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A Games on spectacular scale, but is Paris ready to party?
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A Games on spectacular scale, but is Paris ready to party?

Show of epic ambition awaits in French capital

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July 25, 2024
Assured Nwaneri seizes his moment to impress Arteta
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Assured Nwaneri seizes his moment to impress Arteta

ETHAN NWANERI’S potential has been spoken about with excitement for years at Arsenal — and in Los Angeles overnight, he showed what all the fuss is about.

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July 25, 2024
Possession problem dogs Blues at start of new era
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Possession problem dogs Blues at start of new era

THE Enzo Maresca era got off to an underwhelming start on a night that showed the new Chelsea boss faces many of the roadblocks that slowed progress under Mauricio Pochettino.

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July 25, 2024
BT extending full-fibre at rate of 78,000 premises each week
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BT extending full-fibre at rate of 78,000 premises each week

BT has said it brought its full-fibre internet network within reach of one million more premises in the first quarter.

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July 25, 2024
Centrica profit drops as prices 'normalise'
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Centrica profit drops as prices 'normalise'

THE owner of British Gas revealed a sharp drop in profit today as energy markets remained calm after the turmoil that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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July 25, 2024
Tech giant Revolut gets banking licence... finally
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Tech giant Revolut gets banking licence... finally

REVOLUT today ended a painful threeyear wait to secure a British banking licence in a breakthrough moment for Britain’s biggest fintech, paving the way for major expansion.

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July 25, 2024
Prince Harry's problem is not the press, it's that he's losing touch with reality
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Prince Harry's problem is not the press, it's that he's losing touch with reality

THERE is out of touch with reality and there is Prince Harry’s concept of reality.

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July 25, 2024
Athletics fever is about to break over Britain
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Athletics fever is about to break over Britain

WE ARE now just days away from the Paris Olympic games — the first in Europe since London 2012. How the world has changed since then.

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July 25, 2024
I'm not going to be nice: Trump attacks ‘new victim' Kamala
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I'm not going to be nice: Trump attacks ‘new victim' Kamala

DONALD TRUMP warned “I’m not going to be nice” as he appeared at his first rally since Joe Biden stepped down as the Democratic candidate.

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July 25, 2024
Israeli PM to meet Harris as spotlight shifts after Biden's emotional address to nation
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Israeli PM to meet Harris as spotlight shifts after Biden's emotional address to nation

KAMALA HARRIS was due to meet Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu today as her campaign to become the Democratic presidential candidate gathered steam.

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July 25, 2024
Nine held as police target phone-snatch gang in dawn raids
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Nine held as police target phone-snatch gang in dawn raids

POLICE launched a series of dawn raids today on an organised crime group suspected of stealing phones across Westminster.

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July 25, 2024
Women dominate Mercury shortlist as Portishead star aims for the double
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Women dominate Mercury shortlist as Portishead star aims for the double

FEMALE acts dominate this year’s Mercury Prize shortlist — with Beth Gibbons nominated almost 30 years after winning it with Portishead.

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July 25, 2024
Miliband hits out at 'disastrous' tactics of Just Stop Oil
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Miliband hits out at 'disastrous' tactics of Just Stop Oil

NET Zero Secretary Ed Miliband today slammed protest tactics by Just Stop Oil campaigners as “disastrous” and “alienating” people from the battle against global warming.

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July 25, 2024
Aston Martin shares soar on strong earnings
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Aston Martin shares soar on strong earnings

SHARES in Aston Martin raced ahead as much as 10% today as the luxury car maker posted earnings that beat market expectations and vowed to take production volumes up a gear in the second half of the year.

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July 24, 2024
Maresca believes Enzo racism storm will not divide squad
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Maresca believes Enzo racism storm will not divide squad

ENZO MARESCA does not expect any problems welcoming Enzo Fernandez back to Chelsea next week, despite the racism storm sparked by the midfielder.

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July 24, 2024
DUJARDIN DISGRACE OVER SHOCKING FILM
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DUJARDIN DISGRACE OVER SHOCKING FILM

BRIT OUT OF THE OLYMPICS AFTER FOOTAGE OF HER WHIPPING HORSE LIKE AN ELEPHANT IN THE CIRCUS’

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July 24, 2024
The young guns with big chance to shine for Arteta
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The young guns with big chance to shine for Arteta

Academy stars travel with high hopes in depleted Arsenal squad

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July 24, 2024
I want to show what mums can do ... winning a medal would mean a lot
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I want to show what mums can do ... winning a medal would mean a lot

“I SPEND a lot of my days being on a thread that’s very thin — it’s hard, so hard,” Helen Glover says, speaking like any parent of young children.

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July 24, 2024
First Restaurant Group saves shut pub The Lady Hamilton
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First Restaurant Group saves shut pub The Lady Hamilton

A KENTISH Town pub which locals had feared was gone for good is set to make a comeback under new ownership.

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July 24, 2024
EasyJet surges with 69% of seats sold
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EasyJet surges with 69% of seats sold

EASY JET predicted another “record-breaking summer” today, and Heathrow said it flew more people than ever to the end of June, helping brighten the outlook in the travel industry into the crucial getaway season.

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July 24, 2024
Coin minting paused with fate of 1p and 2p in doubt
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Coin minting paused with fate of 1p and 2p in doubt

THE Treasury has ordered no new coins of any denomination to be minted for entry into general circulation, the Standard can reveal, as officials weigh scrapping 1p and 2p coins altogether amid a continued decline in cash transactions.

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July 24, 2024
A quiet food revolution is taking place in London and it has warmed my heart
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A quiet food revolution is taking place in London and it has warmed my heart

I’M not being funny but… The Trussell Trust counted 35 food banks in this country in 2010.

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July 24, 2024
Trump looks like a floundering grandpa next to sparky Kamala
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Trump looks like a floundering grandpa next to sparky Kamala

THE Republicans are floundering after Joe Biden got dumped. A near faultless campaign blitz by Kamala Harris has liberated the Democratic Party from its funk and sent the Republicans into a doom spiral.

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July 24, 2024
PM 'shocked' at soldier's stabbing
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PM 'shocked' at soldier's stabbing

Masked man licked blood off knife’ after attack on uniformed victim near barracks

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July 24, 2024
Biden to address nation as Trump targets Harris on campaign cash
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Biden to address nation as Trump targets Harris on campaign cash

PRESIDENT Joe Biden was due to make a televised address tonight seeking to burnish his legacy and reassure the American people that he will provide stable leadership in his remaining six months in office.

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July 24, 2024
Boy'stabbed in the back' at his old primary school
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Boy'stabbed in the back' at his old primary school

Paramedics battled in vain to save 15-year-old who staggered 50 metres after being jumped for his phone’

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July 24, 2024
Olympian Dujardin's 'career in tatters' after video shows her whipping horse
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Olympian Dujardin's 'career in tatters' after video shows her whipping horse

BRITISH Olympic gold medallist Charlotte Dujardin’s career is “in tatters” after footage today emerged of her repeatedly whipping a horse’s legs.

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July 24, 2024
Labour MPs plot new push to axe cap on child benefit after Commons rebellion
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Labour MPs plot new push to axe cap on child benefit after Commons rebellion

LABOUR MPs were today planning a fresh push at the autumn Budget to axe the two-child benefit limit after Sir Keir Starmer suspended seven backbenchers who rebelled against the Government on the issue.

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July 24, 2024
I used to rely on my ego, but after three years of hell my faith has made me a new man
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I used to rely on my ego, but after three years of hell my faith has made me a new man

IF ADAM PEATY was looking for a sign, there it was, screaming back at him.

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July 23, 2024
MURRAY'S QUITTING AFTER THE OLYMPICS
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MURRAY'S QUITTING AFTER THE OLYMPICS

ANDY ARRIVES IN FRENCH CAPITAL AND SAYS IT WILL BE HIS SWANSONG

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July 23, 2024