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One of London's most beautiful sights is fading
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One of London's most beautiful sights is fading

WHAT is the one image most identified with London? If you’ve lived here long enough chances are it’s neither Big Ben nor Buckingham Palace.

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May 24, 2024
Get ready for memories to treasure and adventures for all the family
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Get ready for memories to treasure and adventures for all the family

There's so much wonder in store at Disneyland Paris this summer for not only little ones but also for the young at heart

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May 24, 2024
Four dead in Majorca beach club collapse
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Four dead in Majorca beach club collapse

16 injured after excessive weight causes new rooftop terrace to give way’

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May 24, 2024
Babies exposed to Covid may face social skills delay
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Babies exposed to Covid may face social skills delay

CHILDREN who are exposed to Covid while in the womb or as newborn babies may face greater difficulties with social skills and have more respiratory symptoms, a study revealed today.

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May 24, 2024
Baby killer Letby has appeal bid rejected by court
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Baby killer Letby has appeal bid rejected by court

SERIAL killer Lucy Letby has failed in a bid to challenge her convictions over the deaths of several babies in her care.

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May 24, 2024
Starmer goes on attack as
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Starmer goes on attack as

My first job was to root out party's antisemitism, says Labour leader

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May 24, 2024
Tom Holland's triumphant turn as Romeo drops a hint of a McKellen in the making
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Tom Holland's triumphant turn as Romeo drops a hint of a McKellen in the making

AFTER 16 years away from the stage, mostly playing Spider-Man, Tom Holland makes an amazing return to live theatre as a complex, muscular Romeo in Jamie Lloyd’s latest stripped-back, massively buzzworthy reinvention of a classic.

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May 24, 2024
chelsea happy to sell the family silver now that Poch has gone
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chelsea happy to sell the family silver now that Poch has gone

Gallagher and Chalobah set for summer exits as club bids to stay in line with financial rules

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May 23, 2024
Bloomsbury hits record with help from Maas and air fryers
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Bloomsbury hits record with help from Maas and air fryers

A SURGE in demand for air fryer cooking recipes helped London publisher Bloomsbury to another record year of sales.

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May 23, 2024
£’77bn rights issue for greener Grid
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£’77bn rights issue for greener Grid

NATIONAL Grid today launched a £7 billion rights issue to help fund a £60 billion programme of investment over the next five years in a major green energy push.

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May 23, 2024
Wizz back in profit despite groundings
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Wizz back in profit despite groundings

LOW-COST airline Wizz Air returned to profit after three straight years of losses, results revealed today, as it carried a record 62 million passengers in the year to 31 March.

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May 23, 2024
Nationwide profits slip by 200m as Virgin investors back takeover
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Nationwide profits slip by 200m as Virgin investors back takeover

NATIONWIDE profits slipped by £200 million to £2 billion for the year to April it said today, one day after Virgin Money shareholders backed the £2.9 billion takeover by the society.

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May 23, 2024
Why the maddest job advert of all time actually makes total sense in 2024
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Why the maddest job advert of all time actually makes total sense in 2024

CAMDEN People's Theatre has come under fire for a job advert for a new artistic director and joint CEO, in which it says it is encouraging applications from a long tick box of under-represented groups, along with people who identify as \"working-class, benefit class, criminal class and/or underclass\".

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May 23, 2024
Starmer has been crab-like and careful so far, but now faces a test of his agility
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Starmer has been crab-like and careful so far, but now faces a test of his agility

SIR Keir Starmer has many strengths, but earthy dynamism is not one of them.

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May 23, 2024
My advice to the leaders is be bold and do avoid world-class own goals
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My advice to the leaders is be bold and do avoid world-class own goals

WE WILL never know if Gareth Southgate's Euros announcement just squad the day before was the trigger that caused Rishi Sunak to make his surprise election announcement.

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May 23, 2024
Voters north of the border key if Labour is to win a landslide
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Voters north of the border key if Labour is to win a landslide

VOTERS in Scotland will have a key role in paving the way to Downing Street for Sir Keir Starmer - or helping Rishi Sunak block his path.

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May 23, 2024
Put London at heart of your plans and we can lead Britain to growth, say business leaders
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Put London at heart of your plans and we can lead Britain to growth, say business leaders

LONDON business leaders today called on the Government elected on July 4 to put the capital back at the heart of its economic strategy to help drive the country's growth.

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May 23, 2024
Lib Dems target Hunt for their own Portillo moment
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Lib Dems target Hunt for their own Portillo moment

Party aims at big guns as Labour turn fire on Shapps and Mordaunt

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May 23, 2024
I won't stand for Reform but I'll be on campaign trail, says Farage in boost for the Tories
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I won't stand for Reform but I'll be on campaign trail, says Farage in boost for the Tories

NIGEL FARAGE today ruled out standing as a Reform UK candidate in the upcoming general election, but vowed to help the party campaign against the Conservatives.

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May 23, 2024
PM blow as he admits: No
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PM blow as he admits: No

First-day clashes over the economy and migrants as leaders hit campaign trail

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May 23, 2024
Buckingham Palace could be in a Labour seat for first time in history
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Buckingham Palace could be in a Labour seat for first time in history

THE King will wake up in a Labour constituency on July 5 if, as the polls suggest, the Cities of London and Westminster seat goes red.

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May 23, 2024
Revolving door policy traps Blues in a spin
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Revolving door policy traps Blues in a spin

Pochettino exit leaves club seeking another coach and owners' strategy under scrutiny

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May 22, 2024
Hunt hit by inflation 'miss' and benefits bill
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Hunt hit by inflation 'miss' and benefits bill

JEREMY HUNT was dealt a double blow today as a smaller than expected fall in the rate of inflation hit hopes of a rate cut in June, while worse than expected public finance figures limited the Chancellor's scope for a pre-Budget tax cut.

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May 22, 2024
Rejuvenated M&S posts best profits ina decade
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Rejuvenated M&S posts best profits ina decade

MARKS & Spencer continued its return to form today posting its best profits in a decade and promising investors more good news to come.

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May 22, 2024
I've rarely been as stunned as I was by this incredible collection of photography
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I've rarely been as stunned as I was by this incredible collection of photography

I'M not being funny but... how incredible are London's museums and galleries? Last week I said I would share some of my favourite things to do in London that didn't involve drinking. It might be obvious to think of a museum as a good place to go, but sometimes they offer a lot more than we expect.

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May 22, 2024
Too scared to speak in his own defence, but Trump powers on
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Too scared to speak in his own defence, but Trump powers on

DONALD Trump has complained nonstop for weeks about being gagged. The hush money trial, involving an alleged pay-off to porn star Stormy Daniels, has been monstrously unfair, he wailed repeatedly outside court.

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May 22, 2024
Classics only at this palatial enclave
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Classics only at this palatial enclave

THE all-knowing Google counts 175 five-star hotels in London. The newest of these is the Emory, a glittering space opposite Hyde Park and adjacent to the Berkeley, which opened in 1867 and is also owned by the Maybourne Group, tireless in its pursuit of grandeur.

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May 22, 2024
Praise from across party divide for bionic MP’ who lost limbs to sepsis
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Praise from across party divide for bionic MP’ who lost limbs to sepsis

A CONSERVATIVE MP who lost four limbs to a life-threatening bout of sepsis vowed to raise awareness of the condition - as he was set to return to Parliament today.

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May 22, 2024
Debts, royals, A-listers inside a fashion fail
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Debts, royals, A-listers inside a fashion fail

Worn by everyone from Princess of Wales to Kylie, Susie Cave’s The Vampire’s Wife created the dress of the decade’. As it folds, Joe Bromley ooks at what went wrong for the fashion-set favourite

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May 22, 2024
Met warns Grenfell fire probe may not be complete until 2025
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Met warns Grenfell fire probe may not be complete until 2025

ATOTAL of 58 people and 19 companies have been identified as suspects who could face charges over the Grenfell fire disaster, the Met said today as it vowed to continue the fight to obtain justice for the victims' families.

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May 22, 2024