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Rice urges team-mates to build on Wolves victory

DECLAN RICE says West Ham must use Saturday’s 2-0 win over Wolves to kick-start their stuttering season, and has predicted more to come from big-money summer signings Gianluca Scamacca and Lucas Paqueta.

Flooring maker fears cost and supply crisis may halt production

FLOORING firm James Halstead today sounded the alarm on its soaring energy costs and supply chain fears, warning it had ramped up its stocks to prepare for the “potential inability to manufacture” over the winter.

Bolsonaro faces poll run-off with Left-wing rival after vote deadlock

BRAZIL'S Right-wing leader Jair Bolsonaro is to face a run-off against his Leftist rival for the presidency, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, after neither got enough support in the country's election to win outright.

Poker winner in cheat storm over 'vibrating ring'

POKER is the latest game to be hit by a cheating scandal with a player insisting that she did not use a vibrating ring to win at a Las Vegas tournament.

Olivia suspect sits head bowed as he faces murder charge

THE alleged killer of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel sat with his head bowed today as he appeared in the dock for the first time to face a murder charge.

Tory rebel Shapps says PM has admitted that she rushed into tax cut

TORY rebel Grant Shapps insisted today that he did not want Liz Truss to be toppled as Prime Minister after the humiliating U-turn over the top rate of tax.

Zelensky hails major advance as Russia loses control of key towns

VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY announced that his forces had liberated two towns in southern Ukraine as they made further progress in retaking the Russian-occupied Kherson region.

Snobs don’t understand what panto’s about, says new Mother Goose star Ian McKellen

HIS recent roles include Hamlet and King Lear but Sir Ian McKellen is preparing to do panto in the West End — and said critics who are snobbish about it do not understand the art form.

Vegan leather jackets: it must be the Stella show

TODAY Stella McCartney returned to the Centre Pompidou, this time to its courtyard, with a set that included coloured paths mirroring the museum’s iconic facade.

KWARTENG FORCED INTO MAJOR U-TURN ON 45p TAX CUT

REVERSE IS BLOW TO PM AND HER CHANCELLOR

Courts In Crisis As Strike By Barristers Hits Thousands Of Cases

Criminal barristers today voted for an all-out strike which is set to bring courts to a standstill in a new blow to victims of rape and other serious crimes waiting for justice.

Abrdn leads recovery as shockwaves ease

LONDON'S stocks and the pound recovered today, as the market shockwaves set off by the Government's minibudget eased off.

Cineworld boss in pledge on wages after US bankruptcy filing

THE boss of beleaguered cinema chain Cineworld has said he still wants the firm to be "the best place to watch a movie" as he pledged to keep venues open despite filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US.

Manolo Blahnik celebrates record sales in 50th year

A LONDON luxury high-heel maker popular with Beyoncé, Sarah Jessica Parker and the Princess of Wales stood tall today after posting record sales.

At least 23 killed as Putin targets humanitarian convoy close to city

A RUSSIAN airstrike has destroyed a humanitarian convoy in southern Ukraine killing at least 23 people, officials said today.

Off-White embraces blue sky thinking for catwalk

AN OFF-WHITE show is always hypey, but last night the roads around a theatre in Paris came to a standstill.

Anne Heche's son fights her ex over 'invalid' will

ANNE HECHE'S son claims that a "will" presented by her former partner is invalid as it is not signed in the late actress's handwriting.

Bridgerton Hollywood stars join A list for night with the Clooneys

BRIDGERTON'S Phoebe Dynevor and Simone Ashley joined Hollywood royalty for a starstudded awards ceremony arranged by Amal and George Clooney in New York.

The minister, a trip to pub and case of the stolen laptop

A MINISTER'S work laptop and house keys were stolen as he enjoyed a drink in a pub close to Parliament, a court heard.

Let's sort out rail strike mess like a family, says new minister

NEW Transport Secretary AnneMarie Trevelyan today offered to "work as a family" with rail unions and train bosses to find a compromise to end the wave of strikes blighting the country.

THOUSANDS FACE £10K MORTGAGE BLOW IN LONDON

WARNING AS PM AND KWASI HOLD OBR TALKS

Volvere turnaround derailed by energy costs

LOSSES widened at Shire Foods and Indulgence Patisserie owner Volvere, as the company abandoned part of its turnaround plan after it was hit by a lack of fixed energy costs.

M&G turns rival into its new boss

ASSET management heavyweight M&G has hired Andrea Rossi from rival firm AXA Investment Managers as its new boss.

Twitter loses ads over child safety fear

DYSON, Forbes and Mazda are among major advertisers who have suspended advertising on Twitter over child pornography concerns in the latest blow for the social media giant.

'Loss of appetite' hits Porsche shares on their first day

PORSCHE shares tumbled on the first day of trading in one of the biggest stock market floats for years.

Why the Singapore-on-Thames strategy spooked the markets

CONCERN about the Truss-Kwarteng "dash for growth" mini-budget has morphed into the threat of a full-scale financial crisis, prompting the Bank of England to do more quantitative easing to ease panic in the market for government bonds.

Two women and man held after murder in west London

MURDER detectives were today quizzing three people after a women was found dead at her west London home.

Little Mix star 'left in fear' after burglary

LITTLE Mix singer Perrie Edwards and her Liverpool footballer fiancé Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, right, were targeted by burglars who stole jewellery and other valuables while they were at home.

Millions flee as 150mph hurricane hits Florida

ONE of the most powerful storms ever to hit the US left a path of devastation in Florida and more than two million people without power.

170,000 Russians flee in a week to escape Putin's call-up for Ukraine war

MORE than 170,000 Russians are believed to have fled their country in just seven days after Vladimir Putin ordered a partial-mobilisation of reservists to fight in Ukraine, British defence chiefs said today.