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London calling! Capital stars in contention for the World Cup

Dan Kilpatrick runs the rule over England’s choices ahead of Southgate in the next year

‘ONE THOUSAND WHISTLEBLOWERS'

COMMISSION ‘INDUNDATED WITH CALLS’ ON RACISM IN WAKE OF RAFIQ CLAIMS | Committee member Knight praises Rafiq as ‘utterly humbling’

Future looks bright but doubts remain

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Dürer's European odyssey helps him defy boundaries

Dürer’s Journeys: Travels of a Renaissance Artist National Gallery

HOSPITAL BOMBER'S ‘LONE WOLF' PLOT

HE PLANNED ATTACK FOR ‘WEEKS OR MONTHS AS HE BUILT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE’ | We’re just so sad… we loved him, say couple who gave bomber a home

More heat than light sees Imperial's fortunes fizzle

INVESTORS are still waiting for Imperial Brands to catch fire, and there is a sense that patience is wearing thin.

PM's father accused of groping MP and journalist at Tory conferences

A SENIOR Conservative MP and a journalist have both accused the Prime Minister’s father, Stanley Johnson, of inappropriately touching them.

Revolution targets ‘favourable' high street rents for new bars

YOUNGER drinkers returning to partying habits since “Freedom Day” have helped Revolution Bars’ sales top preCovid levels — and the chain now plans to capitalise on cheap rents up for grabs on UK high streets.

Taiwan support ‘playing with fire', Xi warns Biden at leaders' virtual summit

CHINA’S President Xi Jinping warned Joe Biden that US support for Taiwanese independence is “like playing with fire” as the pair held their first-ever virtual summit.

Tesco ad: if anyone needs Covid pass, Santa does

WHEN the Tesco PR team spotted #boycottTescos was the top trend on Twitter this morning, I imagine they spluttered into their corn flakes. What could possibly have prompted such a wave of outrage?

£12m in bonuses for bosses at crisis-hit TfL

TRANSPORT for London is offering senior executives more than £12 million a year in bonuses if they help it break even, the Standard can reveal.

‘Asian players were all called Kevin... the name of Hales' black dog'

MPS were told this morning that former England player Alex Hales named his dog Kevin because he was black, as the batsman was dragged into the Yorkshire racism row in Parliament.

Charles flies out after speaking to Queen following Cenotaph blow

THE Prince of Wales today jetted to Jordan for the first part of his Middle Eastern tour after checking on the Queen who was forced to miss the Remembrance Sunday service.

Adele: My son and the agony of divorce

‘Nine-year-old would be livid with me for staying in an unhappy marriage’

Bain ups fight to save LV= takeover

BAIN CAPITAL today sweetened its offer for LV= as the private equity company fights to win approval for the controversial deal.

AI start-up aims to be Europe's first trillion-dollar company

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RASHID CLAIMS PUT VAUGHAN IN SPOTLIGHT

DZ SPINNER ENDORSES RAFIQ ALLEGATIONS THAT FORMER ENGLAND CAPTAIN MADE RACIST REMARK TO PLAYERS

MOMENT CABBIE CHEATS DEATH

BLAST AT HOSPITAL ‘WAS TERRORIST ATTACK’ | PM PRAISES HERO DRIVER FOR AVERTING DISASTER | Hero cabbie ‘locked car doors’ before fleeing just seconds after blast

Annabelle Dexter-Jones: New York cool-girl royalty

SHE WORKS a blunt-blonde power bob, a wardrobe of monochrome outfits and is always good for a sardonic one-liner (“watching you people melt down is the most deeply satisfying activity on planet Earth”).

Shell to lose royal title as oil giant moves corporate HQ to London

ROYAL DUTCH Shell will lose its regal title and become plain old Shell under proposals to tilt the FTSE 100 oil giant’s centre of gravity from the Netherlands to London.

S4 seals Italian deal as drive for rapid expansion continues apace

SIR Martin Sorrell’s new digital agency S4 Capital has struck its 11th deal in as many months as it continues to expand rapidly.

‘Milestone' for Cineworld as fans flock to blockbusters

CINEWORLD today declared a recovery “milestone” as a rush of blockbusters draw film fans back in greater numbers than before the pandemic.

Why Red is Tay's red letter album

MUSIC Forget 1989, this was the one that really made Taylor into the super mega-star we all adore, says Katie Rosseinsky

US gold medallist suffers racist pepper-spray attack

AN AMERICAN Olympic gold medallist has revealed she was pepper-sprayed in a racist drive-by attack in Los Angeles.

Take this magic and magnificent trip inside a troubled mind

HATS off to Hampstead for some thrilling programming: Rebecca Watson’s formally experimental debut novel, shortlisted for both the Goldsmiths and Desmond Elliott Prize this year, has been brought to the stage by cool new playwright Miriam Battye and super-director Katie Mitchell.

Sustainable practices? Now they're good business sense

The key to impactful environmental change begins with SMEs, finds John Arlidge

Get booster jab to stop Covid ruining your Christmas, Londoners are urged

Get booster jab in your lunch hour at a walk-in centre, minister urges

Family of NHS worker killed by bus that ran red light call for better driver checks

A CALL was made today for better checks on bus drivers after a NHS psychotherapist was run over and killed on a pedestrian crossing.

Harry and Meghan on parade amid court drama

THE Duke and Duchess of Sussex put on a fresh show of unity as they visited a US military base — just hours after another day of drama at the Court of Appeal.

Kirsten: Why Benedict and I didn't speak on set

KIRSTEN DUNST says she and Benedict Cumberbatch didn’t speak to each other on the set of their new film, in order to enhance their performances.