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Only £65k a month to live like Boy George
The London Standard

Only £65k a month to live like Boy George

The Karma Chameleon singer listed his house for £17m in 2022, turning down offers. Now, he's looking for a tenant

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September 26, 2024
Welcome to London, unicorn capital of Europe
The London Standard

Welcome to London, unicorn capital of Europe

We're flying far ahead of anywhere outside US for tech investment

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September 26, 2024
Arteta's Arsenal evolution The next phase
The London Standard

Arteta's Arsenal evolution The next phase

Malik Ouzia and Simon Collings assess how the Spaniard will try to bring down Man City after he signs up for another three years with the title in his sights

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September 26, 2024
Title fight catches fire after Gunners embrace dark side
The London Standard

Title fight catches fire after Gunners embrace dark side

Arsenal-City clashes take on a welcome edge of animosity

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September 26, 2024
Whack the hippy gong-boho's back
The London Standard

Whack the hippy gong-boho's back

It happened in Paris one grey February day. Sienna Miller was in an oversized, black leather jacket, lace-trimmed silk slip and clumpy great wedges.

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September 26, 2024
There's a Starlink waiting in the sky... 7,000 in fact.Can Elon Musk stop them crashing to Earth?
The London Standard

There's a Starlink waiting in the sky... 7,000 in fact.Can Elon Musk stop them crashing to Earth?

As he was preparing his fields for seeding this year, Barry Sawchuk came across a giant slab of space debris. It had come from a spacecraft belonging to Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX.

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September 26, 2024
'Politicians are only into power-mongering, corruption and cronyism'
The London Standard

'Politicians are only into power-mongering, corruption and cronyism'

We speak to alt revolutionary DEEPAK CHOPRA about biomarkers, his digital twin and his work to save humanity from disease

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September 26, 2024
I've been waiting for a production of Godotthis brilliant all my life
The London Standard

I've been waiting for a production of Godotthis brilliant all my life

Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati bring a potent, tragicomic chemistry to James Macdonald’s rich revival of Samuel Beckett’s challenging play.

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September 26, 2024
Trust me, the Ritz is London's bestrestaurant
The London Standard

Trust me, the Ritz is London's bestrestaurant

To whom we turn in moments of gloom and glory can be instructive, a filter of our truest friends. I've fallen out with the Ritz a couple of times, including once after a visit to the bar which didn’t warrant a review (“But you said it was lovely!” they said.

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September 26, 2024
'Healing is a dirty word'
The London Standard

'Healing is a dirty word'

After four traumatic years, FKA twigs is back with a new album -and a thrilling metamorphosis

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September 26, 2024
Keir Starmer's moment of judgment is fast approaching
The London Standard

Keir Starmer's moment of judgment is fast approaching

The PM's choices later next month will define the course of his government

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September 26, 2024
Does Rachel Reeves really care about London?
The London Standard

Does Rachel Reeves really care about London?

Then she needs to prove it in the Budget-here's how I'd do it

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September 26, 2024
Heroin chic is stalking the catwalks again
The London Standard

Heroin chic is stalking the catwalks again

Stick-thin models are filling my social media — and it's seriously worrying

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September 26, 2024
AI Brian Sewell's verdict* on the Van Gogh show? Vapid, arrant nonsense
The London Standard

AI Brian Sewell's verdict* on the Van Gogh show? Vapid, arrant nonsense

Our late art critic was renowned for his excoriating reviews. In a one-off experiment, we asked AI what he would say about the National Gallery’s latest exhibition

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September 26, 2024
We can make London the AI capital of the world.The opportunities to create wealth are endless
The London Standard

We can make London the AI capital of the world.The opportunities to create wealth are endless

As he eased back in his seat more than 30,000 feet above the dark blue waters of the deep Atlantic, Sir Keir Starmer was clear about the risk-laden decisions ahead. At the forefront of the Prime Minister’s mind, as his plane sped towards New York for a United Nations General Assembly meeting, was the daunting challenge of how to defeat Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, which military experts say threatens to escalate, escalate and escalate further.

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September 26, 2024
Evening Standard

Khan's plan to ban traffic in Oxford Street 'could make it a terror target'

THE leader of Westminster council has issued a remarkable warning that Sadiq Khan’s plan to pedestrianise Oxford Street could worsen crime and make it a terrorist target.

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September 19, 2024
Cheers! Ex drugs adviser launches booze-less drink
Evening Standard

Cheers! Ex drugs adviser launches booze-less drink

FORMER government drugs adviser Professor David Nutt launched a “joy-invoking” new non-alcoholic drink designed to enhance human connection at an event last night.

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September 19, 2024
Arteta is braced for Arsenal's 'great test' without Odegaard
Evening Standard

Arteta is braced for Arsenal's 'great test' without Odegaard

MIKEL ARTETA has described losing Martin Odegaard as “a great test” as Arsenal prepare to be without their influential captain for an extended period.

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September 19, 2024
I'LL NEVER TAKE EASY OPTION, SAYS ANGE
Evening Standard

I'LL NEVER TAKE EASY OPTION, SAYS ANGE

POSTECOGLOU STANDS BY CHANGES DESPITE BOOS DURING SPURS SCARE

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September 19, 2024
Scare puts spotlight on contrast between club and fans over priorities
Evening Standard

Scare puts spotlight on contrast between club and fans over priorities

ANGE POSTECOGLOU has repeatedly insisted he would rather his Tottenham side played their football and showed progress on the pitch than won ugly.

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September 19, 2024
After the pain, AJ faces toughest test of impressive revival
Evening Standard

After the pain, AJ faces toughest test of impressive revival

THE rebuild from the back-to-back defeats by Oleksandr Usyk has been a slow and agonising approach for Anthony Joshua.

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September 19, 2024
The 96,000 at Wembley expect to see history but I thrive under that pressure
Evening Standard

The 96,000 at Wembley expect to see history but I thrive under that pressure

WHEN I first laced up my boxing gloves, if someone had told me I’d fill out Wembley Stadium with 96,000 people, I would have laughed them off.

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September 19, 2024
Footsie is swept higher by US rate cut
Evening Standard

Footsie is swept higher by US rate cut

A SURGE in risk appetite swept the FTSE 100 index higher today as traders cheered last night’s super-sized interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve.

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September 19, 2024
Next to join '£1bn club' as Wolfson backs high street
Evening Standard

Next to join '£1bn club' as Wolfson backs high street

NEXT looked on the verge of joining the £1 billion club today — the exclusive set of retailers who have made that much profit in a single year.

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September 19, 2024
The Israeli device attacks make the world a more dangerous place for us all
Evening Standard

The Israeli device attacks make the world a more dangerous place for us all

THE detonation of hundreds of pagers, and dozens of walkie-talkies, used by Hezbollah leaders and associates across Lebanon, killing at least 20 and injuring 450, was a daring and high-risk attack by Israel.

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September 19, 2024
Lame drama does Tube map creator no favours
Evening Standard

Lame drama does Tube map creator no favours

AS THE original designer of the modern Underground map in 1931, Harry Beck has probably had more lasting and beneficial impact on London’s residents and visitors than most politicians.

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September 19, 2024
Evening Standard

'Urge your MPs to change rules on magic mushrooms'

PEOPLE are being urged to write to their MPs calling for research to be allowed into the potential benefits of magic mushrooms for treating serious mental health conditions.

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September 19, 2024
Minister defends £170k salary of PM's aide
Evening Standard

Minister defends £170k salary of PM's aide

Business Secretary dismisses claims Starmer personally intervened on pay

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September 19, 2024
Four Met officers in double murder case misconduct inquiry
Evening Standard

Four Met officers in double murder case misconduct inquiry

FOUR Metropolitan Police officers are being investigated for misconduct after two vulnerable black women were murdered by a man they had complained about to the force Handyman Carl Cooper, 66, was jailed for life in July for the murders of Naomi Hunte, 41, who was stabbed in the chest, and Fiona Holm, 48, whose body has never been found.

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September 19, 2024
Global Radio starts court fight with council over noisy Leicester Square buskers
Evening Standard

Global Radio starts court fight with council over noisy Leicester Square buskers

EUROPE’S largest commercial radio company has launched a court fight with Westminster council over noisy buskers outside its central London offices.

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September 19, 2024