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Russell Brand has shown us women that we've made far less progress than we think
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Russell Brand has shown us women that we've made far less progress than we think

GEORGINA BAILLIE of Sachsgate fame has given many interviews over the last week, including to this newspaper. I'm sure she's relieved to be finally given the platform to tell her story, which is, from every angle of a paparazzi lens, salutary.

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September 26, 2023
Women can think about the Roman Empire too
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Women can think about the Roman Empire too

A YEAR on, it's still going on. The Roman Empire is still big online. Men are still thinking about it, anything from a couple of times a day to three or four times a month, or possibly twice a year.

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September 26, 2023
HS2 could transform Britain — why do we refuse to think big?
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HS2 could transform Britain — why do we refuse to think big?

AS he prepares for what may be his last party conference as Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak is. working on a truly unpleasant gift for Manchester, host city to the gathering that opens on Sunday. Though ministers insist that no final decision has been taken, they have conspicuously declined to deny reports that the Birmingham-Manchester section of HS2 is set to be scrapped or delayed to the point that it is an objective only on paper.

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September 26, 2023
Met officers lose anti-English claim over Swoop Twitter posts
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Met officers lose anti-English claim over Swoop Twitter posts

TWO Metropolitan Police firearms officers who were sent home from COP26 in Glasgow over joke Twitter pictures have lost a claim that they were discriminated against for being English.

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September 26, 2023
Ex-boxer 'petted me like an animal
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Ex-boxer 'petted me like an animal

Glenn McCrory slurred as he stroked girls, court told

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September 26, 2023
Bawdy Lucas hits the height of her powers
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Bawdy Lucas hits the height of her powers

For her huge new Tate Britain show, Sarah Lucas has swapped Nineties nostalgia for darkly amusing swagger, says Ben Luke

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September 26, 2023
Does Lachlan have the cojones to take on his father's empire?
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Does Lachlan have the cojones to take on his father's empire?

With his biggest supporter Tucker Carlson gone, Murdoch jnr faces big challenges focusing on Fox TV and his newspapers

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September 26, 2023
6ft high piles of rubbish in echoes of the winter of discontent
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6ft high piles of rubbish in echoes of the winter of discontent

FESTERING piles of rubbish were lining the streets of the East End today in the second week of a month-long strike by refuse collectors.

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September 26, 2023
Khan: Blackwall tunnel tolls are not a surprise
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Khan: Blackwall tunnel tolls are not a surprise

DRIVERS will have to pay a toll to use the Blackwall tunnel in east London from 2025, Sadiq Khan has confirmed.

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September 26, 2023
Prepare for an autumn art attack
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Prepare for an autumn art attack

Creative industries, Mayor and Standard come together to promote London

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September 26, 2023
Joyce rules out retirement after latest Zhang KO
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Joyce rules out retirement after latest Zhang KO

JOE JOYCE insists he has no plans to retire, after suffering a second successive loss to Zhilei Zhang, writes Matt Majendie.

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September 25, 2023
Mercedes plan made no sense, fumes Hamiltor
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Mercedes plan made no sense, fumes Hamiltor

LEWIS HAMILTON criticised Mercedes' team strategy after nearly derailing his Japanese Grand Prix in the dying laps, writes Matt Majendie.

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September 25, 2023
Cup of cheer as Pettersen's Euro battlers pass their Solheim test
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Cup of cheer as Pettersen's Euro battlers pass their Solheim test

SUZANN PETTERSEN has a propensity to grab the headlines when it comes to the Solheim Cup.

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September 25, 2023
Watchdogs must be bold to boost diversity in City
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Watchdogs must be bold to boost diversity in City

THE City has come a long way since the first women were admitted to the floors of the London stock exchange and the Lloyd's insurance market just over 50 years ago. But not as far as it might like to think.

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September 25, 2023
Push on with the HS2 Euston hub at pace, ministers are told
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Push on with the HS2 Euston hub at pace, ministers are told

THE capital's commercial property sector today urged the Government to push on with its plans for a HS2 hub at Euston \"at pace\", amid concerns that the huge railway project may never reach central London.

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September 25, 2023
Aviva in £460m purchase after long run of sell-offs
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Aviva in £460m purchase after long run of sell-offs

ONE of the City's biggest names turned around from a long spell of selling off businesses today, to make a major acquisition in its home market.

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September 25, 2023
Milan fashion week is all about being seen. Oh, and nice clothes
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Milan fashion week is all about being seen. Oh, and nice clothes

IN Milan at fashion week, the sport of content creation has never felt more competitive. One front-row guest came accompanied with a videographer who sat perpendicular behind her filming her reactions to the show - not the models wearing the expensive clothes we were there to see. The focus was on her face and its expressions. An impressive entry for the making-it-about-me-culture.

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September 25, 2023
The Palace of Westminster is falling apart and we've decided to do...nothing
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The Palace of Westminster is falling apart and we've decided to do...nothing

WHEN I meet a parliamentarian my first question is always: do you know where your nearest fire exit is? Because the Palace of Westminster, built on Thorney Island, an eyot in Thames, is falling apart. Not falling down (though the Victoria Tower leans 22mm to the north-west) but apart.

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September 25, 2023
Get the best from London: don't work at home
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Get the best from London: don't work at home

THE legacy of the pandemic casts a long shadow over us, but something which affords us hope is the remarkable resilience that London has demonstrated.

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September 25, 2023
I can afford to pay for NHS care so why shouldn't I pay?
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I can afford to pay for NHS care so why shouldn't I pay?

MY local NHS surgery used to be a shining example of care and efficiency. Whenever I needed an appointment to see a nurse or a doctor I either called up, or dropped by, and was usually given a scheduled date sometime in the following 10 days.

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September 25, 2023
Vitto's victory for real women
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Vitto's victory for real women

THE London based Brazilian designer Karoline Vitto, graduate star of the Fashion East incubator programme, brought Milan fashion week to an emotional finale with her collection which was a victory for real women everywhere.

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September 25, 2023
More HS2 chaos as PM faces growing backlash
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More HS2 chaos as PM faces growing backlash

A MINISTER sparked fresh confusion today over the future of HS2 as a backlash grew over shelving the Birmingham to Manchester link.

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September 25, 2023
Theft, cover-up, a corrosive culture - inside the BM
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Theft, cover-up, a corrosive culture - inside the BM

The disappearance of large numbers of priceless artefacts has revealed deeper problems at the British Museum, former trustees and museum insiders tell Robert Dex

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September 25, 2023
Remote working is killing London. Get back to the office
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Remote working is killing London. Get back to the office

THOSE with the best views see everything. Andrea Rossi, the chief executive of global investment manager M&G, has a corner office on the 11th floor of the firm's Fenchurch Avenue HQ. From here he can see the inactivity at street level at the end of the week. \"I get a bit frustrated when I come in on a Friday, because the whole City, it's empty,\" he says, disappointedly.

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September 25, 2023
Big return to the office? You're joking, say train firm bosses
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Big return to the office? You're joking, say train firm bosses

Millions fewer weekday railway journeys as staff carry on WFH joking, say train firm bosses

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September 25, 2023
Touchdown! Cheering Taylor goes public with football player (and his mum)
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Touchdown! Cheering Taylor goes public with football player (and his mum)

TAYLOR SWIFT has fuelled rumours that she's dating an American football player by watching him in action alongside his mother.

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September 25, 2023
ATTRACTION 'AS ICONIC AS LONDON EYE': Secret tunnels come in from cold for £220m visitor experience
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ATTRACTION 'AS ICONIC AS LONDON EYE': Secret tunnels come in from cold for £220m visitor experience

A NETWORK of secret tunnels hidden beneath central London for decades will soon be opened up to the public under a £220 million plan for a huge new tourist attraction \"as iconic as the London Eye\" unveiled today.

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September 25, 2023
Soldiers on duty as 100 armed police put down their weapons
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Soldiers on duty as 100 armed police put down their weapons

SOLDIERS were today on duty in London ready to help police respond to a terrorist attack as a protest by armed Met officers forced Scotland Yard to call in military assistance.

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September 25, 2023
Kudus makes super start for Hammers as he turns tide in Europa tie
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Kudus makes super start for Hammers as he turns tide in Europa tie

WEST HAM fans can stop lobbying now. Many were beginning to grow just a touch impatient to see Mohammed Kudus handed his first start, and his influence on last night’s Europa League opener showed why.

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September 22, 2023
Sanchez out to show Poch was right to keep the faith
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Sanchez out to show Poch was right to keep the faith

IN A week in which Chelsea have been linked with Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, new No1 Robert Sanchez will be out to rebuild his authority as first-choice this weekend.

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September 22, 2023