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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

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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.

Stefflon Dons apron to help Standard's social kitchen

ONE of Britain’s leading rappers visited the Evening Standard’s social kitchen to help produce the extra meals to be distributed to combat food poverty this Christmas.

No to Boris's ‘conversation' on mandatory jabs

IT’S tricky, sometimes, to work out just what the Prime Minister is saying.

Lewis and Max urged to be on best behaviour for showdown in Abu Dhabi

MAX VERSTAPPEN and Lewis Hamilton have been warned not to do anything that would tarnish their reputations in the season finale in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.

ITV to double its big-budget drama output in streaming wars

ITV is investing more in big-budget dramas and TV formats it can sell overseas as it vies to compete with giants like Netflix and Disney in the global streaming wars.

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.