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I quit Starmer's Labour because of his attitude to Palestinian suffering
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I quit Starmer's Labour because of his attitude to Palestinian suffering

TWO years ago, I was proud to be elected as a Labour councillor in North Kensington, the area where I grew up

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October 30, 2023
Authors fear the Bad Sex Award - bring it back
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Authors fear the Bad Sex Award - bring it back

FOR three decades, authors scribbled away with the spectre of the Bad Sex Award judges looking over their shoulder

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October 30, 2023
'Bloodied' man held after woman, 19, is stabbed to death
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'Bloodied' man held after woman, 19, is stabbed to death

A 19-YEAR-OLD woman who had recently arrived in the UK from India has been found stabbed to death at a house in south London

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October 30, 2023
The nicest, funniest, saddest guy I never got drunk with
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The nicest, funniest, saddest guy I never got drunk with

Simon Mills recalls Matthew Perry opening up to him in London, when the star’s addiction problems were still publicly unknown

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October 30, 2023
... but minister backs Israel's right to defend itself, saying Hamas needs to be 'obliterated'
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... but minister backs Israel's right to defend itself, saying Hamas needs to be 'obliterated'

HAMAS needs to be “obliterated,” a minister said today as Israel was stepping up its ground attacks into Gaza

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October 30, 2023
Appeal for tolerance as Jews 'fear entering city centre'
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Appeal for tolerance as Jews 'fear entering city centre'

LONDON must remain a beacon of tolerance, ministers and the Mayor said today amid warnings that Jewish people have been too afraid to enter the centre of the capital during pro-Palestinian protests

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October 30, 2023
'Inconclusive' Matthew Perry post-mortem results as fans and family pay tribute to star
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'Inconclusive' Matthew Perry post-mortem results as fans and family pay tribute to star

MATTHEW PERRY’S initial post-mortem results are inconclusive and the cause of his death is yet to be determined, it was revealed today.

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October 30, 2023
Police apology for Madeleine parents at last
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Police apology for Madeleine parents at last

THE German prosecutor leading the murder investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has revealed that he hopes to complete the probe next year as the Portuguese police apologised to her parents for their failings in the case

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October 30, 2023
Wimbledon expansion plan a step closer after green light from council
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Wimbledon expansion plan a step closer after green light from council

WIMBLEDON’S ambitious expansion plans have taken a significant step forward after being approved by Merton Council.

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October 27, 2023
'KANE EXIT HAS LET US CREATE A NEW DYNAMIC'
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'KANE EXIT HAS LET US CREATE A NEW DYNAMIC'

POSTECOGLOU SAYS PLAYERS HAVE HAD TO STEP UP IN STAR'S ABSENCE... BUT HE'D 'SQUEEZE' HIM INTO TEAM!

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October 27, 2023
To lift this heavyweight title needs the ultimate knockout
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To lift this heavyweight title needs the ultimate knockout

THE two teams with three Rugby World Cup triumphs apiece regard tomorrow’s final as a once-in-a-lifetime occasion

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October 27, 2023
'Swiss Army knife' Tomiyasu shows Arteta he can cut it
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'Swiss Army knife' Tomiyasu shows Arteta he can cut it

DURING a press conference last month, Mikel Arteta boldly declared: “We don’t have a player like him”

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October 27, 2023
Ings' Greek tragedy underlines striking issue that won't go away
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Ings' Greek tragedy underlines striking issue that won't go away

DANNYINGS threw his head skywards and let out what one presumed was a cry of frustration, not that it could be heard

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October 27, 2023
End is in sight but too early to call time on Buttler's boys
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End is in sight but too early to call time on Buttler's boys

ALL good things must come to an end, they say. That they must implode so violently as to alert NASA’s black hole researchers, they do not

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October 27, 2023
BA flies high again with bumper profits despite bank holiday disruption
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BA flies high again with bumper profits despite bank holiday disruption

BRITISH Airways owner IAG continues to reap the rewards of the post-pandemic travel boom, as it today revealed record third-quarter profits despite a €50 million (£44 million) hit from the August bank holiday air traffic control chaos

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October 27, 2023
Farage outrage over 'whitewash' independent report on Coutts row
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Farage outrage over 'whitewash' independent report on Coutts row

NIGEL Farage declared victory in his battle with NatWest today but still described the independent report which claimed the head of then CEO Alison Rose as “laughable” and a “whitewash”

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October 27, 2023
Is there such a thing as a gay job? Actually, it turns out there just might be
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Is there such a thing as a gay job? Actually, it turns out there just might be

MY first job was as a cashier in a South Manchester car park, a Saturday post I held between the ages of 14 and 19, the exact ages I was working out how being gay might pan out for me

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October 27, 2023
Kylie Jenner joins the celebrity fashion designer onslaught
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Kylie Jenner joins the celebrity fashion designer onslaught

GONE are the days when a celebrity’s biggest business launch would be the reveal of a sickly sweet-yet-affordable high street perfume

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October 27, 2023
Be strong: bogeyman the offence hates truth
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Be strong: bogeyman the offence hates truth

Theatre and film director Sean Mathias fears the policing of language will force all to work from text books

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October 27, 2023
Actor was likened to Savile, Guardian case told
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Actor was likened to Savile, Guardian case told

ACTOR Noel Clarke faced a \"trial by media\" which likened him to sexual predators like Harvey Weinstein and Jimmy Savile, he told the High Court in the first round of his £10million libel case against The Guardian

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October 27, 2023
Liverpool St revamp 'could spell decade of disruption'
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Liverpool St revamp 'could spell decade of disruption'

COMMUTERS would face a decade of disruption if controversial plans to build a tower block on top of Liverpool Street station are approved, campaigners claimed today

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October 27, 2023
Schools and shops shut as hunt for US gun killer goes into a second day
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Schools and shops shut as hunt for US gun killer goes into a second day

THE huge manhunt for a US army reservist suspected of murdering 18 people and wounding 13 others in a mass shooting was continuing today as the first victims were named

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October 27, 2023
Eyes on you: first as police target fans
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Eyes on you: first as police target fans

LIVE facial recognition technology has been used by the Met Police at a Premier League football match for the first time, the Standard can reveal today

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October 27, 2023
England run into early trouble with title defence on the line
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England run into early trouble with title defence on the line

ENGLAND were this morning facing an uphill battle to save their desperate World Cup defence after Angelo Mathews and some hapless running gave Sri Lanka early breakthroughs in Bangalore.

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October 26, 2023
Inside the Postecoglou revolution
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Inside the Postecoglou revolution

How new boss transformed the culture and results at top-of-the-table Spurs

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October 26, 2023
All-action hero to the end, no wonder everyone looks up to Lawes
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All-action hero to the end, no wonder everyone looks up to Lawes

STEVE BORTHWICK stopped talking and pressed play, because words would not cut it.

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October 26, 2023
Lloyd's future relies on tech and innovation in a risky world
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Lloyd's future relies on tech and innovation in a risky world

THE world’s always been a risky place. But in the last decade, it’s transformed into a more complex, connected and changing environment than we’ve ever seen before.

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October 26, 2023
To avoid energy price inflation hell, we must get serious about gas
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To avoid energy price inflation hell, we must get serious about gas

AT the House of Commons on Monday evening, as dusk fell, there was little need for a reminder that winter will soon be upon us.

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October 26, 2023
The rush to take sides in this war is building intolerance and division into our society
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The rush to take sides in this war is building intolerance and division into our society

MY ELDER daughter told me some girls and boys in her school year had drawn Palestinian flags on their hands. My younger daughter told me other nine and 10-year-olds in her class had asked her what “side” she was on.

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October 26, 2023
We must relearn how to discuss thorny topics
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We must relearn how to discuss thorny topics

ONE of the biggest anxieties at the heart of the public debate about freedom of speech is that free expression is being denied in our universities.

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October 26, 2023