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Christie continuing upward trend with targets-man Clark

ANDY CHRISTIE has revealed the secret weapon helping Saracens stars realise their potential as former England flanker Calum Clark.

Rahm hopes to put on his Ryder cap again despite 'risk' in joining LIV rebels

JON RAHM admitted he has \"taken a risk\" over his Ryder Cup future after agreeing a deal upwards of £450million to join LIV Golf.

London Tunnels set to surface on stock market

THE business planning to turn a secret network of Second World War tunnels under Holborn into a major new visitor attraction has made the first preparations for a London stock market listing, the Standard has learned.

Perrins shows why business must find its voice

TODAY Rob Perrins, the boss of Berkeley, tells it as he sees it.

MARKET ROUND-UP: Festive 'buy' sends Sainsbury's soaring

ADVICE to stock up on Sainsbury's shares in the run-up to Christmas today helped the supermarket giant soar to a near two-year high in the FTSE 100 index.

Berkeley boss slams new home planning obstacles

THE boss of London's biggest housebuilder today hit out at the planning and regulatory obstacles in the way of construction and called for a \"brownfield first\" approach to slash the time taken to approve urban redevelopment.

The queen of rap shows why she still holds on to the throne

TODAY is Nicki Minaj's 41st birthday, and one of many surprises on her fifth album is the arrival of Billie Eilish's haunting voice as the first sound, on a song that sees the usually imperious Trinidadian rapper expressing vulnerability as a mother and wife.

Your cultural Christmas unwrapped

GOING OUT: It's the most wonderful time of the year in London - let our Culture Editors guide you on the best of what the capital has to offer this festive season

If you broadcast noise on the Tube, you are an aural barbarian

NEVER in my wildest, worst dreams did I ever believe a man eating an entire tub of roasted garlic hummus with a baguette could be trumped as the nadir of my experiences on public transport. That man, unafraid to unleash his chickpea Chernobyl on a packed rush-hour Victoria line carriage, at least had the benefit of being a rogue agent. It's true other thoughtless travelling souls with peppery pasties and booze-induced Big Macs are common and quite annoying, but 2023 has been the year of something much worse on London's transport network: the public phone broadcast.

The word of the year is all about cheerful carnal appeal- you can't buy that

THE most charismatic man I ever met was the LA rapper, musician, designer and generational hero, Tyler the Creator. I was shadowing him during a spring jaunt in Paris for the gentlemanly fashion magazine, Fantastic Man. He'd just won his first Grammy.

Teenagers' vapes are a scented menace: ban them

HOW on earth did vaping become the hottest new accessory for Gen Z? They're quite literally everywhere.

Don't bank on a May poll but Rishi might see it as a safer bet

MIGHT Rishi Sunak's ongoing political Golgotha swing the likelihood of an early election? Two answers suggest themselves in the wake of the \"Jenrick moment\" - the abrupt resignation of Sunak's immigration minister over the delivery (or not) of the \"Rwanda plan\" and a press conference at which a plainly furious PM pointed out to his party's Right wing that the only way to keep the deal intact was to deliver it without threatening to leave the European Convention on Human Rights.

Green shoots at last in new bid to make Crystal shine again

THE site of the athletics track at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre was home to the FA Cup final from 1895 to 1914. For its penultimate edition as host, more than 120,000 people flocked there to watch Aston Villa beat Sunderland.

For many disabled people, help from Merton Centre has been pivotal

With no end in sight to cost-of-living crisis, Anna Davis talks to those benefiting from key financial advice

Solo star Sofia aims at No 1 slot for Ukraine

A UKRAINIAN girl living in London who cannot return home because of the war stars in a new Christmas single released to raise money for War Child.

Minister: TV licence fee court cases are morally indefensible

PROSECUTING people for failing to pay their television licence is \"morally indefensible\" and will be looked at in a review, the Culture Secretary has said.

Boy, 16, held over murder of mother in Hackney shooting

A 16-YEAR-OLD boy has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a mother in a triple shooting in east London.

"To stop a writer's freedom is outrageous'

Sir Tom Stoppard is fighting for freedom of expression more than ever, says Robbie Griffiths

US tells Israel it must do more to shield civilians trapped in Gaza

THE US today urged Israel to do more to protect civilians in Gaza as United Nations officials said there was no safe place left for aid agencies in the south of the besieged strip.

Crying babies, helpless staff. We felt abandoned

ALL of us had somewhere we were meant to be. I was taking my five-year-old daughter to The Nutcracker, others had just landed from Heathrow.

Nightmare before Christmas as trains trapped for hours

Fury at rail bosses as passengers led down tracks after power wire damage

Mad for it! Chanel goes full-on Manc

THERE was no Gail Platt, but last night Chanel brought Manchester's Northern Quarter to a glamorous standstill - in spite of the incessant rain - as it presented its Métier d'Arts collection in the city. It was a feat of levelling up that the Government can but dream of.

SPURS REJECT BID FOR DAVIES

SWANSEA EYE No2 AS POSTECOGLOU SAYS SIDE IS AT INFANCY’ OF POTENTIAL

Moyes needs Ange touch as launchpad for Hammers

West Ham boss praises rival’s impact but is unlikely to stray from conservative approach

Hodgson takes swipe at 'spoilt' Palace fans

Boss hits out after loss leads to boos and an object being thrown at him

KKR in £1.3bn swoop for Smart Metering Systems

THE private equity buying spree on London’s stock market gathered pace today with a £1.3 billion deal in which one of the UK’s biggest green energy firms will leave its public listing behind.

Like a rat leaving a sinking ship, Jenrick quitting is bad news for Rishi

THE well-known tendency of rats to vacate sinking ships is what comes to mind as we consider the departure from government of that sleek, well-fed rodent, Robert Jenrick.

A soulful serenade for the famous faces at our festive columnists' lunch

THE Evening Standard rang in the festive season yesterday with a columnists' Christmas lunch at LPM in Mayfair.

Young Tube passengers targeted for AirPods and £1,500 winter coats

YOUNG Londoners are being robbed of expensive winter coats and AirPods earphones in a “really concerning” increase in crime on the Tube.

100 firefighters to get payouts for trauma of tackling Grenfell blaze

MORE than 100 firefighters who fought the Grenfell Tower fire are to receive compensation from Kensington and Chelsea council.