The London Standard - August 29, 2024

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August 29, 2024

Starmer warns of march of far-Right after talking up post-Brexit 'reset'

SIR Keir Starmer was given ceremonial honours today at the Elysée Palace as he headed into talks with French President Emmanuel Macron with a warning about the march of the far-Right in Europe.

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Beetlejuice is back and still dead funny

TIM BURTON, Tim Burton, Tim Bur… Dare we say his name three times, conjuring up a charming devil full of guile who is not 100 per cent reliable? Well, you will be relieved to hear that we do.

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PELINE NOT CROSS POLICELINE Disabled man stabbed to death after car rammed his electric wheelchair

A DISABLED father was killed when three men in a car rammed his electric wheelchair and set upon him with a Rambo knife, a witness said today.

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Superb sparring partners deliver message of love in bold two-hander

WATCHING this bold, baggy, female two-hander the restaged third part of the Death of England trilogy reminded me of Hamlet's line about plays being \"the chronicles of the time\".

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Government must make rail travel cheaper

IT'S a funny old time to be a commuter right now especially one who relies on trains to get from A to B.

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Oasis as a family band? Yep, the young idealise the 1990s like we did the 1960s

OASIS reforming is just the tonic the nation needs.

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Early dinner, smaller bills: this is the new eating out

EVEN for a famously hard grafter like Jason Atherton, it is going to be a gruelling autumn.

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New HSBC chief moves fast with cull of senior executives

THE new boss of HSBC today unveiled a brutal boardroom shake-up before even taking the helm of Britain's biggest bank, after announcing the departure of three senior boardroom executives.

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'Protected' Mudryk is in danger

UNGLAMOROUS and inconvenient, the Conference League is nonetheless likely to be important for Chelsea's fringe players and, in spite of his price tag, Mykhailo Mudryk is increasingly in danger of becoming part of that group.

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MADUEKE WINS FIRST CALL-UP FOR ENGLAND

»CARSLEY SELECTS BLUES WINGER AFTER HAT-TRICK BUT ARSENAL DEFENDER WHITE’S EXILE CONTINUES

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