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Wizz flies 5.1m in month of 20th birthday

LOW-COST airline Wizz Air carried 5.1 million passengers in May, it revealed today, as Britons gear up for their summer holidays.

Steep fall for BP after Brent price slide

BRENT Crude's price slide to a fourmonth low today heaped pressure on the FTSE 100 index after shares in heavyweights Shell and BP reversed by as much as 3%.

StanChart 'laundered $100bn for terror groups'

FTSE 100 bank Standard Chartered was rocked today by fresh whistleblower allegations that it was involved in transactions worth $100 billion, which financed some of the world's most notorious terrorist groups.

So who wore it best? Starmer and Sunak go hoodie to hoodie in race for No 10

IN THIS day and age, campaign optics are as critical as any professed policy.

Knives out as owners row over celebrity Notting Hill restaurant

A DISPUTE has broken out among the owners of a fashionable west London Italian restaurant where celebrity diners have included David Beckham, Kate Moss, Cara Delevingne and David Cameron.

We missed red flags before controlling boyfriend stabbed Ellie, 17, to death

On May 3, 2019, 17-year-old Ellie Gould was studying for her A-levels at home when there was a knock at the door.

Baby Elsa found in a shopping bag in freezing cold is the third infant abandoned by the same parents

A BABY girl found in a shopping bag in London this year is the third child abandoned by the same parents, it can now be reported.

Chaos v the vacuum: Big two go head to head on TV tonight

RISHI SUNAK and Sir Keir Starmer go head to head in their first TV debate tonight, pitting a choice between \"chaos\" and a policy \"vacuum\" as they ramp up their campaigns for the election in four weeks' time.

Dior revives its auld alliance with tartan and bagpipes

DIOR once again showed its might as a luxury superpower as it unveiled its cruise 2025 show in the Italianate gardens of Perth's 15th-century Drummond Castle in front of 550 guests, including Jennifer Lawrence, Lily Collins, Anya Taylor-Joy, Emma Raducanu and Maisie Williams.

Tories get personal as Farage U-turn piles on the pressure over Brexit and migration

NIGEL FARAGE went to war with the Tories over immigration and Europe today as Rishi Sunak's party came under its most intense pressure so far in the election campaign.

SOUTHGATE'S WARNING OVER RISING STARS

ENGLAND BOSS IMPRESSED BY WHARTON AND MAINOO BUT INSISTS 'THEY'RE NOT MODRIC OR KROOS' JUST YET

Lean machine Brook aims for fast start to rule out weather equation

A LEANER, quicker Harry Brook says that England fancy their chances of retaining the T20 World Cup.

With Mbappe added to Madrid mix, Bellingham medal haul is set to grow

AS Borussia Dortmund became the latest team to discover, facing Real Madrid in a European final almost always ends the same way.

Sinfield's salute to Burrow as 'bravest man of all'

Tributes after star dies, aged 41

Blackstone raises Hipgnosis offer to $1.31 a share

PRIVATE equity giant Blackstone slightly upped its offer for music investment vehicle the Hipgnosis Songs Fund today, but also altered the bid to require a higher approval threshold.

FTSE 250 bowling chain strikes gold in North America

HOLLYWOOD Bowl today cemented its position as one of the few London-listed business to have pulled off a successful North American expansion after strong growth in its Canadian operations helped the FTSE 250 constituent up its dividend.

T20 is back at the Kia Oval!

T20 fever is here and with the World Cup taking place in the West Indies and United States over the next few weeks, why not experience some scintillating cricket of your own in the South London sun this summer?

If you don't think politics matters this is what you get: the Lib Dem campaign

AS I WATCHED the Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey treat the first week of the general election campaign like an episode of Total Wipeout, I thought of the old joke about a floating voter wandering into Liberal Democrat HQ.

My life with Bowie, the Stones and the Who

AS a child I was a keen reader of adventure books, but I could never have imagined then that I'd write one, let alone be the central character.

How dare the cancel culture brigade come for Hay Festival

THE Hay Festival finished last night.

Dementia victim is latest to fall foul of fast-track courts

DEMENTIA sufferers continue to face criminal prosecution in the fast-track single justice procedure despite internal advice that magistrates should stop the cases, the Standard can reveal.

Changes to Equality Act are about making women safe, says Kemi

CHANGING your clothes \"does not change who you are\", a Cabinet minister said today as the Conservatives laid out plans to amend the Equality Act to define the protected characteristic of sex as \"biological sex\".

Labour Abbott problem goes on after ‘Starmer lies post'

Social media row shadow casts over the party as MP is cleared to stand again

Could psychedelic toads boost our brains?

London trial into effects of drug from their skin on our consciousness

We have every expectation Israel will agree to ceasefire if Hamas takes deal, says US

THE United States has “every expectation” Israel will accept a ceasefire proposal if Hamas takes the deal, a senior White House official said.

£500k to help end misogyny in classroom

Cash will fund workshops to educate 13 and 14-year-old inner city pupils about healthy relationships.

Howzat! Can cricket finally be a hit in the US? USA CRICKET

WHEN, on a 2020 visit to India, the then US president Donald Trump stood before a crowd of 100,000 at the Narendra Modi Stadium and butchered the name of the nation’s favourite cricketing son, the impression was not exactly of an America primed for invasion by leather and willow.

GALACTICO READY FOR HIS NEXT STEP TO GREATNESS

AT JUST 20, Jude Bellingham gives the impression of a generational sportsman whose career has been mapped out from infancy.

West Indies are back to their best after 50-over low

WEST INDIES’ failure to qualify for last year’s 50-over World Cup was billed as a new low in a story of sad cricketing decline.

set England the pace as stars align for title tilt

Bowlers and batsmen all look in fine fettle in win over Pakistan ahead of Cup defence