The London Standard - September 17, 2024

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September 17, 2024

Radio host Theakston thanks listeners after cancer diagnosis

JAMIE THEAKSTON has revealed he has been diagnosed with stage 1 laryngeal cancer after listeners alerted him that “something wasn’t quite right” with his voice.

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Stars of track and field check in for Burberry's show at fashion week

OLYMPIANS Keely Hodgkinson and Katarina Johnson-Thompson led the way as Daniel Lee unveiled his latest collection for Burberry at London Fashion Week, using the brutalist atrium of the National Theatre as a show space.

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Red-on-red row over Khan's traffic-free goal

SADIQ KHAN was today facing a “redon-red” battle with Westminster council after the Government promised him new powers to force through the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street.

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Diddy held in New York amid assault claims

SEAN “Diddy” Combs was arrested in New York following an indictment from a grand jury.

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Trump: Agents bundled me into golf cart to escape gunman

DONALD TRUMP described being bundled into a golf cart by his Secret Service team after a gunman was spotted on his Florida course, as he issued another dark warning of what awaits America if he loses November’s election.

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Man, 26, charged with murdering wife and two daughters of BBC racing commentator

A 26-YEAR-OLD man accused of killing the wife and two daughters of a BBC racing commentator in a crossbow attack was today charged with their murders.

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Minister defends PM over migration talks with Italian premier

TURNING back “small boats” in the Channel would risk sinking them and more migrants dying, a minister said today.

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Davey: Labour will be held to account by strong Lib Dems

LABOUR will be “held to account” by the Liberal Democrats as it hopes to “consign the Conservatives to the history books”, Sir Ed Davey was set to say today.

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Murdochs start ‘Succession' court battle

RUPERT MURDOCH'S Succession-style court battle over the future of his media empire has begun in the United States, with the media and public barred from the hearings.

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This crackpot election would be funny if it weren't sinister

IF THE 2024 presidential election was a television series we would say it had jumped the shark by now — reached the point of such incredulity as to have lost the plot.

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The classless society was a lie. The class system isn't dead, it's been reimagined

READING the dripping with snobbery and class-prejudice articles and social media attacks on Charlie Mullins, the Pimlico Plumbers boss who has declared he is taking all of his money out of the UK because of Labour’s attitude to the wealthy, I suddenly realised that there has been a seismic shift in British culture.

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Why sustainable travel isn't just about carbon footprints

Flying harms the planet, yet tourism can drive positive hange. Here's how to travel smart, by Juliet Kinsman

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THG break-up plan fails to help shares

A RADICAL break-up plan for Matt Moulding’s Hut Group business THG today failed to inspire an upturn in the e-commerce’s firm’s stock market fortunes.

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Earls Court firms submit £10bn new town proposal

THE regeneration of Earls Court came a crucial step closer today after 14 years of uncertainty when developers submitted their planning application for a £10 billion green new town.

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Familiar failings haunt Postecoglou but Spurs fans must not lose faith

THERE are two ways of looking at Sunday's north London derby from a Tottenham perspective.

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Timber's progressive style offers Arsenal an unexpected solution

After year out, right-back shows he could be the answer on the left

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MBAPPE IS OMINOUS FOR PRETENDERS TO THRONE

WATCHING Manchester City's humbling of Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final two seasons ago, it was easy to assume the changing of the guard at the summit of European football had finally arrived.

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'ERLING'S SO GOOD WE JUST LAUGH'

JORGINHO SAYS ARSENAL DO NOT FEAR FACING HAALAND ON SUNDAY

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