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Omelette and pizza to fuel teenage darts prodigy Luke the Nuke's final challenge
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Omelette and pizza to fuel teenage darts prodigy Luke the Nuke's final challenge

DARTS sensation Luke Littler will prepare for the biggest game of his life fuelled by a ham and cheese omelette for breakfast and pizza for lunch.

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January 03, 2024
More than 300,000 ops axed in London as junior doctors strike for six days
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More than 300,000 ops axed in London as junior doctors strike for six days

JUNIOR doctors today began the longest strike in NHS history as figures revealed that more than 337,000 appointments and operations had been cancelled in London due to industrial action.

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January 03, 2024
It's going to take a lot to stop me, says Littler, as title dream nears reality
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It's going to take a lot to stop me, says Littler, as title dream nears reality

TEENAGE sensation Luke Littler warned his rivals he is beginning to feel unstoppable, with just one match between him and an unlikely World Darts Championship Final appearance on debut.

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January 02, 2024
Spurs step up pursuit of centre-back Dragusin
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Spurs step up pursuit of centre-back Dragusin

TOTTENHAM remain in talks with Genoa for Romania defender Radu Dragusin and are hoping to wrap up a deal for less than the Italian club's initial £25million asking price.

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January 02, 2024
EMOTIONAL EMMA FIGHTS BACK TEARS ON WINNING RETURN
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EMOTIONAL EMMA FIGHTS BACK TEARS ON WINNING RETURN

MIX OF RELIEF AND JOY AFTER EIGHT MONTHS OF AGONY END FOR RADUCANU

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January 02, 2024
Frank is in the market to solve Bees' full-back crisis
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Frank is in the market to solve Bees' full-back crisis

BRENTFORD have made signing a full-back their priority in January.

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January 02, 2024
Moyes will earn new deal on back of restored pride
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Moyes will earn new deal on back of restored pride

West Ham back mixing it with best and looking to cement sixth

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January 02, 2024
Tomiyasu cups plea
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Tomiyasu cups plea

ARSENAL defender Takehiro Tomiyasu has called for the Asian Cup and Africa Cup of Nations to be switched to the end of the European domestic seasons.

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January 02, 2024
Arteta in desperate need of a January recharge
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Arteta in desperate need of a January recharge

Arsenal boss needs to reset his tired squad after costly defeats

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January 02, 2024
Central Group in talks to take greater control of Selfridges
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Central Group in talks to take greater control of Selfridges

THE Thai co-owners of Selfridges are in advanced talks to increase their grip on the Oxford Street retail icon after the collapse of its Austrian partners.

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January 02, 2024
Wealthy foreigners buy more London homes
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Wealthy foreigners buy more London homes

THE number of central London homes sold to super-wealthy buyers at above the £15 million mark rose 10% to 54 last year, new figures show today.

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January 02, 2024
Monese warns on survival in search for new funding
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Monese warns on survival in search for new funding

THE scale of the cash crunch facing London's tech sector was laid bare after City-based unicorn Monese warned that its future was under threat unless it could raise additional funds.

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January 02, 2024
Flatshares in our sixties? London's housing crisis means that's no joke at all
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Flatshares in our sixties? London's housing crisis means that's no joke at all

thirty-something housemates and I still waddling around our Balham house-share in our dressing gowns three decades from now because we can't afford to get on the property ladder or turn on the heating.

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January 02, 2024
Druggy and sexy - how I miss the old Scala
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Druggy and sexy - how I miss the old Scala

MUCH as I hate nostalgia, the release this week of Scala!!!, a documentary about the legendary, titular cinema club, gave me a pang.

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January 02, 2024
Kyiv's mayor inspects rubble after four killed
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Kyiv's mayor inspects rubble after four killed

AT least four people died and dozens were injured as Vladimir Putin's military unleashed a wave of air strikes on Kyiv today.

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January 02, 2024
Spanish star has day in court over kiss-gate scandal
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Spanish star has day in court over kiss-gate scandal

SPANISH footballer Jenni Hermoso arrived at court today to give evidence against the former president of the country's football association Luis Rubiales over the \"kiss-gate\" scandal.

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January 02, 2024
Horror on the runway but passengers and crew all survive
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Horror on the runway but passengers and crew all survive

A MAJOR fire engulfed a plane carrying hundreds of passengers on a runway at Tokyo's Haneda airport today. Japan's coastguard said it was investigating reports that one of its planes had crashed with the passenger jet.

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January 02, 2024
Teen stabbing: Royal Parks were warned about violence fears before 16-year-old's death
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Teen stabbing: Royal Parks were warned about violence fears before 16-year-old's death

RESIDENTS near the London park where a teenager was fatally stabbed as he waited to watch New Year's Eve fireworks had written to Royal Parks calling for better security over fears that anti-social behaviour there could end in a tragedy.

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January 02, 2024
We need more empathy, says new Ofsted chief
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We need more empathy, says new Ofsted chief

Inspector promises a 'fresh start' and to learn lessons from head's suicide

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January 02, 2024
80mph gales warning as Storm Henk lashes southern Britain
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80mph gales warning as Storm Henk lashes southern Britain

A NEW storm was hitting London today with forecasts of 80mph gales and two inches of rain for parts of the country after the Met Office issued an amber wind warning for southern England.

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January 02, 2024
Darts ace girlfriend is daring to dream
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Darts ace girlfriend is daring to dream

THE girlfriend of teenage darts prodigy Luke Littler today said “the dream carries on” as the 16-year-old prepared to battle for a place in the final of the PDC World Darts Championship.

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January 02, 2024
Top Tory warns of 'hardest election ever' as party faces robust Labour lead in polls
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Top Tory warns of 'hardest election ever' as party faces robust Labour lead in polls

RISHI SUNAK will have to scale a “steep and narrow path” to pull off a general election victory this year, a senior Tory official said today.

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January 02, 2024
Spotlight on Olise to turn the tide for win-needy Palace
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Spotlight on Olise to turn the tide for win-needy Palace

AT Selhurst Park tonight, Crystal Palace face their fiercest rivals Brighton for the first time since the departure of Wilfried Zaha.

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December 21, 2023
GREEN LIGHT FOR RETURN OF SUPER LEAGUE PLAN
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GREEN LIGHT FOR RETURN OF SUPER LEAGUE PLAN

EDROPEAN COURT RULES UEFA ABUSED POSITION’ BY STOPPING THE FORMATION OF RIVAL COMPETITION

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December 21, 2023
Hipgnosis battle hots up after $63m loss
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Hipgnosis battle hots up after $63m loss

THE row between the board of the Hipgnosis Songs Fund and its founder Merck Mercuriadis heated up today, as the fund's chair accused the Mercuriadis-led firm that manages its portfolio of \"ongoing failures\" in its financial reporting.

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December 21, 2023
Landlord secures approval for Curzon Mayfair makeover
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Landlord secures approval for Curzon Mayfair makeover

CURZON has lost a planning battle over the future of its Mayfair cinema after Westminster council approved a refurbishment scheme from its landlord that will see the number of seats reduced by more than 100.

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December 21, 2023
Tiny ONS tweak tomorrow could be grim for No 10
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Tiny ONS tweak tomorrow could be grim for No 10

BRITAIN'S economy was flat in the third quarter - right? Well, no actually.

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December 21, 2023
All hail St Francis, the genius behind the Nativity
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All hail St Francis, the genius behind the Nativity

THE Christmas crib is 800 years old. That's right, the Nativity scene with ox, ass and manger wasn't always a thing.

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December 21, 2023
Meghan's advert shows she and Harry have begun their descent
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Meghan's advert shows she and Harry have begun their descent

THE miracle of the latest advertisement for Clevr, a \"mission-driven, women-led wellness brand\" which sells revolting-sounding powdered coffee, is that it features Meghan Markle doing actual work. The Duchess of Sussex is seen packing boxes, making hot drinks and doing something or other on a computer before doing a mock fist bump and exiting off-screen.

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December 21, 2023
Ugly, vulgar and a climate catastrophe - we should ban SUVs in London
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Ugly, vulgar and a climate catastrophe - we should ban SUVs in London

WHAT upsets me most about life in London today? The endless proliferation of \"luxury flats\" marW keted abroad while ordinary Londoners can't afford to rent a basic home? Yes, that upsets me. The fact that so many young people in the capital are so utterly devoid of manners that they see nothing wrong with listening to their phones on public transport without headphones? Deeply upsetting on an existential, future-of-mankind level.

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December 21, 2023