CATEGORIES

‘Asian players were all called Kevin... the name of Hales' black dog'

MPS were told this morning that former England player Alex Hales named his dog Kevin because he was black, as the batsman was dragged into the Yorkshire racism row in Parliament.

Charles flies out after speaking to Queen following Cenotaph blow

THE Prince of Wales today jetted to Jordan for the first part of his Middle Eastern tour after checking on the Queen who was forced to miss the Remembrance Sunday service.

Adele: My son and the agony of divorce

‘Nine-year-old would be livid with me for staying in an unhappy marriage’

Bain ups fight to save LV= takeover

BAIN CAPITAL today sweetened its offer for LV= as the private equity company fights to win approval for the controversial deal.

AI start-up aims to be Europe's first trillion-dollar company

ENTREPRENEURS

RASHID CLAIMS PUT VAUGHAN IN SPOTLIGHT

DZ SPINNER ENDORSES RAFIQ ALLEGATIONS THAT FORMER ENGLAND CAPTAIN MADE RACIST REMARK TO PLAYERS

MOMENT CABBIE CHEATS DEATH

BLAST AT HOSPITAL ‘WAS TERRORIST ATTACK’ | PM PRAISES HERO DRIVER FOR AVERTING DISASTER | Hero cabbie ‘locked car doors’ before fleeing just seconds after blast

Annabelle Dexter-Jones: New York cool-girl royalty

SHE WORKS a blunt-blonde power bob, a wardrobe of monochrome outfits and is always good for a sardonic one-liner (“watching you people melt down is the most deeply satisfying activity on planet Earth”).

Shell to lose royal title as oil giant moves corporate HQ to London

ROYAL DUTCH Shell will lose its regal title and become plain old Shell under proposals to tilt the FTSE 100 oil giant’s centre of gravity from the Netherlands to London.

S4 seals Italian deal as drive for rapid expansion continues apace

SIR Martin Sorrell’s new digital agency S4 Capital has struck its 11th deal in as many months as it continues to expand rapidly.

‘Milestone' for Cineworld as fans flock to blockbusters

CINEWORLD today declared a recovery “milestone” as a rush of blockbusters draw film fans back in greater numbers than before the pandemic.

Why Red is Tay's red letter album

MUSIC Forget 1989, this was the one that really made Taylor into the super mega-star we all adore, says Katie Rosseinsky

US gold medallist suffers racist pepper-spray attack

AN AMERICAN Olympic gold medallist has revealed she was pepper-sprayed in a racist drive-by attack in Los Angeles.

Take this magic and magnificent trip inside a troubled mind

HATS off to Hampstead for some thrilling programming: Rebecca Watson’s formally experimental debut novel, shortlisted for both the Goldsmiths and Desmond Elliott Prize this year, has been brought to the stage by cool new playwright Miriam Battye and super-director Katie Mitchell.

Sustainable practices? Now they're good business sense

The key to impactful environmental change begins with SMEs, finds John Arlidge

Get booster jab to stop Covid ruining your Christmas, Londoners are urged

Get booster jab in your lunch hour at a walk-in centre, minister urges

Family of NHS worker killed by bus that ran red light call for better driver checks

A CALL was made today for better checks on bus drivers after a NHS psychotherapist was run over and killed on a pedestrian crossing.

Harry and Meghan on parade amid court drama

THE Duke and Duchess of Sussex put on a fresh show of unity as they visited a US military base — just hours after another day of drama at the Court of Appeal.

Kirsten: Why Benedict and I didn't speak on set

KIRSTEN DUNST says she and Benedict Cumberbatch didn’t speak to each other on the set of their new film, in order to enhance their performances.

Yesterday's man or vital cog? Why it's a big match for Farrell

Skipper is back to lead ‘new’ England as Jones selects exciting, attacking backline

Landsec nets close to £200m in sale of Canary Wharf block

FTSE 100 MEMBER Land Securities has sold a Canary Wharf office building for close to £200 million.

My life has been marked out in football matches

IT IS hard to pinpoint the precise moment my back started to hurt. Was it December, after I carried a Christmas tree up two flights of stairs? Or did it begin in April, when Tottenham sacked Jose Mourinho and appointed Ryan Mason — two years my junior — as interim head coach?

Ellie opens homeless drop-in centre for women

SINGER Ellie Goulding helped open central London’s first 24-hour homeless women’s drop-in centre, which was paid for by generous donations from Evening Standard readers

Covid is making young rethink lives, says Blanc

CORONAVIRUS may end up making Brexit Britain more European than ever before, says top chef Raymond Blanc.

Chuka Umunna: from rising star MP to ethical banker

WHAT do you think of when you hear the name Chuka Umunna? The Labour leadership bid? The Change UK breakaway? DJing in Ibiza?

AstraZeneca signs first for-profit deals to sell its Covid-19 vaccine

DRUG-MAKER AstraZeneca has signed its first deals to sell the Covid-19 vaccine developed with Oxford University for profit, having supplied more than 1.5 billion doses worldwide at cost price.

Burberry shares dive as store figures miss target

FEWER tourists visiting shops took the shine off Burberry’s resurgent first-half sales, sending the luxury retailer’s shares down by as much as 9.3% today.

‘PLEASE BRING MY WIFE NAZANIN HOME'

HUSBAND’S PLEA ON 19TH DAY OF HUNGER STRIKE AS UK AND IRAN MINISTERS HOLD TALKS IN LONDON

Heathrow starts first post-Covid hiring drive

HEATHROW today announced its first recruitment drive since the start of the pandemic as the reopening of the transatlantic US-UK corridor fuels a recovery in long-haul travel.

The torturous blurred lines of the beauty myth

CULTURE Emily Ratajkowski’s debut book, My Body, is furious, conflicted and frustrating, finds Phoebe Luckhurst