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Mar 29

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Tories ‘missing in action in fight against crime’, says Angela Rayner at PMQs

The Prime Minister and Sir Keir Starmer are missing PMQs as they attend the funeral of former Labour MP, Baroness Betty Boothroyd

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Gabby Logan has said she now feels hesitant to post her opinions online, following Gary Lineker’s impartiality feud with the BBC

Gabby Logan ‘careful’ about what she posts after Gary Lineker’s BBC impartiality row

The BBC Sport presenter has weighed in on the scandal involving Lineker and Match of the Day

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Is the British Royal Family German?

Is the Royal Family German? Their heritage explained

The House of Windsor was formerly called the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, which succeeded the house of Hanover.

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German media outlets have been reacting to King Charles III becoming the first British monarch to address the German Parliament

‘Royal fever’: How the German media have reacted to King Charles’s visit to Berlin

Media outlets have drawn a historical comparison between the late Queen Elizabeth II’s first visit to West Germany in 1965 and her son’s this week

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Carol Vorderman has slammed Dominic Raab over his misnaming of Paul O’Grady during a tribute to the late comedian in Parliament

Carol Vorderman tears apart Dominic Raab over getting Paul O’Grady’s name wrong

The presenter wasn’t happy with the Deputy Prime Minister after his blunder in a tribute speech to Paul O’Grady, who died Tuesday

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Are AIs going to take over the world and steal your job? Here’s a primer for those not obsessed with tech

What are AI chatbots? A bluffer’s guide to the technology that’s changing the world

Are AIs going to take over the world and steal your job? Here’s a primer for those not obsessed with tech

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A woman who almost died after slipping onto Tube tracks last summer has had an emotional reunion with the man who saved her from an oncoming train

Woman reunited with ‘hero’ who saved her after she fell on Tube tracks

Tegan Badham wanted to thank Anthony Smith for saving her life

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“At first I thought, ‘Right, this is great, I can eat all those pies I haven’t been eating for years’, except the appetite was dreadful!”

Hairy Bikers star gets real about ‘brutal’ chemotherapy treatment

The TV chef announced last May that he had been diagnosed with cancer

Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s mother ‘ecstatic’ as man convicted of murdering nine-year-old

Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s mother ‘ecstatic’ as man convicted of murdering nine-year-old

Jury finds Thomas Cashman guilty of murdering Olivia after chasing convicted drug dealer into her home in Liverpool

Chelsea vs Lyon LIVE! Women’s Champions League match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction today

Chelsea vs Lyon: Women’s Champions League - LIVE!

Chelsea vs Lyon – LIVE!

Amanda Holden has received criticism for saying Paul O’Grady “was not woke” on her radio show

Amanda Holden hit with backlash after saying Paul O’Grady wasn’t ‘woke’

The presenter has found herself in hot water with fans after her controversial comment regarding the late comic

Now imagine the roles are reversed. Instead of AI bots drawing on a body of human writing, imagine that in the future, most of the material we humans will read about will be written by AI. Such a move could send shockwaves through the world of publishing

Will Wikipedia be written by AI? Founder Jimmy Wales is thinking about it

By now, even those of us who live under a rock have become familiar with ChatGPT, the AI-powered chatbot that can find us the answer to almost every question under the sun. It seems to be able to...

It’s no secret that, having been a trailblazer in the TV streaming business, Netflix has its eyes on becoming a big player in a market where it currently trails behind: gaming 🎮

Netflix code reveals preparation for big-screen gaming

Code in the iOS app suggests Netflix will soon move its nascent smartphone gaming outfit to the TV

Nicolas Cage has bit back at claims he was “frosty” on the set of new vampire film Renfield and blamed the awkward fake fangs he had to wear

Nicolas Cage blames wearing vampire fangs for his alleged ‘frosty’ behaviour on set

Director Chris McKay has claimed Cage would remain in ‘frosty’ character between Renfield takes

Billie Eilish treated fans to an impromptu acoustic set after her concert was cancelled in Mexico due to a rainstorm

Billie surprises fans with acoustic set after cancelled Mexico gig

The singer, 21, was forced to cancel the concert at Foro Sol stadium last minute due to adverse weather conditons

Meet Egbert, the first baby vulture to be safely hatched at London Zoo in 40 years

Endangered vulture chick hatches at London Zoo for first time in 40 years

Egbert was carefully hatched in a specialised vulture incubator

Premier League clubs are expected to agree a ban on front-of-shirt gambling sponsorships on Thursday afternoon

Premier League clubs set to ban front-of-shirt gambling sponsorships

Eight of the top-flight’s 20 clubs currently sport a betting sponsor on the front of their shirts

The Standard View: On many of London’s roads, 20mph is indeed plenty

The Standard View: On many of London’s roads, 20mph is indeed plenty

For much of the time on London’s roads, 30mph is a theoretical rather than practical speed limit. As of 2021, average speeds during the central London evening peak were 9.6mph, rising to 19.4mph in...

Major investor says businesses need to look beyond success and embrace the city’s inequality

Welcome to powerhouse London, the model for inclusive start-ups

Major investor says businesses need to look beyond success and embrace the city’s inequality. Lucy Tobin gets the lowdown

Has Rishi Sunak fallen out of love with Tory members? #LondonersDiary

Rishi Sunak is quietly ditching promised reforms of the Tory party

Member polls before cabinet meetings are among the junked pledges

‘I’m praying for you’, says King as he meets Ukrainian refugees in Berlin

‘I’m praying for you’, says King as he meets Ukrainian refugees in Berlin

Charles played table football with new arrivals in Germany who had fled the invasion by Vladimir Putin’s forces

This is a major “canary in the mine” indicator of London’s competitiveness that does not bode well for the future

The City remains at risk of losing its competitive edge

City Comment: Jeremy Hunt has promised to come back with proposals in the Autumn Statement. You can’t help feeling that more urgency is required.

If you already own a two-bedroom flat in London, chances are that you could comfortably afford a three-bedroom cottage a little further afield 🏘️

Ten pretty, commuter cottages for sale for up to £400,000

These characterful homes highlight the budget-hitting potential of life outside the capital — and all for less than the cost of an average London flat

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London schoolgirl, 14, took her life after being bullied, father tells hearing

London schoolgirl, 14, took her life after being bullied, father tells hearing

A pre-inquest review hearing into the death of Mia Janin in March 2021 heard her parents had raised concerns over bullying

Three men involved in a terrifying running battle through Selfridges which left two in hospital suffering from stab wounds are facing jail

Gang rivals face jail for Selfridges brawl where two were stabbed

CCTV obtained by the Evening Standard shows how violence erupted in the Oxford Street department store

There is a global race for green growth and jobs involving the US, EU and China. Would the UK care to join? The West End Final newsletter by

@jackkessler1

is out now.

Green Day: Britain to miss key climate targets

If publishing new and revised UK government documents on subjects relating to climate change had a cooling effect on the planet, scientists could forget about global warming and instead worry about...

Since 2021, the puppet has toured 5,600 miles, visiting 13 countries across Europe and the US

How to see Little Amal as she returns to London

Little Amal has become an international symbol of compassion and human rights

I have friends who are currently sailing around the world — in theory they are thousands of miles away but in reality they are on Instagram. ✍️

@sarfrazmanzoor

Phones are taking away our children, we need to ban them in more places

There are times when I swear my daughter has a deeper relationship with her phone than she does with me. Laila is 11 and we bought her an iPhone earlier this year after she waged a relentless...

London Youth said disadvantaged children will be hardest hit by the closure of youth centres because they play a vital role in helping them into the world of work 👇

Third of London’s youth clubs at risk without new funding, charity warns

A third of London’s youth clubs will close without new funding, a charity warned on Thursday as it launched a campaign to save them.

Congratulations are in order as Lana Del Rey has got engaged to boyfriend Evan Winiker following a whirlwind romance

Lana Del Rey ‘engaged’ to boyfriend Evan Winiker after just months of dating

Her reported fiancé is a talent agency managing partner and musician

Like many marketing stunts, it’s not all that it seems. Superloop will be a mostly orbital network from seven suburban sections, plus three “spokes” heading in and out of central London. ✍️

@RossLydall

Has the Superloop made buses fashionable again?

It’s the express bus network that sounds good enough to eat. Superloop, a brand devised by City Hall to quell the rebellion in the suburbs against Sadiq Khan, could be just the gimmick to deflect...

Man, 34, found guilty of murdering nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel who was shot dead at her Merseyside home

Man found guilty of murdering nine-year-old who was shot dead at her Merseyside home

A man has been found guilty of the murder of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel who was shot dead at her Merseyside home last summer.

The King warned of the “scourge of war in Europe” as he became the first British monarch to make a speech in the German parliament #frontpage🗞️ standard.co.uk/news/world/kin

BREAKING: Several feared dead after two US army helicopters crash during routine training mission

Nine people dead after two US army Black Hawk helicopters crash during training

Nine people died after two US Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed during a training mission in Kentucky on Wednesday night, military officials said.

Fans are paying tribute by sharing photos of their pets on Twitter with the hashtag “Paws for Paul.”🐶 #RestInPeacePaul

Paul O’Grady fans share ‘Paws for Paul’ tributes

Fans of the late comedian have been posting pictures of their pets online as a mark of respect to him

This is Egbert, London Zoo's newest arrival🐥 He's the first vulture chick the zoo has seen in 40 years, and weighs the same as a bar of soap🧼

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Cambridgeshire shooting victims were father and son, police say, with ‘custody battle an active line of inquiry’

Father and son shot dead as police probe custody battle link

Police say the ‘primary line of investigation’ was that the shootings in the villages of Bluntisham and Sutton related to a ‘familial issue’

It’s tempting to write Macron off. That would be a mistake because he has nevertheless made himself a historical figure, one that has made the EU much more robust than it would have been otherwise. ✍️

@b_judah

Macron may be struggling at home, but here’s why he is Europe’s biggest dog

Emmanuel Macron, if he had been born in another time, would have conquered half of Europe by now. He might even have installed a puppet Prince Harry as his vassal in London, having first raised an...

London North Eastern Railway is to widen a “successful” pilot scheme that tackles the problem of passengers shunning the railways because they are confused by the range of fares 🎫