14 h. ago 'Terrorist' protest group Palestine Action clash with police as government tries to ban them after they broke into RAF base and vandalised plane

Hundreds of activists waving Palestinian flags and holding placards gathered at Trafalgar Square today.

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15 h. ago Protesters clash with police at Palestine Action demonstration

The crowd surged towards police when officers tried to detain someone in Trafalgar Square.

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15 h. ago Palestine Action protest LIVE: Demonstrators clash with police on Trafalgar Square as group set to be deemed 'terrorists'

Follow the Standard’s live coverage of the Palestine Action protest in central London as the group is expected to be classed as a terrorist organisation later today

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15 h. ago Palestine Action protesters clash with police in chaos near Trafalgar Square

Shocking images have captured clashes between the police and Palestine Action protesters at a popular UK landmark in London this afternoon

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67 h. ago Red Arrows LIVE as jets to fly over Lancashire and North West

The aerobatic team will fly over the region as they make their way from RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk to RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland

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3 d. ago Everything you need to know about West End Live in Trafalgar Square this weekend

Everything you need to know about West End Live in Trafalgar Square this weekend  Time Out

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5 d. ago ROBERT HARDMAN: Gleaming George is back in Trafalgar Square... and still standing on U.S. soil

A US President received the warmest of welcomes back to a sweltering London yesterday afternoon - with not a single protester to be seen or heard.

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6 d. ago Diddy's staggering hotel damage bill after baby oil freak off turned suite into sex swamp: Live updates

The mogul could spend the rest of his life in prison of convicted of using his wealth and fame to coerce women and employees into fulfilling his sexual and violent whims.

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7 d. ago Diddy trial live: Kanye West expected to return, with ‘drug mule’ among new witnesses

Fellow rapper made suprise appearance at courthouse on Friday in show of support for defendant

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1 week ago P Diddy trial LIVE updates: Kanye West makes bombshell appearance at court

P Diddy's trial has entered day 23 as the disgraced rapper faces a string of serious allegations at a New York courthouse, and his pal Kanye West has arrived to show his support

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1 week ago Diddy trial live: Kayne West makes surprise appearance at rapper’s sex trafficking trial

HSI agent testified Friday that Diddy’s LA home held guns, armor-piercing ammo, and hundreds of bottles of baby oil and Astroglide.

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1 week ago England beat West Indies by 37 runs in third ODI to complete series sweep – live reaction

England complete series sweep in SouthamptonWTC final news | Sign up for The Spin | Email James3rd over: England 33-0 (Duckett 22, Smith 11) A drag down from Hosein is slapped to the square boundary by Duckett. Don’t bowl there, son. Duckett plinks down the ground for a couple, losing his shape slightly as he tries to go down the ground. SIXAH! The pint sized opener smears a big one on the sweep behind square. Four more down the ground all along the baize. Shai Hope can’t plug the gaps and Duckett is manipulating the field with aplomb. Seventeen runs off the over.2nd over: England 15-0 (Duckett 6, Smith 9) Jason Holder with the second over, long limbs chugging into the crease and decent bounce off the custard cream coloured surface. Shot! Smith drives on the up over mid-on with that deliciously clean swing of the blade. Sizeable outfield in at the Utilita (as no one calls it) boundaries harder to find than at postage stamp sized Bristol. Continue reading...

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1 week ago England v West Indies: third men’s T20 cricket international – live

T20 updates from Southampton; start 6.30pm BSTWTC final news | Sign up for The Spin | Email James We’ll be underway in less than ten minutes. Just enough time to dig into Don McRae’s wide reaching interview with Pat Cummins on the eve of the WTC Final. Some topics were still off-limits though But the ball-tampering saga remains an awkward topic. He listens quietly while I tell him about my 2021 interview with Cameron Bancroft who, as a callow opening batter trying to find his way in Test cricket, followed instructions to use sandpaper to rough up the ball. His captain, Steve Smith, David Warner and Bancroft were banned and the batter, when pressed on whether any of the bowlers had known of the plan, told me that “it’s probably self-explanatory”.Cummins took seven wickets in that Test, which Australia lost heavily, and I ask if he really had no idea what was being done to the ball. “I don’t want to talk about it,” he says bluntly.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago England beat West Indies by four wickets: second men’s T20 – cricket live

Over-by-over report from T20 match in Bristol‘Harry’s team now’ Brook makes instant impactHe’s got him first ball! A snorter of a yorker beats Lewis for pace and bangs him right in front. The batter reviews but it’s more in hope than anything. Maybe he thought he made contact with the ball as he attempted to dig it out, but there’s a gap between leather and willow. A stunning start for Wood and England.The players are now geared up and ready to roll. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago England chasing 197 to beat West Indies: second men’s T20 – cricket live

Over-by-over report from T20 match in Bristol‘Harry’s team now’ Brook makes instant impactHe’s got him first ball! A snorter of a yorker beats Lewis for pace and bangs him right in front. The batter reviews but it’s more in hope than anything. Maybe he thought he made contact with the ball as he attempted to dig it out, but there’s a gap between leather and willow. A stunning start for Wood and England.The players are now geared up and ready to roll. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago England v West Indies: rain stops play in third women’s cricket ODI – live

Rain stops play early on in TauntonSign up to The Spin | And mail TanyaA smidgen of movement and Grimmond can’t resist. International cricket pricking any bubbles – cruel mistress that it is.Out come the players – as the raindrops freckle the camera lens. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago England v West Indies: first men’s T20 cricket international – live

Updates from Chester-le-Street, 6.30pm BST start‘Harry’s team now’: Brook makes instant impactLiam Dawson returns to the England side for the first time since 2022. That’s a major victory for the Wisden podcast, not to mention Liam Dawson. Jamie Smith will open in the absence of Phil Salt, who is on paternity leave, and Will Jacks continues his ODL role at No7.West Indies have a much stronger side than in the ODI series, with frightening depth in their batting – Andre Russell is at No9. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago AD FEATURE: 5 exciting live shows planned in the north west that you won't want to miss

From Inhaler to Diversity, there's a brilliant bunch of tickets on sale this week

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2 w. ago England beat West Indies by 143 runs in second women’s cricket ODI – live reaction

Updates from Leicester; play starts at 1pm BSTFirst ODI report: Smith takes five | Email Tanya4th over: England 26-0 (Beaumont 10, Jones 15) A sharp delivery from Fraser almost gets through Jones, who is able to deflect it onto the pad. When Fraser gets it right she looks a proper bowler; her problem at this stage is consistency. That’s a good second over, with just one run off the bat – and that came from a misfield.3rd over: England 24-0 (Beaumont 10, Jones 14) Another boundary for Amy Jones, clipped crisply through midwicket off James. England are off to a flyer. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago A stranger asleep in beautiful morning light: Joanne Leonard’s best photograph

‘My marriage had abruptly collapsed. I was longing for intimacy – yet this was not someone I knew well’It is not an accident that the image here, Another Morning, suggests intimacy; I was in a state of longing for just such intimacy when I made the photograph. Yet the figure was not someone I knew well. She was a guest in a house where I had lived only briefly in West Oakland, California. I’d come to live there after the abrupt collapse of my marriage. I noticed the beautiful light that flowed from a window and touched the sleeper covered only by a white sheet. I captured the moment, and it came to join several photographs I had made over the years of sleeping figures, of my daughter, my sister, my husband sleeping in our hotel room in Merida, Mexico – even sleeping dogs, with limbs entwined. I work towards an idea across a number of images, often over several years.A goal of mine as a photographer has been to find ways to avoid the intrusive aspects of photography. Rather than goin...

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