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‘I got stop and searched the week my hit novel came out’

Hot young writer Caleb Azumah Nelson tells Emma Loffhagen about how gentrification is changing Peckham, and why an incident with the Met shows the police still have a race problem

Stay in the magic ata Disneyland Paris Hotel

Boundless dreams await in the worldfamous theme park’s range of excellent accommodation

Israel in control of Gaza’s whole land border after Seizing corridor

ISRAEL today said it had taken control of a strategic corridor along Gaza's border with Egypt, leaving it effectively in charge of the strip's entire land boundary.

Mudbath in park puts London Pop festival atrisk thisweekend 4

A MAJOR London music festival scheduled for this weekend was thrown into doubt today after a string of events turned the venue into a mudbath.

Boy aged 9 critical after drive-by shooting in Dalston

Three men also suffer injuries as gunman opens fire from motorbike

The boys are back in a blast from the past

IN 1982, Alan Bleasdale's TV series Boys from the Blackstuff about unemployed Liverpudlian road-workers distilled the Thatcherite evisceration of regional communities and working practices.

No purge of the Left, claims Labour as Abbott row deepens

LABOUR today denied it was pursuing a \"cull\" of Left-wingers as party leaders raced to select a full slate of candidates for July's general election.

Portillo moment? Don't bet on it but, yes, my seat's on a knife-edge

Hunt blasts Labour on rail nationalisation and the NHS

TRANSFER PUSH TO KICK OFF THE MARESCA ERA

CHELSEA FINALISING FIVE-YEAR DEAL FOR ITALIAN BOSS... AND DRIVE FOR NEW RECRUITS WILL FOLLOW

It never rains but pours as England face 120 defence well undercooked

AT ONE stage here, warm-ups having been abandoned as drizzle turned to windy downpour, only Jofra Archer remained, tearing across the increasingly sodden outfield in a series of shuttle runs.

Five-year deal only worth it if Blues give Enzo time

THE last Chelsea manager to survive five years at Stamford Bridge was Dave Sexton.

Royal Mail agrees £3.6bn takeover by Czech tycoon

ROYAL MAIL is heading for foreign ownership for the first time in its 508year history after its parent company accepted a £3.6 billion takeover bid, but questions remain over the institution's status as the UK's universal postal service provider beyond 2029.

How to build a dream home from scratch

Architect Will Burges thought he ought to get on with his self-build ambition now his genius family home in Crystal Palace has been named as Riba London Small Project of the Year. He tells Cat Olley how it came together

Non-dom tax reform plan hits prime prices

Prime Central London property prices are expected to fall one per cent this year, instead of the one per cent rise predicted in January. Knight Frank has revised its forecast due to a deterioration in demand for the capital's most expensive homes.

Meet the Londoners moving to the hot new regeneration zones

The postcodes may not be fashionable, but after huge investment some areas are on the rise. Charlotte Duck talks to people flocking to the capital’s developments

Andy Murray's swansong has something to teach us

○NLY two players ever got close to breaking up the hegemony of the big three of men's tennis: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

Gyms are one of life’s joys, so why are many of those who use them truly awful?

I'M not being funny but...why does this world have so many overprivileged w****rs? Hear me out! I've been hitting the gym hard these past few months and I love it.

This is exactly how not to do national service

THE idea of some sort of national service to meet the challenges and threats of the times has been kicking around for some time. Service chiefs have been looking at conscription and concepts such as \"total defence\" by Finland's citizen soldiers - but none of them would work for the UK's security needs and social and political complexity.

Club Wembley? Mate, it's just Soho House for diehard footy fans

AT half-time, my friend Steve got talking to the couple sitting next to us. We four were sharing a table at the Laurent Perrier lounge at Wembley Stadium, a light-filled, open bar that feels like the parts of Heathrow Airport that get you hyped up to travel (Bloody Marys at Spuntino) rather than those that plunge you sordidly into a state of distress (any chaotic Spoons).

This might just be the world’s most beautiful pub

The Hero, Maida Vale 55 Shirland Road, W9 2JUD. Meal for two plus drinks and service, about 130. Open Monday to Thursday, noon-11.30, Friday and Saturday, till midnight, Sunday till 10pm); theherow9.com

Family blame watch robbers for beautiful son’ taking his own life

THE parents of a watch dealer found dead a day after being attacked by robbers today said they believed he took his own life \"due to the anguish and distress of this terrible incident\".

Rafah air strike did not violate US red line’

White House says Israeli targeting of Hamas was precise’ but deaths horrific’

Sandwich service in Cornwall... but Sunak under fire for hitting region

RISHI SUNAK handed out bacon butties after taking the sleeper train to Cornwall - and immediately ran into criticism that his plan to restore national service would cost the region more than £70 million.

How many exclusions from school are for sexist abuse? We haven’ta clue

Evening Standard demands a shake-up with new offence category of sexist abuse’

The moment you leave your home the boys treat you as fair game

The macho classroom culture created by male pupils can have a devastating effect on teenage girls.

Truth about boys, porn and how they talk about girls

THE nine teenage boys aged 13 to 15 sat joking and laughing in their south London classroom, their joshing belying a nervousness, trying to gauge how honest they should be.

'London would never have been as much fun without its queer community'

DONATELLA VERSACE has said it is vital to \"respect and protect\" the capital's LGBTQIA+ community which is \"so much part of what makes London so special\".

Water firm sewage polluters will face criminal charges’

THAMES Water bosses who allow sewage to be pumped into London's rivers will face \"criminal charges\" under hardline Labour plans to clean up Britain's waterways.

Abbott: I am being banned from standing as a Labour MP

DIANE ABBOTT told today that she was being banned from standing as a Labour MP.

Palace co-owner eyes Everton move

CRYSTAL PALACE part-owner John Textor is said to be the front-runner to buy Farhad Moshiri's majority stake in Everton.