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Madeley in hospital day after jungle trial
RICHARD MADELEY was taken to hospital today after falling ill on the set of I’m a Celebrity
We must break smuggler network says politician, as fifth suspect arrested
Vigilant: French police assess a stretch of coastline believed to be used by migrants to cross the Channel
Vivo heads for FTSE 250 exit with £1.7bn takeover
Cheers: Remy Cointreau upped its financial guidance on the back of strong sales in China and the US, sending its shares 10% higher in Paris
TUCKING IN £10M PAYDAY FOR CAKE BOX CHIEFS
THE boss of Enfield-headquartered Cake Box and his wife will enjoy a £10.5 million payday after reducing their stake in the bakery chain.
Online shopping scams target Black Friday
Favourite mark: Apple’s Airpods were one of one of the brands in cybercriminals’ sights last year, alongside Nike and PlayStation
Bang goes my gun licence, says Cara's father after ‘bit of a cock-up'
THE aristocrat father of Cara Delevingne is fighting a police decision to take away his firearms licence, the Standard has learned.
Zaha savours Palace pressure pot Jack Rosser
Forward thinking: Zaha has been given more freedom to attack under Vieira
STEPPING UP GEIGER EXPANDS FOOTPRINT
KURT Geiger is stepping up its presence on UK high streets, despite lockdowns hitting the shoe firm’s sales by more than £150 million.
Rehab hope for bike courier who suffered fractured spine
A VOLUNTEER motorbike courier suffered a fractured spine when a car driver pulled into his path as he delivered Covid testing kits to a London hospital.
The only upside of Covid for BT is that people realise how much they need us
ON the leadership campaign trail in June 2019 Boris Johnson said in his usual off the-cuff way that he wanted ultra-fast broadband in every UK home by 2025.
Shares rise in brokers on chance of second retail investor boom
IT WAS a grim day on the markets, but traders looking for bargains found themselves eyeing up the shares of the firms they work for.
Race against time to find travellers from new Covid variant hotspots
Fears new variant could be spread more easily — and resist vaccines
Mother with heart condition fights to bring her twins back to UK
In care: Lisa Keerthichandra and her husband Dash, who both have British passports, with their adopted twins Aria and Lucinda
Pepe can still realise all his potential with us, says Arteta
MIKEL ARTETA says Arsenal are currently not thinking about entertaining offers for club-record signing Nicolas Pepe.
Football stars ‘need to step up in fight against stabbings'
CHELSEA legend Paul Canoville is encouraging footballers to call out London’s knife crime epidemic.
I hope Spacey is a distant memory, says Lord Dobbs
MICHAEL DOBBS says he hopes to draw a line under his links to disgraced actor Kevin Spacey, who starred in the US television version of his book House of Cards.
Gaga glitters in a fizzy, funny feast of fabulous camp
RIDLEY SCOTT’S new film is a true-crime comedy that lasts for more than two and half hours and contains Italian accents worthy of a Cornetto ad. That’s not a problem because unlike Scott’s The Last Duel (exceedingly long and full of American and English actors failing to sound French), House of Gucci is well-paced and tonally consistent. Smart, funny and camp, it’s not interested in keeping a straight face, strutting its way to glory. This is all fizz and no faff.
Gamesys goes for Arcadia's old HQ
AN online gaming operator has agreed to take a new UK head office at the West End building once home to Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia before its collapse.
Man who lit up the Marble Arch Mound brings 200,000 to London
THE man whose art show helped boost the Marble Arch Mound says public art can do the same for Oxford Street.
British ships blockaded by fishermen at port of St Malo
FRENCH fisherman who claim they have been “humiliated” by Britain over post-Brexit operating licences today began blockading UK ships.
Channel migrants crisis grows as France bans Patel from Paris talks
French ministers furious over Johnson’s letter on migrant tragedy
Amazon depots blockaded by XR
EXTINCTION Rebellion activists today staged blockades at more than a dozen Amazon depots across the UK in a Black Friday protest.
‘We do like to be beside the seaside'
Lockdown and remote working gave Mark Smith and his husband Karl Willes the opportunity to move from London to the West Sussex coast.
Revolution eyes US retail invasion
TIKTOK favourite Revolution Beauty is stepping up its US presence as it launches into an as yet unnamed mass market retail chain’s 2800 stores.
‘I'm buying into the exciting regeneration in Dagenham'
FIRST-TIME BUYER Vicson Lopez, 30, moved in with his mum in south-east London in order to save up for a house deposit. “It meant I could invest more of my money into savings,” says Vicson.
Peppa Pig PM losing grip? That's Boris just being Tiggerish, insists Raab
A CABINET minister was today forced to deny that he is worried about Boris Johnson losing his grip after a string of controversies over the Prime Minister’s leadership.
Oil stays buoyant as prices surge despite Biden move
OIL markets defied Joe Biden and other world leaders today as it became clear that tapping stockpiles for a few million extra barrels won’t make a difference to prices.
Thames rescuer ‘should be honoured as hero'
THE family of a young man who died trying to save a woman from drowning in the Thames near London Bridge said today they hoped an inquest would lead to him being awarded a posthumous medal for bravery.
Johnson Matthey facing a fall from City's top-flight
Space to run: work on Google’s new HQ in King’s Cross has helped boost profits at steel group Severfield
Lawyers at ready as BBC accused of ‘giving credibility to overblown royal split claims'
LAWYERS for the royal family were said to be on standby today after the BBC was accused of giving credibility to “overblown, unfounded claims” in a controversial documentary.