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Lachlan is inheriting a media empire and a poisoned chalice

LACHLAN MURDOCH, the 52-year-old eldest son of Rupert Murdoch, assuming command of Fox News along with the world's most important newspaper empire after the announcement of this father's retirement, will join the most powerful people in politics, with the power to elect presidents, anoint prime ministers and warp the reality that the rest of us are living in. Just like his father. We surely should be asking what kind of leader he will be.

"There was no one like me on the slopes when I started'

Skiing has never been the most diverse of sports, but a range of bodies is helping it change for the better, says Rebecca Miles

Horror on school run as girl, 15, is stabbed to death

A 15-YEAR-OLD girl was stabbed to death in south London as pupils made their way to school this morning.

Suella speech on migrants risks fuelling violence, says Elton John

SIR Elton John today led condemnation of Home Secretary Suella Braverman as the furore over her call to rewrite UN refugee rights continued to grow.

Hall: I don't feel safe walking home at night

TORY mayoral candidate Susan Hall says she no longer feels safe in London at night and has begun using her keys as a potential weapon in case she is attacked.

Mayors make a stand for HS2

Khan and northern leaders say cutting it back would be a national outrage’

Laurence Fox suspended after tirade on GB News

GB News today suspended Laurence Fox after he made \"totally unacceptable\" comments about a female journalist during a broadcast.

I was told that he was underhand, dangerous ... so I hired him as soon as I could

TODAY, Michael Wolff joins the Evening Standard, where, every Wednesday, he will be writing about American politics, US media, and the forthcoming presidential election.

Trump lied about real worth to secure loans, rules judge

DONALD TRUMP committed fraud with \"fantasy\" valuations of his property empire as he rose to prominence as a business tycoon and ultimately president of the United States, a judge in New York has ruled.

Dior leads rebellion against man's world in a patriarchal takedown

PARIS fashion week began in earnest with Maria Grazia Chiuri's latest feminist treatise for Christian Dior.

Lack of depth leaves Ange's brave new world in a precarious position

THE most anxious moments for many Tottenham supporters during Sunday's north London derby were not after either Arsenal goal, nor during the hosts' spell of stoppage-time pressure, but when James Maddison went down clutching his knee in the second half.

All change for Arteta... but Havertz needs time to shine

MIKEL ARTETA will rotate his side for tomorrow's Carabao Cup clash against Brentford, but he would be wise to start Kai Havertz.

Fernandez being held back by Chelsea's need to throw him forward

ENZO FERNANDEZ'S indifferent form is emblematic of Chelsea's struggles.

Videndum warning on impact of US actor and writer walkouts

THE disruption caused by strike action among US screenwriters and actors today thrust media content technology firm Videndum into the City spotlight.

'This is no flippant PR game, an iconic cinema is still at risk'

Writer Chris Blackhurst described this month how plans for the Curzon Mayfair from landlord 38 Curzon Lease Limited would revive the tired’ venue. Today Curzon’s chief executive responds

Sales rise gives AG Barr taste for more takeovers

FAST-GROWING Irn-Bru drinks maker AG Barr today revealed another jump in sales as a string of recent acquisitions help strengthen its bottom line.

Digital subscribers help FT return to profit as print sales fall

THE Financial Times returned to profit in 2022 despite a drop in print circulation as the City newspaper known as \"the pink 'un\" focused its efforts on driving up digital subscriptions.

ASOS expects profits to disappoint after 15% sales fall in washout summer

THE struggles at ASOS continued as the fast fashion retailer today warned profits are likely to come in at the bottom of its expected range after the wet summer weather contributed to a 15% sales decline.

Soaring citadels defy hybrid working trends

THE View From The Shard, the platform at the top of London's tallest building, has stood head and shoulders above any competition when it comes to vistas of the capital and beyond since it was opened more than a decade ago by then Mayor Boris Johnson.

Could a sobriety coach change your life?

Christy Osborne is helping Londoners quit booze and find clarity, says Isabelle Aron

Wes Anderson is the most overrated and self-satisfied director

WES Anderson is exquisite. You might expect the editor of Britain's est-dressed sharpmen's style magazine (incredibly, that's me) to approve of anyone who fits that arcane descriptor for a dandified male.

Russell Brand has shown us women that we've made far less progress than we think

GEORGINA BAILLIE of Sachsgate fame has given many interviews over the last week, including to this newspaper. I'm sure she's relieved to be finally given the platform to tell her story, which is, from every angle of a paparazzi lens, salutary.

Women can think about the Roman Empire too

A YEAR on, it's still going on. The Roman Empire is still big online. Men are still thinking about it, anything from a couple of times a day to three or four times a month, or possibly twice a year.

HS2 could transform Britain — why do we refuse to think big?

AS he prepares for what may be his last party conference as Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak is. working on a truly unpleasant gift for Manchester, host city to the gathering that opens on Sunday. Though ministers insist that no final decision has been taken, they have conspicuously declined to deny reports that the Birmingham-Manchester section of HS2 is set to be scrapped or delayed to the point that it is an objective only on paper.

Met officers lose anti-English claim over Swoop Twitter posts

TWO Metropolitan Police firearms officers who were sent home from COP26 in Glasgow over joke Twitter pictures have lost a claim that they were discriminated against for being English.

Ex-boxer 'petted me like an animal

Glenn McCrory slurred as he stroked girls, court told

Bawdy Lucas hits the height of her powers

For her huge new Tate Britain show, Sarah Lucas has swapped Nineties nostalgia for darkly amusing swagger, says Ben Luke

Does Lachlan have the cojones to take on his father's empire?

With his biggest supporter Tucker Carlson gone, Murdoch jnr faces big challenges focusing on Fox TV and his newspapers

6ft high piles of rubbish in echoes of the winter of discontent

FESTERING piles of rubbish were lining the streets of the East End today in the second week of a month-long strike by refuse collectors.

Khan: Blackwall tunnel tolls are not a surprise

DRIVERS will have to pay a toll to use the Blackwall tunnel in east London from 2025, Sadiq Khan has confirmed.