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Plea to ministers as theatreland hit by cancellations

You shan't go to the ball: a performance of Cinderella was cancelled last night

Thousands race to France before ban on UK tourists kicks in

Rush hour: travellers catch the Eurostar at St Pancras today

Top billing: Restaurants back plan to raise £500,000 for homeless charity

LONDON restaurants are backing an ambitious plan to raise half-a-million pounds for a homelessness charity.

BORIS JOB WARNING AFTER POLL BLOW

PM TOLD HE HAS THREE MONTHS TO SORT IT OUT — OR RISK LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE

SHOW US LONDON RESCUE PLAN, BORIS

DESPERATE BUSINESSES DEMAND NEW SUPPORT AS TRADE ‘FALLS OFF CLIFF'. CANCELLATION RATES AT 70% AS PEOPLE TOLD TO BE CAUTIOUS ON SOCIALISING. CHANCELLOR IN CALIFORNIA — BUT WILL HOLD EMERGENCY TALKS

Lopez's look of love for Affleck in LA

JENNIFER LOPEZ and Ben Affleck walked hand in hand while out and about in Los Angeles.

Cummins sidelined by close contact

AUSTRALIA lost captain Pat Cummins on the morning of the Second Ashes Test after he was identified as a close contact of someone who tested positive for Covid.

Female directors lead the charge at London Critics' Circle awards

MOVIES by female directors this year lead the nominations at the London Critics' Circle Film Awards – with works by Maggie Gyllenhaal, Joanna Hogg and Jane Campion celebrated.

Brontës' manuscripts saved for nation thanks to £7.5m from Blavatnik

"Literary treasure": Emily, Charlotte and Anne Brontë

You've got to change: MPs' warning to Boris after huge Commons revolt

BORIS JOHNSON was warned today that he needs to "change" after he was hit by the biggest backbench revolt of his premiership - with the prospect of a damaging by-election defeat looming.

Your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man swings back onto screens with an instant classic

Spider-Man: No Way Home 148mins, cert 12A

Bailey's Conservative HQ Christmas party disgraceful and wrong, says minister

A CABINET minister today branded a Christmas party attended by Shaun Bailey “disgraceful" after a leaked photograph appeared to show the former Conservative mayoral candidate enjoying the bash in Tory HQ last December.

Zendaya has red carpet spinning for Spider-Man: No Way Home premiere

ZENDAYA stole the show at the LA premiere of the new Spider-Man movie in a web-like dress.

Work-from-home guidance leaves central London streets empty

Desolate: the City of London’s streets look empty today

Number of virus patients in city's hospitals rises by a quarter in one week

Every patient I saw was unvaccinated. It was so depressing because it just feels so avoidable

Kardashian asks court for immediate end to West marriage

KIM KARDASHIAN has requested that her marriage to Kanye West be immediately terminated, saying that no reconciliation effort will be “of any value”.

Rio's $2bn offer to get mine on track

RIO TINTO has written off a $2 billion debt owed by Mongolia in an effort to get its flagship Oyu Tolgoi copper project back on track.

Omicron warning washes over City as minds focus on inflation

Dream trading: Cheryl Calverley of Eve Sleep, whose shares were up 22%

Ghost of Christmas Covid past hangs over the arts

A SERIES of high-profile musicians are calling off concerts as new Covid concerns make large gatherings difficult to manage, with The Streets’ Mike Skinner, right, saying he won’t perform for the whole of 2022.

CEO: Don't get a City job if you want flexibility

A VETERAN City of London boss says would-be traders should be prepared to keep coming into the office and working long hours, despite the new vogue for flexible working.

BOOSTER SCRAMBLE AS OMICRON SURGES

THOUSANDS OF NEW LONDON CASES. SPREADING AT BREAKNECK SPEED

Star Smollett guilty of hate attack lies

ACTOR Jussie Smollett has been found guilty of staging a hate crime attack against himself and repeatedly lying to police about the hoax.

Patrick Drahi: The secretive billionaire stalking BT

BT USED to declare it was “good to talk”. The telecoms giant’s biggest investor, French billionaire Patrick Drahi, is more into action than words.

It's just another title race for me, says laid-back Lewis

LEWIS HAMILTON has tried to turn the pressure onto Max Verstappen, as the Dutchman bids to win the first-world title in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.

Huge hurdle for racing to overcome as sport is split after Frost ruling

NATIONAL HUNT racing finds itself at a crossroads today, with a fractiousness spilling out to near civil war following Robbie Dunne’s 18-month ban for the bullying and harassment of fellow jockey Bryony Frost.

Heathrow warns international travel recovery still years away

INTERNATIONAL travel will not recover fully from the pandemic for several years, Heathrow bosses warn.

Harewood is tremendous in free-wheeling and ambitious look at history of the culture wars

IN THIS stimulating, free-wheeling new play, James Graham traces today’s culture wars back to the TV debates between conservative commentator William F Buckley Jr and the patrician, gay writer Gore Vidal during the 1968 Republican and Democrat conventions.

Big guns will fear us, says Moyes as youngsters impress

DAVID MOYES says Europe’s big clubs will be worried about facing West Ham when the Europa League reaches the knockout stage.

Baillie Gifford flagship fund falters for the first time in five years

MARKET ROUND-UP

Watchdog warns on rising parcel complaints

COMMUNICATIONS watchdog Ofcom today sent a warning shot to parcel delivery firms including Royal Mail after complaints from customers.