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We’ve reached desperation point, say nurses as they vote on strikes

NURSES in London said they have reached the “point of desperation” as they prepared to vote on strike action for the first time in history over pay.

Listen to Liz's bold vision, Tory chairman Berry urges rebel MPs

TORY party chairman Jake Berry pleaded with rebel MPs today to “listen” to Liz Truss despite their worries about her radical reforms to boost Britain’s economic growth.

Russia has already lost the war, says Zelensky as he claims new victories

UKRAINE’S president has claimed fresh victories over occupying Russian forces as he told Moscow it had “already lost” the war.

Homeowners face fresh blow as average fixed mortgage tops six per cent

‘If people lose homes, Tories could be wiped out’

SCOTLAND YARD HIT BY NEW RACISM STORM

MAYOR DEMANDS ACTION OVER VILE TEXTS ON GROUP USED BY EX AND SERVING OFFICERS

GLOVES ARE OFF AS RIVALS WAIT TO SEE WHO POTTER TRUSTS MOST

FOR the first time since Edouard Mendy joined Chelsea in 2020, there is a genuine battle for the No1 shirt - and it is happening amid the backdrop of their stuttering Champions League campaign.

Hyve produces a buzz as events regain attraction

SHARES in industry events group Hyve took centre stage today after it revealed the pace of its recovery from pandemic disruption had "surpassed expectations".

'I'm used to fame but just want to keep mum happy'

England star on how he's learning to handle life as a poster boy

Pitt attacking our children on plane was final straw for marriage, Jolie tells court

Tristan Kirk Courts Correspondent HOLLYWOOD star Brad Pitt has been accused of pouring red wine and beer over his children and pushing ex-wife Angelina Jolie against a wall during a bout of violence on a private jet.

Bond themes are forever...gala celebrates 60 years of 007

LASHANA LYNCH was among the stars at a gala celebration of 60 years of James Bond theme songs at the Royal Albert Hall.

Wiley makes impeccable London stage debut with battle for freedoms

SAMIRA WILEY, mainstay of the Handmaid’s Tale and Orange is the New Black, makes an auspicious London debut in Pearl Cleage’s all-black American tragicomedy, set in New York’s Harlem Renaissance in 1930.

‘I want to bring the buzz of art back to West End’

SOHO heiress India Rose James says her new Greek Street gallery is part of an attempt to bring a creative buzz” back to central London.

Mortgage hell hits: Londoners face up to the rate rises

Finances crippled, weddings postponed, equity wiped out and having the dream of owning a first home snatched away. Charlotte Duck speaks to a few of the many people with life plans left in tatters by the mortgage rate rises

New mortgage pain hits home as Halifax puts up rate to 5.8%

BRITAIN’S biggest mortgage lender Halifax today piled more cost of living pain on homeowners by increasing the cost of most of its fixed-rate deals by more than a percentage point.

I'LL GET US THROUGH TEMPEST, PM TELLS TORIES

TRUSS URGES PARTY TO STAY COURSE’ AND VOWS TO GET ECONOMY GROWING

Rice urges team-mates to build on Wolves victory

DECLAN RICE says West Ham must use Saturday’s 2-0 win over Wolves to kick-start their stuttering season, and has predicted more to come from big-money summer signings Gianluca Scamacca and Lucas Paqueta.

Flooring maker fears cost and supply crisis may halt production

FLOORING firm James Halstead today sounded the alarm on its soaring energy costs and supply chain fears, warning it had ramped up its stocks to prepare for the “potential inability to manufacture” over the winter.

Bolsonaro faces poll run-off with Left-wing rival after vote deadlock

BRAZIL'S Right-wing leader Jair Bolsonaro is to face a run-off against his Leftist rival for the presidency, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, after neither got enough support in the country's election to win outright.

Poker winner in cheat storm over 'vibrating ring'

POKER is the latest game to be hit by a cheating scandal with a player insisting that she did not use a vibrating ring to win at a Las Vegas tournament.

Olivia suspect sits head bowed as he faces murder charge

THE alleged killer of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel sat with his head bowed today as he appeared in the dock for the first time to face a murder charge.

Tory rebel Shapps says PM has admitted that she rushed into tax cut

TORY rebel Grant Shapps insisted today that he did not want Liz Truss to be toppled as Prime Minister after the humiliating U-turn over the top rate of tax.

Zelensky hails major advance as Russia loses control of key towns

VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY announced that his forces had liberated two towns in southern Ukraine as they made further progress in retaking the Russian-occupied Kherson region.

Snobs don’t understand what panto’s about, says new Mother Goose star Ian McKellen

HIS recent roles include Hamlet and King Lear but Sir Ian McKellen is preparing to do panto in the West End — and said critics who are snobbish about it do not understand the art form.

Vegan leather jackets: it must be the Stella show

TODAY Stella McCartney returned to the Centre Pompidou, this time to its courtyard, with a set that included coloured paths mirroring the museum’s iconic facade.

KWARTENG FORCED INTO MAJOR U-TURN ON 45p TAX CUT

REVERSE IS BLOW TO PM AND HER CHANCELLOR

Courts In Crisis As Strike By Barristers Hits Thousands Of Cases

Criminal barristers today voted for an all-out strike which is set to bring courts to a standstill in a new blow to victims of rape and other serious crimes waiting for justice.

Abrdn leads recovery as shockwaves ease

LONDON'S stocks and the pound recovered today, as the market shockwaves set off by the Government's minibudget eased off.

Cineworld boss in pledge on wages after US bankruptcy filing

THE boss of beleaguered cinema chain Cineworld has said he still wants the firm to be "the best place to watch a movie" as he pledged to keep venues open despite filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US.

Manolo Blahnik celebrates record sales in 50th year

A LONDON luxury high-heel maker popular with Beyoncé, Sarah Jessica Parker and the Princess of Wales stood tall today after posting record sales.

At least 23 killed as Putin targets humanitarian convoy close to city

A RUSSIAN airstrike has destroyed a humanitarian convoy in southern Ukraine killing at least 23 people, officials said today.