Booming demand for travel from China will help the aviation industry gain another 800 million passengers over the next two years, the International Air Transport Association predicts... more
In certain US airports, new enhanced scanning technology is in operation, giving a rather more vivid body image than has been hitherto possible... more
London's leading boxer David Haye has been writing an exclusive diary for the Evening Standard as he prepares for tomorrow's fight against Nikolai Valuev. In his final diary entry, Haye reveals how the fear of defeat will spur him to realise a lifetime ambition of becoming world heavyweight champion . . .... more
All this week, David Haye will write an exclusive diary for the Evening Standard as he prepares for Saturday's world heavyweight championship showdown with Nikolai Valuev. Here, the Hayemaker reveals his real fear is not being laid out by the champion but being laid low by swine flu . . .... more
David Haye has warned world heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev that he will make him look silly when they fight for the giant Russian's title in Germany on Saturday.... more
All this week, David Haye will write an exclusive diary for the Evening Standard as he prepares for Saturday's world heavyweight championship showdown with Nikolai Valuev. Here he reveals a degree of respect for an opponent he had previously called "smelly" and "a freak". . .... more
All this week, London's leading boxer David Haye will write an exclusive diary for the Evening Standard as he prepares for Saturday's world heavyweight championship showdown with Russian giant Nikolai Valuev. Six days and counting, here is the Hayemaker's first entry... more
David Haye has insisted he has no concerns about the size of the task facing him when he fights heavyweight Nikolai Valuev for the world championship in Germany... more
Oh blimey, it's blood sweat and tears week. Frankly, the Tory party looks a bit disconcerted. It came to Manchester expecting the Nuremberg rally and ended up at an accountant's convention, being told how little money there is to go round and how horrible it's all going to be... more
“Urinating nurses; mechanical dogs; fornicating, headless women; burning books and Adolf Hitler” reads the list on the publicity material. Yes, this can only mean one thing: Howard Barker is back in town and it’s time to run for cover.... more
Todd Graff’s musical comedy, Bandslam, about a high-school rock band who enter the annual Slambang competition isn’t nearly as dire as you might think. ... more
Former 100metre world record holder Asafa Powell and Olympic sprint champion Shelly-Ann Fraser have been pulled out of the World Championships by the Jamaican team... more
Britain's prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials bragged he had knocked "fat boy" Hermann Goering "off his perch", previously unseen letters reveal... more
The Topolski Century tells the story of the 20th century as you've never been told it before but you may need a guided tour to get the most from it.
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Today and tomorrow a Commons committee will be running what has been trailed as the credit-crunch Nuremberg. Public sympathy for the bankers in the dock will be near zero. London is sneering, gloating, angry and vengeful over their fate. When a hapless minister said on radio she hoped bankers would feel a "moral" pressure not to take bonuses this year, John Humphrys cried with characteristic BBC impartiality, "Morals? I should think hell would freeze over first." ... more
Despite Mark Owen having the air of something recently freed from a petting zoo, Take That have retained the streak of eccentricity that has eluded their successors.... more
Showcasing exhibits ranging-from a 17th century doll's house to rare Star Wars memorabilia, the V&A Museum of Childhood re-opens after a £4.7million refurbishment.... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports
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