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Angela Rayner has delivered a striker's charter

THERE was a bit of Angela Rayner's barnstorming appearance at the TUC yesterday which should have worried business and that was before she even started. It was when TUC president Maria Exall introduced her as \"one of us\" - as opposed to Sir Keir Starmer, who really doesn't have the worker vibe.

Wages rise, GDP falls, and the Tories are looking lost at sea

THE difficulty in figuring out if Britain's economic  performance is sluggish or worse depends on whether we are in search of clouds or inspired by silver linings.

My recipe for a perfect martini? Be bloody careful who makes it

GIVEN THAT I suspect anyone searching for their personality in a newspaper column simply may not have one, I tend to avoid those occasional \"this is what your order says about you\" stories. But as I send back bad martinis, I suppose I'll concede that some food and drink preferences really are idiosyncratic.

A little bit like Harvester and Gaucho had a baby

EVEN the most relaxed restaurant experiences require some early admin. Even establishments that would rather defenestrate every biodynamic wine bottle in their cellar than utter the words \"allow us to explain our concept\" need to give uninitiated diners a vague sense of how everything works.

Why Rowley has to get killers, by Stephen's father

THE father of Stephen Lawrence today said remaining gang members who murdered his teenage son must be brought to justice if Met chief Sir Mark Rowley is to rebuild trust in the force.

Bodies in the street and mass graves as Libya floods kill more than 5,000

A DESPERATE search for survivors of the deadly floods in Libya was under way today as officials said the death toll had risen to more than 5,000 and the United.

Nice to see you? Russian president's reliance on North Korea may prove to be not so nice

THE forced smiles of Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's far east seemed to say it all.

Putin's summit with Kim lays bare his isolation as West watches for arms deal

VLADIMIR PUTIN'S increasing isolation on the world stage and struggle to feed his war machine were laid bare today as he met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Lie back to enjoy new art at National Gallery

Visitors take it easy to view sculpture on the ceiling by Céline Condorelli

I'm the winner, it's me: Swift's big night at MTV awards

TAYLOR SWIFT enjoyed a history-making night at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, tying for most wins in a night with nine trophies.

Murray believes winning Cup repeat on the cards

ANDY MURRAY is confident that Great Britain can be crowned Davis Cup champions once more when the team get under way in Manchester tomorrow.

Trio's timely return boosts England's World Cup bid

ENGLAND'S preparations for the World Cup received a boost this morning, as Adil Rashid, Jason Roy and Dawid Malan all returned to training ahead of tomorrow's Third ODI against New Zealand.

Exiled Chalobah weighs up January exit

TREVOH CHALOBAH is considered surplus to requirements and could be frozen out at Chelsea.

Failure to experiment is a missed opportunity

Southgate has chance to run rule over Euros wannabes but will make minimum changes

White's torrid times have brought new optimism

BEN WHITE, more than most, has earned the right to live his World Cup in the moment.

Genge: There's not one second we haven't believed

ELLIS GENGE knows how England's supporters feel the candid prop admits to riding the same rollercoaster with Bristol Rovers.

Head hits need equal penalty or World Cup discredited

Three different outcomes over similar clashes not good enough

Why must a sandwich in the City be so dear?

PRICE rises at Pret have been the subject of much City chatter as workers have returned to their desks after the summer holidays. While it might once have been possible to grab a lunch of a sandwich, drink and snack for under a fiver, now it is increasingly hard to get much change from a tenner.

Smurfit Kappa takes tumble as investors digest merger terms

INVESTORS ripped into shares in Smurfit Kappa today after the FTSE 100 packaging maker announced terms of a merger with US peer WestRock.

Fevertree warns on profits after price of glass hits balance sheet

THE boss of Fevertree blamed \"the vagaries of the British summer weather\" as the drink mixer business warned on its profits for the year today.

Primark owner raises forecast but wants help for Oxford Street

PRIMARK shoppers are back in London and on Oxford Street in particular, but as a shopping destination it is far short of what it used to be.

Size of mortgage mountain likely to keep shrinking

IN THE great line-up of British financial statistics there are some numbers, such as the national debt, that can be guaranteed to go one way - upwards - pretty much every month. The total value of outstanding residential mortgages is another of those.

Wickes DIY sales slip as customers opt for smaller jobs

DIY sales at Wickes fell as shoppers went for \"paint rather than paving\", but a strong performance among local traders and for kitchen refurbishments meant revenue ticked slightly up.

Sunak should act like England at the World Cup and reshuffle his pack

AS RUGBY managers make changes to their teams in a hugely competitive World Cup, should Rishi Sunak not apply some of the discipline of top sport to his ministerial line-up?

Braverman is right: ban the bully XL dog now

THERE are few things that can come close to being described as a national religion in the UK. The NHS is, of course, the mostly commonly cited example, but I'd hazard a guess that another issue evokes a loyalty on a similarly visceral level - dogs.

Joe Biden is no longer mentally well enough to be president

THE spectacle of Joe Biden's psychological and cognitive decline is both sad and deeply alarming. At a press conference in Hanoi on Sunday, the 80-year-old US president was cut off mid-flow by his aides after yet another rambling and often incomprehensible performance in which he described climate change deniers, bafflingly, as \"lying, dog-faced pony soldiers\" and appeared to confuse the movie Good Morning, Vietnam with a song.

Tech takeover fuels growing boom for an interactive high street

Stores once occupied by the likes of Debenhams and TopShop have given way to VR darts, golf- and even axe throwing

Jailed Briton set to be freed after $6bn US deal with Iran for hostages

A BRITISH citizen and four Americans held in Iran are set to be freed after the US agreed to unfreeze $6billion (£4.6billion) in Iranian funds to secure their release.

US warns against arms deal as Kim arrives in Russia

NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Russia today for talks with Vladimir Putin, with the US warning that he should not agree an arms deal.

'Once-in-lifetime' £90m revamp to save Oxford St from the blight of tacky shops

A MAJOR overhaul of Oxford Street has been given the green light with plans to reduce traffic and increase space for visitors now under way.