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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

Frank is in the market to solve Bees' full-back crisis

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

Moyes will earn new deal on back of restored pride

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

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.

Arteta in desperate need of a January recharge

Arsenal boss needs to reset his tired squad after costly defeats

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

We need more empathy, says new Ofsted chief

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

GREEN LIGHT FOR RETURN OF SUPER LEAGUE PLAN

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

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.

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.

Tiny ONS tweak tomorrow could be grim for No 10

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

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.

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.

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.

London in winter is a city of darkness, but you can still see light in the gloom

THE first line of the song Cities by Talking Heads is, \"Think of London, a small city/It's dark, dark in the daytime.\" That is an American perspective, but as Londoners travel to the station or bus stop and then from work to home again, it does feel like being in perpetual shadow. It has been a hard year, and the stress of living and working in London comes in many forms, so reflecting on the challenges of 2023 feels especially gloomy in a city of darkness. It's tempting to ask why we live here at all.

It's not just about fundraising, we're changing the capital too

IT'S astonishing what we take for granted. Back in early 2010, the most the Evening Standard had ever raised in a campaign was £250,000. That was considered a pretty good result back then for the paper's traditional annual Christmas drive, which typically solicited funds for a chosen charity. Today, a Standard campaign that raises anything short of £1 million can seem like a failure.

New Gaza ceasefire deal and hostage release might be possible, says US

THE United States today expressed hope that a new ceasefire deal in Gaza and the release of more hostages held by Hamas could be in the offing, as the death toll reported from Israel's offensive surpassed 20,000.

100 teenagers unlawfully convicted in secretive single justice system

CHILDREN have been unlawfully handed criminal convictions in a fast-track justice system in which magistrates sit behind closed doors, the Evening Standard can reveal.