The London Standard - September 12, 2024

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September 12, 2024

London Fashion Week kicks off with Harris Reed's date at the Tate

LONDON Fashion Week returns today with a Harris Reed show kicking off more 40th anniversary celebrations.

2 mins

'Huge honour': Queen Elizabeth II design award goes to S.S. Daley

LONDON fashion label S.S. Daley today won the Queen Elizabeth II award for fashion design.

1 min

'Stephen isn't here to see his milestone 50th birthday - and that's a stain on his killers'

THE father of Stephen Lawrence today spoke of his son's legacy and the family's enduring heartbreak ahead of what would have been the teenager's 50th birthday.

3 mins

Record breaker!

Singer takes home seven gongs- and namechecks her boyfriend Kelce

2 mins

We'll build NHS 'fit for the future' pledges Starmer after report

SIR KEIR Starmer today pledged to build an NHS that is “fit for the future” after a landmark report warned the health service is in “critical condition”.

2 mins

Let's finish the job and crush the Tories, Davey urges Lib Dems

SIR Ed Davey rallied his Liberal Democrat army today to “finish the job” in crushing the Tory Party.

2 mins

Jon Bon Jovi saves woman on bridge

Singer persuades her to climb off ledge over river... then gives her a hug

1 min

Revamp delays mean Central line won't get better until December

PASSENGERS on the Central line are unlikely to see improvements until the end of the year after delays to the arrival of refurbished trains.

1 min

'Now let's get justice for the subpostmasters'

Mr Bates star Toby Jones makes a plea as he collects his gong at I'V awards

2 mins

Ultrasound gives sickle cell teen new freedom

A TEENAGER with sickle cell disease has had her life transformed thanks to a pioneering ultrasound procedure performed by London doctors.

1 min

The NHS needs more than long-term reform

THE NHS has become such a bleak topic of discussion in recent years that it is almost impossible to imagine it being fixed. Lord Darzi’s report paints a picture of an organisation grappling with several crises: in primary care, hospitals and the treatment of longterm illness. Its findings make for grim reading.

1 min

Why won't anybody take my novel of unrelenting male misery? I blame men

WHY don’t men read? Oh, I know dear male Standard readers do, those urbane, literary, poised and secretly perverted doyens of good taste. But those other men, they are not reading fiction.

2 mins

John Lewis cuts first-half losses after turnaround

THE boss of John Lewis today said he was confident of “positive” Christmas trading and “significantly higher profits” for the year as Britain’s leading partnership recovers from the worst crisis in its history.

2 mins

Fever-Tree falls foul of the bad weather

FEVER-TREE seemed to be running out of fizz today as poor weather and a “subdued” consumer backdrop hit sales.

1 min

Pressure is on misfiring Muniz and Antonio to spark campaigns into life

WHEN Andreas Pereira and Willian presented Rodrigo Muniz with the Premier League player of the month award for March, the striker’s tears of joy spoke of his own surprise at how drastically his fortunes had changed.

2 mins

Madueke's England challenge boosts the Blues

CHELSEA’S Cobham training ground may be the most densely-populated patch of land across the entire home counties, but head down there this week and it ought not to take much to pick out Noni Madueke.

2 mins

Opportunity knocks for Spurs amid rivals' crisis

Injury-hit Gunners facing a tough test as Postecoglou aims to reverse recent trend

3 mins

ARTETA GETS NEW DEAL WITH GUNNERS

MANAGER COMMITS FUTURE TO CLUB UNTIL 2027

2 mins

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