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A bitter global legacy and a nasty culture war: welcome to Empireland

SATHNAM SANGHERA wants to play a game with you. He's visiting a school where the boys wear \"spotless white shirts\" and \"dark-blue blazers\", there's a Latin motto, an official crest, a house system, and a stirring school song that contains the lyrics \"always play the game!\" Is he somewhere in the Home Counties? Wrong. He's in Lagos, Nigeria.

The state is crumbling and yet the Tories pretend we can afford fresh tax cuts

HOW can a nation that has enjoyed no productivity growth in 15 years, is still reeling from the economic shocks of Brexit, Covid and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and where debt is equivalent to 100 per cent of GDP, afford sweeping tax cuts? The short answer is: it can’t. The longer answer is the same, but involves several hundred words about the internal dynamics of the Conservative Party.

Horrors of Holocaust 'are happening across world'

MEMORIAL DAY AUSTRIAN SURVIVOR URGES VIGILANCE AFTER CASES OF ANTISEMITISM RISE IN LONDON

Cameron faces tense talks as Turkey condemns Israel

PRESIDENT BACKS ACTION TO BRING CHARGE OF GENOCIDE

Murderer 'thrashed and writhed for minutes' in nitrogen gas execution

A CONVICTED murderer thrashed and writhed as he was put to death in an Alabama jail with pure nitrogen gas, in a new and controversial method of execution.

Doubts grow on Hunt's room for tax cuts as IFS sounds warning

BRITAIN faces a \"nasty combination\" of high tax and tight public spending after the next general election, leading economists warned today as doubts grew over Jeremy Hunt's room for Budget giveaways.

GLOBAL THREATS - BRITAIN'S ARMED FORCES NOT JUST ABOUT THE HEAD COUNT, INSISTS TREASURY MINISTER

BRITAIN’S Armed Forces are “not just about head count,” a minister said today as the Government came under fresh pressure over defence spending in the face of global threats.

Nottingham killer will likely be 'locked up for life', says minister

NOTTINGHAM triple killer Valdo Calocane will likely be “locked up for the rest of his life”, a minister said today as the Attorney General considers whether to review his sentence for manslaughter.

Runaway aristocrat claimed her baby daughter was victim of cot death

A RUNAWAY aristocrat and her partner plotted to blame the demise of their new-born baby daughter on \"cot death\" after they spent weeks living rough in freezing conditions while trying to evade police, a court has heard.

Fresh plea for knife crime action as teen is killed in London park

CAMPAIGNERS and victims' families today made a fresh plea for more action to tackle London's knife crime epidemic amid a surge in offences and the murder of a teenager.

A chat with Kate, then King goes in for prostate operation

THE KING today arrived for prostate treatment at the same London hospital where the Princess of Wales is recuperating from her surgery.

Spurs rock way to top of capital's rich list

TOTTENHAM have overtaken Chelsea as the richest club in London, according to the latest Deloitte Football Money League.

London rivals on alert as Wilson could be for sale at cut-price £18m

NEWCASTLE could sell Callum Wilson for just £18million in the final week of the transfer window, with Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United alerted to his availability.

STOKES TO THE RESCUE ONCE AGAIN

SKIPPER’S 70 HELPS ENGLAND POST DECENT SCORE BEFORE INDIA’S TOP ORDER SHOW HOW TO DO IT

Ex-Spurs owner Lewis' guilty pleas could bring fresh round of sale talk

Fall from grace will be uncomfortable for club that he transformed with chairman Levy

Haleon sells historic lip balm brand ChapStick for £400m

ONE of the most enduring names in facial skincare is changing hands in a $530 million (£400 million) deal.

IG client figures reveal challenge for CEO

THE size of the task facing new IG chief executive Breon Corcoran was made clear when the spread betting giant revealed falling sales and profits.

Foxtons says start of year is busiest since pre-Covid

THE boss of London's largest residential property agency Foxtons today said the sales market was seeing its busiest start to the year since before the pandemic, with buyers flooding to take advantage of lower mortgage rates.

Listen up Vulva Owners, the fight is not over and hard-won rights can be lost

MY Difficult Women podcast is relaunching on Monday new year, new podcast drop! - as I may have mentioned M chez moi the other day.

Pining for the fjords? Joey prefers a different f-word

I WISH to register a complaint... no, not about the hackneyed use of old Monty Python references, but the unfair treatment of a gang of potty-mouthed parrots who were condemned to months of isolation at a UK wildlife park.

Dire: hire bikes piled high on London streets

They have transformed the way we get about in our city but the scourge of discarded cycles strewn on our pavements has become an increasing menace. Robbie Griffiths reports

'My biological age is beyond that of my years'

Who are the scientists and thinkers forging new paths for humanity? On our new podcast, Brave New World, David Walliams meets longevity expert Dr David Sinclair

Victoria bloodied and Cook felled in attack by Australia Day protesters

STATUES of Captain James Cook and Queen Victoria were vandalised in Melbourne by anti-colonial protesters ahead of Australia Day.

"The most evil man on the planet'

Caretaker’s son calls for triple killer to get strongest possible sentence

'Unimaginable suffering': Cameron in plea for more aid and pause in conflict

THERE is \"unimaginable\" suffering in Gaza and more must be done to help the Palestinian people trapped in a \"desperate situation\", Lord Cameron warned today.

Pioneering brain device for London boy

A LONDON teenager has become one of the first patients in the world to receive pioneering neurosurgery that will allow doctors to access real-time data from the brain.

Styles 'shaken after stalking incident' as woman held

A WOMAN accused of stalking Harry Styles has been remanded in custody after allegedly causing serious alarm and distress to the pop star.

Knife crime surge

38 offences a day in London as Labour and Tories clash over new measures to tackle the menace of zombie weapons

Wembley - but anything is possible if we play to our best

just like in the Premier League in December, when Marco Silva's side lost 4-3, Liverpool scored two quickfire goals to turn the game around.

POCH ON WELL-TRODDEN PATH AS HE EYES CUP WIN TO SAVE SEASON

CHELSEA made a remarkable habit of winning trophies in even their most disastrous or transitional seasons under Roman Abramovich - and the club has a chance to continue that trend in the new era after reaching the Carabao Cup Final.