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One-year-old twin girls joined at the head separated by London surgeon
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One-year-old twin girls joined at the head separated by London surgeon

ONE-YEAR-OLD twin girls who were born conjoined at the head have been successfully separated during a 14-hour operation by a leading London surgeon.

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September 18, 2024
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Khan says Oxford Street cycle ban is key to renewal

CYCLISTS will be banned from riding through the pedestrianised section of Oxford Street under Sadiq Khan’s plans to ban traffic from the thoroughfare.

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September 18, 2024
Israel 'blew up thousands of Hezbollah pagers early over fears plot would be foiled'
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Israel 'blew up thousands of Hezbollah pagers early over fears plot would be foiled'

ISRAEL fast-tracked the detonation of thousands of explosive-packed pagers used by Hezbollah after becoming concerned that the plot was about to be foiled, according to reports.

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September 18, 2024
Emin's explosion of red radiates heartbreak
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Emin's explosion of red radiates heartbreak

RAGE. Anguish. Heartache. Adoration. Obsession. Frustration. Love.

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September 18, 2024
New Fourth Plinth artwork won't weather the storm ― by design
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New Fourth Plinth artwork won't weather the storm ― by design

A SCULPTURE made from hundreds of mask-like plaster casts that will erode and disintegrate in the damp London weather was today unveiled at Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth.

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September 18, 2024
Diddy held in New York amid assault claims
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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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September 17, 2024
Radio host Theakston thanks listeners after cancer diagnosis
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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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September 17, 2024
Familiar failings haunt Postecoglou but Spurs fans must not lose faith
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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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September 17, 2024
MBAPPE IS OMINOUS FOR PRETENDERS TO THRONE
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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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September 17, 2024
'ERLING'S SO GOOD WE JUST LAUGH'
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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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September 17, 2024
Timber's progressive style offers Arsenal an unexpected solution
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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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September 17, 2024
THG break-up plan fails to help shares
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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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September 17, 2024
Earls Court firms submit £10bn new town proposal
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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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September 17, 2024
Why sustainable travel isn't just about carbon footprints
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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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September 17, 2024
The classless society was a lie. The class system isn't dead, it's been reimagined
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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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September 17, 2024
This crackpot election would be funny if it weren't sinister
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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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September 17, 2024
Murdochs start ‘Succession' court battle
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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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September 17, 2024
Davey: Labour will be held to account by strong Lib Dems
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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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September 17, 2024
Minister defends PM over migration talks with Italian premier
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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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September 17, 2024
Man, 26, charged with murdering wife and two daughters of BBC racing commentator
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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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September 17, 2024
Trump: Agents bundled me into golf cart to escape gunman
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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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September 17, 2024
Red-on-red row over Khan's traffic-free goal
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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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September 17, 2024
Stars of track and field check in for Burberry's show at fashion week
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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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September 17, 2024
ARTETA GETS NEW DEAL WITH GUNNERS
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ARTETA GETS NEW DEAL WITH GUNNERS

MANAGER COMMITS FUTURE TO CLUB UNTIL 2027

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September 12, 2024
Opportunity knocks for Spurs amid rivals' crisis
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Opportunity knocks for Spurs amid rivals' crisis

Injury-hit Gunners facing a tough test as Postecoglou aims to reverse recent trend

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September 12, 2024
Pressure is on misfiring Muniz and Antonio to spark campaigns into life
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Pressure is on misfiring Muniz and Antonio to spark campaigns into life

WHEN Andreas Pereira and Willian presented Rodrigo Muniz with the Premier League player of the month award for March, the striker’s tears of joy spoke of his own surprise at how drastically his fortunes had changed.

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September 12, 2024
Madueke's England challenge boosts the Blues
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Madueke's England challenge boosts the Blues

CHELSEA’S Cobham training ground may be the most densely-populated patch of land across the entire home counties, but head down there this week and it ought not to take much to pick out Noni Madueke.

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September 12, 2024
John Lewis cuts first-half losses after turnaround
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John Lewis cuts first-half losses after turnaround

THE boss of John Lewis today said he was confident of “positive” Christmas trading and “significantly higher profits” for the year as Britain’s leading partnership recovers from the worst crisis in its history.

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September 12, 2024
Fever-Tree falls foul of the bad weather
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Fever-Tree falls foul of the bad weather

FEVER-TREE seemed to be running out of fizz today as poor weather and a “subdued” consumer backdrop hit sales.

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September 12, 2024
Why won't anybody take my novel of unrelenting male misery? I blame men
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Why won't anybody take my novel of unrelenting male misery? I blame men

WHY don’t men read? Oh, I know dear male Standard readers do, those urbane, literary, poised and secretly perverted doyens of good taste. But those other men, they are not reading fiction.

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September 12, 2024