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The eight-time gold medalist sprinter will captain the Soccer Aid World XI against Liam Payne’s England side for the match on June 12

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Today, as 50 orphans arrive in London, Britons are asking themselves what they can do to help the people of Ukraine. The artist Idris Khan’s response has been to make a piece of work to raise money for the victims.

The artist is selling his print I Thought We Had More Time... in a timed edition to raise vital funds for those caught up in the conflict

The litany of misogyny faced by female councillors across London is not just from the constituents they represent, as we have reported previously, but from the men they stand alongside, an Evening Standard investigation reveals.

Another star of the entertainment industry has backed our Evening Standard Ukraine Appeal, as the number of people fleeing the Russian invasion approached three million in what has become Europe’s biggest refugee crisis since the Second World War.

As part of the Evening Standard’s International Women’s Day special series, we’re joined by Ann McNeill, professor of tobacco addiction at King’s College London.

Families fleeing war need your help more than ever

Today, we call on Londoners to dig deep and give to our appeal for Ukraine. The deliberate cruelty wrought by Vladimir Putin’s war machine may be unfathomable to most, but for Ukrainians it is simply a matter of fact. Hospitals, schools and churches bombed. It is also freezing cold as…

50 speakers across eight cities discussed the issues surrounding women at Athena40’s Global Conversation.

Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, has praised Evening Standard readers for helping to raise more than £250,000 as part of our joint Ukraine appeal with The Independent. These funds will flow into the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal, whose total now exceeds £100 million.