26 m. ago Labour's growth pledge lies in tatters and I fear there is worse to come, says HUGO DUNCAN

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves promised to make Britain the fastest-growing economy in the G7. But there was no growth at all in July. The economy is flatlining.

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26 m. ago City broker eyes London IPO revival after long stock market drought

The City is set for a revival in new companies listing shares on the London Stock Exchange, with a number of 'jumbo issuers' potentially coming to market next year, according to Peel Hunt.

Economics

32 m. ago Business news live: Firms demand ‘no more taxes’ in Budget as economy stalls, FTSE 100 rises again

Economic and stock market news and latest business and finance updates from Friday

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48 m. ago Kelly Osbourne shares video of new hobby that’s ‘put a smile back on mum’s face’

It marks first time that Black Sabbath singer’s wife has been seen in public since his funeral

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58 m. ago JD Vance meets Charlie Kirk’s widow as she's seen for first time after coffin arrives home

US Vice President JD Vance was seen carrying the-late Charlie Kirk's coffin as his widow Erika Frantzve walked alongside Vance's wife Usha having left Air Force Two

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69 m. ago UK hits Vladimir Putin with new sanctions after Poland drone violation

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has slapped new sanctions on Vladimir Putin's war machine following Russia's unprecedented violation of Polish air space this week

Events

75 m. ago Mark William Lewis: Mark William Lewis review – A24’s first musical signing’s cinematic south London scenes

(A24 Music)Haunting harmonica and poetic banality add to the Londoner’s spookily sonorous baritone to create a hypnotically familiar yet ineffably fresh albumFilm and TV powerhouse A24 bridges the gap between the cutting-edge and the commercial: their content dominates the cultural conversation, often with help from amusingly gimmicky merch (the Midsommar incense burner, the Uncut Gems basketball). Judging by their in-house record label’s first signing, this isn’t a model they’re bringing to their music ventures: it’s very hard to imagine the gritty, lugubrious, bathos-steeped tunes of south-east Londoner Mark William Lewis lassoing the zeitgeist, let alone lending themselves to a quirky product tie-in. (A vial of filthy Thames water, perhaps?)Yet one spin of Tomorrow Is Perfect, the lead single from Lewis’s second album, and it’s instantly obvious why any corporate arbiter of cool would trip over themselves to sign him. An exquisitely beautiful dirge that unites the Durutti Column’...

Culture

82 m. ago Leading UK finance and investment platform secures £500 million funding

A Leading UK finance and investment platform has secured a £500 million fund - marking a pivotal evolution in its growth trajectory.

Economics

91 m. ago Business news live: Economic growth continues to slow as firms demand ‘no more taxes’ in Budget

Economic and stock market news and latest business and finance updates from Friday

Economics

1 hour ago FTSE 100 Live 12 September: UK economy fails to grow, index nears record

New GDP figures today showed the UK failed to grow during July, adding to pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

Events

1 hour ago London travel news LIVE: Three major London Underground lines running again after RMT's five

Tube lines are expected to be fully up and running by late morning

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1 hour ago Lucas Paqueta drops major new hint over West Ham future as transfer interest builds

Aston Villa pushed to sign Brazilian midfielder late in summer window after he was cleared of spot-fixing charges

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2 h. ago Marks & Spencer's tech chief resigns after £300m cyber attack

Rachel Higham (pictured), the retailer's chief digital and technology officer, stood down this week after little over a year in the job.

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2 h. ago How Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton have made Princess Diana's jewellery their own after Duchess spotted wearing it on Netflix

The 24-carat gold Cartier Tank Francaise watch that once adorned the wrist of Diana, Princess of Wales now sits on Meghan's.

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2 h. ago London travel news LIVE: Tube chaos continues despite end to RMT's five

Tube lines are expected to be fully up and running by late morning

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3 h. ago Steven Spielberg reflects on Jaws at 50: ‘I thought my career was over’

Director, marking new exhibition in LA, tells of chaotic filming – and says he’s ‘never seen so much vomit in my life’Before Jaws became a cinematic classic, and the very first American “summer blockbuster”, director Steven Spielberg thought the 1975 film would be the last one he would be allowed to make.Spielberg, who was just 26, had decided to shoot his second film, a thriller about a killer shark, on location on the east coast island of Martha’s Vineyard. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Josh Barrie On the Sauce at Giuseppe’s: Dance ’til 4am among the fridges and foggy memories

London? An earlybird city? Come off it, says Josh Barrie

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3 h. ago Hollywood’s boycott of the Israeli film industry is an important turning point

Olivia Colman and Mark Ruffalo are among the stars who have signed up to an extraordinary boycott against the Israeli film industry, writes Micha Frazer-Carroll, but are these kinds of protests ever effective?

Politics

4 h. ago Scottish siblings diagnosed with the same terminal illness that killed their dad

The pair have spoken out this September, which marks awareness month for the cruel condition

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4 h. ago Peter Mandelson: ambassador whose panache made him a big hitter in DC

Sacked diplomat’s career was described as durable to an audience of foreign policy top brass just five days agoOn Saturday, as the late summer afternoon sun shone across the lawns of Ditchley Park, the cream of the British foreign policy establishment gathered in a giant marquee to hear the ambassador to Washington give the 61st annual Ditchley lecture on how Donald Trump’s re-election revealed something profound about an elite that had lost touch with modern fed-up electorates.After a glowing introduction from Jonathan Hill, Peter Mandelson picked up on the Conservative peer’s description of his career as durable, laughing and saying “that captured it to a T”. His career had indeed been durable, but five days later it turned out not to be indestructible. Continue reading...

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