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Breaking down the gender and colour bars to job recruitment

WHEN Cynthia Davis secured her first job in recruitment, there were 120 other consultants at her executive search firm. “Only five of them were women, and I was the only person of colour,” the entrepreneur explains.

McCullum urges teen-star Ahmed to take his first steps into the IPL

ENGLAND head coach Brendon McCullum will encourage teen sensation Rehan Ahmed to play “as much franchise cricket” as possible.

Borthwick family values will be key to getting the best out of his players

EVERY time Steve Borthwick needs to refocus on how to treat his England players, he will look at his two young sons. England’s new head coach will ask himself: “Would I want Hunter and Chase coached by me?” The closer to “yes” that he comes in his answer, the better the job he will be doing.

WHITEWASH! HISTORIC WIN FOR ENGLAND

SKIPPER STOKES AND DUCKETT WRAP UP FIRST-EVER SERIES CLEAN SWEEP IN PAKISTAN IN JUST 38 MINUTES

The football was fabulous ... but at huge human cost

Fund for workers should be priority now

FTX founder agrees to US extradition for fraud trial

SAM Bankman-Fried, the 30-year-old founder of collapsed crypto firm FTX, has reportedly agreed to be extradited to the United States to face fraud charges after overseeing one of the most high-profile corporate bankruptcies in modern times.

TSB fined £50m for IT fiasco that locked out two million customers

TSB HAS been slapped with a fine of almost £50 million for the disastrous systems meltdown that left around two million customers locked out of their accounts for weeks in 2018.

The world's most glorious winter train journeys

Iconic snowy vistas, Art Deco cabins and silver service dining train travel has really got its mojo back says Rosalyn Wikeley

I am proud to be the biggest Christmas dinner diva

WEAPONISED competence is the gift I will be bringing this Christmas. I am generally quite ashamed of my general incompetence at home, in everything from DIY to cooking, though not so ashamed that I can't throw my elderly parents under the bus for it: both over-mothered and under-fathered, I'm a deadly combination of lazy and useless.

How just the price of your morning coffee could be enough to help change lives

Any donation, however small, can make a real difference to the vital work of community wellbeing projects, reports Robert Dex

And the Special Award goes to...

As the Evening Standard honours those who have made an outstanding contribution to theatre in its hardest few years, Nick Curtis talks to the people who have been at the forefront

Prince Harry 'to do new interview with Bradby

BUCKINGHAM PALACE was today bracing for more accusations from Prince Harry after it emerged he is set to do an interview with Tom Bradby.

'Beautiful friend': The Specials singer Terry Hall dies aged 63

THE Specials’ lead singer Terry Hall was today remembered for his “remarkable music and profound humanity” following his death at the age of 63.

Egg breaker: Messi photo is Instagram's most popular

LIONEL MESSI smashed another record today as his post proclaiming Argentina as \"the champions of the world\" became the most liked picture in the history of Instagram - beating a photo of an egg.

‘TAKE NO RISKS' PLEA AS STRIKES HIT NHS

NURSES' BOSS URGES PM TO 'DO DECENT THING' ON PAY AS LONDON TRUST PUT ON HIGHEST ALERT FOR AMBULANCE WALKOUT | PM 'refusing to back down' on nurses' call for 19% pay rise

OUT OF THIS WORLD!

MESSI FINISHED ON GLOBAL STAGE BUT HIS LAST DANCE ISN'T OVER YET

Plaudits from Pele for Argentina's little maestro

PELE led the tributes to Lionel Messi and said Diego Maradona was smiling down on him, after the Argentina star joined the World Cup immortals.

Lloris is backing Mbappe to lead a new generation of French talent

KYLIAN MBAPPE is ready to lead the next generation of French talent back to the top of world football, according to captain Hugo Lloris.

We all felt Diego's presence as Messi joined pantheon

THIS was our first World Cup since Diego Maradona died, but it felt like he was here. It’s hard to explain, but it was like he was taking care of us.

Magnificent Messi finally gets closure

After 15 years of unparalled excellence in his career, the Argentinian superstar wins the trophy that he craved more than any other

It was the privilege of my life to watch the Messi magic

IN the queue for the media entrance at the Lusail Iconic Stadium, a senior colleague and veteran of four previous World Cup finals had a word of advice: “They’re usually bad games.”

Putin 'in PR campaign for war' after defeats as more drones hit Ukraine

VLADIMIR PUTIN is participating in a PR campaign in Russia to counteract perception of military failures in Ukraine, experts said today, as more drone strikes rocked Kyiv.

Eyes wide open: Cruise's skydive to thank fans for Top Gun triumph

TOM CRUISE skydived from a helicopter to thank fans for the success of Top Gun: Maverick.

Musk polls followers on quitting as Twitter head... 57% say 'Go'

ELON MUSK has vowed to abide by the results of a poll asking Twitter users if he should quit as chief executive of the social media platform.

Argentina fans party as maestro Messi puts team on top of world

MILLIONS of Argentine fans celebrated through the night after Lionel Messi led the nation to victory in one of the greatest World Cup finals.

Trust in Tories to grow economy slumps, says poll

'Winter of discontent' sees Tories lose their poll lead on economic trust

£3.5 MILLION New milestone as Rausings make huge donation and Rita Ora backs our appeal

Stories of struggle moved us to support appeal, say Rausings

Deschamps bids to stop spread of flu-like virus in French camp

DIDIER DESCHAMPS has revealed France are taking precautions to stop a virus spreading through their squad before Sunday's World Cup Final against Argentina.

BATTLE OF THE SHOOTING STARS IS EXACTLY WHAT HOSTS WANTED

ARGENTINA versus France, Lionel Messi against Kylian Mbappe is the World Cup Final many wanted, and none more enthusiastically than host Qatar.

Benzema set for shock return to squad for Sunday’s showpiece

Old routine: Benzema in Real training last weekend after recovering from injury