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New Fourth Plinth artwork won't weather the storm ― by design

A SCULPTURE made from hundreds of mask-like plaster casts that will erode and disintegrate in the damp London weather was today unveiled at Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth.

Diddy held in New York amid assault claims

SEAN “Diddy” Combs was arrested in New York following an indictment from a grand jury.

Radio host Theakston thanks listeners after cancer diagnosis

JAMIE THEAKSTON has revealed he has been diagnosed with stage 1 laryngeal cancer after listeners alerted him that “something wasn’t quite right” with his voice.

Familiar failings haunt Postecoglou but Spurs fans must not lose faith

THERE are two ways of looking at Sunday's north London derby from a Tottenham perspective.

MBAPPE IS OMINOUS FOR PRETENDERS TO THRONE

WATCHING Manchester City's humbling of Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final two seasons ago, it was easy to assume the changing of the guard at the summit of European football had finally arrived.

'ERLING'S SO GOOD WE JUST LAUGH'

JORGINHO SAYS ARSENAL DO NOT FEAR FACING HAALAND ON SUNDAY

Timber's progressive style offers Arsenal an unexpected solution

After year out, right-back shows he could be the answer on the left

THG break-up plan fails to help shares

A RADICAL break-up plan for Matt Moulding’s Hut Group business THG today failed to inspire an upturn in the e-commerce’s firm’s stock market fortunes.

Earls Court firms submit £10bn new town proposal

THE regeneration of Earls Court came a crucial step closer today after 14 years of uncertainty when developers submitted their planning application for a £10 billion green new town.

Why sustainable travel isn't just about carbon footprints

Flying harms the planet, yet tourism can drive positive hange. Here's how to travel smart, by Juliet Kinsman

The classless society was a lie. The class system isn't dead, it's been reimagined

READING the dripping with snobbery and class-prejudice articles and social media attacks on Charlie Mullins, the Pimlico Plumbers boss who has declared he is taking all of his money out of the UK because of Labour’s attitude to the wealthy, I suddenly realised that there has been a seismic shift in British culture.

This crackpot election would be funny if it weren't sinister

IF THE 2024 presidential election was a television series we would say it had jumped the shark by now — reached the point of such incredulity as to have lost the plot.

Murdochs start ‘Succession' court battle

RUPERT MURDOCH'S Succession-style court battle over the future of his media empire has begun in the United States, with the media and public barred from the hearings.

Davey: Labour will be held to account by strong Lib Dems

LABOUR will be “held to account” by the Liberal Democrats as it hopes to “consign the Conservatives to the history books”, Sir Ed Davey was set to say today.

Minister defends PM over migration talks with Italian premier

TURNING back “small boats” in the Channel would risk sinking them and more migrants dying, a minister said today.

Man, 26, charged with murdering wife and two daughters of BBC racing commentator

A 26-YEAR-OLD man accused of killing the wife and two daughters of a BBC racing commentator in a crossbow attack was today charged with their murders.

Trump: Agents bundled me into golf cart to escape gunman

DONALD TRUMP described being bundled into a golf cart by his Secret Service team after a gunman was spotted on his Florida course, as he issued another dark warning of what awaits America if he loses November’s election.

Red-on-red row over Khan's traffic-free goal

SADIQ KHAN was today facing a “redon-red” battle with Westminster council after the Government promised him new powers to force through the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street.

Stars of track and field check in for Burberry's show at fashion week

OLYMPIANS Keely Hodgkinson and Katarina Johnson-Thompson led the way as Daniel Lee unveiled his latest collection for Burberry at London Fashion Week, using the brutalist atrium of the National Theatre as a show space.

ARTETA GETS NEW DEAL WITH GUNNERS

MANAGER COMMITS FUTURE TO CLUB UNTIL 2027

Opportunity knocks for Spurs amid rivals' crisis

Injury-hit Gunners facing a tough test as Postecoglou aims to reverse recent trend

Pressure is on misfiring Muniz and Antonio to spark campaigns into life

WHEN Andreas Pereira and Willian presented Rodrigo Muniz with the Premier League player of the month award for March, the striker’s tears of joy spoke of his own surprise at how drastically his fortunes had changed.

Madueke's England challenge boosts the Blues

CHELSEA’S Cobham training ground may be the most densely-populated patch of land across the entire home counties, but head down there this week and it ought not to take much to pick out Noni Madueke.

John Lewis cuts first-half losses after turnaround

THE boss of John Lewis today said he was confident of “positive” Christmas trading and “significantly higher profits” for the year as Britain’s leading partnership recovers from the worst crisis in its history.

Fever-Tree falls foul of the bad weather

FEVER-TREE seemed to be running out of fizz today as poor weather and a “subdued” consumer backdrop hit sales.

Why won't anybody take my novel of unrelenting male misery? I blame men

WHY don’t men read? Oh, I know dear male Standard readers do, those urbane, literary, poised and secretly perverted doyens of good taste. But those other men, they are not reading fiction.

The NHS needs more than long-term reform

THE NHS has become such a bleak topic of discussion in recent years that it is almost impossible to imagine it being fixed. Lord Darzi’s report paints a picture of an organisation grappling with several crises: in primary care, hospitals and the treatment of longterm illness. Its findings make for grim reading.

Ultrasound gives sickle cell teen new freedom

A TEENAGER with sickle cell disease has had her life transformed thanks to a pioneering ultrasound procedure performed by London doctors.

'Now let's get justice for the subpostmasters'

Mr Bates star Toby Jones makes a plea as he collects his gong at I'V awards

Revamp delays mean Central line won't get better until December

PASSENGERS on the Central line are unlikely to see improvements until the end of the year after delays to the arrival of refurbished trains.