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Khan's plan to ban traffic in Oxford Street 'could make it a terror target'

THE leader of Westminster council has issued a remarkable warning that Sadiq Khan’s plan to pedestrianise Oxford Street could worsen crime and make it a terrorist target.

Cheers! Ex drugs adviser launches booze-less drink

FORMER government drugs adviser Professor David Nutt launched a “joy-invoking” new non-alcoholic drink designed to enhance human connection at an event last night.

Arteta is braced for Arsenal's 'great test' without Odegaard

MIKEL ARTETA has described losing Martin Odegaard as “a great test” as Arsenal prepare to be without their influential captain for an extended period.

I'LL NEVER TAKE EASY OPTION, SAYS ANGE

POSTECOGLOU STANDS BY CHANGES DESPITE BOOS DURING SPURS SCARE

Scare puts spotlight on contrast between club and fans over priorities

ANGE POSTECOGLOU has repeatedly insisted he would rather his Tottenham side played their football and showed progress on the pitch than won ugly.

After the pain, AJ faces toughest test of impressive revival

THE rebuild from the back-to-back defeats by Oleksandr Usyk has been a slow and agonising approach for Anthony Joshua.

The 96,000 at Wembley expect to see history but I thrive under that pressure

WHEN I first laced up my boxing gloves, if someone had told me I’d fill out Wembley Stadium with 96,000 people, I would have laughed them off.

Footsie is swept higher by US rate cut

A SURGE in risk appetite swept the FTSE 100 index higher today as traders cheered last night’s super-sized interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve.

Next to join '£1bn club' as Wolfson backs high street

NEXT looked on the verge of joining the £1 billion club today — the exclusive set of retailers who have made that much profit in a single year.

The Israeli device attacks make the world a more dangerous place for us all

THE detonation of hundreds of pagers, and dozens of walkie-talkies, used by Hezbollah leaders and associates across Lebanon, killing at least 20 and injuring 450, was a daring and high-risk attack by Israel.

Lame drama does Tube map creator no favours

AS THE original designer of the modern Underground map in 1931, Harry Beck has probably had more lasting and beneficial impact on London’s residents and visitors than most politicians.

'Urge your MPs to change rules on magic mushrooms'

PEOPLE are being urged to write to their MPs calling for research to be allowed into the potential benefits of magic mushrooms for treating serious mental health conditions.

Minister defends £170k salary of PM's aide

Business Secretary dismisses claims Starmer personally intervened on pay

Four Met officers in double murder case misconduct inquiry

FOUR Metropolitan Police officers are being investigated for misconduct after two vulnerable black women were murdered by a man they had complained about to the force Handyman Carl Cooper, 66, was jailed for life in July for the murders of Naomi Hunte, 41, who was stabbed in the chest, and Fiona Holm, 48, whose body has never been found.

Global Radio starts court fight with council over noisy Leicester Square buskers

EUROPE’S largest commercial radio company has launched a court fight with Westminster council over noisy buskers outside its central London offices.

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.

We'll see you next week ...with your new favourite newspaper

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.