We'll make unions ditch out-dated practices and get trains running on time, says minister

NEW Transport Secretary Louise Haigh vowed today to “tackle the hard yards” on making unions abandon outdated working practices on Britain’s strikeplagued railways and get trains in London running on time.

Harrods boss Fayed 'raped five employees and sexually assaulted at least 15 more'

THE late Harrods tycoon Mohamed Fayed has been accused of raping, sexually assaulting and attacking female employees in more than two decades of abuse.

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TODAY is the final daily issue of the Evening Standard. From next Thursday, September 26, we will be relaunching as a vibrant, culturally rich weekly newspaper, which will contain all your favourite Evening Standard elements news, sport, entertainment, culture, restaurants, music, comment, investigations, campaigns and fun.

Minister denies claim the UK is 'undermining' Israel's fight

THE Government today pushed back against fierce criticism from Israel’s premier Benjamin Netanyahu, who accused Labour ministers of undermining his country against its enemies.

Top judge demands reform to fast-track justice after a grieving mother's case

GRIEVING families, pensioners with dementia, and even dead people have been wrongly prosecuted in Britain's secretive fast-track courts, a major Evening Standard/ITV News investigation has found.

Saka trains for Euro clash in Italy after derby injury

ARSENAL were today boosted by the fitness of Bukayo Saka ahead of their Champions League opener against Atalanta tomorrow.

After the knocks, I'm on a roll...the best is yet to come from me

THEY say 13 is unlucky for some but that’s not the way I see it ahead of my 13th world title fight.

I DREAM ABOUT ENDING SPURS' WAIT FOR GLORY

POSTECOGLOU URGES PLAYERS TO EMBRACE SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY’ AFTER 16 YEARS WITHOUT A TROPHY

Ange must weigh up gamble on 'fearless' rookies

FOR Ange Postecoglou, picking a team for tonight’s Carabao Cup third-round tie at Coventry is a balancing act that he can ill-afford to misjudge.

Share performance 'not linked' to CEO mega-pay

SOME of the best paid CEOs in Britain have dramatically underperformed the stock market in the past three years, undermining the case for even higher pay for top executives.

Footsie falters ahead of Fed's rates call

DECISION day on the long-awaited opening cut in US interest rates today kept London traders in defensive mode during a poor session for the FTSE 100 index.

Taking a seat at the table: Sit down with our new critic

The Standard's new restaurant reviewer, David Ellis, shares the meals that shaped him, and what the next course holds

I never thought I'd become a best-selling author; bring on the reading renaissance

TO read: within the queer community, known as an instance in which two or more people drag, roast or insult each other for filth.

"My baby died-then I was convicted over lapsed car insurance"

Broken and lost after her three-month-old daughter died from pneumonia, Jenny Beasley forgot to renew a policy ―and found herself prosecuted as a criminal under the controversial Single Justice Procedure, Tristan Kirk reports

Sky-high air fares keep inflation above Bank's target rate

ROCKETING summer air fares as sunstarved holidaymakers fled to the Med prevented the headline rate of inflation falling back to its two per cent target last month, official figures reveal today.

One-year-old twin girls joined at the head separated by London surgeon

ONE-YEAR-OLD twin girls who were born conjoined at the head have been successfully separated during a 14-hour operation by a leading London surgeon.

Khan says Oxford Street cycle ban is key to renewal

CYCLISTS will be banned from riding through the pedestrianised section of Oxford Street under Sadiq Khan’s plans to ban traffic from the thoroughfare.

Israel 'blew up thousands of Hezbollah pagers early over fears plot would be foiled'

ISRAEL fast-tracked the detonation of thousands of explosive-packed pagers used by Hezbollah after becoming concerned that the plot was about to be foiled, according to reports.

Emin's explosion of red radiates heartbreak

RAGE. Anguish. Heartache. Adoration. Obsession. Frustration. Love.

New Fourth Plinth artwork won't weather the storm ― by design

A SCULPTURE made from hundreds of mask-like plaster casts that will erode and disintegrate in the damp London weather was today unveiled at Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth.

Diddy held in New York amid assault claims

SEAN “Diddy” Combs was arrested in New York following an indictment from a grand jury.

Radio host Theakston thanks listeners after cancer diagnosis

JAMIE THEAKSTON has revealed he has been diagnosed with stage 1 laryngeal cancer after listeners alerted him that “something wasn’t quite right” with his voice.

Familiar failings haunt Postecoglou but Spurs fans must not lose faith

THERE are two ways of looking at Sunday's north London derby from a Tottenham perspective.

MBAPPE IS OMINOUS FOR PRETENDERS TO THRONE

WATCHING Manchester City's humbling of Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final two seasons ago, it was easy to assume the changing of the guard at the summit of European football had finally arrived.

'ERLING'S SO GOOD WE JUST LAUGH'

JORGINHO SAYS ARSENAL DO NOT FEAR FACING HAALAND ON SUNDAY

Timber's progressive style offers Arsenal an unexpected solution

After year out, right-back shows he could be the answer on the left

THG break-up plan fails to help shares

A RADICAL break-up plan for Matt Moulding’s Hut Group business THG today failed to inspire an upturn in the e-commerce’s firm’s stock market fortunes.

Earls Court firms submit £10bn new town proposal

THE regeneration of Earls Court came a crucial step closer today after 14 years of uncertainty when developers submitted their planning application for a £10 billion green new town.

Why sustainable travel isn't just about carbon footprints

Flying harms the planet, yet tourism can drive positive hange. Here's how to travel smart, by Juliet Kinsman

The classless society was a lie. The class system isn't dead, it's been reimagined

READING the dripping with snobbery and class-prejudice articles and social media attacks on Charlie Mullins, the Pimlico Plumbers boss who has declared he is taking all of his money out of the UK because of Labour’s attitude to the wealthy, I suddenly realised that there has been a seismic shift in British culture.