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[
"Joni Blyth"
] | 2016-08-30T14:51:06 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | ITV takes a slug at our sweet dreams by showing off unlucky Brits' Garden Nightmares in a new documentary series. While you’ve probably heard a relative complain about foxes digging up the vegetable patch, this new doc takes weed-whacking woes to another level. ITV have travelled far and wide, and picked the best – or worst – horticultural horrors for your viewing displeasure. Expect minor natural disasters, major infestation issues and a hefty helping of badger blunders as this three-part series heads to the front line in the flower patch. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fstayingin%2Ftvfilm%2Fgarden-nightmares-itvs-horticultural-horror-series-brings-slugs-infestations-and-gnome-thefts-a3332381.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/13/garden-nightmares-itv.jpg | en | null | Garden Nightmares: ITV's horticultural horror series brings slugs, infestations, and gnome thefts | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | ITV takes a slug at our sweet dreams by showing off unlucky Brits' Garden Nightmares in a new documentary series.
While you’ve probably heard a relative complain about foxes digging up the vegetable patch, this new doc takes weed-whacking woes to another level.
ITV have travelled far and wide, and picked the best – or worst – horticultural horrors for your viewing displeasure.
Expect minor natural disasters, major infestation issues and a hefty helping of badger blunders as this three-part series heads to the front line in the flower patch.
Cheer on Bromley residents as they fight against big-business waste dumping, and recoil from the telly as one woman struggles against the slimiest of intruders – slugs.
Later episodes will cover peacock invasions and unexpected consequences of the night tube.
This series pulls out all the stops to amp up the excitement, with CGI recreations of badger tunnelling and shocking night vision CCTV footage that will leave you afraid to mow the lawn alone at night.
Garden furniture - in pictures
10 show all Garden furniture - in pictures
1/10 Browse our pick of the best garden furniture...
2/10 PARC Red Metal Folding Garden Bistro Set Adding pops of colour to your space will help lift its overall interior. Crafted from lightweight metal, these juicy red chairs and table will sit nicely in small or large gardens and can be mixed with other colours to create an inviting look. £65, Habitat, Buy it now
£65, Habitat, Buy it now 3/10 Trelawny Hanging Lounger A great lounging piece for summer, the Trelawny is made from tough synthetic PU rattan and features a sturdy aluminium frame. It’s complete with a cosy cushion and is suitable for gardens and conservatories. £299, Barker and Stonehouse, Buy it now
£299, Barker and Stonehouse, Buy it now 4/10 Nadine Cushion This beautiful coloured cushion is designed with all over fern leaf embroidery that will bring a hint of the tropics to your outdoor sofa. The pure cotton piece can be dry cleaned only. £30, Barker and Stonehouse, Buy it now
£30, Barker and Stonehouse, Buy it now 5/10 Bloomingville Hammock Chair - Mauve Dots Perfect for those lazy days in the sunshine, Bloomingville’s playful hammock chair features a tough wooden bar and can be kept indoors or outdoors. Choose from three different styles including delicate mauve with white dots. £79, Amara, Buy it now
£79, Amara, Buy it now 6/10 Copa Outdoor Aperitif Set in Citrus Green Bring some tropical vibes to your garden with this stunning aperitif set. Its vibrant citrus shades ought to make a statement, while the strong poly rattan will keep you cool in scorching weather. The set includes two chairs with cushions and a small-sized coffee table. £399, Made, Buy it now
£399, Made, Buy it now 7/10 IKEA Solvinden Led Solar-Powered Pendant Lamp IKEA’s cheap and cheerful glowing globe will help keep the party alive till the late hours. With a built-in LED light source, the lamp uses energy from the sun to light up your garden and it’s designed with an on-off switch. £10, IKEA, Buy it now
£10, IKEA, Buy it now 8/10 Guinguette Metal Folding Garden Chair Another colourful piece that the neighbours will envy. In a slick matte finish, this metal chair is available in eight other shades and is easy to store away. £49.99, Maisons Du Monde, Buy it now
£49.99, Maisons Du Monde, Buy it now 9/10 IKEA Salladskål Plant Stand Your beloved plants can take centre stage on this sturdy decorative stand from IKEA. Suitable for balconies or placing against a wall. £40, IKEA, Buy it now
£40, IKEA, Buy it now 10/10 IKEA Äpplarö / Hållö 3-seat sofa If you’re planning on transforming a large outdoor space into an additional room, then a comfy sofa should be on your list. This luxurious 3-seater can be adjusted to suit your garden’s size, while its cushions can be turned over and used on both sides. £328, IKEA, Buy it now
Those planning to enjoy the rest of the summer in their gardens, be warned. Garden Nightmares may have you pulling the blinds and nailing the cat flap shut – you never know how nature will strike next.
It’s not just horror stories, though – there are heart-warming examples of neighbours coming together against the common enemies of caterpillars and council craftiness.
ITV, 9pm | http://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/garden-nightmares-itvs-horticultural-horror-series-brings-slugs-infestations-and-gnome-thefts-a3332381.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/87391291ac02666d1bc78fa170db71aacbefb92a9c83b62e77854c458c6e8bc0.json |
[
"James Olley"
] | 2016-08-30T10:51:55 | null | 2016-08-09T00:00:00 | The Premier League is set to underline its status as the world’s richest division as clubs take their collective spending beyond £1billion for the first time before the transfer window closes tomorrow night. Deadline day itself has been something of an anti-climax in recent seasons but the new £8.3bn television deal gives our clubs unprecedented financial power. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fpremier-league-spending-to-smash-past-1bn-for-first-time-as-clubs-prepare-for-frantic-transfer-a3332061.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/09/15/pogba1.jpg | en | null | Transfer Deadline Day 2016: Premier League spending to smash past £1bn for first time | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | The Premier League is set to underline its status as the world’s richest division as clubs take their collective spending beyond £1billion for the first time before the transfer window closes tomorrow night.
Deadline day itself has been something of an anti-climax in recent seasons but the new £8.3bn television deal gives our clubs unprecedented financial power.
English football’s European rivals have thus far dug in as best they could. UEFA last week ceded to demands from elite clubs on the continent by modifying the Champions League format by ensuring four teams from Spain’s La Liga, Germany’s Bundesliga, Italy’s Serie A and the Premier League will all receive automatic entry into the group stage from 2018-19.
It was a move designed to negate English football’s monetary dominance in future and in this current market, Premier League sides have frequently faced ludicrous valuations for players based on the knowledge our sides have cash to burn. Certain foreign clubs use an acronym to describe the ridiculous sums they can extract from English clubs: SEM - Stupid English Money.
Whatever the mirth they face, however, it hasn’t stopped them. Claudio Bravo’s £17m move from Barcelona to Manchester City took Premier League clubs’ overall spend past the previous record of £870m and it stood as of this morning at £945m.
Eleven clubs – Manchester United, Liverpool, Crystal Palace, West Ham, Southampton, Swansea City, Bournemouth, Leicester City, West Bromwich Albion, Watford and Burnley – have all broken their transfer record with Jose Mourinho sanctioning the highest fee ever paid as Paul Pogba left Juventus for Old Trafford in a £89m deal.
But many European clubs are holding out to the bitter end as they attempt to keep their prise assets – or at least garner the maximum transfer fee – triggering a scramble that is set to deliver a frantic deadline day for all those enthralled by the sheer madness and magnitude of the numbers involved.
Changes to the Premier League rules – as revealed by Standard Sport back in January – were brought in to help clubs with their summer cashflow by releasing their TV income in July rather than at the beginning of August.
Euro 2016 somewhat stymied the impact but clubs have still taken their spending to record levels and they are not done yet. As Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger suggested: “We know the English clubs will splash out now. Be on alert!” | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league-spending-to-smash-past-1bn-for-first-time-as-clubs-prepare-for-frantic-transfer-a3332061.html | en | 2016-08-09T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/40f3172449ca8cc96d53d8cad0a1b897d04951353a913bb2d3fb1956b5a96b0e.json |
[
"John Dunne"
] | 2016-08-26T13:09:39 | null | 2016-07-11T00:00:00 | An internet pioneer has raised more than £100,000 for charity by completing a marathon a day in London over 40 consecutive days. Michael Tobin, 52, ran for the Prince's Trust to mark its 40th anniversary and was finishing at its Eldon Street offices today. He said: "I constantly reminded myself of how fortunate I have been and how important the work of the Prince's Trust is to give young people a chance of a better life." | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flondon%2Ftech-pioneer-raises-100000-with-40-marathons-on-the-trot-a3330511.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/07/11/09/tobin.jpg | en | null | Tech pioneer raises £100,000 with 40 marathons on the trot | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | An internet pioneer has raised more than £100,000 for charity by completing a marathon a day in London over 40 consecutive days.
Michael Tobin, 52, ran for the Prince's Trust to mark its 40th anniversary and was finishing at its Eldon Street offices today.
He said: "I constantly reminded myself of how fortunate I have been and how important the work of the Prince's Trust is to give young people a chance of a better life."
Mr Tobin moved to Rhodesia as a boy and "dodged bullets and petrol bombs" during the state's chaotic declaration of independence, before returning home to London. His family struggled and he ended up living in a squat before winning an apprenticeship at a factory equipment maker.
He then went into business, becoming a successful tech entrepreneur, culminating in the multi-billion-pound sale of his firm, Telecity.
Mr Tobin, who was awarded an OBE in 2014, said: "It was only thanks to a few people giving me a break that I got to where I am today."
Among the companies which have sponsored and hosted him on his challenge are Dell and Fujitsu.
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/michaeltobin4040 | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/tech-pioneer-raises-100000-with-40-marathons-on-the-trot-a3330511.html | en | 2016-07-11T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/a7ca747e1e04922ef5ab93067d0714552337981da71f587743ee837f9a76e3de.json |
[
"Graham Scott Whatcar"
] | 2016-08-31T14:51:32 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | It’s hard to imagine that a lot of people will buy this as their main mode of transport – unless they’re young guns of course. But here it is, oversized, overweight and over here. It actually is a big, heavy car – it’s all just so American – and it doesn’t handle that well either on our roads. The suspension is softer than in the coupe’s, and that doesn’t work well with a chassis that has lost a lot of rigidity from losing the roof. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Flifestyle%2Fmotors%2Fin-pictures-road-testing-the-new-ford-mustang-convertible-a3333561.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/31/14/ford-mustang-convertible-1.jpg | en | null | In Pictures: Road testing the new Ford Mustang Convertible | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | It’s hard to imagine that a lot of people will buy this as their main mode of transport – unless they’re young guns of course. But here it is, oversized, overweight and over here.
It actually is a big, heavy car – it’s all just so American – and it doesn’t handle that well either on our roads. The suspension is softer than in the coupe’s, and that doesn’t work well with a chassis that has lost a lot of rigidity from losing the roof.
Be prepared for some wallowing about, some shimmy from the chassis over bumps and for some quite heavily weighted steering. So there’s not a great deal of control here, which again doesn’t mix brilliantly when you throw a 5.0-litre V8 into the mix. Drive in the wet and the back steps out way too easily. It can be caught equally easily, assuming you have the space, but you won’t be going fast on damp roads.
Of course you could choose to have the 2.3-litre Ecoboost engine, but there’s just something wrong with a four-cylinder soundtrack coming from this big beast. We can’t see it being a popular choice, even though it can propel the car to 60mph in under six seconds. Credit to the big V8, which can do it in under five.
You’ll be fairly comfortable in the cabin, which is generously proportioned and fitted with a retro-looking dashboard that probably isn’t meant to be retro. You do get an 8.0in screen with Ford’s Sync3 but it’s not a match for more modern Teutonic systems.
Those in the front get plenty of space but those in the rear don’t – even the much smaller Audi A3 cabrio has more rear passenger space. However the boot is big if not easy to access, but the rear seats don’t fold down so long loads are just out.
The cabin gets quite a lot of equipment, including rear camera, Andoid Auto and Apple CarPlay as standard, plus there is keyless start. Given the size of the car and the size of the engine, plus the performance on offer with the V8, this starts to stack up as decent value for money.
But then you have to start considering some other real-world facts. Like the V8 struggling to get 20mpg and the Ecoboost engine only doing mid-20s. So that’s bad for tax and emissions. Then it is expensive to insure, will rip through tyres and will rip through its value too.
But if you’re into Yankeemania then this fits the bill. Just expect the bill to be rather larger than the initial costs would indicate. | http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/motors/in-pictures-road-testing-the-new-ford-mustang-convertible-a3333561.html | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/47e38dbd7e752028534b5877ff730439bdd46da28b5fe36dfc2ffbb813ef3667.json |
[
"Michael Clarke"
] | 2016-08-31T08:51:08 | null | 2015-11-19T00:00:00 | The Great Fire of London will be recreated on the river Thames next month to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the historic event. Preparations are underway to create the 120-metre-long model of the skyline of 17th century London, which will be set ablaze on September 4 as it floats down the Thames. The installation will be the culmination of a series of events to commemorate the blaze that ripped through the City of London in 1666. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Farts%2Friver-thames-to-be-set-ablaze-to-mark-the-350th-anniversary-of-the-great-fire-of-london-a3328811.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/11/19/10/great-fire-pepys-exhibition.jpg | en | null | River Thames to be 'set ablaze' to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | The Great Fire of London will be recreated on the river Thames next month to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the historic event.
Preparations are underway to create the 120-metre-long model of the skyline of 17th century London, which will be set ablaze on September 4 as it floats down the Thames.
The installation will be the culmination of a series of events to commemorate the blaze that ripped through the City of London in 1666.
Jonathan Bartlett, the Production Manager bringing the London 1666 project together, said: “We have a huge challenge ahead of us to get the barges complete in the next couple of weeks.
“We need the weather to be on our side. We need everything else logistically to go according to plan.”
Upheaval: the Great Fire of London (Will Punter)
The Great Fire of London destroyed 13,200 homes as it burnt for 4 days in London.
A live feed of the re-enactment will be presented by Lauren Laverne on VisitLondon.com.
The installation, London 1666, is part of London’s Burning, a festival of arts and ideas | http://www.standard.co.uk/arts/river-thames-to-be-set-ablaze-to-mark-the-350th-anniversary-of-the-great-fire-of-london-a3328811.html | en | 2015-11-19T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/e47ea56f65bf02586e385a46a5edf4c2b26e315179d6b50e690428d611d81a1d.json |
[
"Standard Sport"
] | 2016-08-27T18:49:47 | null | 2016-08-15T00:00:00 | Sam Huchinson's injury time header rescued a point for Sheffield Wednesday in an enthralling 1-1 draw at Brentford. The striker got across his man at the near post to power a header into the roof of the net and deny Brentford keeper Daniel Bentley the clean sheet a string of breathtaking saves deserved. The late leveller cancelled out Lasse Vibe's opener after 54 minutes when he chased down a lost cause and blocked keeper Keiren Westwood's clearance to roll the ball into the empty net. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fbrentford-11-sheffield-wednesday-bees-denied-by-sam-huchinson-header-a3331181.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/15/14/dean-smith.jpg | en | null | Brentford 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday: Bees denied by Sam Huchinson header | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Sam Huchinson's injury time header rescued a point for Sheffield Wednesday in an enthralling 1-1 draw at Brentford.
The striker got across his man at the near post to power a header into the roof of the net and deny Brentford keeper Daniel Bentley the clean sheet a string of breathtaking saves deserved.
The late leveller cancelled out Lasse Vibe's opener after 54 minutes when he chased down a lost cause and blocked keeper Keiren Westwood's clearance to roll the ball into the empty net.
It was the classic game of two halves at Griffin Park in a clash that had everything, with Wednesday dominating before the break and Brentford resurgent in the second 45.
Both sides ended with 10 men in a game that was niggly rather than dirty, with David Jones seeing red for the visitors on 73 minutes and Vibe for the hosts with two minutes remaining, both for two yellows.
The visitors dominated a one-sided first half that should have seen them go in at least three to the good at the break.
Only Bentley in the Brentford goal kept livewire strikers Steven Fletcher and Fernando Forestieri at bay with a succession of breathtaking saves.
And the Owls also had Lucas Joao to blame for an astonishing miss when he contriver to place the ball over the bar from almost on the line with the goal gaping.
Wednesday went close after 12 minutes when Daniel Pudil's drifted cross to the far post was met on the half volley by Forestieri but the effort flew inches wide of the far angle.
Kieran Lee's free-kick on 23 minutes caused the home defence problems, but Tom Lees' far-post header was cleared off the line by a back-pedalling Nico Yennaris.
Joao should have given the visitors the lead to finish of a flowing four-man move, but with the goal gaping and only the slightest touch needed, he somehow chipped over when it looked harder to miss.
That howler, which made Ronnie Rosenthal's famous miss look like a hard chance, was followed by an opportunity for Forestieri who raced clear down the left and fired in a low drive that Bentley got down smartly to stop.
Brentford's first worthwhile effort on goal came on the half hour, John Egan's goal-bound far post header blocked by a melee of Wednesday legs.
Bentley came to the Bees' rescue again a minute later when he showed brilliant reflexes to palm his own defender Yennaris' back header to safety.
The mad five minutes ended with Brentford skipper Harlee Dean clearing Fletcher's bobbling effort off the line as Dean Smith's side struggled to cope with the visitors' quality.
Forestieri went close just before the break before Bentley again kept the score deadlocked with another reflex save to keep Joao's header out almost on the whistle.
But after the interval Brentford stormed back into the game and looked far more competitive in midfield.
@LasseVibe wheels away in celebration after giving us the lead #BEESSWFC pic.twitter.com/M8I6OXOCpI — Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) August 27, 2016
Vibe's persistence broke the deadlock and gave Smith's side confidence, and it was Westwood who redeemed himself minutes later when he blocked Scott Hogan's deflected shot with his legs inside the post on the hour.
Hogan twice went close before Yennaris forced Westwood into a full-length save, but Wednesday always looked potent going forward.
Bentley saved one of his best stops for late on when he denied Almen Abdi's snapshot with a reflex save and then tipped Forestieri's header onto the post.
But there was little he could do about the equaliser as his defence switched off for the first time in the 95 minutes and got punished. | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/brentford-11-sheffield-wednesday-bees-denied-by-sam-huchinson-header-a3331181.html | en | 2016-08-15T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/31b338d38e497ba9435747b906a0ed148229c13d3d69f2fb623161fe92105ccc.json |
[
"Chloe Chaplain"
] | 2016-08-27T16:49:57 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | The body of a man in his 20s has been pulled from a lake in Kent after he was seen struggling in the water. Police were called to Windsor Lake in Virginia Water, Kent, on Friday evening after reports that a man was in difficulty in the water. Eyewitnesses reported seeing fire engines and ambulances at the lake and the man was pulled from the water just after midnight by specialist divers. The death of the man, aged in his early 20s, is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious. His next of kin have been informed. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk%2Fpolice-divers-pull-mans-body-from-windsor-lake-in-virginia-water-a3331111.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/27/16/windsor-lake-virginia-water.jpg | en | null | Police divers pull man's body from Windsor Lake in Virginia Water | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | The body of a man in his 20s has been pulled from a lake in Kent after he was seen struggling in the water.
Police were called to Windsor Lake in Virginia Water, Kent, on Friday evening after reports that a man was in difficulty in the water.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing fire engines and ambulances at the lake and the man was pulled from the water just after midnight by specialist divers.
The death of the man, aged in his early 20s, is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious.
His next of kin have been informed. | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/police-divers-pull-mans-body-from-windsor-lake-in-virginia-water-a3331111.html | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/3cef95397fa442dc4c878d8ec00b23e19d3676facda1fd117ad3e1c4c63761eb.json |
[
"Chloe Chaplain"
] | 2016-08-28T10:50:15 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | With two million people predicted to attend this year’s Notting Hill Carnival, Londoners have been warned to plan for road closures and reduced services. Transport for London has requested people avoid the area if possible and has recommended carnival-goers use trains and the Tube to avoid the heavily congested roads around west London. Roads will be closed off to cars around Notting Hill, Ladbroke Grove and Westbourne Park until 5pm on Tuesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flondon%2Fnotting-hill-carnival-travel-revelers-told-to-plan-ahead-to-avoid-transport-disruption-a3331321.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/26/12/notting-hill-carnival.jpg | en | null | Notting Hill Carnival 2016: Bus routes and travel disruption mapped | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | With two million people predicted to attend this year’s Notting Hill Carnival, Londoners have been warned to plan for road closures and reduced services.
Transport for London has requested people avoid the area if possible and has recommended carnival-goers use trains and the Tube to avoid the heavily congested roads around west London.
Roads will be closed off to cars around Notting Hill, Ladbroke Grove and Westbourne Park until 5pm on Tuesday.
TFL announced that busses will be diverted and may be terminating early and that tube stations may be closing temporarily to avoid overcrowding.
Notting Hill: For more details about travel restrictions visit the TFL website (TFL)
The TFL website says: “It may be worthwhile walking part of your journey or finding an alternative route.
Roads closed from Sunday: Westbourne Park Road (Great Western Road to Ladbroke Grove) Elgin Crescent Kensington Park Road (Westbourne Grove to Elgin Crescent) Cambridge Gardens (St Marks Road to Ladbroke Grove)
“Tube and rail will be the best way to get around London during the weekend.
"If you can, avoid parts of west London, or allow extra time for your journey.
“There will be extra day and night buses serving the Notting Hill Carnival, but buses in west London are expected to be busier than usual.”
Find out more about travel restrictions this weekend on the TFL website. | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/notting-hill-carnival-travel-revelers-told-to-plan-ahead-to-avoid-transport-disruption-a3331321.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/ba249e88aeabc4d63c4cf0155f510d87fefac78948c4ab498e19ed9d4d40e5fd.json |
[
"Sebastian Mann"
] | 2016-08-30T12:51:03 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Londoners with disabilities or hidden ailments are to be offered badges urging other passengers on London's transport network to give up their seat. The "Baby on board-style" accessories, which say "Please offer me a seat", are being rolled out as part of trial next month, Transport for London announced today. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Ftransport%2Ftfl-unveils-baby-on-boardstyle-badges-for-passengers-with-htfl-launches-baby-on-boardstyle-badges-a3332401.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/12/bluebadge.jpg | en | null | TfL launches 'Baby on Board-style' badges for disabled passengers | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Londoners with disabilities or hidden ailments are to be offered badges urging other passengers on London's transport network to give up their seat.
The "Baby on board-style" accessories, which say "Please offer me a seat", are being rolled out as part of trial next month, Transport for London announced today.
It is a response to complaints that passengers with disabilities or hidden illnesses commonly struggle to sit down on buses and the Tube despite desperately needing to.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said: "We hope that these new blue badges can make a real difference to those who find it difficult to get a seat when they need one, particularly those with hidden disabilities. Everyone who travels around London knows about the success of the 'Baby on board' badges.
"I want Londoners to embrace our new trial and help these blue badges become as instantly-recognisable, giving confidence to those wearing them on public transport across London.”
About 1,000 badges will be available when the trial launches in September and participants will also be given a card they can show to TfL staff.
London's transport commissioner Mike Brown said: "We appreciate that asking for a seat on public transport can sometimes be difficult, particularly for customers who have hidden disabilities or conditions. That is why we are launching this trial, and if it is successful we will work closely with older and disabled people’s organisations to develop the final product."
The Duchess of Cambridge sports a Baby on board badge while pregnant with Prince George in 2013
The Standard has previously reported cancer patient James McNaught's efforts to design his own set of "Cancer on board" badges that he hoped TfL would take up.
He said: "When I was undergoing radiotherapy for throat cancer, it meant I couldn’t talk to ask for a seat and the morphine I was taking made me appear drunk.
"It was a real struggle to get people to understand why I needed to sit down. I’m really pleased TfL is doing this trial."
More than 300,000 people a year use TfL's "Baby on board" badges, after the scheme launched in 2005.
Email TfL for more information or to take part in the trial. | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/tfl-unveils-baby-on-boardstyle-badges-for-passengers-with-htfl-launches-baby-on-boardstyle-badges-a3332401.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/078e962d118d8566c6d6188fa6f30ec29209a5f16dc91552795089fa4957f811.json |
[
"Matt Watts"
] | 2016-08-30T12:51:02 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Paralympian Pam Relph says she wants to help take the Games in Rio to new heights and “close the gap” with the Olympics. The rower, 26, who suffers from a form of arthritis, hopes to win her second gold medal by defending the mixed coxed four title she won at London 2012. But she also wants to close in on the times achieved by Team GB’s Olympic rowers in their five-medal haul at Rio. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fother-sports%2Frio-2016-paralympics-gold-medal-hope-pam-relph-wants-to-close-the-gap-to-the-olympics-a3332446.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/12/para3008.jpg | en | null | Rio 2016 Paralympics: Gold medal hope Pam Relph wants to 'close the gap' to the Olympics | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Paralympian Pam Relph says she wants to help take the Games in Rio to new heights and “close the gap” with the Olympics.
The rower, 26, who suffers from a form of arthritis, hopes to win her second gold medal by defending the mixed coxed four title she won at London 2012.
But she also wants to close in on the times achieved by Team GB’s Olympic rowers in their five-medal haul at Rio.
Relph was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis as a girl, which led to degeneration in her joints and caused the bones of her right wrist to fuse.
Today, she said: “It’s an incredible thing to be part of the Paralympic movement and I feel a weight of responsibility to try to push it forward. In as much as I have a disability and I’m never going to go to the Olympics, my disability is a minimal one. I want to see how close I can get and I want to merge that boundary between Paralympic athlete and able-bodied athlete.
“In terms of physiologically, the scores I pull, the weights I lift, how well I row, I think my disability will always hold me back to an extent, but there’s no reason why there needs to be that great gap in the middle between Olympic athlete and Paralympic athlete. I’m trying to break down those barriers in training every day.”
Relph dreamt of a career as a Royal Engineer but just as she was about to enlist at Sandhurst in 2011 she was medically discharged because of her arthritis. However, her sister Monica, then a member of Great Britain’s able-bodied senior women’s rowing squad, suggested Relph could use her disability to her advantage and sign up for the Paralympic team.
Relph took to the sport with the same obsessiveness with which she had chased a place in the military. She had three training sessions a day, starting at 6am, with a day off every three weeks.
Today, she is at the top of the sport, and aiming to break down the taboos surrounding disability. She trains with able-bodied athletes and competes domestically alongside able-bodied rowers. Relph said: “We don’t want to be seen as disabled athletes but as elite athletes too. It’s really great for the Paralympic movement that I can train and compete alongside people who don’t have a disability.”
Channel 4's Superhumans ad for Rio Paralympics 2016
She will be aiming to make 28-year-old Monica proud in Rio next week, after her sibling missed out on a place in the Team GB squad for the Olympics because of injury. Monica, who has now retired from the sport, will be in Rio with other relatives to cheer her on.
Relph, who was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, also tipped the rowing squad to have its best performance yet at a Paralympic Games. Her boat was the only one to claim a medal in 2012. She said: “I feel really confident that our squad is in a really good place. Speaking from the para-rowing squad and from Team GB as a whole, we are most definitely the strongest team I’ve ever been part of.”
Relph was talking to the Standard as she took part in a campaign which will see profits from P&G products sold at Sainsbury’s go towards funding athletes at the British Paralympic Association.
One P&G product equals one donation, exclusively at Sainsbury’s until September 20. Check stores for more information. | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/other-sports/rio-2016-paralympics-gold-medal-hope-pam-relph-wants-to-close-the-gap-to-the-olympics-a3332446.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/88f3feb6e1b9274dc5319f095acd3fb6736588d92780647c665c237112911afa.json |
[
"Tom Powell"
] | 2016-08-31T14:51:39 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | A dog swam six miles and walked a further 12 to be reunited with its owners after falling overboard in a US lake. Rylee, a 10-month-old Belgian Malinois puppy, was boating with Edward and Kristin Casas on Lake Michigan when she fell into the water. Mr Kasas, 56, told ABC the dog must have fallen out while he was fixing a mechanical problem and his wife was steering. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fdog-swims-8-miles-and-walks-12-to-be-reunited-with-family-after-falling-overboard-from-boat-a3333626.html.json | en | null | US dog swims 8 miles and walks 12 to be reunited with family after falling from boat | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | A dog swam six miles and walked a further 12 to be reunited with its owners after falling overboard in a US lake.
Rylee, a 10-month-old Belgian Malinois puppy, was boating with Edward and Kristin Casas on Lake Michigan when she fell into the water.
Mr Kasas, 56, told ABC the dog must have fallen out while he was fixing a mechanical problem and his wife was steering.
"Our hearts just sank," he said. "We were gone for maybe 10 minutes, and then we couldn't find her anywhere on the boat and she was nowhere to be seen in the water."
After making a mayday call on the radio, the head of a volunteer group called the Lost Dog Search Team, Lynn Fiedor, sprang into action.
She was confident that Rylee would make it to the shore due to her breed (known for its athleticism and intelligence) and the fact she was training as a search and rescue dog.
Ms Fiedor put out calls to everyone in the area and the next day a lady rang in to say she had spotted Rylee walking through a campground.
"It was amazing. She literally swam over six miles and walked over 12 miles more through the woods," said Ms Fiedor.
Her family headed straight to the area and attempted to attract Rylee to them by lying down with her food and toys.
Within minutes she appeared from the trees and joyfully greeted them.
Mrs Kasas told ABC: "Lynn (Fiedor) is truly an angel walking on Earth with us. Heart of gold, tenacity, relentless, loving and determined. Just like Rylee!" | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/dog-swims-8-miles-and-walks-12-to-be-reunited-with-family-after-falling-overboard-from-boat-a3333626.html | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/f9f8f8d5f36f073dc38a7250398fae56c5b1ea5c4398d6c7570b402ba8a9111d.json | |
[
"Robert Dex"
] | 2016-08-31T10:51:52 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Sir Kenneth Branagh said he was “thrilled” to take to the stage in the title role of The Entertainer, more than a quarter of a century after its writer predicted he would play the part. The actor said John Osborne’s play about washed-up music hall performer Archie Rice, a role made famous by Sir Laurence Olivier, was a “populist” look at “art, politics and people”. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fgoingout%2Ftheatre%2Fsir-kenneth-branagh-fulfils-destiny-as-the-entertainer-a3333171.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/31/10/kenneth-branagh-entertainer.jpg | en | null | Sir Kenneth Branagh fulfils destiny as The Entertainer | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Sir Kenneth Branagh said he was “thrilled” to take to the stage in the title role of The Entertainer, more than a quarter of a century after its writer predicted he would play the part.
The actor said John Osborne’s play about washed-up music hall performer Archie Rice, a role made famous by Sir Laurence Olivier, was a “populist” look at “art, politics and people”.
He said: “It also has a personal dimension for me. At the opening night of our production of Look Back In Anger, in August 1989, John Osborne said to me, ‘I hope you get the chance to play Archie Rice one day — he’ll keep you on your toes’.
“I’m thrilled to have got the chance, and the author was certainly right.”
The show, seventh in a season of work by Sir Kenneth’s company at The Garrick, also stars Greta Scacchi, Gawn Grainger and Downton Abbey actress Sophie McShera.
The play runs until November 12 with a live cinema broadcast on October 27. Sir Kenneth said he could not “quite believe” they had reached the end of the season. He added: “Our audiences have been fantastic — diverse, passionate, and wonderfully supportive.
“The other consistent feature has been the quality of the actors we’ve had the privilege to work with. In The Entertainer Greta Scacchi and Gawn Grainger lead an exciting group of young actors with style and grace.”
@RobDexES
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[] | 2016-08-26T14:50:37 | null | 2016-08-19T00:00:00 | Olympic medallist Lutalo Muhammad today called on his fellow Londoners to celebrate Team GB’s record-breaking haul at Rio 2016 by taking part in the biggest-ever sports day. The 25-year-old, who won silver in the 80kg taekwondo final, will be one of Britain’s Rio heroes meeting the public tomorrow at the I Am Team GB event. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fsport-olympics%2Frio-2016-olympics-star-lutalo-muhammad-calls-on-young-people-to-take-part-in-huge-london-sports-day-a3330676.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/19/20/muhammad.jpg | en | null | Rio 2016 Olympics star Lutalo Muhammad calls on young people to take part in huge London sports day | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Olympic medallist Lutalo Muhammad today called on his fellow Londoners to celebrate Team GB’s record-breaking haul at Rio 2016 by taking part in the biggest-ever sports day.
The 25-year-old, who won silver in the 80kg taekwondo final, will be one of Britain’s Rio heroes meeting the public tomorrow at the I Am Team GB event.
Venues across London and the UK will offer experiences for budding Olympians, as organisers seek to get more people into sport. It is being run by the National Lottery and ITV, which will switch off its channels for an hour on Saturday to encourage involvement.
Londoners will have the chance to play handball at the Copper Box, where Muhummad will be posted. He said: “It’s a fantastic opportunity for people to get involved in all the Olympic sports. My message to young people is to get out there and get active.”
Muhammad, dubbed the “Walthamstow Warrior”, will also be officially welcomed back tonight from Rio with music, food and sporting activities in Walthamstow’s town square. “Many of us in Walthamstow stayed up into the small hours to will Lutalo on and we are so proud of everything he has achieved,” said local MP Stella Creasy.
In October, a major event or parade will be held in central London to celebrate the Team GB athletes. Lily Owsley, 21, who won gold with the hockey team, said of I Am Team GB: “We may even find the next Jess Ennis-Hill.”
Visitors to the Copper Box will be able to meet double gold medallist Max Whitlock, as well as equestrian gold and silver medallist Charlotte Dujardin. The arena will be hosting handball, a bike and rowing challenge, gymnastics, table tennis and athletics.
Those hoping to emulate Andy Murray can take part in a tournament at the Islington Tennis Centre. Other activities include a training session on Clapham Common. Gymnastics star Whitlock, 23, said: “I’d encourage everyone to get involved.” | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/sport-olympics/rio-2016-olympics-star-lutalo-muhammad-calls-on-young-people-to-take-part-in-huge-london-sports-day-a3330676.html | en | 2016-08-19T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/537b8d07630be1c9dfc014ce6f6026d16fe63981d581d7491651fed4cf63f3ee.json |
[
"James Benge"
] | 2016-08-30T10:51:27 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Giampiero Ventura may have only just taken over as Italy manager but he already has his eyes on the Stamford Bridge dugout of his predecessor Antonio Conte. Ventura, 68, has found himself shadowing Conte on several occasions over the past decade, taking over Bari in 2009 after the current Chelsea manager had left to take over at Atalanta. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fill-follow-antonio-conte-into-the-chelsea-dugout-jokes-new-italy-boss-giampiero-ventura-a3332051.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/09/giampieroventura.jpg | en | null | I'll follow Antonio Conte into the Chelsea dugout, jokes new Italy boss Giampiero Ventura | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Giampiero Ventura may have only just taken over as Italy manager but he already has his eyes on the Stamford Bridge dugout of his predecessor Antonio Conte.
Ventura, 68, has found himself shadowing Conte on several occasions over the past decade, taking over Bari in 2009 after the current Chelsea manager had left to take over at Atalanta.
Between 2011 and 2014 the pair were rivals in Turin, Ventura coaching Torino whilst Conte led Juventus to three straight Serie A titles before moving on to the national side, who he coached to an impressive quarter-final appearance at Euro 2016.
With Conte back in club football Ventura will be tasked with building on the Chelsea manager’s legacy, but he has joked that he is already planning on a move to London.
"I managed Bari after he won the Serie B title there and everybody was in love with him there," Ventura said at a press conference.
"Conte is a good luck charm for me because my time in Bari was great and we did important things.
"I came to the national team after an amazing Euros for Conte's Italy. We will see if I will be able to replicate these achievements.
"I think that I will manage Chelsea when he leaves the Blues' bench and that's why I'm already trying to improve my English."
Italian managers have an impressive heritage at Stamford Bridge, including Conte there have five bosses from the country at Chelsea.
Their record has been most impressive, with Gianluca Vialli winning three major trophies between 1998 and 2000, Carlo Ancelotti securing the double in 2010 and Roberto Di Matteo ending Roman Abramovich’s wait for a Champions League crown two years later. | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/ill-follow-antonio-conte-into-the-chelsea-dugout-jokes-new-italy-boss-giampiero-ventura-a3332051.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/d12f8ff99f3b1ceaa2f13c790b4b051790178cd015ef6f41e5feea0597fbddfc.json |
[
"Barney Davis"
] | 2016-08-31T10:51:23 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | A polish factory worker beaten to death in a suspected race-hate attack will be commemorated with a “unity march” in his adopted home town. Arkadiusz Jozwik, 40, known as Arek, was attacked by a teenage gang outside a pizza restaurant in Harlow, Essex, after apparently being overheard speaking in Polish. The meat factory worker, who moved to England in 2012, had spent the day decorating his mother’s flat. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2Fpolish-community-to-march-for-factory-worker-killed-in-race-hate-attack-a3333281.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/22/arek-jozwik.jpg | en | null | Polish community to march for factory worker killed in 'race hate' attack | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | A polish factory worker beaten to death in a suspected race-hate attack will be commemorated with a “unity march” in his adopted home town.
Arkadiusz Jozwik, 40, known as Arek, was attacked by a teenage gang outside a pizza restaurant in Harlow, Essex, after apparently being overheard speaking in Polish.
The meat factory worker, who moved to England in 2012, had spent the day decorating his mother’s flat.
He had gone to buy food with two friends when they were set upon by up to 20 youths. One of his friends was rushed to hospital where he was treated for multiple fractures and bruising.
The close-knit Polish community in Harlow has now organised a march through the town on Saturday.
Friend Eric Hind, 32, an IT manager who has lived in Harlow for 14 years, said racism in Harlow had risen dramatically since the Brexit vote.
He told the Standard: “These two big men were beaten up very badly and now Arek is dead.
“We need to be loud, we need to be clear that the Polish aren’t going anywhere. We work tough jobs that no one else wants to do.”
Local workers said police had been warned several times about a gang causing trouble in the area.
Essex Police said they had received reports of nuisance and anti-social behaviour in the area for the past two months.
Four 15-year-old boys and one 16-year-old boy, all from Harlow, were arrested on Monday on suspicion of attempted murder and later re-arrested on suspicion of murder.
All have been released on police bail pending further enquiries until October 7.
A sixth teenager, a 15-year-old boy from Harlow, was arrested yesterday afternoon on suspicion of murder and was later released pending further enquiries. | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/polish-community-to-march-for-factory-worker-killed-in-race-hate-attack-a3333281.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/b22af24bbca7085b7c1eab395302084be3a82c1eaf2a8363502669dd06627c21.json |
[
"Francesca Gillett"
] | 2016-08-30T12:51:00 | null | 2016-07-14T00:00:00 | Matilda actress Mara Wilson today led ridicule of a blog entitled “how to talk to a woman who is wearing headphones”. The article, posted by a blogger on website The Modern Man, bewildered hundreds after offering a step-by-step guide how to approach and “create a spark” with women in headphones. The cringeworthy guide claims there are five steps to get a woman’s attention, including standing 1 to 1.5 metres in front of her and “waving your hand in her direct line of vision so she can’t ignore it”. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fmatilda-actress-mara-wilson-leads-ridicule-of-blog-on-how-to-talk-to-women-wearing-headphones-a3332426.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/07/14/14/headphones.jpg | en | null | Matilda actress Mara Wilson leads ridicule of blog on 'how to talk to women wearing headphones' | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Matilda actress Mara Wilson today led ridicule of a blog entitled “how to talk to a woman who is wearing headphones”.
The article, posted by a blogger on website The Modern Man, bewildered hundreds after offering a step-by-step guide how to approach and “create a spark” with women in headphones.
The cringeworthy guide claims there are five steps to get a woman’s attention, including standing 1 to 1.5 metres in front of her and “waving your hand in her direct line of vision so she can’t ignore it”.
Many Twitter users suggested the article could be a parody, but others mocked it for its content.
Former child actress Wilson, who is best known for playing Matilda in the 1996 hit film starring Danny DeVito, was one of many to ridicule it on Twitter.
She said: “Don’t approach me while I am wearing headphones because I have a very strong startle reflex and might scream in your face, not even kidding”.
Don't approach me while I am wearing headphones because I have a very strong startle reflex and might scream in your face, not even kidding — Mara Wilson (@MaraWilson) August 30, 2016
Website The Modern Man styles itself as a source of help for men to experience “more success with women”.
Written by blogger Dan Bacon, the article reads: “When she looks at you, smile and point to her headphones and say, “Take off your headphones for a minute” and pretend to be taking headphones off your head, so she fully understands.
“If she doesn’t understand (most women will), simply gesture that you want to talk to her by briefly pointing back and forth from you to her and say, “I want to talk to you for a minute.”
The author then urges men to “do what we call ‘Acknowledging the Awkwardness’ by quickly mentioning something about the awkwardness of the moment”.
It also gives a list of common mistakes men make when approaching women who are wearing headphones including nervousness, sticking to polite conversation and “allowing her to take control of the interaction”.
Ridicule: Matilda actress Mara Wilson
It says: “A woman can be approached anywhere, even if she is wearing headphones, walking her dog in the park or working in a clothing store.
Mara Wilson as Matilda in the adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic books (Tristar)
“Headphones are a great barrier between a person and the rest of the world.
“That being said, if a guy wants to get a woman’s attention he needs to show confidence by being determined to get her to stop listening to the music and chat to him to him.
“If a guy has a weak vibe or presence about him, a woman usually won’t give in to his request for her to remove the headphones.”
The article was widely mocked on social media.
American science fiction author John Scalzi said: "The way I get women to listen to me when they're wearing headphones is to write a book and then have it read on audio. WORKS GREAT, DUDES."
The way I get women to listen to me when they're wearing headphones is to write a book and then have it read on audio. WORKS GREAT, DUDES — John Scalzi (@scalzi) August 29, 2016
It'd be nice if men stopped treating women like Pokémon. "She's wearing headphones! Use an Ultra Ball!" — Elainovision, Again (@scattermoon) August 30, 2016
Can't wait to go out at lunchtime and rip headphones off women's head then ask them out. #ModernMan — Adam (@AdamPembrey) August 30, 2016
The piece goes on to say: “Women love to test guys to see how confident they really are and a favourite test of women is to ignore a guy’s attempts to converse with her and see what he will do next.
“Will he walk away in shame, or will he remain calm and continue talking to her in a confident, easy-going manner?
“No matter how confident or challenging a woman might behave, she still dreams of meeting a guy who is more confident than her.
Other articles on the site include "my ex is telling everyone that I'm crazy" and "4 tips to get her back after being needy".
But some Twitter users suggested the blog may be a parody.
Those RTs simultaneously hilarious and terrifying. Hoping Modern Man is a parody site. — MentalJargon (@MentalJargon) August 30, 2016
I'm rethinking my stance on this. I say @Dan_Modern_Man, of "how to talk to women with headphones" fame, is pure parody. Go look at his TL. — mistressmatisse (@mistressmatisse) August 30, 2016 | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/matilda-actress-mara-wilson-leads-ridicule-of-blog-on-how-to-talk-to-women-wearing-headphones-a3332426.html | en | 2016-07-14T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/0cbebfa60b5d1f37946376b1162350a494552e57f6ede803c73a6c5a0f3e2732.json |
[
"Standard Sport"
] | 2016-08-30T10:50:51 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Both the player and club are in agreement, but are Arsenal right to allow Jack Wilshere to leave on loan? | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fshould-arsenal-let-jack-wilshere-leave-on-loan-have-your-say-in-standard-sports-poll-a3332346.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/11/jackwilshere.jpg | en | null | Arsenal transfer news: Should the Gunners let Jack Wilshere leave on loan? Have your say in Standard Sport's poll | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Both the player and club are in agreement, but are Arsenal right to allow Jack Wilshere to leave on loan?
In a rather rare display of ruthlessness Arsene Wenger has informed the injury-plagued 24-year-old that he is surplus to requirements, for this season at least, after Wilshere was restricted to just 37 minutes of Premier League action in the first three games of the season.
Having seen Mohamed Elneny, Francis Coquelin, Santi Cazorla and Granit Xhaka preferred to him in his favoured deep midfielder berth, Wilshere has accepted that his first-team opportunities may be limited at the Emirates.
And Wilshere has paid the price for slipping down the pecking order and was left out of the England squad on Sunday with Sam Allardyce warning the Arsenal man that he would struggle to be selected without game time.
Watford vs Arsenal - analysis
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1/5 Mustafi will do well to dislodge Holding At £35million Shkodran Mustafi looks set to be the third most expensive centre-back in history but don’t expect him to immediately dislodge a player who was relegated from the Championship just a few months ago.
Holding faced another gruelling examination in the form of Troy Deeney and Odion Ighalo but emerged with his burgeoning reputation further improved. The physicality of Watford’s captain was nothing the youngster couldn’t deal with – indeed on several occasions he was the victor of their aerial tussles.
As for Ighalo, the tone was set early on when he whipped the ball of the Nigerian on a dangerous sally down the left. If this is Holding’s last start for a while at least the 20-year-old can rest assured he did all he could to make his case to Arsene Wenger. Getty Images
2/5 Santi Cazorla is back where he belongs Whether or not he is Arsenal’s best midfielder could be the subject of intense debate but Cazorla’s key role in the team’s dynamics cannot be doubted. From the moment he hobbled off against Norwich last season Wenger’s side lost their mojo, now that the Spaniard is back to full fitness Arsenal are singing once more.
Aided by the energetic Granit Xhaka he gave Arsenal control and incision, whilst both displayed plenty of energy in the tackle. For all the talk of Wenger’s multitudinous options in central areas the likes of Francis Coquelin and Aaron Ramsey must play very well indeed to wrestle a place from these two. AFP/Getty Images
3/5 Strikerless Arsenal look their most deadly yet The Alexis Sanchez as centre forward experiment was deemed to have failed over the first two games of the season but perhaps it was just that the supporting cast weren’t quite clicking. Today they found a way of making their front four better than the already impressive sum of their parts.
Sanchez in particular looked freed from his positional responsibilities, slipping out to the left and dragging Sebastian Prodl and Younes Kaboul with him. That left space for Mesut Ozil to burst into – just as Wenger has long wanted him to. Elsewhere Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Theo Walcott and Santi Cazorla were flitting into whatever position they could find, leaving Watford’s back three chasing shadows.
This new system reached its pinnacle on Arsenal’s third, where Cazorla and Sanchez doubled up on the left, the latter delivering a cross for Ozil to head home. Getty Images
4/5 Theo Walcott is rediscovering his confidence The England winger will always be a largely peripheral presence in this Arsenal side, because that is his job. He can’t replicate the one-touch passing of Ozil, Cazorla and Xhaka but today Walcott had the cutting edge that he is all too often missing.
His cross for Sanchez’s goal was just what was required – it may have been his only telling contribution but the timing of the goal knocked the stuffing out of Watford. By contrast it brought the best out of Walcott, who went close both with a snap volley and an impudent chip as confidence flowed through him. Christopher Lee/Getty Images
5/5 Mazzarri needs to use the players who make his system work Daryl Janmaat is a high-quality full-back capable of covering an entire flank. Roberto Pereyra is just the sort of schemer who can link Deeney and Ighalo with the rest of the side. Both were on the bench at kick-off today.
In their place Mazzarri named Nordin Amrabat, a dangerous wide forward scarcely equipped to deal with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Mesut Ozil, and Etienne Capoue. The latter may possess a high-quality engine but he does not have the guile to prise a defence like Arsenal’s apart.
New signings they may be but Pereyra in particular has had over a week to work with the squad, why was it he not deemed ready for the start but could be thrown on the break with the game effectively over. It was the same for Janmaat. AFP/Getty Images
He would surely get that game time at many of his potential suitors, with even Italian champions Juventus able to offer him a more regular starting berth during Claudio Marchisio’s injury absence.
But with a dwindling English core will Arsenal feel worse off for being without a lifelong fan in the side? And Wenger would doubtless regret loaning out such a high-quality option when the inevitable injury crisis bites.
Should Wenger let Wilshere go on loan? Have your say in Standard Sport’s poll below and let us know your thoughts in the comments... | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/should-arsenal-let-jack-wilshere-leave-on-loan-have-your-say-in-standard-sports-poll-a3332346.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/ce76e218b4899f787ab1fd9def0cd6a3358a27b1851a69d1797cbf4f98855fbe.json |
[
"Jennifer Ruby"
] | 2016-08-26T13:13:28 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Amber Heard has urged estranged husband Johnny Depp to double his pay out to charity. The US actress, who is donating her entire $7m divorce settlement sum to ACLU and the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, has asked Depp to up his contribution. While the Pirates Of The Caribbean star confirmed on Thursday that he had paid the first instalments to the charities himself "in the name of Amber Heard", the actress insists that this means that he will get a charitable tax deduction on the sum. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fshowbiz%2Fcelebrity-news%2Famber-heard-calls-on-johnny-depp-to-double-his-divorce-pay-out-for-charity-a3330056.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/26/08/amberheard26.jpg | en | null | Amber Heard calls on Johnny Depp to double his divorce pay out for charity | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Amber Heard has urged estranged husband Johnny Depp to double his pay out to charity.
The US actress, who is donating her entire $7m divorce settlement sum to ACLU and the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, has asked Depp to up his contribution.
While the Pirates Of The Caribbean star confirmed on Thursday that he had paid the first instalments to the charities himself "in the name of Amber Heard", the actress insists that this means that he will get a charitable tax deduction on the sum.
A spokesperson for the actress has now called on Depp to donate $14 million to account for the savings he made on the tax deduction.
“Amber Heard appreciates Johnny Depp's novel interest in supporting two of her favourite charities, the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) for domestic violence and the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. This is great and unexpected news,” said the spokesperson.
"However, if Johnny wishes to change the settlement agreement, we must insist that he honour the full amount by donating 14 million dollars to charity, which, after accounting for his tax deduction, is equal to his seven million-dollar payment obligation to Amber.
"We would also insist that the full amount be paid immediately and not drawn out over many years.
"Anything less would be a transparent attempt by Johnny's counsel, Laura Wasser and Patti Glaser, to reduce their client's true payment by half under the guise of new-found concern for charities that he has never previously supported."
Amber Heard divorces Johnny Depp: The celebrity splits of 2016 so far
In a statement, a spokesman for Depp said: "Following Amber Heard's announcement that her divorce settlement was to be divided equally and gifted to Children's Hospital of Los Angeles and the American Civil Liberties Union, two exceptionally deserving and important charities, Johnny Depp has sent the first of multiple instalments of those monies to each charity in the name of Amber Heard, which when completed will honour the full amount of Ms Heard's pledge.
"Ms Heard's generosity in giving to these wonderful causes is deeply respected."
Depp and Hearrd, who has been in a relationship for four years, reached a settlement last week following a bitter divorce battle and domestic violence case. | http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/amber-heard-calls-on-johnny-depp-to-double-his-divorce-pay-out-for-charity-a3330056.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/511922adb9e25b1886e36a2ef99b2d380c9b5d6cc36532e09d9fa73f58bc71a0.json |
[
"Standard Sport"
] | 2016-08-26T16:49:47 | null | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | In just over five days the summer transfer window will shut and there are still major deals yet to be struck. Arsenal are closing in on a £52million double swoop for Shkodran Mustafi and Lucas Perez and Arsene Wenger expects no further additions once those deals are concluded. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fchelsea-willing-to-spend-40m-on-alessio-romagnoli-as-tottenham-close-in-on-georgeskevin-nkoudou-a3330736.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/23/09/alessioromagnoli2308.jpg | en | null | Transfer news and gossip: Chelsea willing to spend £40m on Alessio Romagnoli as Tottenham close in on Georges-Kevin Nkoudou | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | In just over five days the summer transfer window will shut and there are still major deals yet to be struck.
Arsenal are closing in on a £52million double swoop for Shkodran Mustafi and Lucas Perez and Arsene Wenger expects no further additions once those deals are concluded.
Meanwhile, Chelsea have been handed a boost in their pursuit of a centre-half. The Blues have been chasing defensive reinforcements for much of the summer and Napoli's anticipated £26million purchase of Nikola Maksimovic could finally pave the way for Kalidou Koulibaly's arrival.
Tottenham's £12million bid for Wilfried Zaha has been flatly refused by Crystal Palace as Mauricio Pochettino works on adding to his squad ahead of Wednesday's deadline.
But what rumours are circulating today? Here’s the pick of today’s transfer gossip…
The Mirror report that Chelsea are determined to sign AC Milan's Alessio Romagnoli and will reluctantly pay over the odds to prise him away.
Milan tweeted on Thursday: “AC Milan has received a significant offer for its player Alessio Romagnoli from Chelsea, but the player is not for sale.”
It is thought that offer was worth £30million and Chelsea could be forced to pay more than £40million to land Romagnoli.
Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha will demand his wages are doubled as the club bid to fight off interest from Spurs, according to The Mirror.
Spurs lodged a £12million bid for the England international on Thursday and the player met with Alan Pardew in an attempt to force the move.
Chairman Steve Parish insists Zaha is not for sale and the Eagles are keen to renegotiate his deal. The former Manchester United man currently earns £35,000-a-week and is said to be frustrated that back-up winger Bakary Sako takes home nearly double that.
Should Zaha leave, Palace will attempt to sign Moussa Sissoko from Newcastle, according to The Times.
Alan Pardew is reportedly keen to be reunited with the France midfielder, who he led while at Newcastle, but will need to part with around £30million to sign him.
Meanwhile, Parish has revealed that Palace are hopeful of landing two more players before the summer transfer window closes on Wednesday.
In an interview with Talk Sport, the Eagles chief said one new arrival could be completed as early as Friday.
It comes as Portguese publication UOL Esporte report that Crystal Palace are interested in Santos attacking midfielder Lucas Lima.
Sky Sports are reporting that Hull have agreed a fee with Tottenham to sign Ryan Mason. The midfielder started just eight Premier League games last season and has fallen further down the pecking order this summer follwowing the arrival of Victor Wanyama.
The Guardian report that Georges-Kevin Nkoudou has been training with Tottenham since Wednesday and a deal should finally be completed soon. | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-willing-to-spend-40m-on-alessio-romagnoli-as-tottenham-close-in-on-georgeskevin-nkoudou-a3330736.html | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/c5d48cc4e3e7666c8d09cedf6aab00832d5174786d3076834ef928edda434d3e.json |
[
"Jamie Nimmo"
] | 2016-08-26T13:05:19 | null | 2016-06-30T00:00:00 | Shares in Marshalls were on a firm footing today as solid first-half results helped the paving-slabs group return to pre-referendum levels. In the first six months of 2016, sales at the FTSE 250 group rose 2% to £202.4 million and pre-tax profits jumped 21% to £25.1 million. The interim dividend is also hiked from 2.25p a share last year to 2.9p. Chief executive Martyn Coffey said the uncertainty in the wake of the Leave vote at the end of June “has not impacted underlying trading to date”. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fbusiness%2Fmarket-report-marshalls-back-on-the-right-path-a3330531.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/06/30/10/londonstockexchange-closeup.jpg | en | null | Market report: Marshalls back on the right path | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Shares in Marshalls were on a firm footing today as solid first-half results helped the paving-slabs group return to pre-referendum levels.
In the first six months of 2016, sales at the FTSE 250 group rose 2% to £202.4 million and pre-tax profits jumped 21% to £25.1 million.
The interim dividend is also hiked from 2.25p a share last year to 2.9p.
Chief executive Martyn Coffey said the uncertainty in the wake of the Leave vote at the end of June “has not impacted underlying trading to date”.
On the whole, brokers were upbeat about the results, but Canaccord remained wary: “Despite its strength and sensible strategy, we remain cautious on the outlook into 2017, particularly on the larger commercial projects side.”
Nonetheless, the update reassured investors, lifting the shares by 10.5p to 324.6p.
They closed on June 23 at 324.1p before plummeting in the two days after the vote to just 207p.
The FTSE 100 finished a lacklustre week with more of a whimper than a bang as the blue-chip index backtracked 7.02 points to 6809.88.
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen takes the stage at Jackson Hole today and investors will be paying close attention to comments on US interest rates.
Defence firm BAE Systems was among the top blue-chip risers as Berenberg upgraded to Buy in anticipation of a “substantial order book uplift”.
Sky slipped 3.03p to 869.97p even as broker Macquarie argued “the time is right” for 21st Century Fox to buy the 61% of the pay-TV giant it doesn’t own.
San Leon Energy returned to trading with a bang after an eight-month hiatus. It rocketed 22.38p to 51.5p on the completion of a £170 million share placing at 45p per share to fund the purchase of a 10% stake in an onshore Nigerian block.
The deal was almost 10 times the AIM-listed oil group’s market value.
Property tycoon and tech start-up investor Nick Candy increased his stake in AIM-listed Audioboom to close to 13%, which boosted the podcast group’s shares by 0.3p to 2.85p.
The move, which follows a 40% slump this year, comes after Candy stepped down from the board earlier this month. | http://www.standard.co.uk/business/market-report-marshalls-back-on-the-right-path-a3330531.html | en | 2016-06-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/8b5d279a12fe94f8ecb47ea0aa1c30b4fcbbb961efb870521f3838e04120eb9c.json |
[
"Sebastian Mann"
] | 2016-08-26T14:50:30 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | A judge who was taunted on Facebook by a thug he spared from prison told him as he was finally jailed: “As they say, LOL.” David Newlands, 24, had been given 150 hours community service for punching a man with learning difficulties in Glasgow last year – but refused to perform the work even after he was given a second chance. He also went on to boast about the apparently lax justice, posting on Facebook about how he planned to duck the sentence. On returning to Glasgow High Court for a third time, judge Norman Ritchie jailed Newlands for nine months. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2Fjudge-lols-as-he-sentences-boastful-criminal-a3330711.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/26/15/newlands.jpg | en | null | Judge ‘LOLs’ as he sentences boastful criminal | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | A judge who was taunted on Facebook by a thug he spared from prison told him as he was finally jailed: “As they say, LOL.”
David Newlands, 24, had been given 150 hours community service for punching a man with learning difficulties in Glasgow last year – but refused to perform the work even after he was given a second chance.
He also went on to boast about the apparently lax justice, posting on Facebook about how he planned to duck the sentence.
On returning to Glasgow High Court for a third time, judge Norman Ritchie jailed Newlands for nine months.
As he did so, he said: “It’s always interesting to see a different view on sentencing, as in ‘I’m out bro, easy.’
“As they say, LOL.”
Newlands, from Glasgow, is currently serving an eight-month sentence for assault and breach of peace, and will serve the latest sentence once that ends.
His Facebook boast, posted on June 22, was written in broad Scottish slang and read: “A got a high court conviction n they never sent me eh jail instead gave me a community order ..told them to stick it...so got sent back to court n what do they dae?
"The judge says mr Newlands I would refer to you as an idiot..n then what does he dae? He geez me it again...probation am no dayn it simple!!!" | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/judge-lols-as-he-sentences-boastful-criminal-a3330711.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/686aa43cd4e708d909812ddf9c847efa320f5ab84f1d12bb07fa46101c1ca08a.json |
[
"James Benge"
] | 2016-08-31T12:51:33 | null | 2016-06-07T00:00:00 | Jack Wilshere, David Luiz and Moussa Sissoko are the hot topics in London today with Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham all looking to d | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Ftottenham-s-moussa-sissoko-bid-rejected-chelsea-in-talks-to-resign-david-luiz-where-will-jack-a3333411.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/06/07/13/moussasissoko.jpg | en | null | Transfer deadline day summer 2016 live: Tottenham’s Moussa Sissoko bid rejected, Chelsea in talks to re-sign David Luiz, where will Jack Wilshere go? | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Jack Wilshere, David Luiz and Moussa Sissoko are the hot topics in London today with Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham all looking to do business on the final day of the transfer window.
Five Premier League clubs have submitted loan offers for the Arsenal man, one being Crystal Palace, while Serie A sides AS Roma and Juventus are also interested.
Tottenham have been rebuffed in their attempts to bring Moussa Sissoko from Newcastle to London, though Mauricio Pochettino’s side are expected to complete deals for Georges-Kevin N’Koudou and Spanish goalkeeper Pau Lopez.
Elsewhere, Antonio Conte’s search for defensive reinforcements has taken a bizarre turn with the Chelsea looking to re-sign David Luiz from Paris Saint-Germain.
With Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, West Ham, Crystal Palace and Watford all still involved in the market, Standard Sport bring you live coverage as the transfer news rolls in...
Transfer Window Closes In
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Arsenal
In: Lucas Perez (Deportivo, £17m), Shkodran Mustafi (Valencia, £35m), Granit Xhaka (Borussia Monchengladbach, £34m), Takuma Asano (Hiroshima Sanfrecce, und.), Rob Holding (Bolton, und.), Kelechi Nwakali (Diamond Football Academy, und.)
Out: Mikel Arteta (released), Tomas Rosicky (released), Mathieu Flamini (released), Isaac Hayden (Und.), Dan Crowley, (Loan) Jon Toral (Loan) Granada, Wellington Silva (Und.), Wojciech Szczesny (Roma) Loan, Joel Campbell (Sporting) Loan
Chelsea
In: Michy Batshuayi (Marseille, £34m), N'Golo Kante (Leicester, £32m)
Out: Lewis Baker (Vitesse Arnhem, loan), Nathan Ake (Bournemouth, loan), Jeremie Boga (Granada, loan), Tomas Kalas (Fulham, loan), Kasey Palmer (Huddersfield Town, loan), Alex Kiwomya (Crewe ), Mohamed Salah (Roma, und.), Tammy Abraham (Bristol City, loan), Bertrand Traore (Ajax, loan), Danilo Pantic (Excelsior, loan), Izzy Brown (Rotherham United, loan), Jamal Blackman (Wycombe, loan), Alex Davey (Crawley Town) Loan, Jordan Houghton (Doncaster Rovers, loan), Patrick Bamford (Burnley, loan), Loic Remy (Crystal Palace, loan)
Tottenham
Mauricio Pochettino has spoken of wanting as many as three more additions to his Spurs squad following the arrivals of Victor Wanyama and Vincent Janssen, but says they must suit the club's 'philosophy.'
In: Victor Wanyama (Southampton, und.), Vincent Janssen (AZ Alkmaar, und.)
Out: Filip Lesniak (Slovan Liberec, loan), Grant Ward (Ipswich Town, und.), Federico Fazio (Roma, loan), Alex Pritchard (Norwich City, und.), Dominic Ball (Rotherham United, und.), Nabil Bentaleb (Schalke, loan), Nacer Chadli (West Brom, £13m)
Tottenham transfer window.MP4
West Ham
In: Toni Martinez (Valencia, und.), Havard Nordtveit (Borussia Monchengladbach, free), Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia, free), Gokhan Tore (Besiktas, loan), Ashley Fletcher (Manchester United, und.), Arthur Masuaku (Olympiakos, und.), Andre Ayew (Swansea, £20.5m), Jonathan Calleri (Deportivo Maldonado, loan), Simone Zaza (Juventus, loan), Edimilson Fernandes (FC SIon, £5.5m)
Out: Joey O'Brien (released), Elliot Lee (released), James Tomkins (Crystal Palace, £10m)
Crystal Palace
In: Andros Townsend (Newcastle United, £13m), Steve Mandanda (Marseille, und.), James Tomkins (West Ham, £10m), Christian Benteke (Liverpool, £27m), Loic Remy (Chelsea, loan)
Out: Emmanuel Adebayor (released), Marouane Chamakh (released), Brede Hangeland (released), Adrian Mariappa (released), Patrick McCarthy (released), Dwight Gayle (Newcastle, £10m), Jake Gray (Luton Town, free), Alex McCarthy (Southampton, und.), Jerome Binnom-Williams (Peterborough United), Yannick Bolasie (Everton, und.), Mile Jedinak (Aston Villa, und.)
Watford
In: Jerome Sinclair (Liverpool, und.), Christian Kabasele (Genk, und.), Isaac Success (Granada, und.), Juan Camilo Zuniga (Napoli, loan), Brice Dja Djedje (Marseille), Younes Kaboul (Sunderland), Roberto Pereyra (Juventus), Daryl Janmaat (Newcastle, und.), Adrian Mariappa (free)
Out: Joel Ekstrand (released), Gabriele Angella (Udinese), George Byers (Swansea, free), Jose Manuel Jurado (Espanyol, und.), Almen Abdi (Sheffield Wednesday, und.), Daniel Pudil (Sheffield Wednesday, und.), Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord, loan), Mario Suarez (Valencia, loan) | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/tottenham-s-moussa-sissoko-bid-rejected-chelsea-in-talks-to-resign-david-luiz-where-will-jack-a3333411.html | en | 2016-06-07T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/9018ffce95cf8d112ac48b204f3951d99443a9cd860914e822c0b36f312a41d0.json |
[
"Kim Sengupta"
] | 2016-08-26T13:06:51 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The full story of how a mass murderer used the “dark net” to obtain a gun and plan his shooting spree is re-vealed today. Teenager Ali David Sonboly killed nine people and injured 21 during his rampage in Munich last month before shooting himself. Now an investigation by the Standard provides a disturbing insight into how the underground web enabled him to plot the attacks — and could be used by others to carry out more. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fhow-teenager-used-the-dark-web-to-buy-gun-for-munich-mass-murder-a3330406.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/26/11/sonboly.jpg | en | null | How teenager used the dark web to buy gun for Munich mass murder | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | The full story of how a mass murderer used the “dark net” to obtain a gun and plan his shooting spree is re-vealed today.
Teenager Ali David Sonboly killed nine people and injured 21 during his rampage in Munich last month before shooting himself.
Now an investigation by the Standard provides a disturbing insight into how the underground web enabled him to plot the attacks — and could be used by others to carry out more.
Last December, seven months before he carried out the murders, Sonboly, 18, used the codename “Mauracher” to place a specific seven-line message requesting a Glock 17 pistol and 250 rounds of ammunition. He offered a price of 2,500 Euros but ended up paying almost 2,000 Euros more. The full extent of his use of the dark web was exposed in a lucky break for German police, as they investigated two separate attempts to use the underground network to ob-tain weapons, by a 62-year-old accountant and a student aged 17.
Fear on the streets: people being escorted from the Olympia shopping centre (Getty)
Armed police arrested a 31-year-old unemployed salesman in the town of Marburg after setting up a sting operation. He allegedly incriminated himself and revealed to undercover officers that he had supplied the Glock 17 pistol Sonboly used to cause the carnage.
The arms seller allegedly told detectives he handed the Glock and 350 rounds of ammunition to Sonboly at meetings on May 20 and July 18, four days before the attack. There is no evidence Sonboly, a German-Iranian dual national, was linked to Islamic State or other Islamist terror groups.
He had written what has been called a “manifesto of murder” after studying the actions of Anders Breivik, the Norwegian neo-Nazi who killed 77 in a bomb and gun attack five years ago. He had also suffered psychological problems and had been bullied at school, factors which the authorities say may have triggered his rampage on July 22.
The scene of the shooting in Munich
Sonboly used the internet to carry out research into mass shootings and lure his victims to his chosen killing ground — a McDonald’s in north-west Munich. He shot at his victims in and outside the restaurant and continued the rampage in the nearby Olympia shopping centre, before shooting himself in the head. Seven of the victims were teenagers.
Security agencies of Germany’s Western allies have been kept informed about the inquiry which followed — the information feeding into already rising concern about the use of illicit internet sites by terrorists and violent criminals. The dark net is utilised for a range of illegal purchases including drugs, child abuse images and arms. Users need to be adept at navigating its complex avenues while ensuring anonymity.
After the suicide bombings in Brussels last March, French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve called for greater control of websites “which are not indexed by traditional search engines and which run a large amount of data issued by criminal organisations including jihadists. Those who attack us use the dark net and encrypted messaging to get access to weapons to hit us”.
When Sonboly bought his gun he used the encryption system PGP, making his purchase with Bitcoins. There is a strong possibility he bought a second weapon. Police are looking at claims that he was seen with another gun and his internet searches also included requests for .45 calibre ammunition, not needed for a 9mm Glock.
British security analyst Robert Emerson said: “If teenagers can get on it, so can many others involved in terrorism and organised crime. When guns are supplied to terrorists and robbers there is always a chance that it can be traced, networks dismantled. But there are serious obstacles if the deal is done through the dark net because the raison d’être for that market is secrecy.
“It is also, of course, an international market on the web, and goods can be shipped anywhere — this is why we are likely to see increasing use of it by terrorists and criminals.” Despite the difficulties, British and German security agencies have successfully carried out a joint operation to uncover firearms trafficking involving the dark net.
In 2014 career criminal Alexander Mullings used a mobile from his Wandsworth jail cell to order Skorpion sub-machineguns from Germany. The supplier, who had been active in the underground internet market, turned out to be a student in the Bavarian city of Schweinfurt.
At Luton crown court last year, Mullings was given a life sentence after being found guilty of conspiring to possess firearms with intent to endanger life.
The German government maintains it has tight gun control laws, However, after the Munich shooting, interior minister Thomas de Maizière said further regulations could be brought in, and “in Europe, we want to make further progress with a common weapons policy. We have to look very carefully at where to make legal changes”.
Mark Mastaglio, a fellow of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences and a forensic ballistic adviser to the UN, said: “The UK has the gold standard when it comes to deactivating guns. But although the laws are very strict in the UK, that is not the case in some places elsewhere and the dark net affects all. That is a serious problem.” | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/how-teenager-used-the-dark-web-to-buy-gun-for-munich-mass-murder-a3330406.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/7bddab899931d7e5a50882e140b7c5155218918a05c588f9d652ba3cc33ca033.json |
[
"Ben Travis"
] | 2016-08-31T10:52:53 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Something is different in this week’s episode of the Great British Bake Off – and it’s bound to be controversial. No, it’s not Paul Hollywood dipping another Jaffa Cake into a cup of tea – host Sue Perkins won’t be appearing in the latest instalment. The presenter, who has co-hosted every episode of the show over the last six series, is skipping a week, leaving co-host Mel Giedroyc to steer the ship alone. “Welcome to week two in the Bake Off tent,” says Mel in the opening of the episode. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fstayingin%2Ftvfilm%2Fgreat-british-bake-off-2016-sue-perkins-has-a-week-off-leaving-mel-giedroyc-to-host-solo-a3333071.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/31/09/bake-off-2016-week-two.jpg | en | null | Great British Bake Off 2016: Sue Perkins takes week off leaving Mel Giedroyc to host solo | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Something is different in this week’s episode of the Great British Bake Off – and it’s bound to be controversial.
No, it’s not Paul Hollywood dipping another Jaffa Cake into a cup of tea – host Sue Perkins won’t be appearing in the latest instalment.
The presenter, who has co-hosted every episode of the show over the last six series, is skipping a week, leaving co-host Mel Giedroyc to steer the ship alone.
“Welcome to week two in the Bake Off tent,” says Mel in the opening of the episode.
“One baker has gone, they’re not coming back. Sue’s also gone, but she will be back.”
There has been no official announcement regarding the reasons for Perkins’ absence.
A source told The Sun: “Sue was disappointed not to be able to join the team in the tent but she is back next week.”
Great British Bake Off 2016 - contestants in pictures
13 show all Great British Bake Off 2016 - contestants in pictures
1/13 Full tent The bakers taking part in the Great British Bake Off 2016 have been revealed BBC/Love Productions
2/13 Rav Age: 28
From: Kent
Bio: After studying Criminology at university, Rav went on to support students at City University, London. He’s experimental with his baking and is inspired by vegan baking and eastern cuisine
Speciality: Flavour combinations BBC/Love Productions
3/13 Andrew Age: 25
From: Derby
Bio: Northern Irish-born aerospace engineer Andrew was taught to bake by his mum and gran. He’s a straight-A student who went to Cambridge University
Speciality: Structurally ambitious bakes BBC/Love Productions
4/13 Louise Age: 46
From: Cardiff
Bio: Hairdresser Louise progressed her skills by making cakes for charity sales at work. She adventurous in her designs and in her hobbies – having completed a trek around the Andes and various other mountains
Speciality: Elaborate cakes BBC/Love Productions
5/13 Lee Age: 67
From: Bolton
Bio: Builder-turned-theologist-turned-Pastor Lee used baking as a way to fill his days in the Eighties when an injury stopped him from playing cricket.
Speciality: Traditional flavours, including cherry, hazelnut, vanilla and chocolate BBC/Love Productions
6/13 Kate Age: 37
From: Norfolk
Bio: Qualified nurse Kate is a Brownie leader and uses seasonal fruits which she gathers with her kids in her baking
Speciality: Sugar craft BBC/Love Productions
7/13 Val Age: 66
From: Yeovil
Bio: Semi-retired substitute teacher Val incorporates her baking into her teaching. She does aerobics in her kitchen – but she might not do so in the Bake Off tent
Speciality: Traditional classics BBC/Love Productions
8/13 Benjamina Age: 23
From: South London
Bio: Teaching assistant Benjamina takes inspiration from the likes of Instagram and Pinterest for modern takes on classic bakes. She takes feedback from her family to improve her creations
Speciality: Fresh and modern versions of traditional cakes BBC/Love Productions
9/13 Michael Age: 20
From: London
Bio: Currently studying Politics and Economics in Durham, Michael has Cypriot heritage grew up making Greek pastries with his nan
Speciality: Big grand cakes BBC/Love Productions
10/13 Selasi Age: 30
From: London
Bio: Ghanaian-born Selasi works in finance, and his hobbies include motorbikes, basketball, and travelling. He recently ran a 10k, half marathon, and trekked through Malawi for charity
Speciality: Delicate cupcakes BBC/Love Productions
11/13 Jane Age: 61
From: Beckenham
Bio: Garden designer Jane wakes up at 5am to bake her bread. Her grandfather owned a bakery, and she s passionate about the classics
Speciality: Classic cakes, biscuits and pastry BBC/Love Productions
12/13 Tom Age: 26
From: London
Bio: Rochdale-born Tom works for the Royal Society of Arts and is creative with his flavours and ingredients. He lost 30 kilos, and has a “have your cake and eat it” mentality
Speciality: Surprising twists BBC/Love Productions
13/13 Candice Age: 31
From: Bedfordshire
Bio: Secondary school PE teacher Candice was taught to bake by her nan, and loves everything vintage. She lives with her boyfriend Liam and pug Dennis
Speciality: Baking the classics like her nan BBC/Love Productions
Last week’s episode saw 67 year old pastor Lee become the first contestant to leave the series, failing to impress Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry with his cakes.
The second episode is Biscuit Week – set to bring towering structures as the bakers attempt sky-scraping showstoppers.
BBC One, 8pm | http://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/great-british-bake-off-2016-sue-perkins-has-a-week-off-leaving-mel-giedroyc-to-host-solo-a3333071.html | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/f49baae24c4d44e219deac1a1c8f1b87fe57caa3a62abb4be94145057240167b.json |
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"John Dunne"
] | 2016-08-30T10:51:10 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | The proposed trade deal between the EU and United States has been cast into further doubt after the French trade minister called for an end to talks. Matthias Fekl, the minister for foreign trade, tweeted that the country is calling for negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) to cease. Mr Fekl also told RMC radio that “we need a clear, clean, definitive stop” to the negotiations, adding that talks could resume if wider EU-US trade relations improved. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fus-accused-of-offering-crumbs-as-doubts-grow-over-eu-trade-pact-a3332361.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/11/merk1.jpg | en | null | US accused of offering crumbs as doubts grow over EU trade pact | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | The proposed trade deal between the EU and United States has been cast into further doubt after the French trade minister called for an end to talks.
Matthias Fekl, the minister for foreign trade, tweeted that the country is calling for negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) to cease.
Mr Fekl also told RMC radio that “we need a clear, clean, definitive stop” to the negotiations, adding that talks could resume if wider EU-US trade relations improved.
Accusing the US side of offering “just crumbs”, Mr Fekl said France would ask the European Commission to halt the talks at a trade ministers’ meeting in Slovakia next month.
His comments came after German economy minister Sigmar Gabriel said at the weekend that the current round of talks with the US have “de facto failed, even though nobody is really admitting it”.
His views were in marked contrast to public comments by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who said last month the proposed deal was “absolutely in Europe’s interest”.
But Mr Gabriel, who is the head of Germany’s centre-Left Social Democratic Party, which is in coalition with Ms Merkel’s centre-Right Christian Democratic Union, said: “We mustn’t submit to the American proposals.”
The prospect of TTIP failing could also be welcomed on the Left of British politics, as Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been a prominent critic. | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/us-accused-of-offering-crumbs-as-doubts-grow-over-eu-trade-pact-a3332361.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/1830e3b2c47ae2fcbf79f1c3711975dc1f17fcd3fbe594eb6c4fc00ed02a5010.json |
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"James Benge"
] | 2016-08-26T12:58:30 | null | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | Antonio Conte has warned that it will be very difficult for Chelsea to complete new signings before the end of the transfer window. Despite making major recruitments in Michy Batshuayi and N’Golo Kante in July Chelsea’s pursuit of defensive reinforcements has been significantly more challenging. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fchelsea-transfer-news-conte-warns-blues-will-have-a-problem-completing-transfer-business-before-a3330611.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/23/21/antonio_conte.jpg | en | null | Chelsea transfer news: Conte warns Blues 'will have a problem' completing transfer business before window closes | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Antonio Conte has warned that it will be very difficult for Chelsea to complete new signings before the end of the transfer window.
Despite making major recruitments in Michy Batshuayi and N’Golo Kante in July Chelsea’s pursuit of defensive reinforcements has been significantly more challenging.
Conte still needs a new full-back and centre-back but has already missed out on Leonardo Bonucci and John Stones, whilst Napoli continue to hold firm with a £60million price tag designed to scare the Blues away from Kalidou Koulibaly.
On Thursday AC Milan announced they had rejected a “significant” offer for 21-year-old centre-back Alessio Romagnoli, affirming that they would not consider selling one of Europe’s most prodigious young defenders.
Antonio Conte in numbers
It has all added up to a frustrating few weeks off the field for Conte, who has seen his Chelsea side win each of his first three competitive matches in England.
“With this market, it’s very difficult to believe in something,” Conte said. “I have some targets.
“These targets will be very difficult to buy. But now we have a game against Burnley which is more important than the market.
“[By the end of the window] I hope to have some more players than now.”
Asked whether he felt he could reach his targets for the season without an injection of new talent into his squad he offered no guarantee, responding: “It’s very difficult to say.”
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1/15 A fine volley from Michy Batshuayi puts Chelsea 1-0 up AFP/Getty Images
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3/15 Michy Batshuayi slides in for his second goal AFP/Getty Images
4/15 Antonio Conte looks a tad nervous as Bristol Rovers mount a fightback AFP/Getty Images
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9/15 Michy Batshuayi makes his full Chelsea debut Getty Images
10/15 Antonio Conte barks orders from the touchline. Getty Images
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15/15 Ruben Loftus-Cheek in action up front for Chelsea AFP/Getty Images
The Blues had also hoped to recruit a striker but have been unable to tempt Romelu Lukaku from Everton nor Alvaro Morata from Real Madrid, with both players being priced at around £70m.
Chelsea have spent a net figure off around £35m in the summer transfer window, a figure that pales in comparison to the expensive overhaul Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola are giving their Manchester clubs.
Even Arsenal, perennially criticised for spending less than their London rivals, look set to overtake Chelsea in the spending stakes with a £52m double deal for Valencia defender Shkodran Mustafi and Lucas Perez, the Deportivo La Coruna forward.
And Conte fears that even were he to complete a late trolley dash in the final five days of the window he may not have the squad he wants.
Michael Ballack talks about new Chelsea signing N'Golo Kante
“I must be honest, I think we’ll have a problem to reach our target,” he said. “But we must think to work, to improve every day. I hope to improve the squad with some new players, but we understand that our targets are very difficult to reach.
“I think that the most important thing is the work we do, to improve the squad that you are working with now. The league is very tough, it’s important to have many players to face this situation. This market is very crazy, we’re seeing it’s very difficult to reach our targets.” | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-transfer-news-conte-warns-blues-will-have-a-problem-completing-transfer-business-before-a3330611.html | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/56bb86955cd52e0e0f98c52d8bc67ae4244789b58d57f12416a93283d29615dc.json |
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"Johnny Herbert"
] | 2016-08-26T13:15:03 | null | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | The break in Formula One since the last race in Germany couldn’t have come at a better time as it gave me a chance to really enjoy the Olympics. Just seeing the determination and dedication of all those athletes in Rio was amazing and I had a chance to watch sports that I wouldn’t usually get a chance to see. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Flewis-hamilton-will-leave-the-same-huge-hole-in-f1-when-he-quits-that-usain-bolt-will-when-he-hangs-a3329946.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/25/23/lewishamilton2508.jpg | en | null | Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton will leave the same huge hole in when he quits that Usain Bolt will when he hangs up his spikes | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | The break in Formula One since the last race in Germany couldn’t have come at a better time as it gave me a chance to really enjoy the Olympics.
Just seeing the determination and dedication of all those athletes in Rio was amazing and I had a chance to watch sports that I wouldn’t usually get a chance to see.
The highlight was watching Jade Jones win again in the taekwondo, although I really felt for Lutalo Muhammad, who was in gold position but just lost out.
Usain Bolt was also phenomenal, of course, and I find myself drawing an interesting comparison with the world’s fastest man and another who is no slouch in his field: Lewis Hamilton.
Here are two guys who lead the way in their chosen careers, who dedicate themselves totally to their sport, both in their training and in having the right mental edge to race all the way to the finish line. They are very personable and also have that ‘Hollywood factor’ that makes them instantly recognisable.
However, there the similarities end. Where Bolt seems to have been able to bring the whole world together behind him, Lewis, for some reason, hasn’t been able to achieve that sort of adoration. I find it strange that two men can elicit such diverse reactions from fans and the media alike.
Take it from me, though, Lewis will leave the same sort of huge hole in F1 when he calls it a day that Bolt will leave in the world of athletics when he hangs up his running spikes next year.
Just like Bolt, Lewis is totally geared up to win every race and he will come into this weekend at Spa feeling the racing bug again. Yes, he’s had a couple of trips to the Caribbean and been to New York during the four-week break but that’s probably done him good. Now the serious business starts again.
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"Where Bolt seems to have been able to bring the whole world together behind him, Lewis, for some reason, hasn’t been able to achieve that sort of adoration."
While he is only 19 points clear of his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg in the championship, the momentum is with the Brit, who has won an amazing 135 of the last 150 points on offer since the pair came together at the Spanish Grand Prix in May.
And Spa provides the perfect challenge for F1’s return. Set in perfect scenery in the Ardennes forest, the track is an absolute rollercoaster ride… and it’s no wonder it’s a favourite for drivers and fans.
It provides a magical challenge as it has all the ingredients drivers want: the sweeping Eau Rouge combination that the guys will hit flat out before going blind over the crest of Raidillon and into the Kemmel straight, where they will be hitting 210mph.
Then they’ll need to slam on the brakes as they go into Les Combes, where they will be pulling gravitational forces of about 5G. So, it has fast and slow, great technical sections and, most important, opportunities to pass.
Formula One has the best drivers in the best cars, so they need to be tested to the max — and Spa does that. Mercedes clearly have the best cars and normally this would be a straight fight between the two. However, Hamilton’s decision to take an engine penalty, which could send him to the back of the grid makes things very interesting.
Nobody has won a Grand Prix starting from that position but Lewis is the one man in the sport you could see rewriting the record books. As for the other teams, Red Bull have done a great job this season and should shine despite them lacking the flat-out speed that Mercedes possess.
Max Verstappen, even though he races under the Dutch flag, was born in Belgium, where his mum is from. He has made such a big bang this season. He has an old head on young shoulders and will have plenty of ‘home’ support.
As for Daniel Ricciardo, he won here two years ago and should have been on top of the podium this season at Monaco. Even though he is 83 points behind second-placed Nico, he’ll be well up for getting more points.
I’m still convinced Lewis can win but this is Spa, where you can always expect the unexpected. | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/lewis-hamilton-will-leave-the-same-huge-hole-in-f1-when-he-quits-that-usain-bolt-will-when-he-hangs-a3329946.html | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/17d34e211efb619d1dc6d7bda86ebe9d493d228e022eef083e046e346e288790.json |
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"David Ellis"
] | 2016-08-26T14:50:16 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Reading Festival returns for another weekend of raucous rock this weekend, August 26 - 28, with LA’s legendary Red Hot Chili Peppers set to play on Saturday night at the Richfield Avenue site. Who’s on and where is it? There are 10 stages spread across the festival, so there’s no shortage of music, with everything from synth-pop to grime on display. Below are some of the biggest names performing, but see the Reading website for full details of everyone playing. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fgoingout%2Fmusic%2Freading-festival-2016-line-up-dates-ticket-info-and-headliners-including-red-hot-chili-peppers-a3330686.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/26/15/reading-festival.jpg | en | null | Reading Festival 2016: Line up, dates, ticket info and headliners, including Red Hot Chili Peppers | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | 1/26 Glastonbury
Worthy Farm, Somerset, June 22-26
The daddy. The boss. The Big Kahuna. Glastonbury can rely on its stellar reputation to sell out before it has even announced most of its attractions. Music, Coldplay, PJ Harvey and ELO in the sunday afternoon "legend slot" are the only confirmed acts so far. You can still register for a resale of any cancelled or return tickets, and if you fail to get in, it's all on telly anyway.
glastonburyfestivals.co.uk Tabatha Fireman/Redferns via Getty Images
2/26 T in the Park
Strathallan Castle, Perthshire, July 8-10,
In its second year in a new location, Scotland's biggest music festival will hopefully have solved the problems that led to huge delays for those leaving the site last year. The line-up is as big as ever, with The Stone Roses, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and local hero Calvin Harris headlining, and the reunited LCD Soundsystem and Last Shadow Puppets also high on the bill. Major Lazer (pictured) will also be making an appearance.
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3/26 Isle of Wight
Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight, June 9-12
With its psychedelic imagery and impressive history the Isle of Wight Festival like its golden oldies, hence the presence of Status Quo, Adam Ant, The Damned and Iggy Pop in its line-up. Queen are headlining with their Freddie substitute Adam Lambert, alongside relative whippersnappers Stereophonics and Faithless.
isleofwightfestival.com
4/26 V
Hylands Park, Chelmsford, August 20-21
Generally the best place to see whoever's big in the Top 40 this year, V has hardly bothered with rock bands this time and gone fully pop with its two headliners, Justin Bieber and Rihanna. Chart-toppers such as Sia, David Guetta, Bastille and Years & Years will also be providing big tunes, while the dance tent features Annie Mac and Eric Prydz.
vfestival.com
5/26 Standon Calling
Standon House, Standon, Herts, July 29-31
Not far north of the M25, this steadily growing independent festival last year played host to about 10,000 people who no doubt will be keen to join in with this year's fancy dress theme: "Legend of the lost seas". There are plenty of hot newcomers on the bill, including Honne, Tiggs Da Author and Loyle Carner, while bigger names such as Suede, Kelis and Jess Glynne will come out after it gets dark.
standon-calling.com
6/26 Reading
Richfield Avenue, Reading, August 26-28
The organisers of Reading (and its sibling in Leeds) have tried to combat the current dearth of viable major headliners by naming five over its three days. Foals, Disclosure, Biffy Clyro and Fall Out Boy are the slightly smaller bands who will share top billing, while the undeniably massive Red Hot Chili Peppers will headline alone on the Saturday.
readingfestival.com
7/26 Green Man
Glanusk Park, Brecon Beacons, August 18-21
While watching the main stage bands at Green Man your eye can’t help but be drawn to the stunning hills beyond. A river runs through the site, and the music is suitably bucolic too. Belle and Sebastian, James Blake (pictured) and Wild Beasts will bring dreamy sounds late at night, with Floating Points, Julia Holter and local hero Cate Le Bon providing more highlights.
greenman.net Rex
8/26 Kendal Calling
Lowther Deer Park, near Penrith, Cumbria, July 28-31
With the opportunity to see deer wandering about in the Lake District, you hardly need any bands. Disturbing the peace this year will be Rudimental, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Madness and The Charlatans, whose singer Tim Burgess will also bring his Tim Peaks diner area to life once again.
endoftheroadfestival.com
9/26 End of the Road
Larmer Tree Gardens, Salisbury, Sept 2-4
There are peacocks, magical woodlands and a consistently great music line-up every year. This time Joanna Newsom, Animal Collective and Bat For Lashes lead the way but there are also endless new discoveries to make from an impressive daytime roster.
endoftheroadfestival.com Sonny Malhotra
10/26 Latitude
Henham Park, Southwold, July 14-17
Like a newspaper’s arts pages come alive, Latitude can usually be relied upon to offer a range of theatre, poetry and even ballet alongside the bands. This year you can see Opera North as well as productions of both The Importance of Being Earnest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The National, New Order and Grimes (pictured) are among those providing the music.
latitudefestival.com Zak Kaczmarek/WireImage
11/26 Wilderness
Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire, Aug 4-7
Like a newspaper’s arts pages come alive, Latitude can usually be relied upon to offer a range of theatre, poetry and even ballet alongside the bands. This year you can see Opera North as well as productions of both The Importance of Being Earnest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The National, New Order and Grimes (pictured) are among those providing the music.
wildernessfestival.com
12/26 Big Feastival
Alex James’s Farm, Kingham, Cotswolds, Aug 26-28
Jamie Oliver gets together with Blur bassist and cheese enthusiast Alex James (where else would you have the opportunity to see “Alex’s Cheese Hub”?) who give equal billing to gigs and grub. Oliver will be doing demos alongside the likes of Raymond Blanc and Tom Kerridge, while music comes from the likes of Mark Ronson (DJ Set), Kaiser Chiefs and Ella Henderson.
jamieoliver.com
13/26 Boardmasters
Watergate Bay, Newquay, Cornwall, Aug 10-14
Here’s the best place to combine surfing with suitably lively bands including Chase & Status, deadmau5 and Primal Scream. A surfing competition for professionals long before it incorporated a music festival, you can also book your own lessons if you get sick of the music.
boardmasters.co.uk Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images
14/26 Bestival
Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of Wight, Sept 8-11
DJ Rob Da Bank’s brainchild traditionally closes festival season with as many wacky happenings as can be crammed into a weekend. This year these include Mexican masked wrestling, a Bollywood tent and a drum and bass set from former choirboy Aled Jones. The music line-up looks great too, with The Cure, Major Lazer and Hot Chip all coming over on the ferry.
bestival.net Carolina Faruolo
15/26 Secret Garden Party
Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, Cambs, July 21-24
Like all the peripheral bits of Glastonbury without feeling you’re stuck on Oxford Street on christmas Eve, Secret Garden Party is the definitive boutique experience. camp in safari tents, tipis or garden sheds, try out “the UK’s only hot tub bus” and drift away to the sounds of caribou, air and Shura.
secretgardenparty.com Danny North
16/26 Festival No 6
Portmeirion, North Wales, Sept 1-4
There should be less mud than most at this small weekender, which takes place around the eccentric italianate village built by Sir clough William Ellis, best known as the set of cult Sixties TV show The Prisoner. attendees will be at liberty to enjoy Noel Gallagher’s high Flying Birds, Super Furry animals and Bastille, plus a david Bowie tribute show with surprise guest vocalists.
festivalnumber6.com
17/26 Camp Bestival
Lulworth Castle, Dorset, July 28-31
Bestival’s little sister is the best one for children — in fact, you’ll feel pretty left out if you’re not wheeling around a few four-year-olds in one of those trolleys used for transporting gravel at garden centres. This year there’s a space theme and music from Fatboy Slim, Jess Glynne and Tears for Fears, but everyone will really be there to see cBeebies superstar Mr Tumble.
campbestival.net
18/26 Womad
Charlton Park, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, July 28-31
A festival has come a long way when its offers include a “weekend spa ticket” that comes with complimentary Womad sarong and slippers. As ever, the music here is more wide-ranging than anywhere else, stretching from English folk act This Is the Kit to Senegalese legend Baaba Maal and US funk pioneer George Clinton — and everywhere in between.
womad.co.uk
19/26 Cambridge Folk
Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge, July 28-31
Now more than 50 years old, this venerable festival continues to stretch the definition of what constitutes folk, with Irish rockabilly lady Imelda May, gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello and soul man Charles Bradley all on the bill. A more conventional folk hero, Christy Moore, is one of the headliners.
cambridgelivetrust.co.uk
20/26 Love Supreme
Glynde, East Sussex, July 1-3
Like Cambridge, this relative newcomer is proving successful by billing itself as a specialist festival, in this case jazz, while taking the broadest view of what that entails. Hence stars such as Grace Jones, Lianne La Havas and Kelis appearing on the bill, alongside more recognisable jazz acts including Melody Gardot and Kamasi Washington.
lovesupremefestival.com
21/26 Download
Donington Park, Derby, June 10-12
The former home of the Monsters of Rock festivals continues to rock in a monstrous fashion, offering a mix of ageing metal bands such as Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Megadeth plus the younger, poppier end of the spectrum including All Time Low, Billy Talent and Shinedown.
downloadfestival.co.uk
22/26 Ramblin’ Man Fair
Mote Park, Maidstone, July 23-24
Born last year, Ramblin’ Man caters to the large audience that exists for the old unfashionable stuff. Classic rock bands Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Black Stone Cherry and Thunder are among the main attractions. There’s also a prog rock stage and, needless to say, a real ale festival.
ramblinmanfair.com
23/26 Creamfields
Daresbury Estate, Halton, Cheshire, Aug 25-28
There are four days of dancing to be done at this successful spin-off from the superclub Cream. The line-up is a who’s who of the biggest DJs in the world right now, from homegrown talents Calvin Harris, Fatboy Slim and Above & Beyond to the super Swedes Avicii, Axwell & Ingrosso, and Alesso. And, of course, Pete Tong has an “All Gone Pete Tong” tent.
creamfields.com
24/26 Wild Life
Brighton City Airport, June 11-12
This one must have done so well the first time around that the second one has the same headliners as last year: Disclosure and Rudimental. Dance music from the likes of Flume, Julio Bashmore and Tiga dominates the bill but there’s also classic hip hop from Ice Cube, Busta Rhymes and De La Soul and incongruous singer-songwriter fare from James Bay.
wildlifefestival.com Sam Neill/Liam Simmons
25/26 Sundown
Norfolk Showground, Norwich, Sept 2-4
Sundown has a few proper pop stars in its mix, not least Jason Derulo, Jess Glynne and Years & Years, but the various dance stages will keep energy levels the highest. They’re run by organisations including UKF, Defected and Ministry of Sound.
sundownfestival.co.uk | http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/reading-festival-2016-line-up-dates-ticket-info-and-headliners-including-red-hot-chili-peppers-a3330686.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/ee258f3f4ca0e752d90475871f54e94aaf61a68a7b794fd3ae5a7a47ca3436a7.json |
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"James Benge"
] | 2016-08-26T18:50:05 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | West Ham goalkeeper Adrian has received his first call up to the Spain squad but there is no place for Arsenal stars Hector Bellerin and Santi Cazorla nor Cesc Fabregas. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fwest-ham-goalkeeper-adrian-named-in-first-spain-squad-but-hector-bellerin-and-cesc-fabregas-miss-cut-a3330886.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/26/19/adrian.jpg | en | null | West Ham goalkeeper Adrian named in first Spain squad but Hector Bellerin and Cesc Fabregas miss cut | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | West Ham goalkeeper Adrian has received his first call up to the Spain squad but there is no place for Arsenal stars Hector Bellerin and Santi Cazorla nor Cesc Fabregas.
The new head coach of the national side, Julen Lopetegui, has removed several favourites of Vicente del Bosque from his selection, with Cazorla’s international career looking close to over after fitness concerns had forced the previous manager to leave him out of the Euro 2016 squad.
Similar issues had seen Diego Costa miss out but he returns to Lopetegui’s 23-man party to play Belgium and Liechtenstein. There is, though, no place for his Chelsea team-mate Cesc Fabregas, who has not started either of Antonio Conte’s first two league matches.
Arsenal’s Hector Bellerin also misses out, his place going to makeshift Barcelona right-back Sergi Roberto.
West Ham vs Astra Giurgiu
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1/12 Michail Antonio goes close for West Ham, but somehow misses from close range West Ham United via Getty Images
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4/12 Silviu Lung was in inspired form for Astra as he made multiple saves to deny West Ham West Ham United via Getty Images
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6/12 Slaven Bilic looks on as West Ham trail Getty Images
7/12 A fine night for Europa League action Getty Images
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11/12 The scene is set for West Ham vs Astra Getty Images
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Adrian takes the place of former captain Iker Casillas, the most capped European player in history, but is likely to be a reserve to David de Gea and Jose Manuel Reina.
However that has not dampened the 29-year-old’s spirits after several years of hoping his West Ham form would get its reward.
“I was on the standby list for a couple of squads before Euro 2016, but this time around I didn’t ask my agent if I was included, then when I finished training on Thursday I got back to the dressing room and checked my phone, I had 360 WhatsApp messages, emails, texts and missed Facetime calls!” he said.
“It’s great news and a great moment. For me, for my family, my friends, my wife, my baby and for West Ham United, I am really happy for this news. It’s so exciting to go there and train with all the international players and to give my best, as I always do here.
“My grandfather recently passed away and he was probably the proudest person of all about where I have got to, and he was always looking after me and called me after every game. This is a great moment for him, also, and I’ll give everything to play in the national team.”
Very happy to get my first call up to spanish squad @sefutbol
Thanks to everyone always support me pic.twitter.com/6uZtcBV2CH — Adrián San Miguel (@AdriSanMiguel) August 26, 2016
Spain squad in full
Goalkeepers: David De Gea (Manchester United), Jose Manuel Reina (Napoli), Adrian (West Ham)
Defenders: Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Marc Bartra (Borussia Dortmund), Sergi Roberto (Barcelona), Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid), Javi Martinez (Bayern Munich), Jordi Alba (Barcelona), Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea)
Midfielders: Saul Niguez (Atletico Madrid), Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Thiago (Bayern Munich), Koke (Atletico Madrid), David Silva (Manchester City), Juan Mata (Manchester United)
Forwards: Lucas Vazquez (Real Madrid), Paco Alcacer (Valencia), Nolito (Manchester City), Alvaro Morata (Real Madrid), Diego Costa (Chelsea), Vitolo (Sevilla) | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/west-ham-goalkeeper-adrian-named-in-first-spain-squad-but-hector-bellerin-and-cesc-fabregas-miss-cut-a3330886.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/fa85ee9f28faaa859c0fde3abe487363f3377780e467bd0d95cf25807fc844e2.json |
[
"Hannah Al-Othman"
] | 2016-08-26T16:49:43 | null | 2014-05-09T00:00:00 | Three men have been charged with fraud after they allegedly mixed horsemeat with beef before passing it off as beef. Londoner Andronicos Sideras, 54, will appear in court in September alongside Ulrick Nielsen, 57, from Denmark, and Alex Ostler-Beech, 43, from Hull, with the trio accused of dishonestly arranging "for beef and horsemeat to be combined for sale as beef", the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said. They are jointly charged with conspiracy to defraud between January 1 and October 31 2012 following an investigation led by City of London Police. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2Fthree-men-charged-with-fraud-after-selling-horsemeat-disguised-as-beef-a3330786.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2014/05/09/10/meat.jpg | en | null | Three men charged with fraud after 'selling horsemeat disguised as beef' | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Three men have been charged with fraud after they allegedly mixed horsemeat with beef before passing it off as beef.
Londoner Andronicos Sideras, 54, will appear in court in September alongside Ulrick Nielsen, 57, from Denmark, and Alex Ostler-Beech, 43, from Hull, with the trio accused of dishonestly arranging "for beef and horsemeat to be combined for sale as beef", the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.
They are jointly charged with conspiracy to defraud between January 1 and October 31 2012 following an investigation led by City of London Police.
In 2013 UK supermarkets were rocked by the horsemeat contamination crisis, with products labelled as beef and other meats were found to contain various amounts of horse flesh.
Kristin Jones, CPS head of specialist fraud, said: "The CPS has today authorised charges against three men relating to the sale of mixed beef and horsemeat products which were sold as beef.
"After carefully considering evidence from the UK and overseas, the CPS has decided that there is sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction and it is in the public interest to charge these three men."
City of London Police, which worked with the CPS and the Food Standards Agency, said that Ostler-Beech, of Highfield Close, Hull, and Sideras, of Friars Walk, Southgate, north London, were first arrested and questioned in July 2013.
Nielsen, from Gentofte, near Copenhagen, was interviewed under caution in Hull the following month along with a 52-year-old man who faces no further action, the force said. | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/three-men-charged-with-fraud-after-selling-horsemeat-disguised-as-beef-a3330786.html | en | 2014-05-09T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/793cd209287dbeacd2b174c7c372cd1cc0019d7789298f1c58b99498c7fa409a.json |
[
"Amy Harris"
] | 2016-08-30T16:51:27 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Greek island hopping is up there on most travellers' holiday bucket lit. It has about 6,000 islands and islets with cystal clear water and lovely beaches, so it's easy to imagine yourself lazing about in the sun for a couple of weeks, cocktail in hand. But there's so much more to Greece than sun and sea. If you've been inspired by the Olympics to take a more active holiday, here are seven of the best Greek islands where you indulge your sportier side while you work on your tan. From climbing to paragliding to sailing, here's an island with your name on it. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Flifestyle%2Ftravel%2F7-gorgeous-greek-islands-that-are-perfect-for-fitness-fans-a3332581.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/16/sailing-ionian-islands.jpg | en | null | 7 gorgeous Greek islands that are perfect for fitness fans | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Greek island hopping is up there on most travellers' holiday bucket lit. It has about 6,000 islands and islets with cystal clear water and lovely beaches, so it's easy to imagine yourself lazing about in the sun for a couple of weeks, cocktail in hand.
But there's so much more to Greece than sun and sea. If you've been inspired by the Olympics to take a more active holiday, here are seven of the best Greek islands where you indulge your sportier side while you work on your tan. From climbing to paragliding to sailing, here's an island with your name on it.
1. Hiking in the Peloponnese
With incredible mountain scenery, pristine beaches and a huge number of ancient sites, the Peloponnese makes an ideal spot for scenic hikes. In fact, it was said to be the site where gods and heroes once walked the earth, so you can follow in their footsteps. At the Lousios Gorge, high above Mount Menalon’s ravine and medieval villages, hikers can descend to visit the cliff-hanging Prodomou Monastery, or stroll the footpaths and trails through forests, exploring more ruins and gorgeous countryside. Or there's Mystras, which is home to ruined palaces, a working convent and a mountaintop fortress - perfect for exploring by foot.
Hiking in the Peloponnese
2. Sailing around the Ionian Islands
The Ionian Islands are a chain of islands to the west of mainland Greece, including the likes of Corfu, Paxos and Kefalonia. The area is renowned for perfect sailing conditions, with plenty of wind, beautiful warm summers and more than 3,000 hours of sunshine a year. The area is a good choice for non-experts, since you have a lovely selection of islands all within easy reach, so no long and arduous sails. Make pitstops at picturesque bays with intriguing sea caves, pretty harbour villages, calming beaches and a variety of wildlife including turtles.
3. Diving in Chios
Fans of underwater exploring should head to Chios, which this year was voted to be one of the top ten scuba diving sites in Europe. Greece’s fifth largest island offers amazing sea caves, underwater rock formations, reefs, vertical walls and shipwrecks, making it a dream for divers and snorkelers of all skill levels. With fantastic beaches, medieval villages, ghost towns and nonasteries to explore, there’s plenty to keep visitors entertained with when they’re not exploring the island’s gorgeous underwater world.
Climbing on Kalymnos
4. Climbing on Kalymnos
The island of Kalymnos boasts a colossal amount of scalable rock, with giant cliffs, limestone caves and over 77 climbing fields. An abundance of challenging rock formations makes this one of the most popular climbing spots in Greece, with picturesque spots like the Grande Grotta - a dramatic cavern overlooking the Aegean Sea, drawing visitors from all over the world. This tranquil island remains largely untouched, but offers plenty to offer active holiday makers – including mountain biking and trekking.
5. Cycling around Corfu
Corfu has a mixed terrain of hilly and flat landscapes, making it ideal for cycling and mountain biking fiends. As you use two wheels to explore the island, you’ll see an abundance of olive groves, cypress trees, rural villages and gorgeous beaches framed by clear blue seas. Spend the days riding beach trails or mountain pathways and while away the evenings enjoying local taverns, or swimming in the Ionian Sea. Corfu Town is easy to explore by bike, and there’s a variety of rental shops to save you needing to take your own.
Paragliding on Lefkada
6. Paragliding on Lefkada
Those seeking a pulse-raising experience can head to Lefkada to make the most of its incredible paragliding opportunities and beautiful landscapes. Thanks to the perfect combination of thermal conditions and coastal air, this island is an ideal spot for flying over mountains, beaches and the bright blue Ionian Sea. Whether you’re experienced or it’s your first time, there’s a selection of paragliding companies that offer flights from a variety of sites. On the ground, visitors can explore ancient temples, beautiful villages and mysterious coves, surrounded by steep cliffs and sandy beaches.
7. Kayaking in Kefalonia
Warm and calm waters, a scenic coastline and picturesque seaside villages make Kefalonia a kayaker's dream. Either take a guided tour over several days, camping under olive trees or in coastal coves, or hire a kayak yourself and take to the crystal clear waters to discover deserted beaches and superb snorkelling spots while soaking up the glorious Greek sunshine.
Research by CV Villas | http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/travel/7-gorgeous-greek-islands-that-are-perfect-for-fitness-fans-a3332581.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/e5abecb64041b487f946391e5ba5db9ca0851a69c53902d946dbe6ce2017caa6.json |
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"Joe Murphy"
] | 2016-08-30T10:51:03 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | A senior Conservative is handing back his CBE in disgust at David Cameron’s “Dishonour List” of gongs for cronies and donors, the Standard can reveal. Major Narindar Saroop said Mr Cameron’s controversial resignation list had brought the entire system into “disrepute” by showering peerages, knighthoods and other awards on close chums and party backers. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Ftop-tory-to-hand-back-cbe-in-protest-at-camerons-cronies-honours-list-a3332321.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/11/narindre.jpg | en | null | Top Tory to hand back CBE in protest at Cameron's cronies honours list | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | A senior Conservative is handing back his CBE in disgust at David Cameron’s “Dishonour List” of gongs for cronies and donors, the Standard can reveal.
Major Narindar Saroop said Mr Cameron’s controversial resignation list had brought the entire system into “disrepute” by showering peerages, knighthoods and other awards on close chums and party backers.
“Everyone I have spoken to who also has a decoration feels much the same way,” said the former cavalry officer who made history as the first Asian to stand for Parliament wearing Tory colours in 1979 at Greenwich.
“They may not take the same action I am taking but there is a great deal of disenchantment about the way that the former Prime Minister has behaved.”
Major Saroop was appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1982 on the recommendation of Margaret Thatcher.
But on August 4, the day Mr Cameron’s list of awards was published, he wrote to the Cabinet Office asking for the correct procedure to return the cherished award in protest.
In a letter to the honours section at St James’s Palace explaining his decision, Major Saroop said: “There is little wrong with our honours system. It is the demeaning contempt for it as practised by [Tony] Blair and Cameron which has led to such disenchantment about an otherwise honourable institution.
“Mr Cameron, often with some pride, indicated that he was the heir to Blair. This is now fully vindicated by his recent ‘Dishonour List’, which runs close, possibly even overtaking, the lists of Lloyd George and of Harold Wilson’s Lavender List.”
Major Saroop, 87, retired from the Army in 1952. He is a member of the Beefsteak Club, the Cavalry and Guards Club and the Royal Bombay Yacht Club.
Speaking to the Evening Standard, he admitted: “It is a futile cavalry charge but I felt I had to make a point. It’s obviously a wrench to return my CBE. I was extremely proud to be awarded it.
“It was the year of the Falklands and I found myself queuing at Buckingham Palace with Ghurkas, soldiers and others who had given honourable service to this country in the Falklands. It was a great honour for me to be in the same queue as those people.
“Cameron’s list, in my view, included a lot of people who were undeserving of what they were given. Prime Ministers like Harold Wilson and James Callaghan gave honours to their advisers, but many were very hard-working individuals. But in Cameron’s list, some of the names were only there a couple of years.”
After a distinguished career in the military and in international business, Major Saroop served as a councillor in Kensington & Chelsea and as an adviser to charities including Oxfam and Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund.
He was the first chairman of the UK Anglo Asian Conservative Society and vice chair of the party’s International Office. As its candidate in Greenwich he slashed Labour’s majority from 18,000 to 6,000 and was congratulated by Mrs Thatcher.
Mr Cameron’s resignation list caused uproar by giving awards to 46 people including at least three Tory donors along with former Downing Street aides and pro-EU campaigners. It gave 13 new peerages, including donors Jitesh Gadhia, an investment banker, and Andrew Fraser, a party treasurer.
A spokesman for the former Prime Minister declined to respond to the criticism.
Labour’s deputy leader Tom Watson said: “The fact that the first member of the Asian community to stand for Parliament as a Conservative has decided to return his honour to the Palace tells you everything you need to know about David Cameron’s shameful resignation honours list.” | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/top-tory-to-hand-back-cbe-in-protest-at-camerons-cronies-honours-list-a3332321.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/d2f378cfdc09f9bad63818ad68f535854d39d05ef18ea0efe48ac08eec397566.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T10:51:19 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Reduced from £179.50 to £99, this hardwood Steamer chair from Plant Theatre can be unfolded straight from the box. With three reclining positions, is it a truly versatile garden lounger crafted from beautifully grained acacia that has been oiled, stained and gently rubbed down by hand for a stunning finish. A comfy seat cushion is also available with a reduced price of £39.99 (from £69.99). Visit plant-theatre.com or call 0845 218 0258 to order. Includes free delivery. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fesrewards%2FAlisonCork%2Ffree-delivery-on-the-steamer-chair-from-plant-theatre-a3333276.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/31/11/an104876762cjr-5923-steamer.jpg | en | null | Free delivery on the Steamer chair from Plant Theatre | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | We have noticed that you are using an ad blocker.
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[
"Robert Dex"
] | 2016-08-26T12:57:09 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | As the daughter of an Oscar nominee and a Downton Abbey star, Bessie Carter had no shortage of advice when it came to making her stage debut. But while her parents, Imelda Staunton and Jim Carter, were happy to help, she says they also just “let me do my own thing”. Carter, who graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama only this year, stars in a revival of J B Priestley’s The Roundabout at the Park Theatre, Finsbury Park. She plays Pamela Kettlewell, an ardent young Communist who returns from Russia to be reunited with her father after 10 years apart. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fgoingout%2Ftheatre%2Fbessie-carter-takes-after-her-parents-with-new-role-but-says-parents-let-her-do-her-own-thing-a3330311.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/26/10/bessie-carter.jpg | en | null | Bessie Carter takes after her parents with new role, but says they 'let me do my own thing' | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | As the daughter of an Oscar nominee and a Downton Abbey star, Bessie Carter had no shortage of advice when it came to making her stage debut.
But while her parents, Imelda Staunton and Jim Carter, were happy to help, she says they also just “let me do my own thing”.
Carter, who graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama only this year, stars in a revival of J B Priestley’s The Roundabout at the Park Theatre, Finsbury Park. She plays Pamela Kettlewell, an ardent young Communist who returns from Russia to be reunited with her father after 10 years apart.
She spoke to Staunton, who was nominated for an Oscar in 2004 for Vera Drake, and Jim Carter, who played Carson the butler in Downton, about the role. “My parents are just absolutely thrilled,” she said. “Mum has already been to see it and loved it. They read the play with me and we all just said, why is this not better known and a big West End revival?
“I’m 22 and an only child and the character is 22 and an only child so it just felt right. But we are such a happy little family, and I have to find what would it be like if we weren’t and my parents were separated.
“Dad is also very clever when it comes to history so we have talked about the politics and Communism.”
The actress, who had a minor role in the film version of Les Misérables and in BBC costume drama Cranford alongside her mother, said she was surprised the play had been revived so rarely since it was written in the Thirties — but the lack of exposure would make her job easier.
“The word on the street is JB Priestley was having an affair with Peggy Ashcroft and wrote the part of Pamela for her but it ended and he went back home and swept it under the carpet,” she said. “The Spectator gave it a good review in 1935 but then it seems to vanish.
“Because it is so long since it was shown there is no pressure in me, there is no one saying, ‘Oh I saw Helen McCrory in that role,’ and the audience have nothing to compare it to. I can put my own style in it and I couldn’t ask for anything more.”
Director Hugh Ross rediscovered the “strangely topical” work in a book of Priestley’s plays, essays and stories in his father’s library. He said: “I read it, enjoyed it hugely, and was bewildered as to its disappearance.”
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[
"Sebastian Mann"
] | 2016-08-31T14:51:37 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | The MP for a town where a Polish man was killed in a possible hate crime has declared that people who use the Brexit result to pursue their personal racist agendas "literally come from the sewers". Arkadiusz Jozwik was attacked in Harlow, Essex, on Saturday night and died on Monday from head injuries. The 40-year-old and another Polish man were set upon outside a row of takeaway shops in what Essex Police believe was an unprovoked attack at around 11.35pm. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk%2Fharlow-mp-brexit-hate-crime-racists-are-from-the-sewers-a3333596.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/31/14/hal.jpg | en | null | Harlow MP: Brexit hate crime racists are 'from the sewers' | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | The MP for a town where a Polish man was killed in a possible hate crime has declared that people who use the Brexit result to pursue their personal racist agendas "literally come from the sewers".
Arkadiusz Jozwik was attacked in Harlow, Essex, on Saturday night and died on Monday from head injuries.
The 40-year-old and another Polish man were set upon outside a row of takeaway shops in what Essex Police believe was an unprovoked attack at around 11.35pm.
Visiting the scene with Polish ambassador Arkady Rzegocki, MP Robert Halfon said: "I believe that the vast majority of people who voted to leave the EU did for noble reasons.
"I do have a view that a very small minority - and I stress that these kinds of awful things are done by a minority - it (the referendum) is being used by people who come from the sewers who want to exploit division and have their own racist agenda. They literally come from the sewers."
After the Brexit vote there was a spike in reported hate crimes, and incidents peaked on the day after the referendum.
There were 289 alleged offences across England, Wales and Northern Ireland on June 25 - equivalent to 12 every hour, police data shows.
More than 3,000 hate crimes and incidents were reported to forces around the country in the second half of June - a rise of 42% compared with the same period last year.
In Harlow, a number of locals will gather at the scene on Wednesday evening to show solidarity with the Polish community.
Jacek Gora, who owns a Polish shop in The Stow, has a Polish flag on his shop counter and is collecting signatures on it from people who knew Mr Jozwik in tribute.
He is also fundraising to help pay for funeral costs, and hopes to present the flag to the man's family.
"For everyone it's really strange, as he was the quietest person. If someone were to fight someone then okay, but he was really quiet.
"It was a surprise for everyone. He was a really good guy."
Mr Gora said he started collecting signatures on Tuesday night and dozens of people have already signed.
He added that "everyone" would go to the funeral on Saturday: "Everyone wants to help. All the Polish shops in the town centre are doing this."
He said he does not feel there is a particular problem with racism in the town.
"It was nearly midnight, everyone going back from pubs and clubs. Everyone is afraid about going home near midnight."
Asked to describe the community's reaction to what happened, he said: "It's not like we're angry about it. It's just strange as this situation shouldn't be. Everyone should be feeling safety everywhere going back home."
Jo Marie O'Reilly, who will attend the Stand Up To Racism vigil, said: "We wanted to do something to show our support for the Polish community within the town, who are all understandably quite shaken up by the event of Saturday.
"There has been a lot of talk from people in the community on social media, they are feeling uncomfortable and scared and worried about their future and about how they are going to be treated."
From 7pm on Wednesday there will be a 48-hour dispersal order implemented in a bid to keep potential trouble-makers away from the area.
Five 15-year-old boys and a 16-year-old who were arrested on suspicion of murder have been released on police bail until October 7.
A 43-year-old man, also from Harlow, was injured in the attack, and discharged from hospital after being treated for suspected hand fractures and bruising to his stomach.
Essex Police said one line of investigation is that it was a hate crime.
Based on the latest Office for National Statistics figures, Harlow currently has one of the highest concentrations of EU nationals from eastern Europe - roughly one in 17 residents.
This puts it in the top 30 local authorities in England and Wales with the greatest proportion of eastern European nationals per population.
Reporting by PA | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/harlow-mp-brexit-hate-crime-racists-are-from-the-sewers-a3333596.html | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/b7ce1b17e32cb5a83afc11a967a89be9c2c10a4137f8534cd6d013e5e781c11a.json |
[
"Benedict Moore-Bridger"
] | 2016-08-26T13:14:50 | null | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | Strong aftershocks have hit central Italy as the death toll from the devastating earthquake rose to 267 today, including a teenager from London. Hopes of finding any more survivors were fading as the biggest aftershock hit at 6.28am, with a magnitude of 4.8. It was preceded by more than a dozen weaker ones overnight and was followed by another nine in the subsequent hour - some of the nearly 1,000 aftershocks that have hit the seismic area of Italy’s central Apennine Mountains in the two days. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fitaly-braces-against-aftershocks-after-earthquake-kills-267-including-one-london-teen-a3330286.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/24/16/an105254340firefighters-sea.jpg | en | null | Italy braces against aftershocks after earthquake kills 267 including one London teen | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Strong aftershocks have hit central Italy as the death toll from the devastating earthquake rose to 267 today, including a teenager from London.
Hopes of finding any more survivors were fading as the biggest aftershock hit at 6.28am, with a magnitude of 4.8.
It was preceded by more than a dozen weaker ones overnight and was followed by another nine in the subsequent hour - some of the nearly 1,000 aftershocks that have hit the seismic area of Italy’s central Apennine Mountains in the two days.
About 5,000 rescue workers are nevertheless still combing through rubble for survivors using heavy machinery or bare hands.
Razed to the ground: Much of historic Amatrice has been reduced to dust (AP)
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said additional staff had been deployed to the region to provide consular support.
He added: “My deepest sympathies are with the Italian people and everyone affected by the terrible earthquake that struck central Italy.
“The British government has offered any assistance that we can to help with the recovery effort and I have spoken with Italian foreign minister Paolo Gentiloni to express my condolences personally.”
Rescue effort: Rescuers carry a victim inside a blanket following an earthquake in Amatrice, Italy (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
The 6.2-magnitude quake hit in the early hours on Wednesday 65 miles north-east of Rome.
At least three Britons are understood to have been killed.
Rescue: Firefighters have spent hours searching the rubble for survivors (EPA)
One victim, a 14-year-old boy, was visiting Italy with his family who were staying with the owners of a house in the village of Sommati, just over a mile from Amatrice, one of the worst-hit areas.
The British owners are also believed to have been killed, however their two children appeared to have survived the earthquake.
The boy’s parents were injured, and are currently been treated in Rieti Hospital, while his sister survived and did not need hospital treatment, the Daily Mirror said.
Rescue: Firefighters search for victims amid the rubble. (Italian Fire Brigade.)
Rieti Hospital director Pasquale Carducci said the teenager’s mother was suffering from facial fractures and his father had a broken leg.
“The British woman was brought here by rescue workers on Wednesday while her husband was taken to L’Aquila.
“When we discovered he was there we decided they would be happier together, so we decided to reunite them.
“Since the man was less badly hurt it was easier to bring him to her. We hope that they can be a support to each other.”
Search: Rescuers have been working all day to pull people trapped in the rubble. (AP)
The couple’s daughter was being looked after by other relatives while her parents were in hospital, the Mirror said, adding that the family were visited in hospital by British Embassy officials.
Italian news reports said the first funerals were due to be held on Friday, while Italian prime minister authorised a preliminary £43 million in emergency funding and ordered the cancellation of taxes for residents of the region.
He also said it was “absurd” to think that Italy could build completely quake-proof buildings.
Distraught: A devastated woman is comforted by rescuers (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
“It’s illusory to think you can control everything,” he said.
“It’s difficult to imagine it could have been avoided simply using different building technology. We’re talking about medieval-era towns.”
Alessandra Cioni, 45, who managed to crawl out of her crumpled house in Amatrice after the quake, said: “People like myself have lost everything, but at the same time the fact that we have survived means we have to move forward one minute at a time.
Devastation: At least six people have died in the quake (REUTERS/Remo Casilli)
“We have been saved, not like half the people in this place who have lost their lives." | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/italy-braces-against-aftershocks-after-earthquake-kills-267-including-one-london-teen-a3330286.html | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/d5e4abfd260da6332dc56fdaf44bc860d000d3590cbd09314e732fea135cedf2.json |
[
"Sebastian Mann"
] | 2016-08-31T06:51:07 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | A 59-year-old woman was heard screaming in terror after being raped in a horrific late-night attack in a park. A group of friends climbed into the locked Inwood Park, Hounslow, in the early hours of the morning after hearing a woman's terrified shrieks, police said. Inside, they found a victim who told them she had been raped. Detectives today issued CCTV footage of a man they wish to question in connection with the alleged attack. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2Fwoman-59-found-screaming-in-terror-after-being-raped-in-hounslow-park-a3332906.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/31/06/hounslow.jpg | en | null | Woman, 59, raped in a Hounslow park found screaming in terror | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | A 59-year-old woman was heard screaming in terror after being raped in a horrific late-night attack in a park.
A group of friends climbed into the locked Inwood Park, Hounslow, in the early hours of the morning after hearing a woman's terrified shrieks, police said.
Inside, they found a victim who told them she had been raped.
Detectives today issued CCTV footage of a man they wish to question in connection with the alleged attack.
Appeal: The man police wish to question in connection with the attack (Metropolitan Police)
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "Detectives have recovered CCTV from the nearby High Street, Hounslow, which shows the 59-year-old woman heading inside a cab office.
"At approximately 1.15am, CCTV shows her leaving the cab office and walking along Hanworth Road towards the park with an unknown man."
The attack is said to have happened about two and a half hours later at 3.40am on July 10.
The man police wish to speak to is described as approximately 6ft tall, clean shaven with short dark hair.
Contact police on 101 or via Crimestoppers Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 with any information. | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/woman-59-found-screaming-in-terror-after-being-raped-in-hounslow-park-a3332906.html | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/08350300a82415dbc827cf42e793c4eba9734ca1bd4706beb924d75325726b20.json |
[
"Chloe Chaplain"
] | 2016-08-27T12:49:48 | null | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | MasterChef judge Gregg Wallace has criticised Bake Off veteran Mary Berry, saying her opposition to the deep-fat fryer is "an attack on our British way of life". Ms Berry told Good Housekeeping magazine that she does not think homes should have fryers and also spoke out against fizzy drinks for children. In response, Wallace wrote in the Sun on Saturday that while "we probably did use the fryer a little bit too much" when he was young, fatty food is okay in moderation, adding: "Our nation was built on chips and spam fritters." | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fcelebritynews%2Fmasterchefs-gregg-wallace-blasts-bake-offs-mary-berry-in-row-over-deepfat-fryer-a3331046.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/25/16/cosmomaryberry2608a.jpg | en | null | Masterchef's Gregg Wallace blasts Bake Off's Mary Berry in row over deep-fat fryer | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | MasterChef judge Gregg Wallace has criticised Bake Off veteran Mary Berry, saying her opposition to the deep-fat fryer is "an attack on our British way of life".
Ms Berry told Good Housekeeping magazine that she does not think homes should have fryers and also spoke out against fizzy drinks for children.
In response, Wallace wrote in the Sun on Saturday that while "we probably did use the fryer a little bit too much" when he was young, fatty food is okay in moderation, adding: "Our nation was built on chips and spam fritters."
He said: "Just thinking about it takes me back to happy times when what we call dinner now was known as 'tea' and we ate it around five o'clock. Dinner was what you had at school at midday.
British food: Mr Wallace said the deep-fat fryer is part of British life
"The smell of deep-fat frying was universal back then, wasn't it? It brought families and friends together.
"To suggest getting rid of it isn't just an assault on the deep-fat fryer but on the traditional British psyche.
"I love Mary dearly but this is an attack on our British way of life. We fry things, that's what we do. It's like banning the wok in China or outlawing the pizza oven in Italy. It's ludicrous."
Ms Berry told Good Housekeeping about her desire to make children more healthy.
She said: "Many people think children must have chips. I don't think any household should have a deep-fat fryer.
"I never fry a doughnut. If you want a doughnut, go and buy one once in a blue moon. It's about everything in moderation."
The 81-year-old is back on screen with fellow judge Paul Hollywood in the new series of Bake Off as another group of flour-dusted hopefuls see whether they can stand the heat of the kitchen. | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/celebritynews/masterchefs-gregg-wallace-blasts-bake-offs-mary-berry-in-row-over-deepfat-fryer-a3331046.html | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/62fdd122d4287af63aff857f926c6387cc86f0545251395b398cfb184cafa747.json |
[
"Fiona Simpson"
] | 2016-08-30T18:51:08 | null | 2016-07-16T00:00:00 | A “dangerous” sex attacker who assaulted a woman against a parked van before dragging her into a garden and trying to rape her in north London has been jailed. Radu-Ionut Vilculescu, 26, followed his victim and tried to talk to her as she walked alone along Kentish Town Road in the early hours of the morning, Blackfriars Crown Court heard. He pushed the woman, aged in her 30s, up against the van and sexually assaulted her before dragging her into a nearby garden to try to rape her. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2Fjailed-dangerous-sex-attacker-who-dragged-woman-in-to-garden-during-attempted-rape-a3332766.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/07/16/08/radu-ionut-vilculescu.jpg | en | null | Jailed: Dangerous sex attacker who dragged woman in to garden during attempted rape | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | A “dangerous” sex attacker who assaulted a woman against a parked van before dragging her into a garden and trying to rape her in north London has been jailed.
Radu-Ionut Vilculescu, 26, followed his victim and tried to talk to her as she walked alone along Kentish Town Road in the early hours of the morning, Blackfriars Crown Court heard.
He pushed the woman, aged in her 30s, up against the van and sexually assaulted her before dragging her into a nearby garden to try to rape her.
Vilculescu ran off when the victim managed to get her phone out to call for help.
She was left bruised and shaken but was not seriously injured after the attack on December 5 last year.
Police caught Vilculescu following a CCTV appeal and he was jailed for five years at the same court on Friday.
Detective Constable Arif Sheikh said: "This is a great result. The victim can feel a sense of justice and can now move on. This was a horrific attack by a dangerous individual."
"This was a calculated and planned attack on a lone woman who was subjected to a violent and serious sexual assault.
“Vilculescu is a dangerous man who is now off our streets. Only the bravery of the woman prevented her being exposed to any further harm." | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/jailed-dangerous-sex-attacker-who-dragged-woman-in-to-garden-during-attempted-rape-a3332766.html | en | 2016-07-16T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/60a894b70d25befb394f1cead925a03b1dfe60047b2677ed863cfe8c92cbc493.json |
[
"Sarah Jacoby"
] | 2016-08-31T10:52:05 | null | 2016-08-31T11:02:48 | If your partner were to "emotionally" cheat on you — that is, have feelings for someone else, but not necessarily do anything physical — how would you react? A study suggests that your gender could play a role in how you respond. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Flifestyle%2Flondon-life%2Fheres-how-women-see-cheating-differently-than-men-a3333236.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/image_38.jpg | en | null | Here's how women see cheating differently than men | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | If your partner were to "emotionally" cheat on you — that is, have feelings for someone else, but not necessarily do anything physical — how would you react? A study suggests that your gender could play a role in how you respond.
The study, published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behaviour, looked at why people of different genders and sexual orientations became jealous in their relationships. To do so, the researchers surveyed nearly 64,000 people through (what used to be) msnbc.com about their past and present relationships. Participants were also asked whether it would be more distressing to have a partner cheat on them physically (having sex with someone else without falling in love) or emotionally (falling in love with someone else without having sex).
The results turned up a few interesting patterns: First, for heterosexuals, women were more likely to be upset by emotional infidelity than physical infidelity. Heterosexual men were more than twice as likely to be upset by physical infidelity than women were. That pattern, however, disappeared for non-heterosexual participants — people who identified as gay, lesbian, or bisexual appeared to be equally as upset by sexual and emotional cheating.
The researchers suggest that the gender difference in heterosexual couples could be influenced by evolutionary factors. Historically, the study authors posit, men may have avoided investing in offspring that wasn't biologically related to them.
However, there are plenty of cultural influences at work here (for example, men and women alike are socialised to believe that men care about sex a whole lot) and these assumptions play right into our gendered stereotypes.
Although previous studies have revealed that cheaters may have many reasons for doing what they do, they are also prett likely to cheat again. While there are certainly ways to keep a relationship together after infidelity (emotional or physical), this new research suggests it's pretty deeply ingrained in us to be upset about it, too.
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What Does It Mean To "Break" A Penis? | http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/heres-how-women-see-cheating-differently-than-men-a3333236.html | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/8e90b09e4fd5383d25e6ce919575cc4abfe1845cf136329d1b70461d81247501.json |
[
"Pietro Lazzerini"
] | 2016-08-30T10:52:01 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Juan Cuadrado has asked Antonio Conte to let him leave Chelsea to join Juventus. Cuadrado appears to have no future at Stamford Bridge and Juventus want him on loan with an option of a £22million transfer next summer. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fchelsea-transfer-news-juan-cuadrado-asks-antonio-conte-to-let-him-quit-blues-for-22m-juventus-move-a3332081.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/10/cuadrado30081.jpg | en | null | Chelsea transfer news: Juan Cuadrado demands Blues exit for £22m Juventus move | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Juan Cuadrado has asked Antonio Conte to let him leave Chelsea to join Juventus.
Cuadrado appears to have no future at Stamford Bridge and Juventus want him on loan with an option of a £22million transfer next summer.
The 28-year-old winger made only four starts for Chelsea after his £23.3m move from Fiorentina 18 months ago, and wants to go back to the Italian champions, where he spent last season on loan.
His agent, Alessandro Lucci, is due in London to hold talks with Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia.
Chelsea's summer search for defensive reinforcements
11 show all Chelsea's summer search for defensive reinforcements
1/11 Leonardo Bonucci Antonio Conte earmarked Bonucci as one of his top transfer targets earlier in the summer after working alongside the 28-year-old while with Juventus and the Italian national side.
The defender initially hinted that he was considering his future, but committed to a new five-year deal with Juve in July to end Chelsea's pursuit. VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images
2/11 John Stones Everton rejected four Chelsea offers for John Stones last summer and the Blues intended to reignite thier interest in a bid to finally tempt him away from Goodison Park.
But Antonio Conte was reluctant to match Manchester City's offer and the England international joined Pep Guardiola's side for a record fee in the region of £50million in August.
3/11 Kostas Manolas Chelsea made a fresh enquiry for Kostas Manolas earlier in the summer as a cheaper alternative to John Stones and a long-term replacement for captain John Terry.
Roma coach Luciano Spalletti last month warned the 25-year-old is not for sale and reports later claimed Barcelona had secured the first option to sign Manolas as part of the deal which saw Thomas Vermaelen move to Serie A. Paolo Bruno/Getty Images
4/11 Marquinhos Chelsea held talks with Paris St Germain over Brazil defender Marquinhos earlier in the summer.
The 22-year-old was also on Jose Mourinho's Chelsea wishlist last summer, but he signed a new long-term deal in Paris last year and the Blues have yet to take their interest beyond initial discussions.
5/11 Jose Gimenez Atletico Madrid's Gimenez was a a target for Chelsea last summer when it is understood he was actually wanted ahead of John Stones, who was the subject of four Chelsea bods.
The Blues again earmarked Gimenez as a target earlier this year, but didn't act on their interest. CRISTINA QUICLER/AFP/Getty Images
6/11 Kalidou Koulibaly The defender has emerged as Chelsea's top target as others have fallen away, but Napoli have attempted to keep Koulibaly with a new contract offer which includes the verbal agreement to sell in 12 months.
The Blues are considering meeting their £60m asking price this summer and Koulibaly is keen on a move to Stamford Bridge, but the Serie A club are proving tough negotiators. (Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images)
7/11 Victor Lindelof Chelsea remain hopeful a deal can be struck for Koulibaly, but Lindelof has been lined up as a back-up option to strengthen central defence if their pursuit fails.
Their hope to sign the Sweden international is complicated by the fact they are unwilling to meet the £25m release clause in his contract.Chelsea remain hopeful a deal can be struck for Koulibaly, but Lindelof has been lined up as a back-up option to strengthen central defence if their pursuit fails.
Their hope to sign the Sweden international is complicated by the fact they are unwilling to meet the £25m release clause in his contract. FRANCISCO LEONG/AFP/Getty Images
8/11 Alessio Romagnoli Chelsea also turned to AC Milan's Romagnoli as an alternative to Koulibaly.
But Antonio Conte was again dealt another blow as Milan rejected a £30million Chelsea bid before drawing up a new deal for the 21-year-old to as they stepped up their efforts to knock away interest. (Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
9/11 Nikola Maksimovic Napoli have been in talks with Torino over Nikola Maksimovic since the start of the year, but he has also drawn interest from Chelsea.
However, the 24-year-old is edging towards a £26million move to Napoli, but it is hoped that transfer could pave the way for long-term Chelsea target Kalidou Koulibaly to finally secure a move to Stamford Bridge. Getty Images
10/11 Marcos Alonso With the window drawing to close, Chelsea are also keen to strengthen in the full-back areas, with Fiorentina's Marcos Alonson firmly on Conte's radar. Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Images
11/11 Stefan de Vrij The Blues have also added Lazio defender Stefan de Vrij to the list and have made an offer in excess of £21m. Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images
Juventus are willing to pay a £3.5m loan fee with head coach Massimiliano Allegri seeing Cuadrado as an important part of his plans.
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[] | 2016-08-27T18:49:51 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | England rode half-centuries by Joe Root and captain Eoin Morgan to beat Pakistan by four wickets in the second one-day international and take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series on Saturday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fother-sports%2Fengland-vs-pakistan-hosts-secure-impressive-fourwicket-win-in-second-odi-at-lords-a3331206.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/27/19/joeroot.jpg | en | null | England vs Pakistan: Hosts secure impressive four-wicket win in second ODI at Lord's | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | England rode half-centuries by Joe Root and captain Eoin Morgan to beat Pakistan by four wickets in the second one-day international and take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series on Saturday.
Root hit 89 and Morgan 68 in England's chase, which finished on 255-6 in the 48th over and overshadowed Sarfraz Ahmed's career-best 105 for Pakistan.
Root featured in two productive stands, adding 112 with Morgan and 56 with Ben Stokes (42), before falling late.
Earlier, Ahmed's second century in ODIs lifted Pakistan to 251 after they lost three wickets for just two runs inside the first four overs.
Imad Wasim (63) was one of only four Pakistan batsmen to reach double figures, as Chris Woakes (3-42) and Mark Wood (3-46) shared six wickets.
"A clinical performance all round," Morgan said. "Got the ball talking in the first four overs, and that was an awesome way to start. The guys we've selected are different; we've got pace, control, and guys who turn the ball."
Earlier, Woakes and Wood destroyed Pakistan's top order after captain Azhar Ali won the toss and opted to bat. Ahmed rebuilt the innings with the middle order.
Opening batsman Sami Aslam (1), one of three changes Pakistan made from the defeat at Southampton, was adjudged caught behind off Woakes by third umpire Simon Fry when he attempted a pull shot. Sharjeel Khan's (0) off stump was knocked back by Wood off a delivery which just moved away enough from the left-hander, and Woakes then found a thick edge off Azhar's (0) bat.
"The guys worked hard and kept fighting, and Sarfraz's hundred was one of the best innings I've seen from him," Azhar said.
"We could have made 300 on this pitch, but after losing those three wickets, we'd have taken 250. We have the capability but we need to apply ourselves."
Ahmed steadied the innings with some superb running between the wickets, and contributed half-century stands with Babar Azam and Shoaib Malik before Wasim joined him in the 27th over at 125-5 and raised another productive 77-run stand.
Ahmed completed his century when he deflected Liam Plunkett to the fine leg boundary and got a reprieve in the same over when he was adjudged lbw. However, he lasted not much longer as he swept hard at Adil Rashid and holed out at deep midwicket.
England had early jitters when Mohammad Amir clean-bowled Jason Roy off his second delivery and Alex Hales was dismissed by Wasim in his first over to be 35-2.
(Gareth Copley/Getty Images)
But Root and Morgan combined in a century stand, and Stokes' quickfire 42 took the game away from Pakistan.
Root departed with England needing only 12 for victory as he got a leading edge off Wahab Riaz. Woakes raised the victory with a winning boundary off legspinner Yasir Shah.
Meanwhile, the England and Wales Cricket Board said fast bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson would take no further part in the English county season as they rest injuries. Broad has an ankle problem and Anderson requires rehabilitation on his right shoulder to get fit for the test tours to Bangladesh and India. | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/other-sports/england-vs-pakistan-hosts-secure-impressive-fourwicket-win-in-second-odi-at-lords-a3331206.html | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/c17d9bc8d94f69b8918d0db6f27ce8cf54cc6b33363f7da053062271eb701ae0.json |
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"Sebastian Mann"
] | 2016-08-29T08:50:24 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Hundreds of passengers fled from Los Angeles airport after panic was apparently sparked by a man dressed as "Zorro". Police arrested a costumed man with a plastic sword outside terminal buildings in footage captured by a passenger and posted on social media. LAX airport confirmed the man had been detained in bizarre scenes thought to have led to a mass evacuation of the world's seventh busiest transport hub. Police confirmed no shots were fired and no one was injured after the airport was put on lockdown after “loud noises” sparked terror. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Flos-angeles-airport-fears-of-gunfire-spark-panicked-evacuation-of-us-transport-hub-a3331606.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/29/08/zorro.jpg | en | null | Los Angeles airport: Man in 'Zorro' costume sparks panicked evacuation amid fears of gunshots at US transport hub | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Hundreds of passengers fled from Los Angeles airport after panic was apparently sparked by a man dressed as "Zorro".
Police arrested a costumed man with a plastic sword outside terminal buildings in footage captured by a passenger and posted on social media.
LAX airport confirmed the man had been detained in bizarre scenes thought to have led to a mass evacuation of the world's seventh busiest transport hub.
Police confirmed no shots were fired and no one was injured after the airport was put on lockdown after “loud noises” sparked terror.
Before things got really crazy - a man in a Zorro costume with a plastic sword was arrested. pic.twitter.com/COdNEIb1pL — sam macon (@sayczars) August 29, 2016
Emergency services descended on the airport shortly before 9pm (5am UK time) as flights were stopped from landing and terminals 6, 7, and 8 were closed off to traffic.
Actress Anne Dudek told the LA Times she and others fled terminal 7 after a panicked man ran past warning everyone to run because a gunman was on the loose.
She said: “People started dropping bags and running out of the terminal.
"Panic spread."
The airport was reopened to passengers shortly before 11pm (7am UK time) after police confirmed there was no active threat.
Los Angeles Police Department's commanding officer of media relations Andy Neiman said: "Report of shooting at LAX proven to be LOUD NOISES only No Shots Fired No Injuries investigation continues to locate source.”
Zorro is a fictional outlaw created by writer Johnston McCulley. Antonio Banderas played the Robin Hood-esque character, a masked man with a distinctive hat, in 1998 film The Mask of Zorro. | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/los-angeles-airport-fears-of-gunfire-spark-panicked-evacuation-of-us-transport-hub-a3331606.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/c841576966ad20c15e0fd8ee60da1d4478020cb78c08f53374369b5c40bff7d1.json |
[
"Francesca Gillett"
] | 2016-08-26T16:49:02 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Angry residents today demanded Notting Hill Carnival organisers move the festival elsewhere as they boarded up their homes ahead of the street party this weekend. Two million people are expected to descend on the area for the annual carnival in west London - which is the world's second biggest after Rio de Janeiro's. But today people living near the procession route said they were fed up with the “hassle” of spending hundreds of pounds protecting their homes and gardens each year. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fangry-residents-demand-notting-hill-carnival-to-be-moved-elsewhere-a3330776.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/26/17/nottinghill.jpg | en | null | Notting Hill Carnival: Angry residents board up homes and demand festival is moved ahead of 'invasion' | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Angry residents today demanded Notting Hill Carnival organisers move the festival elsewhere as they boarded up their homes ahead of the street party this weekend.
Two million people are expected to descend on the area for the annual carnival in west London - which is the world's second biggest after Rio de Janeiro's.
But today people living near the procession route said they were fed up with the “hassle” of spending hundreds of pounds protecting their homes and gardens each year.
Paul Fagan, who lives on Northumberland Place, employed someone to board up his house and will be going away for the weekend.
Home defences: Joseph Cox, of Ledbury Road, thinks the carnival should be moved elsewhere
“We’ve just moved in and we’ve been told that people defecate in front gardens,” he said.
“As London property prices have got really expensive, it’s not appropriate for the residents living in the street.
“I think the residents of this area have changed quite a lot since the carnival started so it’s not so much for the residents here now.”
Dave Higgins spent Friday protecting his mum’s house on Moorhouse Road. “She gets so much hassle every year,” he said.
Protecting: Dave Higgins said the revellers have caused hassle in previous years
“The year before last she came out with people peeing downstairs and crapping. They then pulled one of these window boxes down and started throwing bottles.”
Council tenant Joseph Cox, 70, who has lived on Ledbury Road for 25 years, said: “I have to put boards up - we have been threatened in the past.
“I have had about half a dozen people in this garden refusing to move, they come down to the basement. It’s like an invasion, it’s ridiculous.
“I’m not against anybody enjoying themselves, but when people get drunk everything goes to hell.”
He said when the carnival first started “it was great” but in recent years commercialisation has seen it move away from its traditional roots.
“They should start moving it because it’s getting ridiculous,” he said. “It’s just become a rip off.”
Vishal Lee, a contractor employed with Uxbridge Commercial who board up some homes, said he charged £400 to board up one property.
Working hard: Adrian and Lucasz are boarding up 100 businesses and homes today and tomorrow
Builders Adrian and Lucasz said they are spending Friday and Saturday boarding up around 100 shops and homes, starting at 8am in the morning and finishing at around midnight both days.
In July this year carnival bosses promised to double security after angry residents complained of the surge in violence and knife crime at last year’s event.
Last year 407 arrests were made – the highest number since 2008. Forty weapons were seized by police and eight officers were injured.
Lewis Benn, trustee director of the Notting Hill Carnival Trust, promised residents 2,000 stewards would be on the streets – up from just 800 last year.
But Mr Cox said the noise also causes problems. “The thing is when it first started it was great and the local people used to come out and then all of a sudden it became commercialised.
“Years ago you used to get steel bands and now they put up these huge speakers and it’s all this drum and bass. And they all try and outdo each other. “
He also said he was concerned about the carnival being a target for terrorism because of the big crowds. | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/angry-residents-demand-notting-hill-carnival-to-be-moved-elsewhere-a3330776.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/31a2ef8d5488a09bf633e04d8cbddbaf313d83a8f37f8f053f2edc90b4628b2d.json |
[
"Robert Dex"
] | 2016-08-30T10:50:52 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | A page torn out of Lucian Freud’s diary featuring the artist’s sketch of a rat he subdued with sleeping pills and champagne is expected to sell for thousands of pounds when it goes under the hammer next month. The rough 12cm drawing is a study of Freud’s first ever male nude model, Raymond Jones, complete with the rodent that also appears alongside him in a painting done the same year — called Naked Man With Rat. Freud agreed to portray Jones, an interior decorator and fixture on the London art scene, in return for Jones lending him money to cover his gambling debts. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fgoingout%2Farts%2Flucian-freud-s-drugged-rat-to-claw-in-thousands-at-sotheby-s-a3332131.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/11/3008freud1.jpg | en | null | Lucian Freud’s drugged rat to claw in thousands at Sotheby’s | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | 1/18 The Water-Lily Pond, Claude Monet, 1899 National Gallery, WC2N, nationalgallery.org.uk
This Monet masterpiece, painted in his garden in Giverny where he lived until his death, was painted during the early part of his iconic Water Lily series, before the great painter suffered from cataracts. A Japanese style bridge arches over shimmering greens and pinks, a view Monet painted 17 times in one year alone. The National Gallery, London
2/18 The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, JMW Turner, 1839 National Gallery, WC2N, nationalgallery.org.uk
Political, but oh-so-beautiful: Turner shows the once-fearsome gun ship Temeraire headed away from the sunset, being tugged by a paddle boat to be broken up, while another tug ominously waits in the lower right hand corner. Turner is evoking a sense of loss, lamenting the decline of Britain's naval power. Messages aside, the painting itself is a gorgeous contrast of styles: details of the ship are finely done, the rigging lightly sketched, the paddles of the boat slicing the water, while the sky is a glorious explosion of colour, thick layers of oil paint, the sun and sky by turns silver and gold, red and purple. In 2005, it was chosen as the nation's favourite painting in a Radio 4 poll. The National Gallery, London
3/18 Self-Portrait with Two Circles, Rembrandt, c. 1669 Kenwood House, NW3, english-heritage.org.uk
Just look in the eyes for this one: Rembrandt, at the time an old man, showed every ounce of pain and heartbreak he'd endured with the blackness of his pupils, which seems to spill out over his worn-to-grey skin. At the time of painting, he'd lost his wife, three of his children, and his mistress. He sits upright, square-jawed, jaw set defiantly, if a little sourly – it's a long way from his early, energetic, playful self-portraits. Four years later, after the loss of another son, he would by dead, having killed himself. The painting is a large one: give it some time. It's a peculiar experience to stand in front of it and sympathise with a stranger. Kenwood House
4/18 Sunflowers, Vincent van Gogh, 1888 National Gallery, WC2N, nationalgallery.org.uk
Van Gogh's series of Sunflowers caused an uproar when they were first presented: artist Henry de Groux declared them 'laughable', a remark which saw him only narrowly avoid a fist fight with Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Paul Signac. It's said van Gogh was spurred to paint the flowers in order to have new work to impress Paul Gauguin, whom he planned to share a studio with. On a diet of coffee and booze, he painted the first four in just six days. While visiting the Sunflowers, be sure to see his famous Chair; A Wheatfield, with Cypresses; and the magnetic 1899 painting Two Crabs, which sometimes, sadly, goes overlooked. The National Gallery, London
5/18 Blue Nude II, Henri Matisse, 1952 London Print Studio, W10, londonprintstudio.org.uk
Among his final ever work, Matisse's playful, vibrant cut-outs are a triumph of form. Too ill to paint, Matisse invented a new form with the cut-outs and the later Blue Nude series, as seen here, are deceptive: they seem simple, but the limbs swirl around each other, and Matisse captures something very human in the posture – particularly noticeable here in the slight incline of the neck. Straightforward, but captivating. DACS
6/18 Venus, Sandro Botticelli, c. 1490 The V&A, Cromwell Rd, SW7, vam.ac.uk
It might not be the famous Birth of Venus, but this piece is as close as one can currently get in London. It contains the same ground-breaking nudity – Christian influence had put a bit of a damper on that for a few centuries beforehand – and again, it's all in the eyes here: the expression could mean one of a thousand things. Afterwards, head to the National to see Venus and Mars, from a few years earlier. Volker-H. Schneider / Gemäldegalerie, SMB / Jörg P. Anders
7/18 The Skiff (La Yole), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1875 National Gallery, WC2N, nationalgallery.org.uk
Some Renoir is looked at a little sniffily – that's what being so successful your work is printed on everything from T-shirts to table mats does to you – but this remains a stunning example of Impressionism, showing off Renoir's famous use of vibrant colour: the orange and blue stand brightly against each other, and while the piece is a picture of calm, Renoir puts motion into the Skiff (La Yole, if you're showing off). The National Gallery, London
8/18 A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, Édouard Manet, 1882 The Courtauld Gallery, WC2R, courtauld.ac.uk
There is more to this extremely famous painting than it first seems: the picture of an ordinary functioning bar quickly unravels with the questions it asks – why her expression? Who is the man? Is he asking about buying a drink or her? Though it feels lively and offhand, like a night in the bar might be, the piece is thoroughly kitted out with detail, including a well-hidden trapeze artist. It's partly famous as the barmaid's reflection has puzzled onlookers since it was first shown: still, Manet's last major work proved to be a hit, and so it has remained. The Courtauld Gallery
9/18 The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, 28th June 1919, William Orpen, 1919 Imperial War Museum, SE1, .iwm.org.uk
William Orpen's piece, commissioned at the then huge cost of £3000, is more notable for its scene than the painting itself, but what a scene: as the title says, it shows the Peace Conference at Versailles in 1919, where the Allies decided the terms of peace following the First World War. In the painting are US president Woodrow Wilson, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, and many, many soldiers, diplomats and politicians. Spend a while with it: the facial expressions and how much they differ are particularly interesting. The architecture, as Orphen sees it, is vast, leaning over the politicians, making them seem small, insignificant, weak. It's subtle, perhaps, but reveals what the artist thought of them. WM (Art.IWM ART 2856)
10/18 Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, Vincent van Gogh, 1889 The Courtauld Gallery, WC2R, courtauld.ac.uk
The shades of green which run through this piece seem to exaggerate van Gogh's despondency. In this self-portrait, painted shortly after his ear was slashed and he almost bled to death, he sits staring, saying something, while wrapped up as if outdoors in a biting winter. Whether van Gogh slashed himself or it was the result of a fight with Gauguin remains unknown, but the two men never met after the incident again, and van Gogh's pain, insecurity and questioning in this picture is undoubtedly clear. The Courtauld Gallery
11/18 Two Dancers on a Stage, Edgar Degas, 1874 The Courtauld Gallery, WC2R, courtauld.ac.uk
Degas's dancers are notable for their movement: while ballet is physically demanding, draining, and emotionally consuming, here the pair seem relaxed, joking, as if in rehearsal. That they aren't centre of the painting gives the piece of a feeling of being a spontaneously captured. Not Degas's most famous work, but a beautiful example from a beautiful painting nevertheless. The Courtauld Gallery
12/18 Jane Austen, Cassandra Austen, c.1810 National Portrait Gallery, WC2H, npg.org.uk
This painting of the famous English novelist was done by her elder sister Cassandra. As the only two girls among eight siblings, the two were extremely close throughout their lifetime and frequently wrote to each other. This incomplete watercolour is thought to be the only known portrait from life of Jane. This does not, however, mean it looks much like her: her family were not convinced by it, although the expression apparently convinced her niece. Still, from 2017, it's the portrait we'll see on £10 notes everywhere. National Portrait Gallery, London
13/18 An Allegory ('Vision of a Knight'), Raphael, c. 1504 National Gallery, WC2N, nationalgallery.org.uk
Seeing any Raphael is extraordinary, especially as there are far too few in London. It's not entirely clear what this piece means, though some think the sleeping knight is meant to represent the Roman General Scipio Africanus, and the piece is an allegorical painting which has taken influence from the epic poem Punica, by Latin poet Silius Italicus. An example of Renaissance painting, it features the typical faraway long perspective in hues of blue, and fine detail throughout. The National Gallery, London
14/18 The Ambassadors, Hans Holbein the Younger, 1533 National Gallery, WC2N, nationalgallery.org.uk
Hans Holbein the Younger managed to be a hugely influential figure in art without founding a school, making him something of a rarity. This double portrait might not be as famous as the copy of his lost Henry VIII portrait (head next door to the National Portrait Gallery for that one), but it remains extremely striking, and draws the viewer in with what appears to be a white smudge across the bottom of the canvas: in fact, it is an early example of anamorphosis, and shows a skull, a symbol of death and mortality. While cynics suggest Holbein incorporated it simply to show off his skill (and hence secure future commissions, the canny so-and-so), it forces any audience to engage, to look and consider the work from all angles, and to get a more thorough appreciation for the piece. The National Gallery, London
15/18 Mont Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine, Paul Cézanne, 1887 The Courtauld Gallery, WC2R, courtauld.ac.uk
Odd to think this series of beautiful, calming landscapes once caused a stir, but it did, if only for its form: unlike the Impressionists, Cézanne outlined his shapes and details, and the piece isn't about hundreds of little details blurred together. The colours are prominent and striking, and the painting feels warm, humid, sunny – something in it acts like a teleporter to south of France. The techniques here and striking lines shows why Cézanne is sometimes remembered for helping usher in Abstract art. The Courtauld Gallery
16/18 Bathers at Asnières, Georges Seurat, 1884 National Gallery, WC2N, nationalgallery.org.uk
Famous enough that a bar in Pimlico have a drink dedicated to it. That's how you know you've made it big time. At 2m by 3m, Seurat's painting of young men relaxing by the water is impressively sizeable, and another example of a deceptively simple style: in real life, the painting seems to gleam, shine and wink – an effect achieved by contrasting dots of colour. The water is the best example of it, but the boys hat has dots of blue on the orange, making it stand out, drawing attention to him as he braces himself to swim. The side-on figures draws to mind Egyptian art. The National Gallery, London
17/18 William Shakespeare, attributed to John Taylor, c. 1600-10 National Portrait Gallery, WC2H, npg.org.uk
The Chandos portrait (named after a former owner) is currently on tour for about a year, but once it's home in the National Portrait Gallery, is well worth seeing. The painting is mystery itself: no-one is certain who actually painted it, and there's even some scepticism over whether it depicts the Bard or not. Nevertheless, it's this portrait which has formed the basis for countless portrayals of Shakespeare in the four hundred years since his death. An icon, not to be missed. National Portrait Gallery, London | http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/arts/lucian-freud-s-drugged-rat-to-claw-in-thousands-at-sotheby-s-a3332131.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/0461198584f1fdb9e55fea0c430f8d53a1e8cffa9a385bed12fa8fab50bab11c.json |
[
"Ben Morgan"
] | 2016-08-31T08:51:16 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Riverside residents today told of their shock after a body was found washed up on the banks of the Thames. It was discovered partially submerged in mud near a jetty used as a sales office for the Fulham Riverside SW6 development near Wandsworth Bridge. Scotland Yard is now trying to identify the man, who is believed to have entered the water further downstream. Houseboat owner Phil Walder, 58, watched the rescue teams discover the body on Monday evening from his houseboat in Plantation Wharf Pier on the opposite bank. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flondon%2Fmans-body-found-washed-up-on-banks-of-the-thames-in-fulham-a3332946.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/31/08/thames2.jpg | en | null | Fulham: Man's body found washed up on banks of the Thames | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Riverside residents today told of their shock after a body was found washed up on the banks of the Thames.
It was discovered partially submerged in mud near a jetty used as a sales office for the Fulham Riverside SW6 development near Wandsworth Bridge.
Scotland Yard is now trying to identify the man, who is believed to have entered the water further downstream.
Houseboat owner Phil Walder, 58, watched the rescue teams discover the body on Monday evening from his houseboat in Plantation Wharf Pier on the opposite bank.
He said: “It was a beautiful day and we were sat on the deck with neighbours enjoying the sunshine when we spotted a life boat crew on the beach.
“My neighbour got his binoculars and he thought he saw a rubber tube in the water. I looked and said it’s definitely a body.
“It was a man lying face down in the mud.
“They covered the body in a white sheet and put it on a stretcher and onto the boat.
“I didn’t see the body until the RNLI crews turned up. They immediately knew he was dead.”
The RNLI confirmed a crew from Chiswick was launched at 7.01pm and was on scene four minutes later.
The lifeboat crew, alongside the Met Police, took the body to Putney Pier.
The West London Coroner has been informed but an inquest is yet to open.
A police spokeswoman said: “Police were called to Wandsworth Bridge at approximately 6.52pm on Monday August 29 to reports of body on the river bank.
“The body of man was recovered.
“Enquiries are underway to establish the man’s identity.
“At this early stage the death is not thought to be suspicious.” | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/mans-body-found-washed-up-on-banks-of-the-thames-in-fulham-a3332946.html | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/25f936be43b6c670c57641c15e3ac04a0612a1c4a8a52370b884f72d5f8a46db.json |
[
"Dick Murray"
] | 2016-08-26T13:15:19 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Running the Thames cable car as a tourist attraction is a “fundamental fault” that stops Londoners from using it on a regular basis, a senior politician in the capital claimed today. Caroline Pidgeon, leader of the Liberal Democrats on the London Assembly, said the Emirates Air Line is hugely underused because it was not being run as “an integral form of public transport”. The cable car, which crosses 90 metres above the Thames between the Royal Docks and Greenwich, opened in June 2012 in time for the Olympics. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Ftransport%2Fcall-for-thames-emirates-air-line-cable-car-to-be-part-of-transport-system-not-tourist-attraction-a3330096.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/26/09/thamescablecar.jpg | en | null | Call for Thames Emirates Air Line cable car to be part of transport system and not 'tourist attraction' | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Running the Thames cable car as a tourist attraction is a “fundamental fault” that stops Londoners from using it on a regular basis, a senior politician in the capital claimed today.
Caroline Pidgeon, leader of the Liberal Democrats on the London Assembly, said the Emirates Air Line is hugely underused because it was not being run as “an integral form of public transport”.
The cable car, which crosses 90 metres above the Thames between the Royal Docks and Greenwich, opened in June 2012 in time for the Olympics.
In that early six-week period it recorded 674,515 journeys, with many people using it to reach sporting events. However, its use has plummeted and in the past six weeks 254,650 journeys were made, latest figures show.
In the week ending last Saturday, it carried 42,798 people — said to be nearly all tourists or visitors to London.The Air Line cost about £60 million to build and it is understood Transport for London has spent almost £1 million advertising it.
Ms Pidgeon said: “As soon as the Games ended the number of people who use it plummeted. Despite the huge amount of public money ploughed into the scheme and Transport for London spending a fortune on marketing, it can never escape the fundamental fault of being run as a tourist attraction and not a form of public transport.
“It is time the Mayor and TfL recognise it should run as an integral form of public transport which is affordable and attractive on a daily basis.”
Passengers can use Oyster or contactless for the trip at a price of £3.50 for a single. The regular cash fare is £4.50. In his election campaign, Mayor Sadiq Khan said he would consider closing the service to save cash, but it is now expected to continue until the contract ends in 2021 as it would prove too ex-pensive in penalties to do otherwise.
His spokesman said: “The Mayor has asked Transport for London to review all its business operations to cut waste.”
The cable car is expected to be part of the review. | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/call-for-thames-emirates-air-line-cable-car-to-be-part-of-transport-system-not-tourist-attraction-a3330096.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/719560850d59a5fbebd7ea4973f020baabb7966f93d20ab72f2b363e666f8637.json |
[
"Tom Dutton"
] | 2016-08-30T08:51:26 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Fiorentina sporting director Carlos Freitas has denied the club are in talks with Chelsea over Marcos Alonso. Antonio Conte is keen to add at least one defender to his ranks before Wednesday's transfer deadline and reports on Monday claimed the Blues were in talks with Fiorentina over a £24million deal for left-back Alonso. But Fiorentina chief Freitas has quashed claims Chelsea have opened negotiations with the Serie A club, stating no one has come forward to sign the 25-year-old. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fmarcos-alonso-to-chelsea-fiorentina-deny-blues-are-in-talks-to-sign-leftback-a3331946.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/08/marcosalonso3008.jpg | en | null | Chelsea transfer news: Blues yet to open talks over Marcos Alonso | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Fiorentina sporting director Carlos Freitas has denied the club are in talks with Chelsea over Marcos Alonso.
Antonio Conte is keen to add at least one defender to his ranks before Wednesday's transfer deadline and reports on Monday claimed the Blues were in talks with Fiorentina over a £24million deal for left-back Alonso.
But Fiorentina chief Freitas has quashed claims Chelsea have opened negotiations with the Serie A club, stating no one has come forward to sign the 25-year-old.
"So far no club has come to ask for our best players," he said on Monday. "[Alonso is], for now, a Fiorentina player."
Conte is also set on adding a central defender but has seen bids for Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly and AC Milan's Alessio Romagnoli rejected in recent weeks - and the Blues are reluctant to return with higher offers in both cases.
Both Serie A clubs have subsequently drawn up new contract offers for their star defenders to fend off interest, though neither player is yet to commit. | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/marcos-alonso-to-chelsea-fiorentina-deny-blues-are-in-talks-to-sign-leftback-a3331946.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/de999d7b151b2f640881885146592808a5d30265ee245b3b4b47f0de06bc235a.json |
[
"Robert Dex"
] | 2016-08-31T14:51:43 | null | 2016-07-28T00:00:00 | Sir Cameron Mackintosh's newest hit musical is coming to the West End after a sell-out run in Chichester. Half A Sixpence is a radical reworking of the original 1965 musical about an orphan, Arthur Kipps, who inherits a fortune. It was inspired by H G Wells’s novel Kipps and starred Tommy Steele and Marti Webb. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fgoingout%2Ftheatre%2Fcameron-mackintosh-to-bring-new-hit-musical-half-a-sixpence-to-west-end-a3333511.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/07/28/10/half-a-sixpence.jpg | en | null | Cameron Mackintosh to bring hit musical Half A Sixpence to West End | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Sir Cameron Mackintosh's newest hit musical is coming to the West End after a sell-out run in Chichester.
Half A Sixpence is a radical reworking of the original 1965 musical about an orphan, Arthur Kipps, who inherits a fortune. It was inspired by H G Wells’s novel Kipps and starred Tommy Steele and Marti Webb.
Sir Cameron said the new production benefited from “a miraculous piece of casting” when Charlie Stemp won the lead role shortly after leaving drama school. He said: “He didn’t train as an actor or a singer, he trained as a dancer but he auditioned and he was just Kipps.”
Sir Cameron, 69, whose hits include Les Misérables and The Phantom Of The Opera, said: “I was at school when I saw the original with Tommy Steele and Marti Webb and I remember really enjoying it. The story is about how you properly value people and I think that still resonates.”
The show runs at the Noel Coward Theatre from October 29 to February 11.
Follow Going Out on Facebook and on Twitter @ESgoingout | http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/theatre/cameron-mackintosh-to-bring-new-hit-musical-half-a-sixpence-to-west-end-a3333511.html | en | 2016-07-28T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/e68658fd98085687124a868175dde6844215f0a0a0082bb6a36f6bc30e45704a.json |
[
"Jennifer Ruby"
] | 2016-08-26T13:15:01 | null | 2016-04-15T00:00:00 | Arlene Phillips is reportedly being lined up to return to Strictly Come Dancing. The dance choreographer and presenter, who was a judge on the BBC show from 2004-2009, is in talks to replace Len Goodman. According to The Sun, Phillips, 73, could be making her big return to the show next year, seven years after she was axed. “Producers have a limited pool to pick from for Len's replacement,” a source told the newspaper. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fstayingin%2Ftvfilm%2Fstrictly-come-dancing-2016-arlene-phillips-being-lined-up-to-replace-len-goodman-a3330166.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/04/15/10/arlenephillips.jpg | en | null | Strictly Come Dancing 2016: Arlene Phillips being ‘lined up’ to replace Len Goodman | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Arlene Phillips is reportedly being lined up to return to Strictly Come Dancing.
The dance choreographer and presenter, who was a judge on the BBC show from 2004-2009, is in talks to replace Len Goodman.
According to The Sun, Phillips, 73, could be making her big return to the show next year, seven years after she was axed.
“Producers have a limited pool to pick from for Len's replacement,” a source told the newspaper.
“They know Arlene would be a shock to the audience but they'd love it. This time her age actually works in her favour as part of the BBC's new diversity and gender targets.
“Anton du Beke is still the favourite, but bosses love him being a dance mentor.”
Despite her strong dance background and expertise, Phillips was axed from the show and replaced by Alesha Dixon in 2009.
Speaking on Good Morning Britain on Wednesday, Phillips suggested that she’d been keen to make a return to the popular show.
Strictly Come Dancing 2016: full confirmed line-up
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1/16 Keep dancing! The line-up for Strictly Come Dancing 2016 has been announced in full BBC/Ray Burmiston/Matt Burlem
2/16 Ed Balls Jeremy Selwyn / Evening Standard
3/16 Greg Rutherford Competing: Greg Rutherford will join Strictly Come Dancing fresh from the Rio Olympics Alexander Hassenstein/Getty
4/16 Laura Whitmore Confirmed: TV presenter Laura Whitmore is set for Strictly Come Dancing 2016 Stuart C. Wilson/Getty
5/16 Ore Oduba Confirmed: Olympic Games presenter Ore Oduba will take to the dance floor BBC /Adrian Meyers /Matt Burlem
6/16 Will Young John Phillips/Getty
7/16 Claudia Fragapane Alex Livesey/Getty
8/16 Melvin Odoom Dave Benett
9/16 Louise Redknapp Luca Teuchmann/Getty
10/16 Danny Mac Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images
11/16 Naga Munchetty Confirmed: Naga Munchetty will be taking part in Strictly Come Dancing 2016 BBC
12/16 Daisy Lowe Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images
13/16 Anastacia Jeff Spicer/Getty
14/16 Judge Rinder Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty
15/16 Lesley Joseph Stuart C. Wilson/Getty
16/16 Tameka Empson Jeff Spicer/Getty
“Len is going and as always when the BBC said goodbye, the BBC do what the BBC want to do so I have no clue,” she said.
“But I do know that I want to be there this year because Greg Rutherford is adorable.”
Goodman, 72, recently announced that this year would be his last on Strictly after 12 years as head judge.
He said: “In 2004, I was asked to take part in a brand new BBC Saturday night show and who would have thought me, old Len Goodman, would still be part of this amazing series more than 10 years on.
“This adventure began when I was 60 and now that I’ve reached my 70s, I’ve decided after this year it’s time to hand the role of Head Judge to someone else.
“It is an honour being part of the wonderful Strictly Come Dancing family and I’m looking forward to my last series very much and to whatever comes next.”
While Goodman is leaving Strictly, it is thought that he will be taking a the head judge role on US series Dancing With the Stars in the future. | http://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/strictly-come-dancing-2016-arlene-phillips-being-lined-up-to-replace-len-goodman-a3330166.html | en | 2016-04-15T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/1cacb924966af439643d2641ffed053cbd2a9662411bd071f1e56e70f6301a78.json |
[
"Fiona Simpson"
] | 2016-08-29T20:50:39 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | This is the heart-stopping moment a motorist "flew around a bend on the wrong side of the road". Lee Wretham captured the terrifying footage on a dashcam as he drove along Ebbsfleet Gateway in Kent. Shocking images showed a light blue car hurtle towards Mr Stevens’ vehicle. The driver narrowly avoided hitting him and veered back in to the left-hand lane. The motorist, from Northfleet, told the Standard that he “glanced down to check his speedometer” after coming off a roundabout and looked up to see the car “flying towards him.” | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk%2Fheartstopping-moment-car-driving-on-wrong-side-of-road-narrowly-avoids-headon-smash-a3331881.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/29/21/carvid-0.jpg | en | null | Heart-stopping moment car driving on wrong side of road narrowly avoids head-on smash | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | This is the heart-stopping moment a motorist "flew around a bend on the wrong side of the road".
Lee Wretham captured the terrifying footage on a dashcam as he drove along Ebbsfleet Gateway in Kent.
Shocking images showed a light blue car hurtle towards Mr Stevens’ vehicle.
The driver narrowly avoided hitting him and veered back in to the left-hand lane.
The motorist, from Northfleet, told the Standard that he “glanced down to check his speedometer” after coming off a roundabout and looked up to see the car “flying towards him.”
Mr Wretham added: “I was in the car on my own, there is a slight curve and a hill right there, so it’s hard to see at the best of times.
“When I looked up and saw this light blue car come flying towards me, I literally whacked the breaks and the horn at the same time and turned into the curb.”
The 38-year-old added that the other driver “casually glided into the correct lane” following the hair-raising incident. | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/heartstopping-moment-car-driving-on-wrong-side-of-road-narrowly-avoids-headon-smash-a3331881.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/6132cafbb0b5aed4f6dcb71106a9843f6f090fdb950e12386dd2504ac06316a6.json |
[
"Jonathan Hunn"
] | 2016-08-30T12:51:21 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Darren Clarke today named Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer and Thomas Pieters as his three wildcard picks for Europe’s Ryder Cup team. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fryder-cup-2016-thomas-pieters-lee-westwood-and-martin-kaymer-selected-by-darren-clarke-as-europe-s-a3332451.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/12/thomaspieters3008.jpg | en | null | Ryder Cup 2016: Thomas Pieters, Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer selected by Darren Clarke as Europe’s wildcard picks | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Darren Clarke today named Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer and Thomas Pieters as his three wildcard picks for Europe’s Ryder Cup team.
Pieters made a late case for selection with victory at the Made in Denmark last week and the Belgian was picked ahead of Luke Donald, Graeme McDowell and Russell Knox.
Clarke had been keen to add experience to his side, which will contain six rookies, but decided to take a chance on another debutant. Pieters has won three times on the European Tour in the past year.
“In Lee and Martin I have got guys that bring a wealth of experience,” said Clarke. “The last choice was very difficult. I had a few people in mind. It was difficult but I found it impossible to leave Thomas off the team.”
Davis Love III, the United States captain, will name three of his four picks on September 12 before completing his team five days before the Ryder Cup begins at Hazeltine on September 30. | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/ryder-cup-2016-thomas-pieters-lee-westwood-and-martin-kaymer-selected-by-darren-clarke-as-europe-s-a3332451.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/b1e2b364c51c7cf717ab047aee268858d984d3139f374e2140d6af67b786e774.json |
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"Sebastian Mann"
] | 2016-08-30T14:51:04 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Broadcaster Jeremy Vine has released shocking footage of a road rage clash with an angry motorist on the streets of Kensington. The journalist claimed he got a “kicking” during the row with a “dangerous” driver as he rode his bike on his daily commute through the prosperous London district on Friday. Footage captured by bike-mounted cameras and shared on his Facebook page shows Vine cycling down Hornton Street past Kensington Central Library when a motorist behind him sounds their horn because she cannot get past. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2Fbbcs-jeremy-vine-receives-tirade-of-foulmouthed-abuse-in-road-rage-row-while-cycling-a3332516.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/14/woman1.jpg | en | null | BBC's Jeremy Vine receives foul-mouthed abuse in road rage row in west London | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Broadcaster Jeremy Vine has released shocking footage of a road rage clash with an angry motorist on the streets of Kensington.
The journalist claimed he got a “kicking” during the row with a “dangerous” driver as he rode his bike on his daily commute through the prosperous London district on Friday.
Footage captured by bike-mounted cameras and shared on his Facebook page shows Vine cycling down Hornton Street past Kensington Central Library when a motorist behind him sounds their horn because she cannot get past.
Moments later the 2015 Strictly star slows to a halt in the middle of the road in front of the car, sending the driver flying into a rage.
Broadcaster: TV presenter Jeremy Vine shared the footage on social media (BBC)
She gestures frantically with her hands as she yells “Why would you do that?” before exiting the hatchback and launching into a foul-mouthed tirade.
As Vine explains there wasn’t room for her to pass because cyclists ought to be given a car’s width, she screams: "Why the f*** would you stop in front of a car? You don't respect your f***ing life.”
Row: The motorist gestures angrily after exiting the car to remonstrate with Vine (Jeremy Vine)
A brief tussle then appears to ensue, with the woman insisting: “Move your bike, move your bike.”
The footage then cuts ahead 30 seconds, after the motorist has finally passed Vine and stopped at traffic lights. She gets out her car again as Vine warns her not to assault him before she cries: "If you take a picture of my car again I'll knock you out.”
In subtitles Vine has added to the clip, he then claims the woman formed her hand into the shape of a gun and went to “fire” it at him.
On Tuesday, Vine tweeted a link to the video with the caption: “Such a horrible moment on my cycle home. Luckily I filmed it. No fun getting a kicking.”
And in the Facebook post, he explained he was publicising the footage to his hundreds of thousands of followers because he feared his aggressor may go on to assault someone.
He wrote: “This happened on Friday. I hate to overload our hard-working London police with footage from my commute, but I feel the person you see on the tape will at some point hurt someone very badly - either with her car or in a direct personal assault. See what you think.”
Scotland Yard has been contacted for comment. | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/bbcs-jeremy-vine-receives-tirade-of-foulmouthed-abuse-in-road-rage-row-while-cycling-a3332516.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/8f45aa6e3b37a0f3860033b2be3bc3f2f997c303e1146115ec57d2a64cc69c61.json |
[
"Chloe Chaplain"
] | 2016-08-27T14:49:54 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | UberEATS delivery drivers are planning protests outside popular London restaurants as the row over pay escalates. The drivers took to London streets on Friday to campaign for higher pay after receiving what they describe as “poverty wages”. UberEATS has now been accused not caring about workers’ rights following the 'sacking' of one of the key campaigners. UberEATS says the deactivation of the drivers' account with it was not related to the ongoing dispute. Now drivers are planning to take the picket lines to the city’s eateries to bring home their message. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flondon%2Fubereats-drivers-plan-protests-at-london-restaurants-as-row-over-pay-escalates-a3331061.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/27/14/ubereats3.jpg | en | null | UberEATS drivers plan protests at London restaurants as row over pay escalates | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | UberEATS delivery drivers are planning protests outside popular London restaurants as the row over pay escalates.
The drivers took to London streets on Friday to campaign for higher pay after receiving what they describe as “poverty wages”.
UberEATS has now been accused not caring about workers’ rights following the 'sacking' of one of the key campaigners. UberEATS says the deactivation of the drivers' account with it was not related to the ongoing dispute.
Now drivers are planning to take the picket lines to the city’s eateries to bring home their message.
The strike, organised by union United Voices of the World, saw moped drivers and cyclists congregate outside Uber’s London HQ.
Picket lines: The drivers are planning to protest outside popular restaurants (REUTERS)
Protesters chanted “Uber, shame on you” and held placards reading “Uber cheats” as they called on the company to pay the London living wage.
Further protests are planned.
UberEATS has refused to meet workers as a group and will only talk on a one-on-one basis.
An UberEATS spokesman said: “The reason we did not want to speak with them as a group is because everyone tells us they want different things
He added: “Our office is open and our team is always available to chat to couriers. We held a breakfast for the drivers on Friday to give them a chance to discuss anything.
“Our doors were open to them all day.”
UberEATS protest: Delivery workers for UberEATS protest over pay and conditions, outside the company's offices in London (REUTERS)
But the union’s general secretary Petros Elia claimed the breakfast meeting was a ploy to deter workers from the strike and has criticised the company over the account deactivation of one of the campaigners.
Mr Elia told the Standard: “UberEATS deactivated his account on Friday – the same day of the strike.
“He has been quite vocal about the drivers’ demands and now he has been blocked from logging in so he can’t work.
“This is his only job at the moment.”
But the UberEATS spokesman denied this had anything to do with the strike and said it deactivated his account on Friday before the picket for an unrelated matter.
He added that at the time of the deactivation, UberEATS had not known the driver was part of the protest.
The union, however, claims the company believes it can break the protests by the “sacking”.
Drivers are arguing that current working conditions means some are logged-in all day and make themselves “available” for work but get no shifts.
Basic pay: The company is proposing a new pay raate of £6.60 to £7.70 per delivery (UberEATS)
They are calling for a basic hourly rate regardless of the number of deliveries they do that would match the London Living Wage of £9.40 per hour and expenses for the running of their vehicles.
UberEATS is proposing a base rate of £6.60 to £7.60 per delivery rather than an hourly wage.
UberEATS London general manager Alex Czarnecki said: “We’re committed to being the best option for couriers in London. Unlike other companies we don’t set shifts, minimum hours or delivery zones - couriers can simply log in or out when and where they choose.
“So far this week couriers delivering lunch and dinner have made over 10% more an hour than they did in the same period last week, which is on average more than the London living wage.” | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ubereats-drivers-plan-protests-at-london-restaurants-as-row-over-pay-escalates-a3331061.html | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/4ab65ad53b74864f949f3bc3c2ecefc8a6a0fc3664bb72131b6fe24686f160f3.json |
[
"Robert Dex"
] | 2016-08-26T13:12:01 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Scottish rockers Mogwai have credited Hollywood director Michael Mann as “the catalyst” behind their string of soundtrack albums as they prepare to perform their latest one at the Barbican. The band, who have contributed soundtracks for supernatural French drama Les Revenants, a Zinedine Zidane documentary and a feature film by cult director Darren Aronofsky, will be performing music from Atomic, a documentary about the nuclear age, alongside a screening of the film. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fshowbiz%2Fsoundtrack-rockers-mogwai-miami-vice-was-our-big-break-a3330431.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/26/11/mowgli.jpg | en | null | Soundtrack rockers Mogwai: ‘Miami Vice was our big break’ | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Scottish rockers Mogwai have credited Hollywood director Michael Mann as “the catalyst” behind their string of soundtrack albums as they prepare to perform their latest one at the Barbican.
The band, who have contributed soundtracks for supernatural French drama Les Revenants, a Zinedine Zidane documentary and a feature film by cult director Darren Aronofsky, will be performing music from Atomic, a documentary about the nuclear age, alongside a screening of the film.
Guitarist Stuart Braithwaite said things changed when some of their music featured in the 2006 remake of Eighties cop show Miami Vice, with Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx in the detective roles made famous by Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas.
He said: “Michael Mann used a couple of our songs in his Miami Vice film and that perhaps showed people our music could be used like that and that was the catalyst.”
The musician believes the common theme between the films they have worked on is that it allowed them to “work with people we find really interesting”.
He said: “It is about having specific emotions or an atmosphere to convey and that’s the challenge.”
The film, made from archive footage, covers events including the Chernobyl disaster and the Cold War and is being shown at the Barbican on September 15.
The band will provide a live score for two screenings. | http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/soundtrack-rockers-mogwai-miami-vice-was-our-big-break-a3330431.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/3b4deee553b4e5a4bb96c23f75c5910e112b7c5d0bc6832c4f9d36719d2e2571.json |
[
"Tom Collomosse"
] | 2016-08-30T08:51:13 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Tottenham are confident of agreeing a deal with Christian Eriksen to keep the Dane at the club for the next four years. Eriksen is believed to be very close to finalising terms on a renewal with Spurs after on-off discussions that have lasted more than a year. It is even possible that the deal could be finalised as early as next week, when Eriksen returns from international duty. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fchristian-eriksen-closing-in-on-new-fouryear-contract-as-tottenham-offer-substantial-pay-rise-a3331976.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/08/christianeriksen3008.jpg | en | null | Christian Eriksen contract: Dane closing in on new four-year-deal as Tottenham offer substantial pay rise | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Tottenham are confident of agreeing a deal with Christian Eriksen to keep the Dane at the club for the next four years.
Eriksen is believed to be very close to finalising terms on a renewal with Spurs after on-off discussions that have lasted more than a year.
It is even possible that the deal could be finalised as early as next week, when Eriksen returns from international duty.
Eriksen is poised to collect a substantial pay rise - worth about £75,000 per week - that sees him become one of the best-paid players in the Tottenham squad.
The 24-year-old is currently with Denmark preparing for a friendly against Liechtenstein on Wednesday, followed by the World Cup qualifier against Armenia on Sunday.
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After that, he will be back at Tottenham's Enfield training base to prepare for the Premier League fixture at Stoke on September 10 - and may even sign the contract in the days leading up to that game.
Eriksen joined Tottenham in the summer of 2013 for about £11million from Ajax, and has been one of the club's most consistent players, contributing a regular flow of goals and assists.
He has attracted interest from both Juventus and Paris St Germain in the last 12 months but has chosen to extend his stay at White Hart Lane.
Both Manchester United and Manchester City targeted Eriksen in the past while Atletico Madrid also admired him.
The length of time taken by the talks caused some at Tottenham to fear Eriksen would reach next summer with only one year remaining on his deal, making him an attractive proposition to potential suitors.
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Yet Eriksen's agent confirmed exclusively to Standard Sport last month that his client remained happy at Tottenham and there is now confidence that he will finally put pen to paper. | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/christian-eriksen-closing-in-on-new-fouryear-contract-as-tottenham-offer-substantial-pay-rise-a3331976.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/b659eacc121af98061b21182d6a2807f2088d6adaf31d980860324377a0c9a80.json |
[
"Giuseppe Muro"
] | 2016-08-31T10:51:09 | null | 2016-04-18T00:00:00 | Emmanuel Adebayor is in talks with Fulham over a shock move to Craven Cottage. Adebayor is a free agent after leaving Crystal Palace and is poised to sign a one-year deal. Fulham are confident a deal will be reached. The deal does not have to be completed before the transfer deadline because Adebayor is a free agent. Fulham are second in the Championship and manager Slavisa Jokanovic hopes the 32-year-old can help get the club back into the Premier League. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Ffulham-transfer-news-emmanuel-adebayor-set-to-join-cottagers-on-free-transfer-a3333376.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/04/18/12/emmanueladebayor1804.jpg | en | null | Fulham transfer news: Emmanuel Adebayor set to join Cottagers on free transfer | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Emmanuel Adebayor is in talks with Fulham over a shock move to Craven Cottage.
Adebayor is a free agent after leaving Crystal Palace and is poised to sign a one-year deal. Fulham are confident a deal will be reached.
The deal does not have to be completed before the transfer deadline because Adebayor is a free agent.
Fulham are second in the Championship and manager Slavisa Jokanovic hopes the 32-year-old can help get the club back into the Premier League.
The ambitious move for Adebayor is a show of intent from Fulham they look to maintain their challenge for promotion.
Adebayor was earning £100,000-per-week last season and would likely have to agree to a significant pay-cut at Fulham, who sold top scorer Ross McCormack to Aston Villa for £14million just days before the start of the season. | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/fulham-transfer-news-emmanuel-adebayor-set-to-join-cottagers-on-free-transfer-a3333376.html | en | 2016-04-18T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/b6e705d7718c650386e11bac0ec3a7cc47122184772c3066bd6f2e55e65265de.json |
[
"Standard Sport"
] | 2016-08-26T13:08:30 | null | 2016-07-28T00:00:00 | The Champions League; it's where everybody wants to be. But, after a disappointing tenth place Premier League finish last term, Chelsea will not be staging European football of any sort at Stamford Bridge this season. Meanwhile, Tottenham are riding the crest of a wave, having achieved their best ever finish in the Premier League era to secure a seat at Europe's top table. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fchelseas-official-facebook-page-trolls-tottenham-fan-over-champions-league-draw-a3330476.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/07/28/18/mauriciopochettino.jpg | en | null | Chelsea's official Facebook page trolls Tottenham fan over Champions League draw | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | The Champions League; it's where everybody wants to be.
But, after a disappointing tenth place Premier League finish last term, Chelsea will not be staging European football of any sort at Stamford Bridge this season.
Meanwhile, Tottenham are riding the crest of a wave, having achieved their best ever finish in the Premier League era to secure a seat at Europe's top table.
Mauricio Pochettino's side are set to face CSKA Moscow, Bayer Leverkusen and Monaco in Group E but some sections of their fanbase don't appear to be prepared to let their capital rivals forget that they won't be involved.
And Spurs fan Daniel Best cheekily posted on Chelsea's official Facebook page asking who the Blues had been drawn against in this year's competition.
However, his comment received short shrift from the west Londoners, who offered a subtle reminder of their previous success by uploading a photograph of the club's triumph in Munich.
That has to go down as a swing and a miss for Daniel, unless getting a bite was his aim from the start.
This season represents Chelsea's first campaign without Champions League football since 2002/03 while Tottenham are preparing to feature in the tournament for only the second time.
Meanwhile, both clubs have received a boost in regards to their future involvement with the entire top four set to be guaranteed a place in the Champions League group stages as of 2018 under new Uefa rules. | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelseas-official-facebook-page-trolls-tottenham-fan-over-champions-league-draw-a3330476.html | en | 2016-07-28T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/7fa17c35527021364a757a469a73d7093b24c01077046b354431286880bdc867.json |
[
"Ben Norum"
] | 2016-08-26T13:14:27 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The Red Hot Chili Peppers will perform two gigs at the O2 in December as part of a European tour which will also see them play in Birmingham and Manchester. It will be the first time the band has toured in the UK for five years. The announcement comes as the Red Hot Chili Peppers gear up to headline Reading and Leeds Festivals this weekend. The tour will support the Grammy award-winning band’s 11th studio album, The Getaway, which is out now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fgoingout%2Fmusic%2Fred-hot-chili-peppers-announce-first-london-tour-in-five-years-a3330191.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/26/10/red-hot-chili-peppers.jpg | en | null | Red Hot Chili Peppers announce first London tour in five years | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | The Red Hot Chili Peppers will perform two gigs at the O2 in December as part of a European tour which will also see them play in Birmingham and Manchester. It will be the first time the band has toured in the UK for five years.
The announcement comes as the Red Hot Chili Peppers gear up to headline Reading and Leeds Festivals this weekend. The tour will support the Grammy award-winning band’s 11th studio album, The Getaway, which is out now.
The tour arrives in the UK on Monday December 5 and kicks off at the O2 on 5 and 6 December followed by Birmingham’s Genting Arena on 10 and 11 December and Manchester Arena on 14 and 15 December.
Tickets are available from September 2 and can be booked here.
Follow Going Out on Facebook and on Twitter @ESgoingout | http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/red-hot-chili-peppers-announce-first-london-tour-in-five-years-a3330191.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/b825b8b7ae6f4ed24146c6b67e41819a099b76b68b2e2d792e1b5c112f9ebad4.json |
[
"Simon Johnson"
] | 2016-08-30T10:51:28 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Chelsea are planning to spend more than £50million on new signings in a desperate bid to strengthen their squad before the transfer window closes tomorrow night. Coach Antonio Conte still hopes to sign two defenders, with a move for Fiorentina left-back Marcos Alonso the first to be completed. The Blues are also in the hunt for a centre-half, having been frustrated in their bids for Napoli’s Kalidou Koulibaly and AC Milan’s Alessio Romagnoli. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fchelsea-transfer-news-marcelo-brozovic-stefan-de-vrij-and-marcos-alonso-top-list-as-antonio-conte-a3332256.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/11/antonioconte3008.jpg | en | null | Chelsea transfer news: Marcelo Brozovic, Stefan de Vrij and Marcos Alonso top list as Antonio Conte eyes late £50m spree | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Chelsea are planning to spend more than £50million on new signings in a desperate bid to strengthen their squad before the transfer window closes tomorrow night.
Coach Antonio Conte still hopes to sign two defenders, with a move for Fiorentina left-back Marcos Alonso the first to be completed.
The Blues are also in the hunt for a centre-half, having been frustrated in their bids for Napoli’s Kalidou Koulibaly and AC Milan’s Alessio Romagnoli.
Chelsea have stepped up negotiations with Fiorentina over full-back Alonso, despite claims from the Italian side’s sporting director Carlos Frietas that the club have yet to receive an offer.
The Serie A side do not want to sell the 25-year-old, but Chelsea have offered £23m, which is only £1m off their valuation.
Significantly, Freitas admitted Fiorentina are looking for funds to improve the club’s financial position.
He said: “We want to defend our best players and strengthen the team, taking into account the financial balance of the club. We’d like to keep our best players and make the coach [Paulo Sousa] happy. As things stand the best are staying but the financial balance of the club must meet the balance of the squad.”
Conte is keen to improve his options at full-back, especially after allowing Nathan Ake and Abdul Baba Rahman to leave on loan. The race for a centre-half is expected to go to the wire, though, as Chelsea continue to struggle to agree a fee with clubs for their prized assets.
Chelsea have now added Lazio defender Stefan de Vrij to the list and have made an offer in excess of £21m. De Vrij, 24, was named in the team of the World Cup two years ago but missed most of last season with a knee injury. The Dutch international is back to full fitness now and played in Lazio’s first two games of the season.
Antonio Conte's on the lookout Photo: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images
Benfica’s Victor Lindelof, who has a £25m release clause, is another contender, while Torino’s Nikola Maksimovic is looking to leave and has been considered.
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Chelsea are thinking about strengthening central midfield, too, and have enquired about Inter Milan’s Marcelo Brozovic, believing they can succeed with a £25m bid for the Croatian.
Should Chelsea succeed in adding to their squad, Kenedy and Matt Miazga will probably leave on loan. | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-transfer-news-marcelo-brozovic-stefan-de-vrij-and-marcos-alonso-top-list-as-antonio-conte-a3332256.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/58d710b5c16bb1cad31ca8d5bfb627bb18ac15316ee8e99d10a926a3eb651f77.json |
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"Francesca Gillett"
] | 2016-08-30T12:51:38 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Five teenage boys have been arrested after a Polish man was killed in a suspected “hate crime” in Essex. The 40-year-old man was allegedly beaten, knocked unconscious and left for dead in the attack in Harlow late on Saturday night. He was taken to hospital with serious head injuries but died on Monday evening. A murder inquiry has been launched. Police have arrested four 15-year-old boys and one 16-year-old boy as part of the on-going investigation – but believe there were a gang of up to 20 girls and boys at the scene. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fharlow-five-teenagers-arrested-after-polish-man-beaten-to-death-in-hate-crime-a3332286.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/11/stow-0.jpg | en | null | Harlow: Five teenagers arrested after Polish man killed 'by mob in hate crime' | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Five teenage boys have been arrested after a Polish man was killed in a suspected “hate crime” in Essex.
The 40-year-old man was allegedly beaten, knocked unconscious and left for dead in the attack in Harlow late on Saturday night.
He was taken to hospital with serious head injuries but died on Monday evening. A murder inquiry has been launched.
Police have arrested four 15-year-old boys and one 16-year-old boy as part of the on-going investigation – but believe there were a gang of up to 20 girls and boys at the scene.
The leader of Harlow Council, councillor Jon Clempner, said he was “saddened and shocked” by the alleged attack.
He said: “My heartfelt thoughts and sympathies go out to the families and friends affected by this meaningless incident.
“I know Harlow and its communities will support each other through this and that all our communities will stand together.”
He added: “We don’t know the full circumstances of what motivated this, but whatever the motives were they will never ever have a place in Harlow.
“We are supporting the local Stow community and working closely with the police. We are carrying out patrols around the area to provide extra reassurance and support to the public at this very difficult time.”
Statement from Leader of Harlow Council on attack in The Stow: pic.twitter.com/mWtZOm93gd — Harlow Council (@HarlowCouncil) August 30, 2016
At the time of alleged attack, detective inspector Al Pitcher said it was being treated as a “potential hate crime” – but the motive remains unclear.
The victim, from Harlow, was believed to have been eating with his friend, 43, outside the TGF Pizza and Mr Luigi’s takeaway shops in The Stow, Harlow, when they were approached by a gang of boys.
Police said they believed the two men were verbally abused before both being attacked.
Officers did not know how many attackers there were – but think the suspects were part of a group of up to 20 girls and boys.
Senior investigating officer Detective Inspector Al Pitcher, of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, said: "This is now a murder investigation and our enquiries have quickly led to the arrest of five teenage boys.
"Following this vicious attack, a man has sadly lost his life and I urge anyone with information to contact us as soon as possible.”
The alleged attack happened just after 11.35pm on Saturday. The second victim, also from Harlow, was taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital with suspected fractures to his hands and bruising to his stomach. He has since been discharged.
DI Pitcher said: "We understand not all these people were involved and we believe there will be witnesses who were deeply shocked by what took place.
“We know they may find it hard to come forward, but we would encourage them to discuss it with their parents and to contact police. They can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously if they are afraid to give their name or speak directly with us.”
Police will be carrying out extra patrols in the area and we are working with our partners to provide reassurance to the community.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Harlow Major Investigation Team on 101. Alternatively, they can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 or www.crimestoppers-uk.org
Police said the four 15-year-old boys have been released on police bail pending further enquiries to October 7. The 16-year-old boy remains in custody. | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/harlow-five-teenagers-arrested-after-polish-man-beaten-to-death-in-hate-crime-a3332286.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/ed018d5343504300afdbafdda2f391efa0e75d5eaf02f71c4f864912abb25769.json |
[
"Mark Chandler"
] | 2016-08-29T14:50:36 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | A woman who fell asleep in an Uber car woke up to find she had been taken on 35-mile detour and charged £85 for a journey that should only have taken a few minutes. Comedian Hannah Warman caught the cab to get home from a friend’s party in Stoke Newington to her home, a five-minute walk away. But, after she fell asleep in the back of the car, her driver appears to have taken her on a 35-mile, 90-minute trip around London. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Ftransport%2Fuber-driver-takes-sleeping-woman-on-35mile-detour-across-london-a3331746.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/29/15/hannahwarman.jpg | en | null | Uber driver takes sleeping woman on 35-mile detour across London | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | A woman who fell asleep in an Uber car woke up to find she had been taken on 35-mile detour and charged £85 for a journey that should only have taken a few minutes.
Comedian Hannah Warman caught the cab to get home from a friend’s party in Stoke Newington to her home, a five-minute walk away.
But, after she fell asleep in the back of the car, her driver appears to have taken her on a 35-mile, 90-minute trip around London.
A map of her journey shows the driver heading west through Wembley and towards Ealing, before doubling back and eventually dropping her off at the destination.
Route: The recipt shows the driver went on a 90-minute trip across London (Hannah Warman)
She told the Standard: “I must've fallen asleep in the car. I woke up a couple of times and said ‘Why is this taking so long?’
“I think I assumed he'd got a bit lost or something but I had no idea it'd been an hour and a half.
“I fell back asleep. I went straight to bed once I'd got home and I only realised what had happened the next day when I got an email receipt for my £85 Uber journey.”
Uber have refunded the money but Ms Warman said further action was needed against the driver.
She said: “After a lot of emails, Uber have refunded most of the fee but I feel like I don't trust them anymore.
“I feel like they should reassure me that the driver was penalised or dismissed and explain how this could've happened.”
An Uber spokesman said: “We are speaking to the licensed driver and the rider to establish exactly what happened and have given the rider a full refund.
“Unlike other transport options Uber's technology records every trip and sends riders a receipt with a map of the route taken.
“This transparency and accountability means if there is an issue it can be quickly resolved." | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/uber-driver-takes-sleeping-woman-on-35mile-detour-across-london-a3331746.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/271eb9b45a57171f618add0ca008679f1eff67c1944122c707c7a84595e6a385.json |
[
"Joni Blyth"
] | 2016-08-30T16:51:29 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | The BBC lifts the curtain and takes us behind the scenes of America’s cultural capital, in New York: America's Busiest City. Infrastructure might not sound like the most exciting topic, no matter how much your mate who works for TFL tries to tell you about the ‘magic’ of the underground, while commuters may even frown at the idea of watching a show about trains after staring at them every day. That’s no reason to change the channel though. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fstayingin%2Ftvfilm%2Fnew-york-americas-busiest-city-anita-rani-ade-adepitan-and-ant-antstead-head-to-grand-central-a3332621.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/16/new-york-americas-busiest-city.jpg | en | null | New York, America's Busiest City: Anita Rani, Ade Adepitan, and Ant Antstead head to Grand Central Terminal on BBC2 | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | The BBC lifts the curtain and takes us behind the scenes of America’s cultural capital, in New York: America's Busiest City.
Infrastructure might not sound like the most exciting topic, no matter how much your mate who works for TFL tries to tell you about the ‘magic’ of the underground, while commuters may even frown at the idea of watching a show about trains after staring at them every day.
That’s no reason to change the channel though.
This three-part series offers an eye-opening look into how the Big Apple deals with the millions of citizens, commuters and tourists it hosts every day.
In the first episode, Ade Adepitan, Anita Rani and co. head behind the scenes of the largest train station in the world, the well-named Grand Central Terminal.
This 103 year-old mecca for choo-choo enthusiasts sits proudly as the largest train station in the world, and opens its doors for upwards of one million people a day.
Filmed ‘as live’, to maintain that busy feel that commuters know and love, the presenters test out the ferries, bikes and trains that 5.5 million commuters are using every day.
This episode also takes a timely look into how taxi apps like Uber are affecting the classic yellow cab business, as Ade hails a ride like a true New Yorker.
9 of the best rooftop bars in New York
9 show all 9 of the best rooftop bars in New York
1/9 Soho House New York No round up of the best rooftops in New York is complete without a nod to Nick Jones’ chic urban oasis. There’s no better place to cool off, take a dip and indulge in some top-class food while soaking up the sun with NYC's fashionable crowd. The heated swimming pool is open year-round, but you’ll need a membership card (and some cool friends to recommend you) to get in here.
29-35 9th Ave, New York, NY 10014
2/9 Le Bain at The Standard High Line This penthouse discothèque in the trendy Meatpacking District offers panoramic views of the Hudson River as well as the cache of being the hottest bar in the city right now. Expect to see the seriously loaded midtown post-work crowd rubbing shoulders with fashion editors and young entrepreneurs. Just make sure you don’t make a scene in the rooftop plunge pool after a few too many daiquiris.
848 Washington St, New York, NY 1001 Shutterstock / Felix Lipov
3/9 The Ides at the Wythe Hotel It’s not all about Manhattan. Brooklyn has just as many cool bars and sunny rooftops to offer, and smart Williamsburgers head to the Wythe for sundowners. It’s easily the best place to grab a frozen cocktail this side of the river.
80 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11249
4/9 Catch This downtown destination for in-the-know New Yorkers offers a very good la carte menu as well as a sleek and sophisticated setting to enjoy a few cocktails. Come early to ensure you grab a table in the al fresco terrace and stay late to be part of the chic nightlife scene in this Meatpacking destination.
21 9th Ave, New York, NY 10014
5/9 Penthouse 808 Crowning the Ravel Hotel is Penthouse 808, which easily boasts the best views of the Queensboro bridge in the city. Based on the stretch of Long Island that overlooks the East River, this upscale hotel lounge is a perfect setting to enjoy cocktails, Asian-fusion dishes and the stunning Manhattan skyline.
8-08 Queens Plaza S, Long Island City, NY 11101
6/9 The Roof Garden at the Met Fifth Avenue Not only is this the best place to catch an original Monet or Van Gogh, the Met is also rivalling the city’s smartest cocktail bars for best rooftop in the city. Offering sweeping views of Central Park alongside wine, cocktails and tapas snacks, no visit to New York is complete without a token skyline selfie here. That being said, the rooftop is only open when the museum is (and it’s free), so you’ll have to elbow your way through the tourists to get a decent view. Our tip? Make it there on a weekday to avoid the crowds.
1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028 Shutterstock / Irene Wang
7/9 Pod 39 This pretty little Midtown spot is as generous on the eye as it is on the wallet. Don’t let the words ‘budget-friendly’ put you off, head to the top floor in the elevator and you’ll find one of the richest views in the city. The roof of this 1917 building is all terracotta columns, draping ivy and strung fairy lights - the perfect spot for a date in Manhattan.
145 E 39th St, New York, NY 10016
8/9 Gallow Green at the McKittrick Hotel If you’re a fan of Kew Gardens and the Greenhouse at the Barbican, Gallow Green is sure to be your cup of tea. A favourite with New Yorkers, this lush rooftop spot drips with wisteria and fairy lights, making for a pretty spectacular watering hole in the sky. The foliage-packed terrace - which is named after the Scottish field where accused witches were hanged - is situated on top of the disused 1930s Hotel which is now used as a permanent home for Punchdrunk’s immersive theatre.
542 W 27th St, New York, NY 10001
9/9 Night of Joy If you’re looking for a laid-back bar that’s more Vans and flannel shirts than Oxford shirts and Derbies, this is a good place to start. Situated in the heart of Greenpoint in Brooklyn, the roof deck boasts graffiti and good tunes as well as its very own frozen-margarita station.
667 Lorimer St, New York, NY 11211
Dan Snow heads to Times Square to figure out who looks after ‘The Great White Way’ – I know I wouldn’t want to foot the power bill for 230 LED billboards, 24 hours a day.
In later episodes the team will get a glimpse into the underground world of New York seafood, as well as investigating the environmental program turning one of the world’s biggest landfills into 2,200 acres of parkland.
If there’s one thing New York: America’s Busiest City really gets right, it’s portraying the hustle and bustle of the city that never sleeps – with none of the jet lag.
BBC Two, 9pm | http://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/new-york-americas-busiest-city-anita-rani-ade-adepitan-and-ant-antstead-head-to-grand-central-a3332621.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/e2cfb408b62d6fd4923a7ffdab8cc21513a2528b1ad383e3a2f5b28f545d1488.json |
[
"Tom Doyle"
] | 2016-08-30T16:50:57 | null | 2016-05-11T00:00:00 | Watford have confirmed the signing of defender Adrian Mariappa on a three-year deal. The 24-year-old made 216 appearances for Watford between 2005 and 2012 after graduating through the Academy system, and joined Reading for a year before signing for Crystal Palace in 2013. Mariappa was released by Palace this summer after three seasons at Selhurst Park, and has now moved back to Vicarage Road. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fwatford-transfer-news-adrian-mariappa-rejoins-hornets-on-threeyear-deal-after-crystal-palace-exit-a3332666.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/05/11/17/adrianmariappa1105.jpg | en | null | Watford transfer news: Adrian Mariappa rejoins Hornets on three-year deal after Crystal Palace exit | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Watford have confirmed the signing of defender Adrian Mariappa on a three-year deal.
The 24-year-old made 216 appearances for Watford between 2005 and 2012 after graduating through the Academy system, and joined Reading for a year before signing for Crystal Palace in 2013.
Mariappa was released by Palace this summer after three seasons at Selhurst Park, and has now moved back to Vicarage Road.
A statement on the club's official site read: "Watford FC is delighted to announce the signing of defender Adrian Mariappa on a three-year deal."
OFFICIAL: #watfordfc is delighted to announce the signing of Mapps on a three-year deal! https://t.co/dCoS1sTLhL pic.twitter.com/FIRENQ8HNL — Watford FC (@WatfordFC) August 30, 2016
The defender - who has played 38 times for Jamaica - was voted the Hornets' 2011/12 Player of the Season, and will take the No.6 shirt for Walter Mazzarri's side. | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/watford-transfer-news-adrian-mariappa-rejoins-hornets-on-threeyear-deal-after-crystal-palace-exit-a3332666.html | en | 2016-05-11T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/95f52c86f785618e81d75c8af4a46d6c722f780e6cc31d66ae90c463bc79e0b2.json |
[
"Tom Dutton"
] | 2016-08-28T18:50:08 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Shkodran Mustafi has described Arsenal as a 'giant club with giant history' as he prepares to complete his move to Emirates Stadium. Arsene Wenger confirmed on Saturday Mustafi and Lucas Perez have undergone medicals with the Gunners and only paperwork is holding up their official unveiling, which is expected on Tuesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Farsenal-transfer-news-shkodran-mustafi-delighted-to-seal-move-to-giant-club-with-giant-history-a3331521.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/28/18/mustafi2808.jpg | en | null | Arsenal transfer news: Shkodran Mustafi delighted to seal move to 'giant club with giant history' | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Shkodran Mustafi has described Arsenal as a 'giant club with giant history' as he prepares to complete his move to Emirates Stadium.
Arsene Wenger confirmed on Saturday Mustafi and Lucas Perez have undergone medicals with the Gunners and only paperwork is holding up their official unveiling, which is expected on Tuesday.
The pair will arrive for a combined fee of £52million and that will conclude Wenger's business after a largely frustrating summer in the transfer window.
The Gunners have completed the signings of Granit Xhaka, Takuma Asano and Rob Holding, while their pursuits of Jamie Vardy, Gonzalo Higuain and Alexandre Lacazette have failed.
But the Frenchman appeared in good spirits as he discussed the impending arrivals of both Perez and Mustafi, who he insist are not panic purchases in response to recent fan unrest over the club's transfer policy.
And Mustafi, who will become one of the club's most expensive signings, revealed his delight as the deal edged closer on Sunday.
Speaking to Sky Sports Germany, Mustafi said: "For me it is a giant club with a giant history and a step forward. I'm glad everything worked out and everyone is happy. "
Mustafi's arrival follows long-term injuries to central defensive pair Per Mertesacker and Gabriel, but Wenger has warned the Germany international he must earn his place in the starting XI.
Indeed, summer arrival Rob Holding impressed alongside Laurent Koscielny on Saturday and Wenger said: "I think it’s not easy and it shows some great potential and I am convinced that he will give a fight to all the centre backs.” | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/arsenal-transfer-news-shkodran-mustafi-delighted-to-seal-move-to-giant-club-with-giant-history-a3331521.html | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/cbff0f4708fb06dde102c603dc9468f195c09eab02ca348dcffdbaca4f6262db.json |
[
"Clare Hutchison"
] | 2016-08-31T10:52:01 | null | 2016-05-27T00:00:00 | Tesco’s former finance chief was today set to be cleared by the accountancy watchdog over a £263 million accounting black hole discovered at the supermarket two years ago. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has reportedly stopped investigating Laurie McIlwee, according to Sky, who was in charge of Tesco’s finances until his resignation in April 2014, five months before the grocer admitted it had overstated profits in accounts dating back to 2012. Both Tesco and the FRC, which was expected to announce the decision later today, declined to comment. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fbusiness%2Fextesco-man-cleared-over-accounts-scandal-by-accounting-watchdog-a3333306.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/05/27/07/tesco.jpg | en | null | Ex-Tesco man cleared over accounts scandal by watchdog | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Tesco’s former finance chief was today set to be cleared by the accountancy watchdog over a £263 million accounting black hole discovered at the supermarket two years ago.
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has reportedly stopped investigating Laurie McIlwee, according to Sky, who was in charge of Tesco’s finances until his resignation in April 2014, five months before the grocer admitted it had overstated profits in accounts dating back to 2012.
Both Tesco and the FRC, which was expected to announce the decision later today, declined to comment.
As well as the FRC probe, the accounting scandal sparked a Serious Fraud Office investigation into Tesco, which is ongoing. McIlwee, has been named as an SFO witness and not a suspect, with the investigation said to focus on the months after his departure.
Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis, who arrived before the irregularities were discovered, has overhauled senior management.
Chairman Richard Broadbent and a string of board members were replaced. | http://www.standard.co.uk/business/extesco-man-cleared-over-accounts-scandal-by-accounting-watchdog-a3333306.html | en | 2016-05-27T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/44a4f6d763fe678941b611fa48402d073a1e85392063cb270013970bed4678dc.json |
[
"Sam Long"
] | 2016-08-26T13:07:07 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Antonio Conte is not satisfied with Chelsea's start to the season and is adamant the Blues "must improve" further. Conte took the reins at Stamford Bridge earlier this summer and has made a promising start to his managerial career in English football. The 46-year-old's passionate touchline antics have endeared him to the west London faithful while Chelsea have won all three of their opening competitive games this term. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fantonio-conte-not-satisfied-with-chelseas-start-to-the-season-we-must-improve-a3330621.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/26/13/antonio-conte.jpg | en | null | Antonio Conte not satisfied with Chelsea's start to the season - 'We must improve' | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Antonio Conte is not satisfied with Chelsea's start to the season and is adamant the Blues "must improve" further.
Conte took the reins at Stamford Bridge earlier this summer and has made a promising start to his managerial career in English football.
The 46-year-old's passionate touchline antics have endeared him to the west London faithful while Chelsea have won all three of their opening competitive games this term.
However, Conte is reluctant to sit back and admire Chelsea's start as he believes there is much more to come from his team.
"We played three games and we won all," said the Italian.
"But I know that - and I spoke with my players about this - that we can improve a lot.
"It's logical after a game there are positive and bad things - I like to show both.
"I am pleased to start in this way for the players, for the club, to take more confidence after last season.
Antonio Conte in numbers
"But we know we can improve and we must improve a lot," Conte added.
Chelsea required late goals to beat West Ham and Watford while the midweek victory over Bristol Rovers was far from straightforward as the League One side's resilience led to a nervous ending to the five-goal thriller.
And Conte is keen for Chelsea to learn from their clash with Rovers as they prepare to face Burnley, who secured a shock victory over Liverpool last weekend.
Chelsea's summer search for a central defender
9 show all Chelsea's summer search for a central defender
1/9 Leonardo Bonucci Antonio Conte earmarked Bonucci as one of his top transfer targets earlier in the summer after working alongside the 28-year-old while with Juventus and the Italian national side.
The defender initially hinted that he was considering his future, but committed to a new five-year deal with Juve in July to end Chelsea's pursuit. VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images
2/9 John Stones Everton rejected four Chelsea offers for John Stones last summer and the Blues intended to reignite thier interest in a bid to finally tempt him away from Goodison Park.
But Antonio Conte was reluctant to match Manchester City's offer and the England international joined Pep Guardiola's side for a record fee in the region of £50million in August.
3/9 Kostas Manolas Chelsea made a fresh enquiry for Kostas Manolas earlier in the summer as a cheaper alternative to John Stones and a long-term replacement for captain John Terry.
Roma coach Luciano Spalletti last month warned the 25-year-old is not for sale and reports later claimed Barcelona had secured the first option to sign Manolas as part of the deal which saw Thomas Vermaelen move to Serie A. Paolo Bruno/Getty Images
4/9 Marquinhos Chelsea held talks with Paris St Germain over Brazil defender Marquinhos earlier in the summer.
The 22-year-old was also on Jose Mourinho's Chelsea wishlist last summer, but he signed a new long-term deal in Paris last year and the Blues have yet to take their interest beyond initial discussions.
5/9 Jose Gimenez Atletico Madrid's Gimenez was a a target for Chelsea last summer when it is understood he was actually wanted ahead of John Stones, who was the subject of four Chelsea bods.
The Blues again earmarked Gimenez as a target earlier this year, but didn't act on their interest. CRISTINA QUICLER/AFP/Getty Images
6/9 Kalidou Koulibaly The defender has emerged as Chelsea's top target as others have fallen away, but Napoli have attempted to keep Koulibaly with a new contract offer which includes the verbal agreement to sell in 12 months.
The Blues are considering meeting their £60m asking price this summer and Koulibaly is keen on a move to Stamford Bridge, but the Serie A club are proving tough negotiators. (Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images)
7/9 Victor Lindelof Chelsea remain hopeful a deal can be struck for Koulibaly, but Lindelof has been lined up as a back-up option to strengthen central defence if their pursuit fails.
Their hope to sign the Sweden international is complicated by the fact they are unwilling to meet the £25m release clause in his contract.Chelsea remain hopeful a deal can be struck for Koulibaly, but Lindelof has been lined up as a back-up option to strengthen central defence if their pursuit fails.
Their hope to sign the Sweden international is complicated by the fact they are unwilling to meet the £25m release clause in his contract. FRANCISCO LEONG/AFP/Getty Images
8/9 Alessio Romagnoli Chelsea also turned to AC Milan's Romagnoli as an alternative to Koulibaly.
But Antonio Conte was again dealt another blow as Milan rejected a £30million Chelsea bid before drawing up a new deal for the 21-year-old to as they stepped up their efforts to knock away interest. (Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
9/9 Nikola Maksimovic Naploi have been in talks with Torino over Nikola Maksimovic since the start of the year, but he has also drawn interest from Chelsea.
Torino director of sport Gianluca Petrachi confirmed a big, Premier League club want Maksimovic, hinting that their financial clout put them in pole position for the defender. Getty Images
"Burnley are a very solid team. They are always ready to go into a counter attack.
"Every game is very tough. If you don't have the right attention anything can happen.
"We saw this in the cup against Bristol. It's very tough and we must pay attention," he added. | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/antonio-conte-not-satisfied-with-chelseas-start-to-the-season-we-must-improve-a3330621.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/50ae6d24c4e853d4631a122703ad3766d021d36ddfea77362cc97d79efd855d7.json |
[
"Philip Duncan"
] | 2016-08-28T14:50:12 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Lewis Hamilton fought his way back from the final row of the grid to finish third in a frenetic Belgian Grand Prix won by Nico Rosberg. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fother-sports%2Fbelgian-grand-prix-lewis-hamilton-finishes-third-from-back-of-the-grid-as-nico-rosberg-wins-a3331416.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/28/15/rosbergbelgian2808.jpg | en | null | Belgian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton finishes third from back of the grid as Nico Rosberg wins | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Lewis Hamilton fought his way back from the final row of the grid to finish third in a frenetic Belgian Grand Prix won by Nico Rosberg.
While pole-sitter Rosberg enjoyed the easiest of victories to move to within nine points of Hamilton in the title battle, Formula One's return to action following its traditional mid-season break will live long in the memory following a frenetic race which saw Kevin Magnussen taken to hospital following a jaw-dropping 180mph crash.
Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo finished second while his team-mate Max Verstappen, roared on by an army of Dutch fans, could manage only 11th following a first-corner collision involving the Ferrari duo of Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel.
Hamilton was thrown to the back of the grid after serving an engine penalty, but by the end of lap eight he had incredibly navigated his way up to fifth following a dramatic opening to the Spa-Francorchamps race.
Rosberg retained the lead on the short run down to La Source, but it was utter chaos behind the German.
First, a slow-starting Verstappen was gobbled up by the Ferrari duo of Vettel and Raikkonen before Vettel turned into his team-mate with Raikkonen then bumping into Verstappen. Vettel spun, while both Raikkonen and Verstappen limped back to the pits with a left-rear puncture and front wing damage respectively.
Jenson Button, whose future beyond this season hangs in the balance, was also a first-lap casualty after Pascal Wehrlein drove into the back of his McLaren. Both drivers were out of the race, and they were soon joined by Carlos Sainz who suffered a right-rear tyre blow-out before coming to a stop with his car in pieces.
With debris scattered across the track, the virtual safety car was deployed to slow the field down with Hamilton in 13th.
The world champion had made up a further two places when, on lap six, Magnussen ran across the kerb at Eau Rouge and spectacularly lost control of his Renault.
The sport held its breath with Magnussen's car buried in the wall, but the Dane was able to walk away from his destroyed Renault albeit with a limp. He was later taken to hospital with an ankle injury and will certainly be a doubt for the Italian Grand Prix in seven days' time.
While Magnussen's car was in bits, so too was the tyre wall at Eau Rouge, and the real safety car was deployed. A flurry of cars pitted for new tyres promoting Hamilton to fifth, and Fernando Alonso, who started from last, after he too was forced to serve an engine penalty, was incredibly in fourth.
With the tyre barrier destroyed, the race was then suspended with further repairs carried out.
But the 15-minute suspension enforced a clean start, with Hamilton seemingly in position to challenge for an unlikely win. On lap 12 he swept past Alonso, and six laps later he was in a podium position after easing past the Force India of Nico Hulkenberg, but that is where his charge ended.
On the less durable soft tyre compound, Hamilton came into the pits at the end of lap 21 to take on the harder medium tyre compound. He pitted again for a final time with 12 laps remaining, but was unable to close the gap to either Ricciardo or Rosberg, and crossed the line nearly 30 seconds adrift of his Mercedes team-mate.
Nevertheless, Hamilton, who predicted he would struggle to score a single point on Saturday night, will be ecstatic to leave here having lost only 10 points to his championship rival.
Elsewhere, Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez completed a strong day for Force India as they crossed the line in fourth and fifth, with Vettel sixth and Alonso coming home an impressive seventh. | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/other-sports/belgian-grand-prix-lewis-hamilton-finishes-third-from-back-of-the-grid-as-nico-rosberg-wins-a3331416.html | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/0266b7bf2e256332743d2901119a38c2ad249f0928976f712aaccd8e5b69e675.json |
[
"Tom Allnut"
] | 2016-08-28T10:50:11 | null | 2016-08-18T00:00:00 | Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal may both be heading into the US Open with niggling injuries but Andy Murray will not be lured into a false sense of security. Murray arrives in New York as the man in form and arguably favourite to lift a fourth grand slam title on the back of a superb summer that has already included winning Wimbledon and an Olympic gold medal. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ftennis%2Fus-open-tennis-2016-andy-murray-dismisses-grand-slam-boost-as-novak-djokovic-and-rafael-nadal-battle-a3331326.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/18/12/andymurray1808.jpg | en | null | US Open tennis 2016: Andy Murray dismisses Grand Slam boost as Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal battle injuries | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal may both be heading into the US Open with niggling injuries but Andy Murray will not be lured into a false sense of security.
Murray arrives in New York as the man in form and arguably favourite to lift a fourth grand slam title on the back of a superb summer that has already included winning Wimbledon and an Olympic gold medal.
The Scot's case was further strengthened on Friday when Djokovic, his chief rival, announced the wrist problem that hampered him at the Olympics had still not healed and "private issues", now resolved, had festered behind his summer slump.
With Roger Federer absent from Flushing Meadows while he recovers from a back problem and Nadal still suffering from a wrist injury of his own, the year's final major tournament suddenly appears there for Murray's taking.
The world number two, however, is unconvinced.
"To be honest, Novak and Rafa, they're both in the top half. Them having wrist problems doesn't affect my chances of getting to the final as I wouldn't have to play them in that stage anyway," Murray said.
"I think Rafa pretty much proved his fitness in Rio, playing a lot of tennis, winning the doubles and also playing as many matches as anyone there. And in singles as well.
"And then Novak obviously missed Cincinnati but only a few weeks ago he was playing in Canada as well.
"He's played enough matches. It's just whether he's fully recovered. We will see that when he plays."
Murray has taken false comfort from Djokovic's apparent ailments before - most notably during last year's Australian Open final when the Serb was hobbling on a bad ankle, only to storm back to victory - and the British number one may be wary of being burned again.
"Novak just missed Cincinnati. I don't know how he's feeling," Murray said. "If he's playing here he must be feeling pretty good."
The top seed has also won four of the last five major titles available and lost to Murray just twice in 15 meetings.
It does, however, offer a hint of vulnerability about a player who, until Sam Querrey's heroics at Wimbledon, appeared infallible and primed for a period of dominance similar to Federer almost 10 years ago.
Federer, 35, Nadal, 30, Djokovic and Murray, both 29, have together won 45 of the last 51 grand slams but Murray admits there is now a chink of light for the rest of the field.
"All of us are getting towards the end of our careers, we're in the latter stages," said Murray, who plays Lukas Rosol in round one on Tuesday.
"We have all been up in the top 10 in the world, me and Novak (nearly 10 years), for Roger and Rafa it's been longer than that - 15 years for Roger and probably 13 years for Rafa, who has played loads of matches.
"So it's normal there would be wear and tear on the body and you pick up a few more injuries as you go on in your career.
"I think when everyone is fit and healthy they are capable of winning these major events. But there are injuries and it gives opportunities for other guys to make a break.
"That's going to happen over the next few years, for sure, because I can't go on forever." | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/tennis/us-open-tennis-2016-andy-murray-dismisses-grand-slam-boost-as-novak-djokovic-and-rafael-nadal-battle-a3331326.html | en | 2016-08-18T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/6389d504602be89636064ec4d9d061efc499ce71d2e19a0f7f2affcffd9f5e2e.json |
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"Standard Sport"
] | 2016-08-28T14:50:06 | null | 2016-08-21T00:00:00 | Slaven Bilic has called on West Ham to put their European misery behind them and shock Manchester City for the second season running. The Hammers were dumped out of the Europa League by Romanian side Astra Giurgiu after losing the second leg of their play-off 1-0 at the London Stadium on Thursday evening. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fmanchester-city-vs-west-ham-slaven-bilic-targets-another-huge-etihad-win-a3331406.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/21/18/slaven-bilic.jpg | en | null | Manchester City vs West Ham: Slaven Bilic targets another 'huge' Etihad win | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Slaven Bilic has called on West Ham to put their European misery behind them and shock Manchester City for the second season running.
The Hammers were dumped out of the Europa League by Romanian side Astra Giurgiu after losing the second leg of their play-off 1-0 at the London Stadium on Thursday evening.
They do not have much time to lick their wounds, however, as next up is a trip to face Pep Guardiola's side who have started the season in impressive form.
Yet West Ham pulled off a surprise early season-win at the Etihad Stadium last term and, despite a lengthy injury list including Andy Carroll and Andre Ayew, boss Bilic sees no reason why they cannot repeat the trick.
"It wasn't very likely last year because they had started great and had 15 points from five games without conceding a goal," Bilic said at his pre-match press conference.
"But we played a really good game. We scored twice in the first half.
"In the second half they put us under pressure and were really dominating and creating a few chances, but they missed them and we were good in defending the box. Then we made that huge win.
"There's no reason why we shouldn't do it this season. We know it's a big challenge, not only regarding our injury situation, but we are hoping and our whole plan is to have a good game and to get something out of it.
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"It's going to be hard, of course. They've shown already they are top-class players and they've gelled.
"They were the most impressive in their Champions League game against Steaua in Bucharest, but what gives us hope is that Sunderland made it hard for them and so did Stoke - the result was 4-1 but it was not that easy and the game was very even for a long period.
"Man City were Man City last year and we can do it again."
Bilic, who wrapped up a deal for Juventus striker Simone Zaza earlier on Sunday, could welcome back France star Dimitri Payet from a spell out injured.
Skipper Mark Noble should shake off the knock which kept him out in midweek but fellow midfielder Havard Nordtveit is out with a foot injury. | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/manchester-city-vs-west-ham-slaven-bilic-targets-another-huge-etihad-win-a3331406.html | en | 2016-08-21T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/fa94b3f335c8709a7008a09e0cbfcafea1df8caa809ef624be1815b48b744fae.json |
[
"John Aizlewood"
] | 2016-08-30T10:51:40 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Madness’s status as a great British band is assured. Their last two albums have been as strong as ever and the north Londoners still have the commercial clout to headline their own festival south of the river. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fgoingout%2Fmusic%2Fhouse-of-common-review-madness-miss-their-chance-a3332111.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/10/madness.jpg | en | null | House of Common, review: Madness miss their chance | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Madness’s status as a great British band is assured. Their last two albums have been as strong as ever and the north Londoners still have the commercial clout to headline their own festival south of the river.
All the same, last night they squandered a chance to remind us why they’re so beloved. Recent departure Chas Smash was the spirit of Madness and they miss him more than they must have feared: they’ve suddenly grown old. A disastrous early cameo from reggae legend Toots Hibbert on The Prince set the tone. Usually super-smart and super-wry, singer Suggs was curiously disconnected, whether rambling “I feel like we’re all in the priority queue for easyJet; you just wait longer on the staircase” as introduction to Wings Of A Dove, impersonating Jarvis Cocker and lurching into Respect during Take It Or Leave It, or fluffing the opening to Bed & Breakfast Man.
They deftly mixed hits and new songs, but midway through, bemusing a crowd including ex-Specials Jerry Dammers and Neville Staple, five members fled the stage, leaving pink-suited guitarist Chris Foreman to growl Bon Jovi’s Livin’ On A Prayer over a backing tape. Toes were curled.
Our House and It Must Be Love were still stellar, but the set was too brief, the setting too cheap and the band too complacent. They really have to try harder than this.
Earlier, Toots & The Maytals were a summery joy, Lee “Scratch” Perry moved slowly but his Upsetters offered hardcore backbeat and Ms Dynamite sang along to a backing track in a tent.
Follow Going Out on Facebook and on Twitter @ESgoingout | http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/house-of-common-review-madness-miss-their-chance-a3332111.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/22b84bd3efc0f7f0a6867e7c56235c26bc0b41825846cdc7d1b02b685bf00ac5.json |
[
"Hannah Al-Othman"
] | 2016-08-27T16:49:51 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | An animal charity is appealing for information after a pedigree kitten was found dumped in an east London park. A team clearing rubbish in a park in Mile End found the two-day-old pedigree Sphynx, which had been wrapped in a white cloth and abandoned. The tiny animal had been gnawed at by rats, and was covered in bites. The tiny cat was raced to the Celia Hammond Animal Trust's Canning Town clinic, where the vet team set to work warming him up and providing treatment for the rat bites on his shoulder and sides. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flondon%2Fpedigree-kitten-dies-after-being-found-dumped-in-east-london-park-a3331156.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/27/17/wrinkles3.jpg | en | null | Pedigree kitten dies after being found dumped in east London park | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | An animal charity is appealing for information after a pedigree kitten was found dumped in an east London park.
A team clearing rubbish in a park in Mile End found the two-day-old pedigree Sphynx, which had been wrapped in a white cloth and abandoned.
The tiny animal had been gnawed at by rats, and was covered in bites.
The tiny cat was raced to the Celia Hammond Animal Trust's Canning Town clinic, where the vet team set to work warming him up and providing treatment for the rat bites on his shoulder and sides.
A spokeswoman for the Trust said: "Once warm he began to cry for food, but when we tried to bottle feed him milk came down his nose and it immediately became clear why he was worthless to the breeder.
"He has a massive congenitial cleft palate - this is a condition where the roof the mouth has not fused and prevents the kitten from suckling.
Abandoned: Wrinkles was found dumped in a Mile End Park (Celia Hammond Animal Trust)
"Affected kittens need careful feeding and lots of care to avoid complications developing and even with experienced care they may develop aspiration pneumonia, infections and fail to thrive.
"Suddenly we understood - this poor kitten was no doubt bred for financial gain - and the breeder, on seeing that this kitten was un-saleable and unlikely to survive threw him out like a piece of rubbish.
"They did not bother to take him to a vets where he could have been humanely put to sleep – they left him to a slow painful death from starvation, hypothermia or predation by rats or foxes."
Staff from the Trust, who named the little cat Wrinkles, agreed to try to save the poorly kitten's life, which would have involved corrective surgery with bone and skin grafts once he was 12 weeks old.
Tiny: Wrinkles had been gnawed at by rats (Celia Hammond Animal Trust)
However, the kitten failed to make it through the night, and died at home with the vet who was caring for him.
The spokeswoman continued: "We fed him using a little tube down his throat straight into his stomach.
"He was very hungry as he had obviously never been able to feed before.
"Sadly despite the best efforts of our vet who took Wrinkles home with her last night he passed away around midnight.
"He had never previously had any nourishment and simply had nothing to fight with.
"We are all very upset as even though we only knew him for a few hours Wrinkles touched our hearts."
Anyone with information about a Sphynx breeder in this area who may have been responsible for abandoning the kitten is asked to contact the charity in confidence on 020 7474 8811. | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/pedigree-kitten-dies-after-being-found-dumped-in-east-london-park-a3331156.html | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/23f6f09c8e8c5eb2500d7c62b7dacb2483978c90e7d30412b9b1048210a797a1.json |
[
"Simon Johnson"
] | 2016-08-31T06:51:10 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Eric Dier has leapt to the defence of Tottenham team-mates Harry Kane and Dele Alli and insisted they are not suffering from burn-out after Euro 2016. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Feric-dier-defends-early-season-form-of-tottenham-teammates-harry-kane-and-dele-alli-a3332836.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/20/dier-kane-alli.jpg | en | null | Eric Dier defends early season form of Tottenham teammates Harry Kane and Dele Alli | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Eric Dier has leapt to the defence of Tottenham team-mates Harry Kane and Dele Alli and insisted they are not suffering from burn-out after Euro 2016.
Kane and Alli have struggled to impress in Spurs' first three games of the campaign, with neither getting a goal or assist between them in the club's one win and two draws.
The duo formed a lethal partnership for Mauricio Pochettino's side last term, but failed to perform for England in the summer as fatigue from making a combined total of 112 appearances appeared to take its toll.
They came under heavy criticism for their displays in France this summer, particularly Kane, who went into the tournament having won the race to the Premier League Golden Boot.
Both players have been called up for England's first World Cup qualifier away in Slovakia on Sunday, but Dier sees no cause for alarm.
When asked by Standard Sport if the influential duo were feeling the strain of a busy year, which culminated in a disappointing defeat to Iceland at Euro 2016, he said: "I don't think so.
"We have only played three games so there is plenty of time for them to score loads of goals and get lots of assists.
"Harry showed that last year when he got off to a slow start and still won the Golden Boot for being top scorer. I don't think anyone has to be too worried about them.
"I think they have begun the season well, it's just as a team we have had a bit of a slow start.
"It has not been easy for us because we had less time off on holiday and we came back and had a short pre-season.
"But I think after this international break hopefully everyone will have played a few games and will feel a lot better going into the rest of the season."
England's humiliating 2-1 loss to Iceland in the last 16 in June brought about the resignation of Roy Hodgson, with Sam Allardyce named as his replacement.
Allardyce has largely named the same squad, although midfielders such as Ross Barkley and Jack Wilshere have been left out.
Dier, who was one of the few England players to make a positive impact in France, admits Allardyce's arrival means everyone is having to fight hard to keep their place.
He added: "It is a fresh start for everyone. There is a new manager and he is going to have different opinions and different views.
"Everyone is going to have to prove themselves again and I'm no exception.
"I don't think anyone can figure out what happened. It was a very bad day for everybody involved, for the whole country and every football fan in England.
"It is one we want to put behind us, it will be good to play another game on Sunday and forget about that one. There is no point dwelling over it, we just have to look forward.
"There have been a lot of changes, not just with the manager but behind the scenes. Everyone is getting used to each other but the first two days have been really positive.
"It is the beginning of a new journey towards the World Cup - it is a blank piece of paper and everyone is looking forward to that."
Such was Dier's mature showing in front of the back four this summer, he was put forward in some quarters as a potential England captain.
Wayne Rooney, who announced he will retire from international football after the next World Cup, has kept the armband under Allardyce.
But when asked if he hoped to be considered for the role one day, Dier said: "Yes. It is nice if people are mentioning you in that way, it means you are doing something right.
"I'm delighted that Wayne is still the captain, I think he is a fantastic captain. Me and the other young guys like Dele, Ross Barkley, found it great to be around him in the summer.
"He talked to us all the time and gave us advice here and there. One day, if I do get the chance, I hope I can learn off him and see how he did it. That would be great." | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/eric-dier-defends-early-season-form-of-tottenham-teammates-harry-kane-and-dele-alli-a3332836.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/02557a8742d5a784091a858c66ece399a1d5f68acf3d68a4981ff4692bf00892.json |
[
"Standard Sport"
] | 2016-08-26T13:10:41 | null | 2016-07-12T00:00:00 | Former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry has been named as an assistant to new Belgium coach Roberto Martinez. Henry will be part of the backroom staff alongside Graeme Jones, who was Martinez's assistant at Swansea, Wigan and Everton. The announcement was made as Martinez named his first senior squad since taking the Belgium job after Euro 2016. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Farsenal-legend-thierry-henry-named-belgium-assistant-coach-a3330401.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/07/12/11/thierry_henry_sky_sportd.jpg | en | null | Arsenal legend Thierry Henry named Belgium assistant coach | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry has been named as an assistant to new Belgium coach Roberto Martinez.
Henry will be part of the backroom staff alongside Graeme Jones, who was Martinez's assistant at Swansea, Wigan and Everton.
The announcement was made as Martinez named his first senior squad since taking the Belgium job after Euro 2016.
The Belgian national team's official Twitter account quoted Martinez as saying: "Thierry Henry has been in the situation to change the spirit into winning something...
"I'm very satisfied that (the Belgian federation) has been able to create an impressive staff."
It was also announced that fitness coach Richard Evans, who like Jones followed Martinez from Swansea to Everton via Wigan, would take up a similar role with the national team | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/arsenal-legend-thierry-henry-named-belgium-assistant-coach-a3330401.html | en | 2016-07-12T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/a5b95c5207da7b8fb239a04b01248ddc7bbf3afdeadb196967d2a90227e1f4d2.json |
[
"James Olley"
] | 2016-08-31T10:51:41 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Arsenal are in talks with Werder Bremen over the permanent transfer of Serge Gnabry, although Arsene Wenger is a reluctant seller in that transaction. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Farsenal-transfer-news-serge-gnabry-heading-closer-to-werder-bremen-despite-arsene-wenger-s-a3333271.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/31/11/sergegnabry3108.jpg | en | null | Serge Gnabry transfer news: Arsenal are in talks with Werder Bremen despite Arsene Wenger’s reluctance to sell | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Arsenal are in talks with Werder Bremen over the permanent transfer of Serge Gnabry, although Arsene Wenger is a reluctant seller in that transaction.
The Frenchman sees Gnabry as part of his long-term plans but was prepared to loan him out to ensure greater game-time. However, the 21-year-old is seeking a permanent move back to his home country and Werder are confident a deal could be concluded before tonight’s 11pm deadline.
Wenger is not expected to make any further additions – barring a last-minute unexpected opportunity presenting itself – after completing the deal which sent Premier League clubs’ collective spending beyond the £1billion barrier for the first time with Skhodran Mustafi’s £35m arrival from Valencia.
He also become the joint-second most expensive player in the club’s history and Wenger said: “We needed a centre back because of the long-term injuries we have [to Gabriel and Per Mertesacker].
“He has already played in Italy, he has already played in Spain and he has played with the German national team.
“He is a very intelligent boy, that was important in my decision as well. He is very focused as I told you, and he knows the rigorous climate of the Premier League and how much you have to fight for every game.
“I know as well he is a very focused player who can play with the ball as well. That is important for us, and all this quality made me decide to try and get him. The player wanted to join us as well, and I think he will hopefully be happy here and will enforce our squad. It puts us in a good position.
VIDEO: What to expect from Arsenal on deadline day
“The fact he decided to join us shows he was certainly conscious of what was expected of him. We will not have a bad surprise and that shows you as well that he is not scared to take a challenge on.”
Meanwhile, Jack Wilshere is today considering loan offers from five Premier League, including Crystal Palace. | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/arsenal-transfer-news-serge-gnabry-heading-closer-to-werder-bremen-despite-arsene-wenger-s-a3333271.html | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/3e7ff5c48d7d1a462e6717ff977fedb6d79e4e9da01029ee3d82f11331514765.json |
[
"Tom Collomosse"
] | 2016-08-31T10:53:00 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Tottenham have offered close to £16million for Moussa Sissoko, but Newcastle are looking for a substantially higher fee for the French attacker. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Ftottenham-transfer-news-moussa-sissoko-talks-continue-as-spurs-look-to-complete-three-deadline-day-a3333106.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/31/10/moussasissoko3108.jpg | en | null | Moussa Sissoko to Tottenham: Bid rejected as Spurs look to complete three signings on transfer deadline day | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Tottenham have offered close to £16million for Moussa Sissoko, but Newcastle are looking for a substantially higher fee for the French attacker.
Standard Sport revealed yesterday that Sissoko had become a late transfer-window target for Tottenham and Spurs attempted to accelerate today/on Wednesday with an initial offer of £15.75million.
If Sissoko did arrive, he could be one of three players to do so on deadline day, with attacker Georges-Kevin Nkoudou and goalkeeper Pau Lopez also due to complete moves to White Hart Lane.
Sissoko, 27, has been given permission to leave the France national squad so he would be in place to undertake a medical and conclude contract talks should the clubs agree a fee.
Tottenham are willing to let midfielder Tom Carroll leave and it was suggested that the 24-year-old could be included in a second offer for Sissoko.
Yet Newcastle have set Sissoko’s price at £35m all summer, which has been deemed too high by the many clubs who admire him. It is likely, therefore, that they would have to drop that fee considerably to do business.
At the start of the summer, Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino requested a striker, a defensive midfielder and a pacy attacker.
VIDEO: Tottenham hoping to complete three deadline day deals
Vincent Janssen joined to improve the forward line while Victor Wanyama arrived to help out in the middle. At this stage, Nkoudou is the man earmarked for the wide attacking role.
Nkoudou was ready to join Tottenham from Marseille more than a month ago but the move was delayed after a change of ownership at the French club.
However, the 21-year-old is thought to have been training with Spurs and the £9million transfer ought to go through today, possibly with Clinton Njie moving in the opposite direction on loan.
Espanyol ‘keeper Pau Lopez was also expected to arrive, on a season-long loan with an £6million option to buy at the end of the season. | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/tottenham-transfer-news-moussa-sissoko-talks-continue-as-spurs-look-to-complete-three-deadline-day-a3333106.html | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/37b94afb56fceb712eaf704e90c952ff7f8af1d2bf8510c4cba7f895822dfef7.json |
[
"Sam Long"
] | 2016-08-29T22:50:37 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Tottenham striker Harry Kane should "kick up a stink" about being played in a No.10 role, according to Tony Cascarino. Kane scored 25 goals to win the Premier League Golden Boot last season but has seen his role at Spurs altered during the early stages of the current campaign. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Ftottenham-striker-harry-kane-should-kick-up-a-stink-about-new-role-but-hes-too-nice-says-tony-a3331891.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/27/14/harry_kane.jpg | en | null | Tottenham striker Harry Kane should 'kick up a stink' about new role - but he's too nice, says Tony Cascarino | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Tottenham striker Harry Kane should "kick up a stink" about being played in a No.10 role, according to Tony Cascarino.
Kane scored 25 goals to win the Premier League Golden Boot last season but has seen his role at Spurs altered during the early stages of the current campaign.
Vincent Janssen's arrival has added another dimension to Tottenham's attack and Mauricio Pochettino has experimented with using Kane behind the Dutchman for the north Londoners.
But Cascarino is adamant deploying Kane behind another striker will not get the best out of the Englishman, who is yet to score in three top-flight appearances this season.
"Harry Kane is just too nice," Cascarino told the Times.
"He's being played at No.10 for Spurs and his form is suffering because of it. He is a No.9, it's plain and simple.
"He won't rock the boat though, he won't kick up a stink about not being in his strongest position," he added.
Kane has failed to hit the ground running for the second season in a row and Cascarino is adamant he deserves to be played to his strengths rather than shunted around to accommodate others.
"He's had a poor start to the season, as he did last year, and was only OK against Liverpool.
"Kane is not an OK player, he is so much more than that and deserves to be used as a No.9."
Tottenham's next domestic fixture is against Stoke City following the conclusion of the international break.
The Potteries was a happy hunting ground for Kane last season as he scored a brace in his a 4-0 victory against Mark Hughes' side in March and will be in contention to lead the line next Saturday. | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/tottenham-striker-harry-kane-should-kick-up-a-stink-about-new-role-but-hes-too-nice-says-tony-a3331891.html | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/f6e2fbafbc8148668b35f04bee18eda1d145f533bd536be79950f02c09e3bc92.json |
[
"Jamie Nimmo"
] | 2016-08-30T10:50:53 | null | 2016-03-10T00:00:00 | Shares in Braemar Shipping Services were on the rocks on Tuesday as the company confirmed it has been the latest to feel the pinch from the downturn in shipbroking. The company, off 36p, or 9%, at 370p, revealed that less activity in the tanker market and lower freight rates had hit revenues. “Though we expected the tanker market to soften, there has been a marked slowdown,” it said. The firm generates income in US dollars but sterling’s weakness will only help the bottom line in the next financial year because of its hedging. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fbusiness%2Fmarket-report-braemar-gets-that-sinking-feeling-as-shipping-flounders-a3332261.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/03/10/14/LondonStockExchange-entrance.jpg | en | null | Market Report: Braemar gets that sinking feeling as shipping flounders | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Shares in Braemar Shipping Services were on the rocks on Tuesday as the company confirmed it has been the latest to feel the pinch from the downturn in shipbroking.
The company, off 36p, or 9%, at 370p, revealed that less activity in the tanker market and lower freight rates had hit revenues.
“Though we expected the tanker market to soften, there has been a marked slowdown,” it said.
The firm generates income in US dollars but sterling’s weakness will only help the bottom line in the next financial year because of its hedging.
It follows a profit warning from larger rival Clarkson last month which hammered its share price and also knocked Braemar.
The market was still suffering a hangover from the bank holiday weekend as the UK’s blue-chip FTSE 100 index slipped 2.84 points to 6835.21 with miners largely behind the decline.
“Much like last week, which saw traders spend their time anticipating Friday’s speech from [US Federal Reserve boss, Janet] Yellen, this week will also see a crescendo of anticipation into the August payrolls figure,” said Josh Mahony, market analyst at IG.
Associated British Foods, best known as the owner of Primark, bucked the trend as its shares surged 66p to 3016p. This was thanks to RBC Capital upgrading the firm to Outperform, contrary to the recent string of downgrades from brokers banking on slowing growth at the retailer.
Late delivery of a jack-up rig will hit profits at oil services firm Lamprell by $35 million (£27 million) this year. The news left shares 5.07p cheaper at 63.18p and forced JPMorgan to slash its rating from Overweight to Neutral, although it was more concerned about Lamprell’s ability to meet forecasts for next year.
Purplebricks’ move into Australia helped its shares up 9.5p to 134.75p as the online estate agent moved into its first market outside the UK where its start-up service has proved a hit.
Challenger Acquisitions, the giant observation wheel builder and investor, revealed a £1.5 million loss for the first six months of this year.
The company, which owns the firm building the New York wheel, said it has 25 potential projects round the globe and expects to start developing one every year. Shares were off 0.25p at 20p.
Shares in Science in Sport, the AIM-listed cycling nutrition specialist which has been on the rise since last month, rose 2.38p to 68.88p as it struck a deal to sponsor Liverpool FC. | http://www.standard.co.uk/business/market-report-braemar-gets-that-sinking-feeling-as-shipping-flounders-a3332261.html | en | 2016-03-10T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/645dc299704fb7408913c17ba0f338d36d53f9afcc35a7114f7aa378e26cafa4.json |
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[
"Matt Watts"
] | 2016-08-30T10:51:37 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | This is the moment a rucksack holding £35,000 of jewellery was allegedly swiped at a Notting Hill pub in a distraction theft likened to a famous scene in TV comedy Only Fools And Horses. The victim, an antiques dealer, was enjoying an after-work drink with friends when a man crashed headfirst through a gate into the pub’s back garden. As regulars went to help, a suspected thief who had been hanging around the tables at the Earl of Lonsdale grabbed the black rucksack from a bench and casually walked away. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2Fmoment-men-use-del-boy-falling-over-con-in-pub-beer-garden-to-steal-gems-worth-35000-a3332056.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/09/3distractiontheft3008v1.jpg | en | null | Notting Hill: Men use 'Del Boy' con in pub beer garden to steal £35k gems | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | This is the moment a rucksack holding £35,000 of jewellery was allegedly swiped at a Notting Hill pub in a distraction theft likened to a famous scene in TV comedy Only Fools And Horses.
The victim, an antiques dealer, was enjoying an after-work drink with friends when a man crashed headfirst through a gate into the pub’s back garden.
As regulars went to help, a suspected thief who had been hanging around the tables at the Earl of Lonsdale grabbed the black rucksack from a bench and casually walked away.
The victim, 55, today told the Standard: “We were all keeping an eye on each other’s bags, we’re always so careful, but when someone falls through a gate like that you can’t help but turn around.
“It was only a few seconds we were looking away but that’s all they needed.”
A man dressed in black stumbles, catching the attention of drinkers in the pub beer garden
The bag held around 60 items of European antique jewellery including rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets dating from the 1820s to the 1980s. The most valuable item taken was a £5,600 high-grade solitaire diamond ring.
By the time the victim realised his bag was gone the alleged thieves had escaped in a grey car parked outside.
The theft was caught on the pub’s CCTV, obtained by the Standard.
Seconds later, a man walks off with the bag
The dealer, who has worked in Portobello Road for 20 years, said: “From the footage it looks like the man who took my bag was on a hands-free phone and there was a signal so he knew exactly when to strike.
“They are clearly professionals. I hope there is a chance I can get some of the jewellery back but more than anything I want these men caught so no one else is a victim.
“I make a living but the margins are small and this makes insurance out of the question. I’ve been quoted £9,000 a year.”
One pub regular said of the elaborate scam at the pub in Westbourne Grove: “I’ve never heard of anyone doing anything as brazen as this. Watching the film back it’s like the scene when Del Boy falls through the bar hatch.
“But it’s natural instinct to turn and see if the person is OK, that’s why they do it that way, I suppose.”
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said officers were reviewing the CCTV. The theft took place around 2.30pm on Saturday August 20.
Both men are described as being of Middle Eastern appearance and aged around 40. The man who fell in the gate wore a black T-shirt, black trousers and black shoes and was carrying a brown rucksack.
The other suspect was wearing a light polo top, blue denim jeans and dark shoes and a dark cap.
Anyone with any information can call police via 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or at crimestoppers-uk.org | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/moment-men-use-del-boy-falling-over-con-in-pub-beer-garden-to-steal-gems-worth-35000-a3332056.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/d7f2a1853df71c05e9327f37662e9e33c245a1ca6ee15cddd9f92734a8d301a5.json |
[
"Hannah Al-Othman"
] | 2016-08-26T18:50:36 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Police are hunting a man who knocked a woman to the ground causing her to break her ankle - after she stepped in when he racially abused her friend. The woman was assaulted whilst on a night out in the West End in the early hours of Friday, July 1. The 28-year-old woman was stood outside Barrio Bar in Poland Street at about 1am, having left the bar with friends after it closed. While they were outside the venue a man is believed to have racially insulted one of the victim's friends, who is black. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2Fwoman-suffers-broken-ankle-in-race-hate-attack-in-the-west-end-a3330871.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/26/18/barriosoho.jpg | en | null | Woman suffers broken ankle in 'race hate attack' after night out in West End | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Police are hunting a man who knocked a woman to the ground causing her to break her ankle - after she stepped in when he racially abused her friend.
The woman was assaulted whilst on a night out in the West End in the early hours of Friday, July 1.
The 28-year-old woman was stood outside Barrio Bar in Poland Street at about 1am, having left the bar with friends after it closed.
While they were outside the venue a man is believed to have racially insulted one of the victim's friends, who is black.
The victim challenged the man, and an argument broke out, with a large group of people joining in.
During the altercation, the victim felt a hand over her face before she was struck over the back of her head and fell to the floor.
The victim was unable to get up, but was helped to her feet by her friends and left the area.
A short while later, she realised the seriousness of her ankle injury, and went to hospital where it was confirmed as broken.
The victim had also suffered scratches to her face, while another of her friends also suffered minor injuries in the melee.
The suspect, who left the scene in an unknown direction, has been described as a white man with dark hair who is roughly 5ft 10in, and was wearing a dark suit and white shirt.
Detectives in Westminster are treating the incident as a hate crime.
DC David Doig from Westminster CID said: "This was a nasty attack on woman enjoying a night out with her friends. After challenging abusive comments, she has received injuries requiring extensive rehabilitation.
"Lots of people would have been leaving the area at the time. I would urge anyone with any information to come forward."
Anyone who recognises the man in the CCTV, any witnesses or anyone with any information is urged to contact Westminster's Community Safety Unit on 020 7321 8033 or police via 101. To give information anonymously Crimestoppers can be contacted on 0800 555 111 or at crimestoppers-uk.org. | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/woman-suffers-broken-ankle-in-race-hate-attack-in-the-west-end-a3330871.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/66b70325fdf070f09369aae83b797678888af0780d0f604a14acf78ebbd14d8b.json |
[
"Francesca Gillett"
] | 2016-08-30T14:51:08 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | A police chase involving cars and a helicopter ended in a dramatic smash in south-east London this morning. The lengthy pursuit, which ended in the Shortlands area of Bromley at 5.45am this morning, saw officers use stingers and police dogs to stop the driver. Photos from the scene show the car, believed to be a minicab, surrounded by four police cars on Beckenham Lane in Bromley. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flondon%2Fbromley-police-chase-involving-cars-and-helicopter-ends-in-crash-a3332186.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/10/bromley-mps-2-3.jpg | en | null | Bromley: Police chase involving cars and helicopter ends in crash | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | A police chase involving cars and a helicopter ended in a dramatic smash in south-east London this morning.
The lengthy pursuit, which ended in the Shortlands area of Bromley at 5.45am this morning, saw officers use stingers and police dogs to stop the driver.
Photos from the scene show the car, believed to be a minicab, surrounded by four police cars on Beckenham Lane in Bromley.
The road was closed off to traffic as police dealt with the black car, which had its windows smashed in the chase. The driver was arrested.
Surrounded: The car was stopped on Beckenham Lane in Bromley. (Bromley MPS)
Officers from Bromley said they used specialist police pursuit tactics including putting down stinger spike strips which puncture the car’s tyres.
One woman living on Westmoreland Road, more than a mile from where the police chase ended, said she was woken up at around 5.30am to the sound of the police helicopter and cars.
She said: “The noise above Bromley and Shortlands this morning was on another level. Helicopters and police cars everywhere. Now I’m really sleepy.”
The noise above #Bromley & #Shortlands this morning was on another level. Helicopters and police cars everywhere. Now I'm really sleepy — IT'S JESS!!! (@Jbooo) August 30, 2016
Police said no one was harmed but could not provide further information. | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/bromley-police-chase-involving-cars-and-helicopter-ends-in-crash-a3332186.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/eb688710b50149d6e23e064fe369550e8c043a2948ac376a573586b25ac2e664.json |
[
"Edwina Langley"
] | 2016-08-29T22:50:35 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Goodness, what an opening to Ladies In Waiting, the second instalment of ITV's Victoria. By the first ad break, Rufus Sewell as Lord Melbourne had not only resigned as Prime Minister but 'forsaken' the young Queen Victoria (Jenna Coleman) and effectively broken her heart to boot. The passion between the pair, the shadows across their faces, the watery eyes, the twinkling piano – what were ITV trying to do to us? | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fstayingin%2Ftvfilm%2Fvictoria-itv-episode-two-review-a-coming-of-age-piece-with-a-stunning-opening-a3331886.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/29/21/victoria-episode-2.jpg | en | null | Victoria, ITV, Episode Two review: ‘a coming of age piece with a stunning opening’ | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Goodness, what an opening to Ladies In Waiting, the second instalment of ITV's Victoria.
By the first ad break, Rufus Sewell as Lord Melbourne had not only resigned as Prime Minister but 'forsaken' the young Queen Victoria (Jenna Coleman) and effectively broken her heart to boot. The passion between the pair, the shadows across their faces, the watery eyes, the twinkling piano – what were ITV trying to do to us?
Ladies In Waiting was a learning- the-ropes episode that saw Victoria face the prospect of ruling solo – a coming of age piece in which the Queen experienced many outbursts of childishness: bashing her brolly around rain-soaked gardens, tantrums at the size of her chin on a coin, a refusal to accept (and respect) the unbiased nature of the relationship between crown and parliament. In the end, she came out on top.
As the episode unravelled, it centred on the formation of a new government, as the Queen battled over the appointment of her next Prime Minister – the Duke of Wellington? Sir Robert Peel? Melbourne again? – leading to questions over her ladies in waiting and, moreover, their Whig allegiances.
Anna Wilson-Jones as Lady Emma Portman proved an excellent support to Coleman, as did the statuesque Margaret Clunie as the Duchess of Sutherland. Her well-timed 'open this present from Lord Melbourne' eyebrow raise, provided much needed comedy from the otherwise awkward atmosphere of the birthday tea.
Coleman continued to shine in her regal role. Whilst we wanted a bit more from her in the brolly bashing scene – where were those swollen eyes, those genuine tears, was her heart not actually broken (like ours)? – she more than outdid herself in the ‘summoning of Lord M’ encounter. Who could fail to identify with her teenage desperation to cling onto a love, to the sting of rejection and hot-tempered anger that ensued?
ITV's Victoria Premiere
10 show all ITV's Victoria Premiere
1/10 Leading lady Jenna Coleman arrives for the premiere screening of ITV's Victoria at The Orangery Tristan Fewings/Getty Images
2/10 Sophie Cookson joins Adrian Schiller who plays Penge, the Household Steward Tristan Fewings/Getty Images
3/10 Rising star Margaret Clunie plays the Duchess of Sutherland Tristan Fewings/Getty Images
4/10 Husband and wife Tom Hughes and Jenna Coleman play Prince Albert and Queen Victoria in the drama Tristan Fewings/Getty Images
5/10 Duchess Nichola McAuliffe plays the Duchess of Cumberland Tristan Fewings/Getty Images
6/10 Lady in red Nell Hudson turns heads in a revealing red dress Tristan Fewings/Getty Images
7/10 Suitably dressed Peter Bowles dresses for the occasion in a black suit Tristan Fewings/Getty Images
8/10 In support World War Z actress Aggy K Adams steps out to support the cast Tristan Fewings/Getty Images
9/10 Up and coming Tommy Lawrence-Knight plays Brodie the hall boy Tristan Fewings/Getty Images
10/10 Joining the cast Eve Myles of Torchwood fame Tristan Fewings/Getty Images
The villain of the episode was undoubtedly Peter Firth as the Duke of Cumberland. With his eye on dual regency, he slid around London, Iago-like, planting ideas about the Queen's state of mind and conjuring memories of her 'mad' grandfather, George III.
The Duchess of Kent (played by Catherine Flemming) did her fair share of bitching too – from the underlining of the 'thankless child' King Lear quote, to that badass eyebrow raise at the birthday. Luckily, Lord M came to his senses eventually and accepted the position of PM once again, thus ousting the Duke and Duchess from any potential positions of power. Well, for now...
Victoria - ITV trailer
Downstairs there was the suspicious behaviour of Miss Skerrett to focus on, as did Francatelli the chef, who 'never forgets a pretty face' – a phrase that seemed equally creepy and friendly.
Come to think of it, Skerrett was a bit sneaky, turning up out of nowhere on the recommendation of some never-heard-of-before Chiswick Institute, claiming (falsely) to know French, and putting forward rather a lot of opinions to Her Maj. Then we saw her scuttling around making errands in the dead of night. It was no surprise, therefore, to learn she had a backstory, and had spent time in Ma Fletcher's nunnery, the house of ill repute – there’s surely more to come here.
Best TV dramas 2016
20 show all Best TV dramas 2016
1/20 Ripper Street The fan-favourite Victorian police drama returned for Series 4 BBC/Tiger Aspect 2016/Bernard Walsh
2/20 The Secret Agent Toby Jones led the cast in the BBC's Joseph Conrad adaptation BBC/World Productions/Mark Mainz/Matt Burlem
3/20 The Living and the Dead The BBC's gothic romance debuted in full on iPlayer BBC
4/20 Preacher AMC's adaptation of Garth Ennis' cult comic book is available week-by-week on Amazon Prime Amazon / AMC
5/20 Versailles A raunchy royal romp around the court of King Louis XIV, spicing up Wednesdays on BBC Two Canal +/ BBC
6/20 Locked Up The Spanish prison drama came to the UK thanks to Channel 4's Walter Presents series Channel 4 / Global Series
7/20 Peaky Blinders The Birmingham-set gangster thriller was more popular than ever in its third series BBC/Caryn Mandabach Productions Ltd/Tiger Aspect/Robert Viglasky
8/20 The A Word The BBC gave us a nuanced and emotional take on autism BBC/Fifty Fathoms
9/20 Marcella Anna Friel stars in ITV's British take on the Scandi-noir thriller ITV
10/20 Grantchester James Norton is back the crime-solving vicar ITV / Lovely Day
11/20 Stag The comedy-thriller from the team behind The Wrong Mans is both hilarious and chilling BBC/Des Willie/Hal Shinnie/Matt Burlem
12/20 Vinyl Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger present a glossy drama about the Seventies music industry HBO
13/20 American Crime Story: The People vs OJ Simpson Cuba Gooding Jr leads an all-star cast in a dramatic re-telling of the 'trial of century' BBC/Fox
14/20 Happy Valley Sarah Lancashire returned as Sgt Catherine Cawood for a second series of the gritty crime thriller BBC/Red Productions/Ben Blackall
15/20 The X Files Mulder and Scully return for a brand new set of mysteries
16/20 War and Peace The BBC's epic adaptation of the Russian literary classic BBC/Mitch Jenkins
17/20 Call the Midwife The BBC period drama moved into the Sixties for Series 5 BBC/Neal Street Productions/Sophie Mutevelian
18/20 Dickensian Charles Dickens' most famous characters collide in this historical soap BBC
19/20 Jericho ITV's British western set in the wilds of Yorkshire
20/20 Silent Witness The hugely popular detective drama returns for a 19th series
Comic relief tonight came mainly from the scuttling ratties, 'spreading through the palace like a miasma of corruption' (thank you steward Penge for that ominous observation). The infestation of the birthday cake was all too much for Victoria herself though, so it was a more alarming than amusing scene, which was a veritable shame – after being on the edge of our seats all episode, we desperately needed a laugh. Maybe next time.
ITV,9pm | http://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/victoria-itv-episode-two-review-a-coming-of-age-piece-with-a-stunning-opening-a3331886.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/6f1c14b2350beed6c0b08218477f9615c4151a089a8c8334172296accbd03722.json |
[
"Mira Bar-Hillel",
"Robert Dex"
] | 2016-08-26T13:13:23 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Kinks star Dave Davies says London risks becoming “soulless” and “sterile” as he condemned the redevelopment of Denmark Street, once the centre of the country’s music industry. The last recording studio in the street, which was once called Tin Pan Alley after the area of the same name in New York, closed its doors in June after 62 years of playing host to acts from Jimi Hendrix to Jimmy Cliff, Mumford & Sons and Dizzee Rascal. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flondon%2Fkinks-star-dave-davies-slams-soulless-denmark-street-redevelopment-where-mumford-sons-and-dizzee-a3330101.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/26/09/tinpanalley.jpg | en | null | Kinks star Dave Davies slams 'soulless' Denmark Street redevelopment where Mumford & Sons and Dizzee Rascal recorded | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Kinks star Dave Davies says London risks becoming “soulless” and “sterile” as he condemned the redevelopment of Denmark Street, once the centre of the country’s music industry.
The last recording studio in the street, which was once called Tin Pan Alley after the area of the same name in New York, closed its doors in June after 62 years of playing host to acts from Jimi Hendrix to Jimmy Cliff, Mumford & Sons and Dizzee Rascal.
Davies, 69, whose band recorded the demo of their 1964 hit You Really Got Me in the street, said: “Denmark Street helped carve out the beginnings of a new art form, a new generation of popular music, which helped shape the future of music and art.
"It is so sad that we may all just end up becoming some distorted and soulless artifact of a dead and bygone age in some sterile Tower of Babel to come.”
One of the last links to the street’s history, the Noel Gay entertainment agency, started as a music publishers in 1938 and is leaving soon.
Its managing director, Alex Armitage, said: “I have worked in Denmark Street for 30 years, and my father 30 years before that. To lose the street from its music industry roots is cultural vandalism.”
Among the buildings that have made way for the redevelopment are rehearsal studios and shops selling sheet music and instruments. Owners Consolidated Developments are looking to redevelop the entire street, which is listed, adding luxury flats behind and above the existing scruffy-chic exteriors.
There is particular concern over the fate of No 6 and No 7, a pair of Grade II* listed 17th-century townhouses, where punk pioneers The Sex Pistols recorded and lived.
Their bass player Glen Matlock, 59, who supports the Save Denmark Street campaign, said: “Everything keeps changing in London and they forget that people visit it to see places like Denmark Street.” | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/kinks-star-dave-davies-slams-soulless-denmark-street-redevelopment-where-mumford-sons-and-dizzee-a3330101.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/33c532911583f46c6779edc201a6499bad15dc0e660316c3dd9e0787baaeea68.json |
[
"Tom Collomosse"
] | 2016-08-28T10:50:20 | null | 2015-09-29T00:00:00 | Brentford are one of a number of clubs considering a move for Luton midfielder Cameron McGeehan, who has been likened to Frank Lampard. McGeehan is already believed to have attracted bids of £350,000 from Milton Keynes and Barnsley and has now caught the eye of Brentford, who have started the Championship season with seven points from five games. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fbrentford-transfer-news-bees-set-to-launch-move-for-lutons-cameron-mcgeehan-a3331296.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/09/29/23/Brentford.jpg | en | null | Brentford transfer news: Bees set to launch move for Luton's Cameron McGeehan | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Brentford are one of a number of clubs considering a move for Luton midfielder Cameron McGeehan, who has been likened to Frank Lampard.
McGeehan is already believed to have attracted bids of £350,000 from Milton Keynes and Barnsley and has now caught the eye of Brentford, who have started the Championship season with seven points from five games.
Reading are also thought to be interested in the 21-year-old, who League Two Luton value at about £500,000.
McGeehan has already scored four times this season and impressed in his club's surprise EFL Cup win over Aston Villa earlier this month, in which he also scored.
McGeehan, a Northern Ireland Under-21 international, has been compared with a young Lampard because of his ability to run deep from midfield and find goalscoring positions inside the penalty area.
McGeehan was at Chelsea as a schoolboy but failed to make the grade at Stamford Bridge, moving first to Norwich and then to Luton, whom he joined permanently in the summer of 2015 after successful loan spells.
Though Luton are determined to hold on to him, Brentford and other suitors are likely to test their resolve before the transfer window closes on Wednesday. | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/brentford-transfer-news-bees-set-to-launch-move-for-lutons-cameron-mcgeehan-a3331296.html | en | 2015-09-29T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/e8099fff0c69b499f1efa1e55a67be9386567f5d66e231368f00851067bb48d3.json |
[
"Chloe Chaplain"
] | 2016-08-28T12:50:04 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | This is the moment Manchester United player Marouane Fellaini rushed to the rescue of a supporter who became crushed under frenzied fans. The crowds pressed against advertising boards during celebrations of Marcus Rashford’s late winning goal against Hull City on Saturday. The goal prompted fans to surge forward towards the players as they celebrated. Fellaini noticed the woman in distress and broke away from teammates to help her. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk%2Fmanchester-united-player-marouane-fellaini-rescues-woman-crushed-by-surging-crowds-a3331371.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/28/13/marouanefellaini2.jpg | en | null | Manchester United footballer Marouane Fellaini rescues woman crushed by surging crowds | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | This is the moment Manchester United player Marouane Fellaini rushed to the rescue of a supporter who became crushed under frenzied fans.
The crowds pressed against advertising boards during celebrations of Marcus Rashford’s late winning goal against Hull City on Saturday.
The goal prompted fans to surge forward towards the players as they celebrated.
Fellaini noticed the woman in distress and broke away from teammates to help her.
Well done Fellaini for helping out a lady in the #MUFC crowd after fans spilled over the barrier celebrating!#HULMUN pic.twitter.com/hDvA9b1jk2 — Charlotte Hodges (@CharHodges88) August 27, 2016
The midfielder pointed her out to nearby stewards and reached out to try to protect her from crushing crowds.
The woman was then pulled from danger whilst other supporters flooded onto the pitch.
Surging fans: The supporters ran onto the pitch after the winning goal was scored (REUTERS)
Manchester United won the game after 18-year-old Rsahford’s injury time goal. | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/manchester-united-player-marouane-fellaini-rescues-woman-crushed-by-surging-crowds-a3331371.html | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/022b79fd726799c65704e13892610623c339c5783aefb29451f7e53d45b402ca.json |
[
"Giuseppe Muro"
] | 2016-08-31T12:51:39 | null | 2016-05-06T00:00:00 | Charlton are determined to keep hold of Ademola Lookman amid deadline day interest from Crystal Palace. Palace are reported to have made a £4million bid for Lookman but Charlton do not want to sell the 18-year-old striker. It is thought Palace would have to significantly increase their offer for Charlton to even consider letting Lookman leave. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fcrystal-palace-transfer-news-charlton-determined-to-keep-ademola-lookman-amid-palace-interest-a3333441.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/05/06/09/lookman.jpg | en | null | Crystal Palace transfer news: Charlton determined to keep Ademola Lookman amid Palace interest | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Charlton are determined to keep hold of Ademola Lookman amid deadline day interest from Crystal Palace.
Palace are reported to have made a £4million bid for Lookman but Charlton do not want to sell the 18-year-old striker.
It is thought Palace would have to significantly increase their offer for Charlton to even consider letting Lookman leave.
Charlton have a history of selling their best young players and have lost the likes of Jordan Cousins, Joe Gomez and Diego Poyet in the last two years.
But chief executive Katrien Meire has no plans to sell Lookman, an England Under-19 international who has made six appearances for Charlton this season. | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/crystal-palace-transfer-news-charlton-determined-to-keep-ademola-lookman-amid-palace-interest-a3333441.html | en | 2016-05-06T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/f53164245780df62152cb14eee0fe04a4d22bed41b91f106110da3e22a985a80.json |
[
"Hannah Al-Othman"
] | 2016-08-27T20:50:51 | null | 2016-04-22T00:00:00 | The shadow chancellor has called for Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson to be stripped of his knighthood, as the row between Jeremy Corbyn and the entrepreneur escalated. The Labour leader's most senior ally John McDonnell hit out at the tycoon, claiming he wanted to "undermine our democracy" after Virgin Trains released footage disputing Mr Corbyn's claims about overcrowding on one of its services. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fshadow-chancellor-calls-for-richard-branson-to-be-stripped-of-knighthood-amid-traingate-row-a3331246.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/04/22/12/richardbranson.jpg | en | null | Shadow chancellor calls for Richard Branson to be stripped of knighthood amid 'traingate' row | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | The shadow chancellor has called for Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson to be stripped of his knighthood, as the row between Jeremy Corbyn and the entrepreneur escalated.
The Labour leader's most senior ally John McDonnell hit out at the tycoon, claiming he wanted to "undermine our democracy" after Virgin Trains released footage disputing Mr Corbyn's claims about overcrowding on one of its services.
Mr McDonnell, who is running Mr Corbyn's campaign to be re-elected as Labour leader, demanded an overhaul of the honours system and also restated his call for former BHS boss Sir Philip Green to lose his title.
Writing in the Sunday Mirror, Mr McDonnell said Sir Richard was a "tax exile who thinks he can try and intervene and -undermine our democracy".
The controversy erupted after Virgin Trains released CCTV images that appeared to show the Labour leader walking by vacant, unreserved seats before he was filmed sat on the floor complaining about crowded carriages.
Mr McDonnell said: "The whole purpose of the honours system is undermined when the rich and the powerful can collect their gongs without giving anything back. It's even worse when tax exiles are given honours."
He added: "It should be a simple choice for the mega-rich. Run off to tax exile if you want. But you leave your titles and your honours behind when you go."
Shadow chancellor: John McDonnell is Corbyn's closest ally (PA)
A spokesman for the shadow chancellor said: "John believes that it should be for Parliament to ultimately decide who is or who is not stripped of their title, if enough members of the public campaign for it.
"But he would not support tax exiles or businessmen who mistreat their employees retaining their titles."
Labour MP John Woodcock, a prominent critic of the leader, mocked Mr McDonnell's call: "Dare to question Saint Jeremy's version of the truth? John McDonnell will strip you of your knighthood."
The intervention by Mr McDonnell came as Mr Corbyn's rival for the Labour leadership set out his plans to scrap university tuition fees as part of a package aimed at winning over young voters.
Owen Smith called for the current university funding system to be abolished and replaced with a 1 per cent or 2 per cent graduate tax.
He also promised to guarantee a high-level apprenticeship paid at the living wage to every 18-year-old who gets the grades, and pledged to build 50,000 "first homes" a year earmarked for the under-30s, which would be rented to first-time buyers at 80 per cent of the local market rent with the remaining 20 per cent going into a savings pot.
At the end of the tenancy, which would last between five and eight years, the first-time buyer would be able to buy the property outright by using the savings as a deposit on the mortgage. | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/shadow-chancellor-calls-for-richard-branson-to-be-stripped-of-knighthood-amid-traingate-row-a3331246.html | en | 2016-04-22T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/55aba528b34e3492e07d94da50207eb50d2dbbc316949fce742c61e2d94b77f3.json |
[
"David Ellis"
] | 2016-08-30T16:51:13 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Some restaurants are famous, some are institutions: Le Caprice, which sits discreetly at the end of Arlington St, neighbours with The Ritz, has survived closure, re-opening, the rich and famous at their very best and very worst, and a logo which, in all honesty, looks like they sell package holidays. Since 1981, its art deco insides have inspired legions of regulars, protective of its unchanging charms, who return not just for the David Bailey prints, or the brasserie-style food, but for the service. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fgoingout%2Frestaurants%2Fjesus-adorno-the-man-whos-survived-35-years-of-celebrities-at-le-caprice-a3332656.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/16/le-caprice-jesus-adorno.jpg | en | null | Jesus Adorno: the man who's survived 35 years of celebrities at Le Caprice | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Some restaurants are famous, some are institutions: Le Caprice, which sits discreetly at the end of Arlington St, neighbours with The Ritz, has survived closure, re-opening, the rich and famous at their very best and very worst, and a logo which, in all honesty, looks like they sell package holidays. Since 1981, its art deco insides have inspired legions of regulars, protective of its unchanging charms, who return not just for the David Bailey prints, or the brasserie-style food, but for the service.
There is history in this service, and much of that is down to Jesus Adorno, more familiar to regulars than the long bar. The story begins in Bolivia in the early 70s, as Jesus made plans to leave. “When I was a child, I was very good with geography, and used to dream of travelling and seeing the world” he says, “And somehow it happened that I ended up here.”
As 1972 edged closer to 1973, Jesus landed in the UK, 19-years-old. His first gig was not an illustrious one: pot-washer at a pub in Beaconsfield – The Royal Saracens Head, still going – before they promoted him and he began waiting tables. From there, he seems to have been drawn already to institutions, waitering at Frederick’s in Camden (going since the late 60s) and Brompton’s L’Opera (about the same). Still, an article in the Evening Standard caught his attention: Le Caprice was re-opening. Once a house of glamour for film stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood, its draw had waned, the candelabras blown out and the velvet lined walls left to rot. Then Jeremy King and Chris Corbin took over.
“When I came in August 81, it was full of builders and carpenters finishing the room. I loved it. You know, I’m not surprised I stayed so long because in a weird way, it was love at first sight.”
High-end comfort food: Glencoe venison
By 1987, he was head waiter, and Le Caprice was once again a Hollywood magnet: “When Charlton Heston came along, I was just… ‘wow!’, I was blown away, because I’m of that generation.” He tells a funny story about Dallas’ Sue Ellen, exuberant over lunch, answering the restaurant’s telephone and loudly wondering why someone was ringing for the Son of God - “I’m blessed with a name everyone remembers.”
Things were sailing smoothly, though Corbyn and King later sold the place to Caprice Holdings, then under the control of Luke Johnson. “Chris Corbyn told me as we were doing a private do at the Serpentine Gallery, where Princess Diana was attending. And they said, we’re selling the company. It was the first and last time and the only time ever I felt the earth move, because I was so upset, so worried, so concerned – what is going to happen? To me? To the restaurant? But of course, they left a good team, and we carried on.”
'I’m not surprised I stayed so long because in a weird way, it was love at first sight'
Carry on they did. It’s interesting Jesus mentions Diana, who was a regular: she of everything 80s, when the restaurant was in its heyday. The Princess, like many others, had ‘her’ table here. On August 31, 1997, the night after her death, it was kept empty.
Still, time ticks on, and so does Le Caprice, and so do its regulars: “Our customers have grown into the business. I see people I met as young 30-year-olds, and now they’ve become the establishment.”
Why does it still work? What's the draw? “We’re very lucky to have our following: we’re on a cul-de-sac, but restaurants now need to be on the right location, with people passing. So we’re lucky for that. But I think it’s also because there’s comfort food, but still there are also dishes that would be worth a Michelin star. And the pricing is still value for money in the West End. So, you know, I’d like to think it’s good for another 35 years…!” He recommends the sea bass in banana leaf, and the steak tartare.
“It’s been a mindblowing experience staying at the same company so many years. Every day, every week, I love it." He laughs warmly about his time with the company: "When I was here at my 25th year, I thought, wow, what a milestone, a quarter of a century. When I was a child I read in Reader’s Digest that if you did 25 years, they’d give you a gold watch. So of course, I thought, maybe there’s a nice present coming, but sadly that didn’t happen. So then I thought, maybe my 30th, they’ll do something… then at 35 years, I’m thinking, no, I don’t think it’ll happen, and then I realised people only did that in the 60s and 70s.”
Familiar comforts: the bar at Le Caprice
Jesus can still be found at Le Caprice, where he prides himself on treating everyone exactly the same way: three and a half decades welcoming Presidents and Royalty have undoubtedly made it easier to handle himself around just about anyone. He has two grown-up daughters, and now a newborn baby girl too. He’s long been a director of Caprice holdings, has won countless industry awards, helped save Daphne’s and is highly thought of throughout the industry. Not bad for a pot-washer from Bolivia – but Ricard Caring, if you’re listening, for God’s sake give the man a gold watch.
Le Caprice: 20 Arlington St, London SW1A 1RJ, le-caprice.co.uk. Alongside its regular fare, the restaurant is currently serving the Caprice Classics Menu, a celebration of their most famous dishes thoughout the years.
Follow David Ellis on Twitter @dvh_ellis
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[
"Jonathan Prynn",
"Matt Watts"
] | 2016-08-31T10:52:39 | null | 2016-04-29T00:00:00 | The boss of threatened superclub Fabric today pleaded for a reprieve, claiming a move to shut it after two recent drug-related deaths “would be the beginning of the end for clubbing in London”. Co-founder Cameron Leslie made his appeal ahead of next week’s review of Fabric’s licence sparked by the summer deaths of the two 18-year-old clubbers. The 2,500-capacity venue has had four other deaths from drugs since 2011. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flondon%2Ffabric-boss-issues-plea-for-reprieve-as-club-faces-closure-over-drug-deaths-a3333156.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/04/29/16/fabricclub2904a.jpg | en | null | Fabric boss issues plea for reprieve as club faces closure over drug deaths | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | The boss of threatened superclub Fabric today pleaded for a reprieve, claiming a move to shut it after two recent drug-related deaths “would be the beginning of the end for clubbing in London”.
Co-founder Cameron Leslie made his appeal ahead of next week’s review of Fabric’s licence sparked by the summer deaths of the two 18-year-old clubbers.
The 2,500-capacity venue has had four other deaths from drugs since 2011.
Damning police reports submitted for the review by Islington council say the Farringdon club is now a “safe haven” for illegal drug use amid “management failings” — and predict more tragedies if there are not major changes.
However, Mr Leslie today said he was prepared to “lead the industry” by creating a new “gold standard” for safe clubbing in partnership with the police and licensing authorities. This would include a tougher search policy at the entrance, better training for staff to combat drug taking and dealing in clubs and setting up a working group with police and drugs awareness charity The Loop to establish new best practice guidelines.
DJ B. Traits, who advocates a drug testing system (Dave Benett)
He told the Standard: “Our customers’ safety has always been our No 1 priority.
“Any suggestion we are not 100 per cent committed to tackling drugs here is completely false. We were pioneering in the way we worked closely with the council and police on opening 17 years ago. We established honest and transparent procedures never before seen, something we are incredibly proud of.
“Closing Fabric would be the beginning of the end for clubbing in London, which is already under threat.
“In light of tragic events, we’re independently reviewing all our processes and have already proposed substantial changes. Our aim is to set a new industry gold standard for safe clubbing.”
The Met reports on the two deaths portray widespread drug abuse at Fabric and describe how on one night “80 per cent of club-goers” appeared to be under the influence of drugs, while more than half were “willing to sell them”.
The damning police dossier comes as more than 98,000 people have signed a petition asking Mayor Sadiq Khan and Islington council not to close the club.
DJ B. Traits wrote: “I am convinced on-site drug testing and information has to be the best way forward . . . not the closure of venues and clubs.” | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/fabric-boss-issues-plea-for-reprieve-as-club-faces-closure-over-drug-deaths-a3333156.html | en | 2016-04-29T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/b3a856d6e66b4d11081600dffd76b2258e70bd66b4ce306fd7cd4a4cbaf61f33.json |
[
"Andre Paine"
] | 2016-08-26T13:11:55 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Ahead of his eighth album, New York songwriter Cass McCombs promised “groovy s***” to make you want to dance. It seems an unlikely agenda from an indie-folk type not known for being upbeat, though it makes sense when you hear the sumptuous soul of Opposite House and the rhythmic riffs on Rancid Girl. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fstayingin%2Fmusic%2Fcass-mccombs-mangy-love-review-ready-for-a-commercial-breakthrough-a3330461.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/26/12/cass-mccombs-0.jpg | en | null | Cass McCombs - Mangy Love review: 'ready for a commercial breakthrough’ | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Ahead of his eighth album, New York songwriter Cass McCombs promised “groovy s***” to make you want to dance.
It seems an unlikely agenda from an indie-folk type not known for being upbeat, though it makes sense when you hear the sumptuous soul of Opposite House and the rhythmic riffs on Rancid Girl.
There’s a trenchant tone to some lyrics, which is perhaps to be expected from a musician who once recorded a single called Bradley Manning and met a future band mate during the Occupy Wall Street protests. Crucially, there’s also a sense of an artist maturing into a majestic talent on expansive tunes such as Low Flyin’ Bird and the frazzled groove of In a Chinese Alley.
Like The War On Drugs a few years ago, McCombs sounds ready to make his commercial breakthrough.
(Anti) | http://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/music/cass-mccombs-mangy-love-review-ready-for-a-commercial-breakthrough-a3330461.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/aa0940cdb5bb2fe9f64d0c4ef2e02a155afb728ba78b7e7938c89bdc50bf6a51.json |
[
"Chloe Chaplain"
] | 2016-08-28T16:50:04 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | An elderly woman had her arm ripped off in a freak accident after she got it trapped in her car window. The 78-year-old leaned into her car, parked outside her home in Penmar Close, Hayle, to turn the ignition on and close the electric window. But the vehicle was in gear and lurched forward, trapping her arm and ripping it off above the elbow. The pensioner, from Cornwall, was airlifted to hospital in Plymouth at 3:50pm on Saturday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk%2Felderly-woman-has-arm-ripped-off-in-freak-accident-after-it-becomes-trapped-in-car-window-a3331451.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/28/15/penmar-close-hayle.png | en | null | Elderly woman has arm ripped off in freak accident after it becomes trapped in car window | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | An elderly woman had her arm ripped off in a freak accident after she got it trapped in her car window.
The 78-year-old leaned into her car, parked outside her home in Penmar Close, Hayle, to turn the ignition on and close the electric window.
But the vehicle was in gear and lurched forward, trapping her arm and ripping it off above the elbow.
The pensioner, from Cornwall, was airlifted to hospital in Plymouth at 3:50pm on Saturday.
Freak accident: The woman was taken to Derriford Hospital, Plymouth where it was hoped the arm would be reattached (Google Maps)
Paramedics recovered her arm and it was hoped surgeons would be able to reattach it.
A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said: "What appears to have happened is that she leant into the car to close the electric windows.
"She turned on the ignition to get the power for the electric windows, but unfortunately the car was in gear and lurched forward - trapping her hand or arm.
"In the process of doing that, it has taken her arm off."
Police said the pensioner had suffered "life-changing injuries" but it was hoped she would make a good recovery. | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/elderly-woman-has-arm-ripped-off-in-freak-accident-after-it-becomes-trapped-in-car-window-a3331451.html | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/209691c04dbdd69f6c9306f1e202223b7ec1602fcc46d1abc5f83594529b3e3c.json |
[
"Katie Fremantle"
] | 2016-08-26T16:49:18 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Should we be scared of the sun? Or should we be loving it? As the last few weeks of the summer shine on, here are some tips to help you be more mindful in the sun. We need the sun. The natural light from the sun is what fuels life on earth, and we are no exception to this rule.Though our tech-infused lifestyles have made us disconnect from this basic reality. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Flifestyle%2Fhealth%2F3-myths-about-the-sun-and-how-we-should-behave-in-it-a3330781.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/26/16/shutterstock-472611673.jpg | en | null | 3 myths about the sun and how we should behave in it | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Should we be scared of the sun? Or should we be loving it? As the last few weeks of the summer shine on, here are some tips to help you be more mindful in the sun.
We need the sun. The natural light from the sun is what fuels life on earth, and we are no exception to this rule.Though our tech-infused lifestyles have made us disconnect from this basic reality.
Over the past 30-40 years there has been – quite understandably – a drive to lessen exposure to the sun to minimise the proliferation of chronic disease, considered to be triggered or caused by exposure to the sun, and to avoid sunburn. As a result the advice given has been, sensibly, to cover up, stay out of the sun or put on sunscreen.
However, this measure has been so effective that it is backfiring. Here are three myths about the sun that need dispelling so you can get the balance right:
1. We don’t need natural sunlight
Sunlight is essential to our general wellbeing (think photosynthesis). Like plants, we need light for the basic synthesis of chemical processes within the body, for example the chemical reaction between the sun’s rays and the skin which creates vitamin D.
With the seasons as they are, we, in the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere lose a number of natural sunlight hours during the winter. Various things change at this time; the weather gets colder and we spend less time outside in daylight hours, as many of us are office-bound travelling to and from work in the dark. As a result it is hard for us to get sufficient sunlight to trigger the essential physiological processes. This can explain the greater prevalence of a variety of health issues from depression to osteoporosis in the autumn and winter months in the UK.
2. It is imperative to stay out of the midday sun
There are hundreds of diseases which are related to low vitamin D levels. It is the UVB rays, occurring only in the midday sun, which activate the vitamin D formation in the skin via the melatonin in our skin. Therefore, skin exposure to the midday sun is beneficial if not essential. On the other hand UVB rays are strong and can be damaging to the skin in the event of over-exposure. Equally, UVA waves penetrate the skin and can do damage after long exposure, these are the most abundant rays and are not absorbed at all by the ozone layer, but they do contribute to a suntan. Ultimately it is important to limit your general exposure to the sun, especially if your skin is not used to it, so keep your exposure down to short bursts out in the sun. Even 10 minutes in the midday sun daily will reap benefits.
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3/9 Lancôme UV Expert GN Shield £28, lancome.co.uk
4/9 Clinique Face Cream SPF40 £18, clinique.co.uk
5/9 La Roche-Posay Anthelios Face Ultra-Light Fluid £17, boots.com
6/9 Clarins Sun Wrinkle Control Cream For Face £19.50, clarins.co.uk
7/9 Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Sun Defense for Face £22.10, feelunique.com
8/9 Kiehl’s Ultra Light Daily Defense £27.90, johnlewis.com
9/9 Lancaster Sun Delicate Skin Soothing Cream £18.90, debenhams.com
3. Sunscreens are the only effective way to protect ourselves from the sun
Most sunscreens are innovatively constructed so they absorb the UV rays. However the chemicals used to create this ‘protective’ mechanism are absorbed by the skin and are carcinogenic. Some statistics have shown that since the prevalence of lotions like this, the incidence of certain diseases they are supposed to prevent have increased. And of course sunscreens also block the essential process of vitamin D formation. Fortunately, safer sun tan lotions are available on the market now. Look for a quality mineral sunscreen (not non-mineral) like Kiss My Face Sunscreen or make your own, there are plenty of recipes on the internet (see Dr Axe or Wellnessmama).
Fundamentally, the rule is to get your sun in regular but limited doses. Be aware of what is in your sunscreen and take alternative sun protection precautions if possible, such as wearing a cap and t-shirt, wearing mineral sunscreen and remaining in the shade.
Katie is a Natural Nutritionist helping people improve their resilience by identifying health problems and providing nautropathic solutions. Follow Katie on Twitter @katiefremantle | http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/health/3-myths-about-the-sun-and-how-we-should-behave-in-it-a3330781.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/37d4089d6d3dca52f572ef3176159996824e64be6cc82a92506bc259c80f5bbc.json |
[
"Hannah Al-Othman"
] | 2016-08-28T16:50:08 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | A man who fled war-torn Iraq after losing an arm and a foot in a missile attack has been named as a finalist in a national award for brave Britons. Ahmed Hamza, 27, who now lives in Kingston, was one of just four people to be named in the 'Against All Odds' category of the Charles Holland Awards for Brave Britons. Mr Hamza was just 12 when he was left fighting for his life after losing an arm and a foot when his house was hit by a missile during the bombings in Iraq in 2003. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flondon%2Firaqi-refugee-from-london-reaches-finals-of-brave-briton-awards-a3331471.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/28/16/ahmed-right.jpg | en | null | Iraqi refugee from London reaches finals of Brave Briton awards | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | A man who fled war-torn Iraq after losing an arm and a foot in a missile attack has been named as a finalist in a national award for brave Britons.
Ahmed Hamza, 27, who now lives in Kingston, was one of just four people to be named in the 'Against All Odds' category of the Charles Holland Awards for Brave Britons.
Mr Hamza was just 12 when he was left fighting for his life after losing an arm and a foot when his house was hit by a missile during the bombings in Iraq in 2003.
Shortly after he was injured, Mr Hamza met Ali Abbas from Baghdad, a fellow amputee who lost both arms and 16 family members during the bombing.
During their recovery the pair became close, with Mr Hamza taking on the role of Mr Abbas' carer.
Mr Hamza selflessly took on the role of caring for his friend, who he described as "more than a brother."
The men have just one arm between them, with Mr Hamza helping his friend to eat, wash, and use the toilet.
After treatment in Kuwait, the pair were airlifted from Iraq and brought to London, and both are now British citizens who embrace London life.
The two men live in Kingston, and Mr Hamza is now married to wife Alaa and has a two-year-old daughter, with another daughter on the way.
He is also in the process of setting up a charity called Limbless Children International with his friend, in order to give something back because of the help he has received.
Hearing specialist Amplifon launched their search to find ‘The Best Of British’ in memory of its founder and Second World War hero Charles Holland who was honoured for his bravery by Britain and America.
The company says the awards were designed to "celebrate truly remarkable people who are an example to the nation", and recognise both members of the public and serving and ex-military personnel who have shown who have demonstrated "remarkable acts of courage, bravery and incredible selflessness."
The Against All Odds Award goes to a member of the public who has overcome adversity to take on an exceptional challenge.
Falklands veteran Simon Weston led the judging panel and said: “I was honoured to be asked by Amplifon to be one of the judges for the Charles Holland Awards for Brave Britons because all the finalists had truly remarkable stories. It was a very tough decision.
"When I read Ahmed’s story it was truly touching. He’s shown a great deal of courage and selflessness.
“It’s wonderful to see the unsung heroes in our midst – the truly remarkable people who are an inspiration to us all — finally given the recognition they deserve.”
However, Mr Hamza was pipped to the post for the award by a former solider from South Wales who lost the use of his legs through a neurological disease.
Jamie McAnsh, 35, was named the winner at a ceremony at the Churchill War Rooms earlier this week. | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/iraqi-refugee-from-london-reaches-finals-of-brave-briton-awards-a3331471.html | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/b6985d7e3b50dfb2030fd02036b68f1bd6867f78698af57fdb7537dff375c12f.json |
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"Jane Cornwell"
] | 2016-08-26T12:59:42 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | I’ve just finished watching a video of King Shabaka flying through space, blasting sax riffs while wearing retro-shades and sitting on the head of a giant fire-breathing dinosaur — a promo clip for Do the Milky Way by Mercury-nominated trio The Comet is Coming — when Shabaka Hutchings arrives early at a café near his home in east London, looming at my elbow in the way of the very tall. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fgoingout%2Fmusic%2Fshabaka-hutchings-interview-a3330351.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/26/11/jazz-star.jpg | en | null | Shabaka Hutchings talks The Comet is Coming, relentless touring and maintaining a sense of the ridiculous | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | I’ve just finished watching a video of King Shabaka flying through space, blasting sax riffs while wearing retro-shades and sitting on the head of a giant fire-breathing dinosaur — a promo clip for Do the Milky Way by Mercury-nominated trio The Comet is Coming — when Shabaka Hutchings arrives early at a café near his home in east London, looming at my elbow in the way of the very tall.
“I’ll have a mint tea with lemon,” he says, lanky and bespectacled in a T-shirt emblazoned with text, his shock of short dreads reinforcing his air of hip geekiness. “I’ve got a bit of a cold. Things have been pretty mad lately.”
Hutchings is used to demanding schedules. One of Britain’s most prolific saxophonists, bandleaders and composers, the London-born, Barbados-raised 32-year-old juggles manifold projects. There he is in The Comet is Coming alongside synth player Dan Leavers (aka Danalogue the Conqueror) and drummer Max Hallett (aka Betamax Killer). There he is fronting Sons of Kemet, that Mobo-winning supergroup featuring sax, tuba and twin drumkits.
There he is with Shabaka and the Ancestors, a band of South African jazzers with a debut album out on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label next month. There, in post-punk exoticists Melt Yourself Down, and there, as a sideman with everyone from Heliocentrics, Polar Bear and Sun Ra Arkestra — the big band founded by the late jazz jester and Afrofuturism pioneer — to electronic acts Floating Points and Leafcutter John. Not to mention a roll-call of cameos. The man is everywhere.
‘Beneath all the mystery and fun there’s a combined knowledge about our position in the cosmos’
“It only seems that way,” he tells me. “My name might appear on an album sleeve but some things only take an hour of my time. I’ll work with a person once if I think they’re cool, but the things I do repeatedly are in bands where the music stimulates me.”
This being festival season Hutchings is in even higher demand than usual. The previous week, having finished a set at a jazz festival in southern France at 3.45am, he and his Sons of Kemet bandmates drove straight to the airport and were sound-checking at a cross-genre ding-dong in Portugal a few hours later.
Two days after that they wowed Shoreditch’s African Street Style Festival — then Hutchings swapped the hooded cape he wears in Kemet for a vest with a peace sign and went to play another European festival with The Comet is Coming.
“It’s fine, I don’t need to sleep any more,” he quips, blowing his nose with a honk. Next week he’s off to play an Ancestors gig in Johannesburg. Having had a South African (now ex) girlfriend, he’s been to-ing and fro-ing to her motherland for several years. “I can see how touring musicians burn out,” he says. “The adrenaline pushes you through these high-energy gigs but then you crash all at once.”
For now, though, Hutchings is thriving on the explosive synergy that comes with throwing jazz, electronica, psychedelia, Caribbean rhythms, Nigerian Afrobeat, B-movie silliness and highbrow philosophy into the pot.
Critics agree: The Comet is Coming’s debut Channel the Spirits (released on the Leaf label) has been nominated for the Mercury Prize alongside albums by David Bowie and Radiohead. Which, for a record that kicks off with two minutes of brass caterwauling and spacey bleeps from a band without a vocalist and a sax player as a bandleader, is no mean feat. “It was a complete surprise to be chosen,” says Hutchings. “Especially since we didn’t even mean to make an album. We just got together and jammed.”
The trio’s genesis is the stuff of hipster legend. Leavers and Hallett were gigging in their synths-and-drums duo Soccer96 when Hutchings sidled up to the stage with his saxophone and asked if he could join in (“It created an explosive shockwave of energy,” Hallett has said).
In September 2013, having bonded over a mutual love of sci-fi, Sun Ra and sonic freedom they went into the studio at Dalston’s Total Refreshment Centre — a house of vibes that recalls the New York loft scene of the mid-1970s — pressed Record and jammed for three days.
“It all sounded pretty good; we have the same feel for where things should rise and fall.” A grin. “In the evenings friends would come and party. Which is how artists like Fela Kuti recorded, with the vibe at peak potential.”
An EP, Prophecy, was released in October 2015, its cover featuring a crystal in the thrusting hand of King Shabaka — a pseudonym that pays homage to the ancient Nubian ruler who enabled Kemeticism, a revival of the religion of Ancient Egypt, a belief system vital to Hutching’s hero Sun Ra.
What with tracks called things like Slam Dunk in a Black Hole, music videos that reference science-fiction and B-movies and a remit to get people dancing like it’s the end of the world, space is indeed the place for The Comet is Coming.
‘As a defence from the culture shock I shut myself down and went into practice mode’
“Beneath all the mystery and fun there’s a combined knowledge about our position in the cosmos,” says Hutchings, who also publishes academic essays and delivers the occasional lecture. “Dan and Max know about constellations and quantum physics. I have lots of esoteric theories. Together it becomes big.”
Hutchings has always been a thinker. The son of a Jamaican graphic designer, a Rastafarian, and a Barbadian mother, an English teacher with a degree in political science, he moved to Barbados aged six and began studying clarinet at nine, playing in classical ensembles, calypso and reggae bands and jazz groups. At 16 he relocated with his mother to Birmingham, where the hierarchies at his all-boys grammar school sent him inwards.
“As a defence from the culture shock I shut myself down and went into practice mode.” He smiles. “I’d borrow CDs from the library and listen to them over and over. I wouldn’t go out except to a jam run by Soweto Kinch” — the award-winning saxophonist, rapper and BBC Radio 3 host — “or I’d go to his house and practice.”
In 2003 Hutchings won a place at London’s Guildhall School of Music and involved himself in Jazz Jamaica and Tomorrow’s Warriors, groups that champion and nurture young British jazz musicians. Then came a stint of solo free-jazz improvisation and, aged 27, a bout of depression. “I couldn’t see the point,” he says with a shrug. “I’d kind of lost the soul.”
He found it again, slowly, taking to the stage as he does now, standing strong with his legs splayed, holding his sax out in front of him. A King Shabaka in the making.
The Comet is Coming may or may not scoop the Mercury, which is now open to public vote (“A bit unfair since it’s meant to be a music merit prize and we’re the little unknown dudes without any capital for mainstream advertising”). These days Hutchings is doing what he wants to do, outside of categories and labels, creating a formidable body of work in the process.
Oh, and maintaining a sense of the ridiculous: “The world is crazy right now,” says Hutchings. “You have to laugh or you’d cry.”
The Comet is Coming play Shambala festival, Northamptonshire on Sunday (shambalafestival.org), the Hyundai Mercury Music Prize ceremony, Eventim Apollo, W6, on September 15, and XOYO, EC2 (xoyo.co.uk) on November 15
Follow Going Out on Facebook and on Twitter @ESgoingout | http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/shabaka-hutchings-interview-a3330351.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/6810a84bfbb375cdd6d7a1f1771d46e6e8e4de4c34331c4dca79465317fed288.json |
[
"Hatty Collier"
] | 2016-08-26T12:58:54 | null | 2015-05-27T00:00:00 | A £20 million boost to the UK’s rail network was today announced after an earlier funding drive helped to relaunch a disused London station. The mainline Lea Bridge station in north-east London was one of several stations across England to benefit when it reopened in March after being closed for 30 years. Now, the Government has announced a further round of investment to help build new stations and reopen previously closed ones. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fnews%2Ftransport%2F20-million-boost-for-train-stations-announced-after-earlier-funding-drive-relaunched-lea-bridge-in-a3330536.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/05/27/08/greateranglia1.jpg | en | null | £20 million boost for train stations announced after Lea Bridge relaunched in north London | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | A £20 million boost to the UK’s rail network was today announced after an earlier funding drive helped to relaunch a disused London station.
The mainline Lea Bridge station in north-east London was one of several stations across England to benefit when it reopened in March after being closed for 30 years.
Now, the Government has announced a further round of investment to help build new stations and reopen previously closed ones.
Bids for the fund – which provides up to 75 per cent of the cost of a relaunch or new build - can be made up to November, with the successful projects being confirmed early next year.
A first round of funding under the scheme also contributed to the opening of new stations at Newcourt in Exeter and Pye Corner in Newport.
Further stations at Ilkeston, Derbyshire and Kenilworth, Coventry are being built. The latter is one of the largest towns in England without a station, after it closed in 1965.
Rail minister Paul Maynard said: "The New Stations Fund is a great example of how our record investment in the railways and work with local authorities and industry is delivering better journeys for passengers.
"Through this fund, passengers will benefit from new connections and faster journeys, making it easier to get to work and visit friends and family.
"It will also provide a major boost for local economies and support the delivery of local housing developments."
Network Rail's director of stations, Norrie Courts, said: "The new station funding stream represents an important part of our Railway Upgrade Plan to improve Britain's railways, delivering real and visible improvements for passengers.
"The first round of the New Stations Fund helped deliver Pye Corner, Newcourt and Lea Bridge and is in the process of delivering Ilkeston and Kenilworth.
"These are important stations for passengers who rely on the railway every day, and the announcement of additional investment to undertake a further round of new stations is welcomed."
Additional reporting by Press Association. | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/20-million-boost-for-train-stations-announced-after-earlier-funding-drive-relaunched-lea-bridge-in-a3330536.html | en | 2015-05-27T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/ba415a693e6635c729f48e1283e274921573953d6359ce88725cd8f96ee43d60.json |
[
"Sam Long"
] | 2016-08-30T18:50:57 | null | 2016-02-25T00:00:00 | Ryan Mason has described his Tottenham career as a 'dream come true' after completing a club-record move to Hull City. Mason fell out of favour under Mauricio Pochettino last season and struggled for game time due to the emergence of Dele Alli and Eric Dier. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fryan-mason-describes-spurs-career-as-a-dream-come-true-after-completing-move-to-hull-city-a3332781.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/02/25/21/RyanMasonGoal.jpg | en | null | Ryan Mason describes Spurs career as a 'dream come true' after completing move to Hull City | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Ryan Mason has described his Tottenham career as a 'dream come true' after completing a club-record move to Hull City.
Mason fell out of favour under Mauricio Pochettino last season and struggled for game time due to the emergence of Dele Alli and Eric Dier.
With Mason also unlikely to play regularly this season the 25-year-old has signed a three-year deal at the KC Stadium, bringing his 17 year spell in north London to an end.
However, although Mason is relishing the new challenge ahead of him with the Tigers, he is adamant White Hart Lane will always have a special place in his heart.
Mason wrote on his official Instagram page: "A massive thank you to everyone at Spurs the last 18 years, especially the coaches and players! From an 8 year old boy to captaining the team was a dream come true for me!"
Mason was restricted to just eight Premier League starts last term and has now conceded that the time was right for him to say goodbye to N17.
"I think it felt right," Mason told Hull's official website. "I spoke with the gaffer a few times and it felt right for me to move on.
"My gut and my natural thought was here [at Hull] once I found out there was interest."
A massive Thankyou to everyone at Spurs the last 18 years, especially the coaches and players! From an 8 year old boy to captaining the team was a dream come true for me! Also a huge Thankyou to al the fans who showed support in me, the club will always be special to me A photo posted by Ryan Mason (@ryan8mason) on Aug 30, 2016 at 10:06am PDT
The England international will encounter several familiar faces at Hull, who have a strong former Spurs contingent in their squad, and Mason is keen to relinquish old acquaintances.
"I had a couple of phone calls with Daws [Michael Dawson] and he was just letting me know what a tight-knit group it is and there's some good lads here.
"I can't wait to meet them all and get started," he added. | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/ryan-mason-describes-spurs-career-as-a-dream-come-true-after-completing-move-to-hull-city-a3332781.html | en | 2016-02-25T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/018f967d164ff2c5b970b75ba04d985c755927f1036ac4f9d7332762da1380b4.json |
[
"Tom Collomosse"
] | 2016-08-30T22:50:58 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Eoin Morgan hailed Alex Hales after he broke the England one-day batting record and the team set the highest 50-over total in history. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fcricket%2Fengland-vs-pakistan-eoin-morgan-praises-alex-hales-after-recordbreaking-day-a3332886.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/21/alex-hales-1.jpg | en | null | England vs Pakistan: Eoin Morgan praises Alex Hales after record-breaking day | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Eoin Morgan hailed Alex Hales after he broke the England one-day batting record and the team set the highest 50-over total in history.
Hales made 171 against Pakistan, beating the 167 not out made by Robin Smith against Australia in 1993, as England piled up 444 for three – a total no team has ever made in this form of cricket. It was enough to secure a 169-run victory at Trent Bridge.
Hales rode his luck during his innings but after a tough Test summer, in which he failed to make a century against Sri Lanka or Pakistan, captain Morgan felt the batsman deserved his good fortune. As well as Hales, Joe Root, Jos Buttler and Morgan himself made half-centuries.
“Hales looked very good, shaped up really well and showed a good attitude,” said Morgan. “International cricket is about managing tough times and he has come back really well.
“It’s great that all our batsmen are scoring runs at the same time, and we shouldn’t forget the contribution of Joe Root (who made 85 from 86 balls).
“We have proved we are not just a side who succeed when we chase. We have confidence and depth in our batting and we are in a commanding position in the series.”
England lead the five-match campaign 3-0 with two matches to play. The fourth game takes place at Headingley on Thursday.
Pakistan were a rabble in the field, fumbling the ball on the ground, lacking focus during the England innings and showing uncertainty with their catching.
The most obvious MOTM in history after the highest England ODI score in history of 171 by @AlexHales1 pic.twitter.com/B5wTlp6CTW — England Cricket (@englandcricket) August 30, 2016
It has placed pressure on one-day captain Azhar Ali, who admitted: “If you don’t get results, it is always difficult but as a captain and a team you need to stand up. We need to raise our performance. It’s all we can do.
“There is no excuse [for poor body language]. We didn’t start well in the field and when you have three or four fielding lapses, it doesn’t give a good message.” | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/cricket/england-vs-pakistan-eoin-morgan-praises-alex-hales-after-recordbreaking-day-a3332886.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/83f72f1a3350f35135da84740d987ba71b8c3ff7545e62ee03e6d46681687e8c.json |
[
"Liz Connor"
] | 2016-08-30T10:51:50 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Whether you’re suffering from stress or you’ve just had a heavy night, there's nothing worse than struggling through the working day with the distracting pain of a headache. Now a YouTuber thinks he’s found a quick feel-better cure to beat migraines once and for all. Kamil K. Wawrzyszko, a business consultant who also posts videos under the YouTube alias Kamil’s View, sensationally claims to be able to cure the dull pain of a headache in just two minutes. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Flifestyle%2Fhealth%2Fthis-youtuber-could-help-you-to-get-rid-of-your-migraine-in-2-minutes-a3332161.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/30/10/kamilsview.jpg | en | null | This YouTuber could help you to get rid of your migraine in 2 minutes | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Whether you’re suffering from stress or you’ve just had a heavy night, there's nothing worse than struggling through the working day with the distracting pain of a headache.
Now a YouTuber thinks he’s found a quick feel-better cure to beat migraines once and for all.
Kamil K. Wawrzyszko, a business consultant who also posts videos under the YouTube alias Kamil’s View, sensationally claims to be able to cure the dull pain of a headache in just two minutes.
Despite first posting the video in 2012, Mr Wawrzyszko’s advice has gone viral this week, receiving more than 1.5 million views.
Speaking to the camera, he says: 'Although I am not a qualified doctor or psychologist, I have helped numerous people with their headaches, sleep patterns, and other health issues.'
He then asks viewers to answer the following questions: 'Where is your headache? What colour is it? What shape is it?'.
The YouTuber then instructs viewers to visualise these questions before asking them again four more times.
'By now it should have gone,' he says. 'If it didn't, you may need to watch this a few times; in most cases it works.’
Now YouTube commenters are praising the bizarre trick, claiming their headaches have actually diminished as a result of following Mr Wawrzyszko’s advice.
‘Omg you’re a genius! ’, said commenter Elena Rinne. 'Are you a wizard? It worked..', said another viewer.
Others, however, were not so convinced on the headache hack, with one user saying: ‘It was gone for a few seconds but then came back after the video ’, and another saying: ‘Mine still works sorry but it made mine worse now it feels like someone is taking a hammer and pounding on my head with it.'
A miraculous cure for migraines or just a headache hoax? There’s only one way to find out…
Follow us on Twitter: @eslifeandstyle | http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/health/this-youtuber-could-help-you-to-get-rid-of-your-migraine-in-2-minutes-a3332161.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/8bad71489ad293b9b850a2ce1af7fbad8807d9a0047bb79a2cf2c4abc9051f38.json |
[
"Tom Allnutt"
] | 2016-08-26T18:50:14 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Andy Murray will renew an old rivalry with Lukas Rosol after drawing the Czech in the first round of the US Open. Murray beat Rosol in a bad-tempered match at the Munich Open last year, during which the Scot told his opponent: "No-one likes you on the tour, everyone hates you." Seeded second in New York, Murray is also placed in the same half as world number three Stan Wawrinka and could meet the Swiss in the semi-finals. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standard.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ftennis%2Fandy-murray-handed-tough-us-open-first-round-tie-against-lukas-rosol-a3330851.html.json | http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/26/17/andymurray2608.jpg | en | null | Andy Murray handed tough US Open first round tie against Lukas Rosol | null | null | www.standard.co.uk | Andy Murray will renew an old rivalry with Lukas Rosol after drawing the Czech in the first round of the US Open.
Murray beat Rosol in a bad-tempered match at the Munich Open last year, during which the Scot told his opponent: "No-one likes you on the tour, everyone hates you."
Seeded second in New York, Murray is also placed in the same half as world number three Stan Wawrinka and could meet the Swiss in the semi-finals.
Fellow Britons Aljaz Bedene and Kyle Edmund were both handed tough opponents, with Bedene up against Australian firebrand Nick Kyrgios and Edmund facing experienced Frenchman Richard Gasquet.
Team GB Rio 2016 Olympics Medal Run - In pictures
66 show all Team GB Rio 2016 Olympics Medal Run - In pictures
1/66 Gold Mo Farah clinched a historic 'double double' on the final night of athletics at Rio 2016 as he added 5,000m gold to his 10,000m triumph (Ian Walton/Getty Images)
2/66 Gold Nicola Adams cruised into the history books by becoming the first British boxer to retain an Olympic title in 92 years at Rio Centro on Saturday. (Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
3/66 Gold Liam Heath is delighted after taking gold in the Men's Kayak Single 200m finals. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
4/66 Gold Team GB's women's hockey team celebrate after becoming Olympic champions. PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images
5/66 Gold Britain's Nick Skelton celebrates with his gold medal after winning the individual equestrian show jumping event. JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images
6/66 Gold Jade Jones retained her Olympic title with a nerveless 16-7 victory in the -57kg taekwondo final (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)
7/66 Gold Great Britain's Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark brought their 470 partnership to a dream end by wrapping up Olympic gold. Clive Mason/Getty Images
8/66 Gold Jason Kenny celebrates with girlfriend Laura Trott after both winning cycling gold medals Getty Images
9/66 Gold Jason Kenny and Laura Trott share a kiss after both secure gold medals on the track on Day 11 Getty Images
10/66 Gold Giles Scott of Great Britain celebrates winning the gold medal in the Finn class on Day 11 Getty Images
11/66 Gold Charlotte Dujardin rode Valegro to her third Olympic gold, a record number she shares with Laura Trott. Christian Petersen/Getty Images
12/66 Gold Andy Murray makes history by becoming the first player to win two Olympics singles gold medals. Getty Images
13/66 Gold Jason Kenny beats fellow Briton Callum Skinner in the men's sprint final to clinch his second gold AFP/Getty Images
14/66 Gold Max Whitlock celebrates with his gold medal on the podium of the men's floor event final AFP/Getty Images
15/66 Gold Max Whitlock becomes a double Olympic champions with gold in the men's pommel horse final AFP/Getty Images
16/66 Gold Mo Farah reacts as he crosses the finish line to win the Men's 10,000m (OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images)
17/66 Gold Katie Archibald, Joanna Rowsell-Shand, Elinor Barker and Laura Trott celebrate after winning gold in the women's Team Pursuit finals track cycling event (ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)
18/66 Gold Justin Rose claims the first Olympic golfing gold medal in 112 years Getty Images
19/66 Gold The celebrations start as Great Britain enjoy a stunning success in the Men's Eight rowing final on Day 8. Getty Images
20/66 Gold Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny and Callum Skinner pose on the podium with their medals after winning the men's Team Sprint track cycling finals at the Velodrome Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images
21/66 Gold Adam Peaty celebrates winning gold and setting a new world record in the Men's 100m Breaststroke Final on Day 2 Julian Finney/Getty Images
22/66 Gold Jack Laugher and Chris Mears during the medal ceremony for the Men's Diving Synchronised 3m Springboard Final on Day 5 Adam Pretty/Getty Images
23/66 Gold Helen Glover and Heather Stanning (GBR) react to winning gold medal in the Women's Pair Final
24/66 Gold Alex Gregory, Mohamed Sbihi, George Nash and Constantine Louloudis win the Men's Four Final Patrick Smith/Getty Images
25/66 Gold Joe Clarke celebrates after winning the Kayak (K1) Men's Final on Day 5 Jamie Squire/Getty Images
26/66 Gold Edward Clancy, Steven Burke, Owain Doull and Bradley Wiggins romp home in the men's team pursuit Bryn Lennon/Getty Images
27/66 Gold and silver Alistair Brownlee celebrates with his brother Jonathan Brownlee after a gold and silver medal haul respectively in the triathlon. Adam Pretty/Getty Images
28/66 Silver Joe Joyce won a silver medal in the Olympic super heavyweight boxing final after being edged out by Tony Yoka. Alex Livesey/Getty Images
29/66 Silver Great Britain's Lutalo Muhammad lost out on an Olympic gold medal in the final second of a dramatic men's 80kg taekwondo final at Rio Olympic Park. ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images
30/66 Silver Jack Laugher of Great Britain poses during the medal ceremony for the Men's Diving 3m Springboard final Getty Images
31/66 Silver Becky James wins silver as Germany's Kristina Vogel takes gold during the Women's Sprint Finals gold medal race on Day 11 Getty Images
32/66 Silver Jon Schofield and Liam Heath better their London 2012 bronze in the men's kayak double 200m final (Warren Little/Getty Images)
33/66 Silver Great Britain's Mark Cavendish won a silver medal in the men's omnium on Day 10 Getty Images
34/66 Silver Louis Smith finishes second behind Team GB team-mate Max Whitlock in the Men's Pommel Horse Final Getty Images
35/66 Silver Jessica Ennis-Hill narrowly missed out on defending her Olympic heptathlon title (Paul Gilham/Getty Images)
36/66 Silver Nick Dempsey celebrates after taking the second place in the RS:X Men sailing final race on Guanabara Bay AFP/Getty Images
37/66 Silver Callum Skinner clinched silver in the men's sprint as Team GB team-mate Jason Kenny won gold (GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)
38/66 Silver The Women's Eight celebrate silver in the rowing final on Day 8. Getty Images
39/66 Silver Chris Walker-Hebborn, Adam Peaty, James Guy and Duncan Scott come second in the Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final on Day 8 (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
40/66 Silver Becky James comes second in the women's Keirin first round track cycling event and later adds the women's sprint silver to her haul. AFP/Getty Images
41/66 Silver Daniel Wallace, James Guy, Stephen Milne, and Duncan Scott of Great Britain pose on the podium during the medal presentation for the Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final on Day 4 Clive Rose/Getty Images
42/66 Silver Victoria Thornley and Katherine Grainger, of Britain, hold their medals up after winning silver in the women's rowing double sculls final Luca Bruno/AP
43/66 Silver Siobhan-Marie O'Connor takes second place in the Women's 200m Individual Medley Final on Day 4 Clive Rose/Getty Images
44/66 Silver Jazz Carlin during the medal ceremony for the Women's 400m Freestyle Final on Day 2 Clive Rose/Getty Images
45/66 Silver David Florence and Richard Hounslow win Silver in the Men's Canoe Double (C2) event Jamie Squire/Getty Images
46/66 Silver Men's Rugby 7's squad pose with their Silver medals in Rio Jeremy Selwyn
47/66 Silver Charlotte Dujardin leads the celebrations as Team GB claim silver in the dressage David Rogers/Getty Images
48/66 Silver Byrony Page is beaming after winning silver in the women's trampoline David Ramos/Getty Images
49/66 Silver Jazz Carlin poses with her silver medal - her second of the Rio Olympic Games - after coming behind Katie Ledecky in the 800 metres freestyle on Day 7 GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images
50/66 Bronze The women's 4x400m relay squad of Eilidh Doyle, Anyika Onuora, Emily Diamond and Christine Ohuruogu claimed bronze on the final night of athletics (ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images)
51/66 Bronze Bianca Walkden hit back from the disappointment of semi-final defeat to claim a taekwondo bronze medal (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
52/66 Bronze Vicky Holland outsprinted best friend and housemate Non Stanford to win bronze for Great Britain in the triathlon. (Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
53/66 Bronze Team GB's women have won their first Olympic 4x100 metres medal in 32 years, breaking the national record en route to bronze. JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
54/66 Bronze Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis celebrate winning match point against Wei Hong and Biao Chai of China. David Ramos/Getty Images
55/66 Bronze Marchant took sprint bronze as team-mate Becky James clinched silver AFP/Getty Images
56/66 Bronze Team GB's Joshua Buatsi wins bronze at light-heavyweight after a semi-final points defeat Frank Franklin II/AP
57/66 Bronze Amy Tinkler won bronze for GB in the women's floor as Simone Biles took home her fourth gold Alex Livesey/Getty Images
58/66 Bronze Nile WIlson celebrates after becoming the first Brit to win a medal in the horizontal bar AFP/Getty Images
59/66 Bronze Sophie Hitchon reacts after placing third in the hammer Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters
60/66 Bronze Greg Rutherford celebrates after coming third in a dramatic Men's Long Jump Final on Day 8 (Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)
61/66 Bronze Chris Froome wins Bronze in Cycling Road Men's Individual Time Trial on Day 5 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Bryn Lennon/Getty Images
62/66 Bronze Steve Scott reacts to winning the bronze medal in Double Trap on Day 5 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Shooting Centre Sam Greenwood/Getty Images
63/66 Bronze Max Whitlock competes in the horizontal bar event of the men's individual all-around final of the Artistic Gymnastics Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images
64/66 Bronze Sally Conway (in blue) defeats Austria's Bernadette Graf during their women's -70kg Judo contest bronze medal A match Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images
65/66 Bronze Tom Daley and Daniel Goodfellow compete in the Men's Diving Synchronised 10m Platform Final on Day 3 Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
66/66 Bronze Edward Ling reacts to winning a bronze medal in the Mens Trap event on Day 3 Sam Greenwood/Getty Images
Dan Evans will have been pleased with his pick, however. He plays American wildcard Rajeev Ram and should fancy his chances of making the second round.
In the women's draw, British number one Johanna Konta, now ranked 14th in the world, was drawn against American doubles specialist Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
Mattek-Sands won both the Australian and French Open women's doubles titles last year but her achievements are less noteworthy in singles, having never gone past the fourth round of a major tournament.
Britain's Heather Watson and Naomi Broady will have to wait to find out their first-round opponents after they were both pitted against qualifiers.
Laura Robson could also join her compatriots in the main draw. She takes on Germany's Tatjana Maria in the final round of qualifying on Friday. | http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/tennis/andy-murray-handed-tough-us-open-first-round-tie-against-lukas-rosol-a3330851.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.standard.co.uk/4da967d49e065329e132ee466e674432f42230de7c1cf63264f650f62613594a.json |
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