Evening Standard - May 08, 2024
Evening Standard - May 08, 2024
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May 08, 2024
UK biotech says stock market is no longer the right home’
AN OXFORD-based biotech company today became the latest firm to quit the London Stock Exchange after complaining that the undervaluation of its shares \"compromises\" its ability to deliver treatments for \"people living with debilitating conditions\".
1 min
WEST HAM'S BIG SUMMER REVAMP FOR LOPETEGUI
CLUB TO BACK SPANIARD WITH UP TO SIX SIGNINGS AS PART OF NEW EUROPEAN-STYLE TRANSFER APPROACH
3 mins
Wharton ready to sparkle as England's missing gem
Midfielder looks like perfect fit alongside Rice and Bellingham
2 mins
Composed Lopetegul always has his eyes on the future
High-profile dumpings hurt but boss will want to prove a point
3 mins
Wetherspoon’s Martin hails lively pub sales
THE Great British Pub is back, says no less an authority than the founder and chairman of JD Wetherspoon.
1 min
Boohoo losses hit £160m as China rivals go cheaper
STRUGGLING fast fashion firm Boohoo left the City in doubt about its recovery plan this morning as losses ballooned to £160 million and sales slid by double digits across all of its regions.
2 mins
Can Julie's find its groove again?
Mick Jagger was a regular and Tina Turner danced on the tables... Will the new owners get the magic back, asks Josh Barrie
6 mins
When even the brutal humiliations become routine, you know it's time up for Ten Hag
ASTRIKING aspect of Manchester United’s 4-0 defeat to Crystal Palace on Monday was just how little the scoreline registered — at least for me, anyway.
3 mins
Battersea Park shows what London does best and it's why I love living in this city
THIS I’m not being funny but… how incredible are London’s parks? I am particularly proud of Battersea Park. As someone that was born just over the bridge in Pimlico, then grew up in Battersea, I’ve been hanging out in the area all my life, and it’s been a big part of it.
3 mins
Lurid testimony is exposing Trump in more ways than one
STORMY Daniels had her day in court in New York yesterday and how you feel about her performance depends, like so much else, on how you feel about Donald Trump.
4 mins
Why Hollywood's finest are heading to Brick Lane
It’s been described as Hay Festival meets Glastonbury and now it’s coming to the East End. Robert Dex on how South by Southwest will boost London’s standing at the heart of tech and culture
4 mins
Talented chef held captive by menu cut off in mid flow
THE word, I suppose, is perplexed. Or perhaps it’s baffled. Or maybe it ’s just “why?” Turns of phrase are usually a strong suit but in its way, July has left me speechless. Or at least indecisive.
3 mins
Children's food allergy treatment breakthrough 'nothing less than a miracle'
DOCTORS today hailed a potentially “life-transforming” breakthrough in allergy treatment after early trial results showed that eating small amounts of trigger foods could build up immunity in children.
2 mins
Garrick victory for women 'is a win on the long road to gender equality'
THE Garrick Club’s decision to allow female members for the first time in its 193-year history has been hailed as one of the “small battles” on the road to gender equality by a leading feminist campaigner.
2 mins
Chaos at airports after electronic gates fail
Fury as passengers trapped in queues for hours are forced to sleep on the floor
2 mins
600 more London skyscrapers to transform city skyline
LONDON is on course to become a “Manhattan-on-Thames” with almost 600 more planned skyscrapers set to fill gaps in its already crowded skyline, according to a new report.
2 mins
Royal rift as wide as ever 'with issues of trust that still need to be addressed'
THE rift between the King and Prince Harry appeared as wide as ever today as they failed to meet in London and a senior insider stated that there were still “issues of trust”.
2 mins
No rest for Bromley as club starts preparing for life in League Two
THE dust has barely settled from the most famous day in Bromley's history, but the club is already preparing for life in League Two.
1 min
TIME'S UP AGAIN... BUT MOYES WILL LEAVE CLUB IN A FAR BETTER PLACE
IF THE measure of a managerial job well done lies in leaving a club in a better place than it was found, then at West Ham David Moyes has pulled it off - twice.
3 mins
LOPETEGUI AGREES TO TAKE OVER AT HAMMERS
FORMER SPAIN BOSS TO REPLACE MOYES IN SUMMER | CLUB IN TALKS FOR BRAZILIAN WONDERKID WESLEY
2 mins
While Cristian soldiers on bravely, many team-mates face an uncertain summer
ANGE POSTECOGLOU has insisted for months that he knows exactly what is needed to transform his Tottenham squad, but he will surely have learnt something new about his players during a miserable week.
2 mins
Hard to see Olise in United rebuild after his demolition job
ALREADY on the score-sheet as Crystal Palace led 2-0 before the break, Michael Olise was toying with Manchester United.
2 mins
Carmoola boss wants app to be 'everything' for motorists
AIDAN RUSHBY is an archetypal entrepreneur. \"My mind is restless, I scribble down 20 or more business ideas spontaneously each week,\" he says.
3 mins
BP costs pledge after profits fall
BP today pledged to cut costs as first quarter profits at the UK's second-biggest energy major fell further than City experts expected.
1 min
Flats 'closing growth gap with houses'
BRITAIN'S biggest mortgage lender today said flats are back in fashion as first time buyers target smaller properties due to high mortgage costs.
1 min
I love using my phone at the dinner table and only a fool would try to ban them
I WAS five glasses deep into the new Beaujolais in The Royal Oak pub on Columbia Road in Shoreditch when I lost the game. It was 2014 and I reached for my phone stacked on top of the others, jenga'd precariously in the middle of the table.
3 mins
I have warped my attention span for our modern world, but now I'm regretting it
TWO-AND-A-HALF seconds. That's how long I'd have to hold your attention, were this a film and not a some what contorted start to a column about something else entirely.
2 mins
A tailoring academy on Savile Row would suit it
THE police station at 27 Savile Row is not, perhaps, a thing of beauty, but it has a certain bleak integrity in its Forties way.
1 min
I have no more dreams of Michelin stars now
In January, Michel Roux Jr closed the legendary Le Gavroche forever. He tells Josh Barrie the real reason he shut the family business, and reveals what's next
4 mins
I won't stand by and let Jewish students suffer here, warns minister
EDUCATION Secretary Gillian Keegan has warned that she will not \"stand by as Jewish students suffer\" amid a series of pro-Palestine protests at British universities.
1 min
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Publisher: ESI Media
Category: Newspaper
Language: English
Frequency: Daily
Founded in 1827, the Evening Standard is an iconic London brand, recognised as setting the agenda in politics and business, as well as being first with major news and sports stories. It is the UK's largest quality daily newspaper.
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