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Eriksen arrives at the Bees
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Eriksen arrives at the Bees

CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN was due to train with Brentford for the first time today.

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February 07, 2022
Catherine and Heathcliff's doomed romance is most joyful production for an age
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Catherine and Heathcliff's doomed romance is most joyful production for an age

EMMA RICE brings all the weapons in her theatrical armoury to this exuberant adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic novel, apart from brevity. The doomed moorland romance of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, which almost totally destroys their families, unfolds with dance, song, physical comedy, clever props and back projection.

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February 07, 2022
Tories hold seat in by-election after MP killing
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Tories hold seat in by-election after MP killing

THE Conservatives have held on to the seat of Southend West following a by-election triggered by the killing of Sir David Amess.

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February 04, 2022
There's no place like home, says Raducanu
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There's no place like home, says Raducanu

TENNIS star Emma Raducanu has told the Standard “there’s no place like home” as she swapped the courts for a night out in Shoreditch.

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February 04, 2022
Russia ‘plotting fake attack to justify invasion'
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Russia ‘plotting fake attack to justify invasion'

THE United States has accused the Kremlin of an elaborate plot to fabricate a “false flag” attack by Ukrainian forces that Russia could use as a pretext to invade its neighbour.

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February 04, 2022
Munira: Boris whisperer who wielded the dagger
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Munira: Boris whisperer who wielded the dagger

SOME departures matter more than others. You might say the exit of a head of a policy unit unknown outside Westminster is small on the resignation Richter scale.

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February 04, 2022
Moyes blast at ‘terrible' fixture pile-up
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Moyes blast at ‘terrible' fixture pile-up

DAVID MOYES hit out at international fixture scheduling as Michail Antonio was due to land back from Jamaica duty just over 24 hours before their FA Cup tie at Kidderminster tomorrow.

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February 04, 2022
Met has no intention of changing its racist culture, says Doreen Lawrence
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Met has no intention of changing its racist culture, says Doreen Lawrence

‘Public won’t trust Met unless racists are named and punished’

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February 04, 2022
Harry: I burned the candle at both ends until I found meditation
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Harry: I burned the candle at both ends until I found meditation

THE Duke of Sussex has told how he experienced “burnout” and was guilty of burning the candle at both ends — until he discovered meditation.

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February 04, 2022
Gift to Coleridge Trust in drive to save poet's grave
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Gift to Coleridge Trust in drive to save poet's grave

THE FIGHT to save poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Highgate grave from “benign neglect” has entered a new phase, The Londoner has learnt, following a £20,000 donation to the trust concerned.

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February 04, 2022
Gemini boss fears ad rules may drive crypto investors offshore
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Gemini boss fears ad rules may drive crypto investors offshore

THE UK boss of Gemini, the cryptocurrency business set up by the billionaire Winklevoss twins, has claimed new regulations risk driving British crypto investors offshore.

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February 04, 2022
Frank warning to Toney over video
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Frank warning to Toney over video

THOMAS FRANK has issued a warning to Ivan Toney after a video of the striker saying “f*** Brentford” went viral on social media.

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February 04, 2022
Cancer patient MP: One million are waiting for diagnostic scans
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Cancer patient MP: One million are waiting for diagnostic scans

LABOUR’S Wes Streeting today accused the Government of not taking cancer treatment waiting times seriously as he spoke about his own frustration at being forced to wait for a crucial scan.

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February 04, 2022
Bausch shows all is fair in love and war with dancing dating game
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Bausch shows all is fair in love and war with dancing dating game

Kontakthof — Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Sadler’s Wells

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February 04, 2022
Shell rewards investors as soaring oil and gas prices drive up profits
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Shell rewards investors as soaring oil and gas prices drive up profits

SHELL was today forced to defend bumper payouts to investors after 2021's blistering rise in natural gas and oil prices helped propel annual profits to a seven-year high.

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February 03, 2022
Photo shows drug deal before The Wire star's overdose death
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Photo shows drug deal before The Wire star's overdose death

FOUR men believed to be members of a drug distribution gang have been charged in connection with the overdose death of The Wire actor Michael K Williams five months ago.

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February 03, 2022
New Nato warning as Putin masses troops in Belarus
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New Nato warning as Putin masses troops in Belarus

NATO today urged Vladimir Putin to "de-escalate" as it warned Russia has been moving tens of thousands of combat troops into Belarus.

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February 03, 2022
Mortgages going up? Spare a tear for us renters
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Mortgages going up? Spare a tear for us renters

SO, what’s your take on the news that interest rates are going up? — ex-Bank of England man Andy Haldane has pretty well said as much. Is this all you can talk about? Or is it just one of those things, way less interesting than the gas bill?

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February 03, 2022
It's Pam-mania — the return of the bombshell
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It's Pam-mania — the return of the bombshell

ANTICIPATION for new drama Pam & Tommy has reached its peak. The bombshell series that sees Lily James play Pamela Anderson and Sebastian Stan take on husband Tommy Lee during the leak of their honeymoon sex tape, and subsequent fallout, is finally out.

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February 03, 2022
Emotions run high over ‘final resting place' of Cook's Endeavour
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Emotions run high over ‘final resting place' of Cook's Endeavour

AN AUSTRALIAN museum today announced the discovery of the final resting place of Captain James Cook’s research vessel Endeavour — sparking a furious row with US researchers who said the claim was “premature”.

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February 03, 2022
Buckley and Gaga lead the way in record year for women's Bafta nominations
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Buckley and Gaga lead the way in record year for women's Bafta nominations

STARS including Lady Gaga and Jessie Buckley are leading a female charge for honours at this year's Baftas - with 70 women nominated for awards.

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February 03, 2022
Boris faces death by 1,000 cuts, warns ex-minister David Davis
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Boris faces death by 1,000 cuts, warns ex-minister David Davis

A FORMER Cabinet minister today warned Boris Johnson that more letters calling for his resignation are coming and he faces "a death of 1,000 cuts" unless he quits.

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February 03, 2022
‘I killed two people last night': Villanelle and Eve set for last battle
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‘I killed two people last night': Villanelle and Eve set for last battle

SANDRA OH and Jodie Comer are set to face-off for one last time - as the trailer for the fourth and final series of Killing Eve is revealed.

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February 02, 2022
We're in horrible position says Tory as he prepares to send in letter over PM
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We're in horrible position says Tory as he prepares to send in letter over PM

BORIS JOHNSON today lost the support of another senior Tory MP as reports suggested he attended more of the gatherings being investigated by police than previously thought.

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February 02, 2022
Tom Newton Dunn If levelling up doesn't happen, beware the anger of the left behind
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Tom Newton Dunn If levelling up doesn't happen, beware the anger of the left behind

THIS week, I met Debbie, Becky, Mark, Margaret, Ben, and Richard. They're voters in the Red Wall constituency of Blackpool South, won by the Tories in 2019 for the first time since 1992. I met the six when I sat in on a focus group, representing all demographics and political opinions, to gauge current sentiment in the seat.

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February 02, 2022
Spotify host risking lives with his idiocy on coronavirus, says Stone
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Spotify host risking lives with his idiocy on coronavirus, says Stone

SHARON STONE has said Joe Rogan is “risking people's lives with his idiocy" as controversy over his spread of coronavirus misinformation continues.

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February 02, 2022
Rishi flunked his chance at leadership
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Rishi flunked his chance at leadership

SO where does a week of Met Police pronouncements, fresh partying allegations and general Sue Gray melodrama leave the Parliamentary Conservative party?

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February 02, 2022
KATE TAKES THE BALL DUCHESS REPLACES PRINCE HARRY AS THE ROYAL PATRON OF ENGLISH RUGBY
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KATE TAKES THE BALL DUCHESS REPLACES PRINCE HARRY AS THE ROYAL PATRON OF ENGLISH RUGBY

THE Duchess of Cambridge showed off her ball skills today as she officially replaced Prince Harry as the new figurehead of English rugby.

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February 02, 2022
Johnson to call Putin at last as Russia warns West not to drag Nato into war
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Johnson to call Putin at last as Russia warns West not to drag Nato into war

BORIS Johnson was finally set to speak to Vladimir Putin today after the Russian president accused the West of trying to drag his country into a war in Ukraine.

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February 02, 2022
Jackson children at Broadway musical
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Jackson children at Broadway musical

PARIS JACKSON and her brother Prince were at the opening night of MJ: The Musical, the Broadway show celebrating the career of their late father Michael Jackson.

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February 02, 2022