVERTISING guru Sir Martin Sorrell admitted today to a “difficult” year due to recession fears and higher interest rates as his S4 Capital made a loss of £6 million.
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