The London Standard - July 11, 2024

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July 11, 2024

It's a date with the King if England conquer Spain

Huge open-top bus parade lined up if the Three Lions win Euros for first time

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New live TV test for Biden as the number of Democrat critics mounts

JOE BIDEN tonight faces a live TV audition in front of a growing number of Democratic critics at the end of a Nato summit that has been overshadowed by doubts about the 81-year-old president’s staying power.

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President gives his blessing for PM to act as go-between with Europe leaders

SIR Keir Starmer won White House backing to serve as a leadership bridge between the United States and Europe as the new Prime Minister made clear that there is no lessening in Britain’s multi-billion-pound support for Ukraine.

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Police wait to question 'crossbow killer' as laws on weapons could be reviewed

POLICE were today waiting to question suspected crossbow killer Kyle Clifford in hospital over the triple murder of the wife and daughters of a BBC sports commentator — as the Government said tighter laws could be announced soon.

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Shock and awe from Broadway: race, sex and Deep South fantasies

PREPARE to be shocked. Jeremy O.Harris's bold, scabrously witty 2018 play sees three contemporary couples enact pornographic Deep South slavery fantasies as a form of therapy, designed to reignite the black characters' vanished passion for their white partners. At least five people walked out the night I was there.

2 mins

Labour, think positive and drop the luxury tax

LABOUR is looking for growth opportunities that are ready to go and we have one right here.

2 mins

By George, Clooney has said something others can't

THE United States president intimated recently that he would not step down as presidential contender until “the Lord Almighty” personally instructed him to do so.

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Thames Water placed in Ofwat 'special measures'

OFWAT was on course for a bruising collision with Thames Water today after the regulator took an axe to the company’s demands for a 44% rise in bills and placed it in a form of “special measures” that could lead to Britain’s biggest water utility being broken up.

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GDP figure hits August rate cut hopes

HOPES of the Bank of England delivering an interest rate cut in August received a setback today when official figures showed the economy grew much faster than expected in May.

1 min

Heathrow landing fees would be cut under revised price cap

HEATHROW Airport will have to cut the landing fees it charges airlines if proposals made today by regulators go through, in the latest twist in a long-running row over fees at the west London hub.

1 min

'Queen of grass' Elena sets sights on crown

ONLY two women in the Open era boast a better record on the Wimbledon grass than Elena Rybakina.

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Bosses have silenced the doubters in battle for European supremacy

SUCCESS with Spain did not take long to arrive for the man now plotting England’s downfall on Sunday.

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Southgate's finishers get the job done...now for a final happy ending

OLLIE WATKINS was the last England player to leave the pitch, the match- winner finally heading down the tunnel with John Stones, still beaming, his eyes shining in disbelief as he drank it all in.

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'We are ready to hurt Spain, once we get the ball off them!'

GARETH SOUTHGATE says Spain will present “the greatest possible test” for England in Sunday’s Euros Final, but believes his side have shown they have “as good a chance as they do”.

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