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Frasers Group profits forecast to smooth path for Ashley son-in-law

MIKE Ashley’s future son-in-law will take the helm of the Frasers Group retail empire at a time when it has achieved profits above pre-pandemic levels, forecasts suggest.

Accuser ‘left Epstein's house with $100 bills'

14-year-old couldn’t even pronounce ‘Ghislaine’, claims former boyfriend

TOP TORIES TURN ON BORIS OVER PARTY

POLICE SHOULD BE CALLED IN IF LOCKDOWN RULES BROKEN, SAYS MP | Ministers keep heads down amid MPs' fury over party

Get booster jab now, Londoners urged as gap between doses is cut in half

LONDONERS were today urged to come forward for their booster jab as soon as possible as the gap between second and third doses was halved to three months.

A day when it all went wrong for Root

Dismissal of Burns from the very first ball sets tone as skipper’s decision to bat first backfires and under-prepared tourists crash to 147

Johansson: I owe award to fans and badass women

SCARLETT JOHANSSON led the way as the stars came out for the People’s Choice Awards.

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THE ASHES, DAY ONE FIRST IN STANDARD SPORT | ENGLAND ALL OUT IN 50.1 OVERS | BURNS BOWLED VERY FIRST BALL | ROOT ONE OF THREE DUCKS | FIVE WICKETS FOR CUMMINS | Pope: There’s a long way to go, so we’ll come out fighting

Fears over Omicron threaten winter wipeout

A CHILL fell across the global travel sector today as the first evidence emerged that mounting concern over the Covid-19 Omicron variant is knocking demand for winter getaways.

McQueen: How my father's death inspired my latest passion project

OSCAR-WINNER Sir Steve McQueen has said his latest “passion project”, a two-minute public health film raising awareness of prostate cancer among black men, was inspired by his father’s death from the disease at 67.

‘Red Friday' firmly in rear view as FTSE builds back

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Stokes is the key to England success in a series like no other

IT IS always a relief when the Ashes begin, even if the first ball ends up in the palms of the second slip.

Relief rally lifts FTSE 100 back to pre-Omicron high

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Maxwell ‘bought helicopter and funded life with £23m from Epstein over eight years'

BRITISH socialite Ghislaine Maxwell received almost £23 million from financier Jeffrey Epstein over the course of eight years, bank records have revealed.

I want to do social work and help others like they helped me — but I need you for that

Our second charity partner teaches jobless young Londoners how to get ready for the world of work and unlock their potential. Campaigns Editor David Cohen reports

Forget making them legal, we need a war on drugs

THE Government’s promise in its new 10-year drugs strategy of expanded police enforcement against criminal gangs responsible for supplying illicit substances is, of course, unsurprising for a Conservative administration which wants to be seen to be strong on law and order.

Britons face being stuck abroad due to lack of Covid tests in remote resorts

THOUSANDS of winter holidaymakers face missing flights home because they cannot find the Covid tests they need to get back to Britain in remote alpine resorts.

4,000-year-old timber Stonehenge of the sea to go on display at British Museum

A MYSTERIOUS 4,000-year-old timber circle dubbed Seahenge is going on show at the British Museum.

Tuchel backing Mendy but admits keeper is struggling with confidence

THOMAS TUCHEL insists he will keep faith with Edouard Mendy, despite revealing the Chelsea goalkeeper is struggling with his confidence after two errors in the shock d efeat to West Ham.

Scientist tells people with ‘colds' to play safe as ‘one in three could be Covid'

UP to one in three “colds” are believed to be Covid, a top scientist said today as people were urged to get fully vaccinated to protect themselves against the Omicron variant.

Root's legacy as captain will be defined by Ashes series

Despite being in the form of his life, he must erase bad memories of past Australia tours

Perfect opportunity for Aubameyang to end his goal drought

AFTER their defeat by Manchester United on Thursday, Arsenal will want a response at Everton tonight — and none more so than Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Expelled at eight. Homeless at 15. But now I've got my mojo back with the chance to work

Devonte’s world unravelled after his brother was murdered and his mother died of cancer. Here he tells David Cohen how he beat the odds and turned his life around

Deadly bus crash driver ‘may have confused brake with accelerator'

The power of an electric bus and its acceleration possibly gives the driver a bit less time to respond to it

Clarkson rides wave of shipping's stormy year

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Chelsea Cup hero Kirby ‘a national treasure'

CHELSEA WOMEN boss Emma Hayes has described Fran Kirby as “a national treasure” — and it is hard to disagree on the evidence of yesterday’s FA Cup Final.

Why Hill fears the title race could get very nasty

DAMON HILL has warned the 2021 title race has the potential to get nasty, as Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen battle it out at this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix The pair resume their battle for the drivers’ crown at the inaugural race, the penultimate grand prix of the season, with Verstappen boasting an eight-point advantage over the seven-time world champion.

‘We need a minister for young jobless to tackle school leaver crisis'

EVENING STANDARD SPECIAL INVESTIGATION

Early signs are positive that Stokes can play key Ashes role

ON October 25, 10 days before England departed for Australia and seven weeks before the Ashes were due to begin, the whole tone of this tour shifted.

Sleaze storm may have slashed Tory by-election majority, minister admits

‘Of course people have concerns mid-term with any government...’

BILLIE GOES BACK TO BLACK WITH NEW HAIR

Blonde to brunette: singer Billie Eilish shows off her new hairstyle. She has returned to her dark roots after dyeing it blonde