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Home counties house prices slashed as buyers boomerang back to city
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Home counties house prices slashed as buyers boomerang back to city

London house-price growth outperformed the home counties last year, where properties valued at more than £1 million have seen an average of £151,130 knocked off their asking prices since last summer.

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February 14, 2024
West Ham face a question over Moyes that will reveal the club’s real ambitions
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West Ham face a question over Moyes that will reveal the club’s real ambitions

IF West Ham have learnt anything from last season, it is not to sack manager David Moyes in the midst of a European run.

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February 14, 2024
Paris and Idris are the exceptions to the rule that celebrity DJs are just a joke
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Paris and Idris are the exceptions to the rule that celebrity DJs are just a joke

I ’M not being funny but… there’s more to being a DJ than pressing play. I’ve been DJing for more than 35 years now and it all began when I blagged my way onto the decks of one of London’s biggest clubs when I was barely of legal age.

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February 14, 2024
If you thought the law would stop rump you thought wrong
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If you thought the law would stop rump you thought wrong

PLEASE don’t expect the law to save America from Donald Trump. Not for the first time, he is proving to be a talented escapologist.

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February 14, 2024
‘New visa rules mean love is only for the rich’
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‘New visa rules mean love is only for the rich’

A MOTHER of three has warned that the right to fall in love with a foreigner is something that only rich people can have as Home Office visa changes threaten to separate her family.

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February 14, 2024
The songs give you goosebumps, but Live Aid musical is cringey and hollow
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The songs give you goosebumps, but Live Aid musical is cringey and hollow

LIVE AID 1985 is one of those moments that will remain forever embedded in our collective cultural psyche. That moment when Bob Geldof and his mates took it upon themselves to “feed the world”, as is so famously quoted in the Christmas tune, or, specifically, feed Ethiopia, which at that time was experiencing its worst famine in a century.

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February 14, 2024
Sadig and the city: For me, romance Is surprising my wife
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Sadig and the city: For me, romance Is surprising my wife

In honour of Valentine’s Day, the Mayor gives Katie Strick the exclusive scoop on dates at McDonald's and his advice for singles

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February 14, 2024
A break from the Chinese restaurant orthodoxy
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A break from the Chinese restaurant orthodoxy

THE diversifying revolution in Britain's Chinese restaurants is complicated.

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February 14, 2024
Fresh blow for Putin as Ukrainian drones 'sink Russian landing ship in the Black Sea'
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Fresh blow for Putin as Ukrainian drones 'sink Russian landing ship in the Black Sea'

VLADIMIR PUTIN'S Black Sea navy suffered a fresh blow today with a large Russian landing ship sunk by Ukrainian sea drones, according to military reports.

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February 14, 2024
‘Our hearts soared when we listened’: radio DJs pay tribute to Steve Wright
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‘Our hearts soared when we listened’: radio DJs pay tribute to Steve Wright

STEVE WRIGHT was today remembered as a broadcaster whose \"heart soared when he was on the air\" as tributes to the BBC Radio DJ continued to pour in following his death.

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February 14, 2024
Prince Harry and Meghan fly to Canada amid row over royal’ digital rebrand
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Prince Harry and Meghan fly to Canada amid row over royal’ digital rebrand

THE Duke and Duchess of Sussex were today in Canada to promote the Invictus Games as controversy continued over their digital rebrand.

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February 14, 2024
'Central of chaos - it's line faces years imploded'
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'Central of chaos - it's line faces years imploded'

DIRE WARNINGS FROM TUBE WHISTLEBLOWERS OVER UNDERINVESTMENT

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February 14, 2024
Anger at closure of exclusive Soho House for kids’ founded by wife of William’s friend
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Anger at closure of exclusive Soho House for kids’ founded by wife of William’s friend

A WEST London private members' club for families described as a \"Soho House for kids\", co-founded by the wife of one of Prince William's closest friends, has abruptly shut down.

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February 14, 2024
Guilty-pleasure glamour as Kors fashions timeless tribute to NYC
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Guilty-pleasure glamour as Kors fashions timeless tribute to NYC

MICHAEL KORS and his cappuccino-cashmere army made for the most New York of catwalks shown this fashion week, which ends today.

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February 14, 2024
Soho Theatre bans unacceptable’ comedian
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Soho Theatre bans unacceptable’ comedian

SOHO Theatre has banned comedian Paul Currie from performing after he was accused of “hounding” Jewish members of the audience out of his show.

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February 14, 2024
Report any antisemitism you hear, Labour members told as hate speech row deepens
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Report any antisemitism you hear, Labour members told as hate speech row deepens

LABOUR members who attended a meeting where two parliamentary candidates abused Israel were today warned to come forward as an antisemitism storm deepened around the party.

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February 14, 2024
Williamson returns for Lionesses
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Williamson returns for Lionesses

LEAH WILLIAMSON is set to make her England comeback next week after being recalled to the squad this morning.

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February 13, 2024
'POCH BELIEVES IN US-WE ARE ALL BEHIND HIM'
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'POCH BELIEVES IN US-WE ARE ALL BEHIND HIM'

PALMER SAYS PLAYERS BACK THE BOSS AFTER CHELSEA FOLLOW UP FA CUP WIN WITH 3-1 VICTORY OVER PALACE

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February 13, 2024
Moyes facing a huge test in bid to see new deal over line
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Moyes facing a huge test in bid to see new deal over line

Fans divided over manager’s future, so an upturn in form is needed and quickly

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February 13, 2024
Timely pick-me-up as revenues hit £265 million for Caffe Nero
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Timely pick-me-up as revenues hit £265 million for Caffe Nero

ONE of the UK’s biggest coffee chains has cheered a strong surge in sales as it rebounds strongly from the traumas of the pandemic era.

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February 13, 2024
Tui flying high as vote to delist from Stock Exchange draws near
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Tui flying high as vote to delist from Stock Exchange draws near

TRAVEL giant Tui, led by CEO Sebastian Ebel, below, has delivered record quarterly earnings as its shareholders vote on plans to delist from the London Stock Exchange.

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February 13, 2024
UK wage growth giving Bank an extra headache
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UK wage growth giving Bank an extra headache

THE dilemma facing Bank of England rate setters deepened today as official data revealed wages rose father than expected at the end of last year.

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February 13, 2024
Are millennials emitting a death wail? Only if you've been living under a rock
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Are millennials emitting a death wail? Only if you've been living under a rock

THE New York Times has become obsessed with belittling millennials. I must say, it makes a change from its incessant Britain-bashing content. My personal favourite? A dated and deeply uncool piece called Beyond Porridge and Boiled Mutton: A Taste of London.

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February 13, 2024
Harry and Meghan’s rebrand can’t hide the truth
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Harry and Meghan’s rebrand can’t hide the truth

THEY don’t talk themselves down, do they? Harry and Meghan’s new website, Sussex.com, tells us that “The Office of Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, is shaping the future through business and philanthropy”.

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February 13, 2024
Tories’ Trump fan club shows no sign of love affair cooling
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Tories’ Trump fan club shows no sign of love affair cooling

WHEN will the Conservative party's love affair with ex-President Donald Trump come to end? At a rally over the weekend, Trump told his supporters that he would encourage Russia to \"do whatever the hell they want\" to Nato allies who don't pay their dues.

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February 13, 2024
Is dating a couple the answer to my love woes?
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Is dating a couple the answer to my love woes?

Dating apps have ruined monogamy and more of us than ever are turning to alternative relationship structures, says Lucy Holden. After years of boring one-on-one dates, she tries life as a throuple

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February 13, 2024
£100,000 added to Hammersmith bridge repair bill after West Ham party boat crash
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£100,000 added to Hammersmith bridge repair bill after West Ham party boat crash

THE cost of repairing Hammersmith bridge has increased by about £100,000 after it was hit by a party boat carrying West Ham fans.

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February 13, 2024
'Bloody battle' for Labour as independents target MPs over Gaza
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'Bloody battle' for Labour as independents target MPs over Gaza

Pro-Palestinian candidates are working together in London to unseat politicians who did not support a ceasefire, reports Rachael Burford

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February 13, 2024
Harry and Meghan spark titles row
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Harry and Meghan spark titles row

Couple come under fire over their new Sussex.com site with coat of arms

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February 13, 2024
Met may probe after Israeli hounded from show’
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Met may probe after Israeli hounded from show’

POLICE could probe an incident where an Israeli man was reportedly “hounded out” of a London theatre by a comedian when he did not stand and applaud the unfurling of a Palestinian flag.

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February 13, 2024