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• Fears for tourists in London as acid attacks escalate in recent weeks - CNBC

  04-08-2017 16:44
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  Fears for tourists in London as acid attacks escalate in recent weeks
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  A tide of acid attacks in London in recent weeks has led to fears for the safety of tourists. On Monday, a tourist believed to be from Qatar was sprayed with corrosive liquid. The Saudi Arabian embassy reportedly issued a warning and advice to tourists ...
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• 'Vaccine fatigue' behind low jab uptake as super flu rips through London, health chiefs warn

  12-12-2025 14:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  NHS London ‘pulling out all the stops’ to make sure people get the flu jab as hospitalisations surge
  
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• Peggie judgment did not take gender ruling into account properly, says academic

  12-12-2025 14:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  Professor Michael Foran said if necessary, the case could be taken to Scotland’s highest court, the Court of Session.
  
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• London cinema chain Curzon warns customer data including card digits may have been exposed in technical glitch

  12-12-2025 13:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: Curzon said a technical fault briefly exposed parts of customer profiles on its app
  
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• Beloved author Joanna Trollope dead at 82

  12-12-2025 13:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  The novelist, known for her romance stories set in middle England, passed away peacefully at her home in Oxfordshire on Thursday
  
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• Husband guilty of killing wife after child reveals twisted plot to get away with murder

  12-12-2025 13:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Robert Rhodes muttered to police “I wondered if this would come back to bite me” when he was arrested again last year
  
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• Inquiry into death of worker with Covid to consider safety measures on oil rig

  12-12-2025 13:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Donald Singer, 66, died in hospital a month after being airlifted from the Ninian Southern Platform off Shetland in April 2020.
  
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• Striking Guinness workers warn of St Patrick’s Day supply hit amid pay dispute

  12-12-2025 13:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Unite union members began an eight-day walk out at the Diageo packaging plant in east Belfast on Friday.
  
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• Tributes paid to Scottish comedy ‘giant’ Stanley Baxter after his death aged 99

  12-12-2025 13:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  He died on Thursday in a north London care home for entertainment figures.
  
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• Author Joanna Trollope dead at 82

  12-12-2025 13:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  The author Joanna Trollope has died at the age of 82, her family has announced.
  
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• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor makes first royal outing since being stripped of titles

  12-12-2025 12:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  Former prince arrived at St James's Palace in green Range Rover on Friday morning, entering via side gate away from waiting media
  
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• Andrew attends christening in first royal event since being stripped of titles

  12-12-2025 12:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former prince is at the christening of his granddaughter Athena.
  
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• King Charles to share 'personal message' about cancer recovery in Channel 4 broadcast

  12-12-2025 12:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Charles is set to give an update on his cancer diagnosis and recovery on Friday as part of campaign by Cancer Research UK and Channel 4
  
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• Wes Streeting ‘not comfortable’ with puberty blocker clinical trial

  12-12-2025 12:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Health Secretary made a ban on puberty blockers indefinite in December last year.
  
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• School site in east London to close amid capital's pupil exodus crisis

  12-12-2025 12:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Primary school downsizes due to falling pupil numbers in latest development in London’s school closure crisis
  
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• 'Worst crisis since Covid': Super flu tearing through London as Streeting urges doctors to call off strike

  12-12-2025 12:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The number of patients with flu in the capital’s hospitals has jumped 47% to 380 in a week
  
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• Met Police chief hits back at Donald Trump’s ‘complete nonsense’ claims about London crime

  12-12-2025 11:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Mark Rowley angered by US President’s suggestion capital is so dangerous people are being ‘stabbed in the ass’
  
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• ‘Technocrat’ criticism was not aimed at Starmer, insists Streeting

  12-12-2025 11:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Health Secretary also ruled out the possibility of challenging the Prime Minister’s leadership alongside Angela Rayner.
  
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• Peers told not to sabotage assisted dying Bill with ‘unnecessary’ amendments

  12-12-2025 11:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  The House of Lords has been accused of time-wasting, having tabled more than 1,000 amendments to the Bill.
  
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• GDP shock: London businesses slam Budget turmoil as UK economy shrinks 0.1% in October

  12-12-2025 11:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  The latest GDP figures are a blow to Rachel Reeves, who admitted leaks in the run-up to her November 26 Budget were ‘very damaging’
  
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• What are the rules for electric scooters in London? British backpacker jailed after man dies in Australia

  12-12-2025 11:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  E-scooters have been involved with a number of serious incidents
  
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• What is chroming? Mother shares desperate plea as deadly social media trend claims teenager's life

  12-12-2025 11:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  The viral challenge has left several people dead
  
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• Trans stalker tells judge 'I'm a female' in demand for switch to women's prison

  12-12-2025 11:24 via standard.co.uk
  Vivienne Taylor, 28, is currently in custody awaiting sentence for the pursuit of Tina Rashid
  
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• Streeting ‘genuinely fearful’ for the NHS as strike looms and flu cases surge

  12-12-2025 11:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Health Secretary said the BMA has chosen next week for a walkout as the union knows it ‘will be most painful for the NHS’.
  
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• Barbican to close for a year for multi-million pound refurbishment to 'secure its future'

  12-12-2025 11:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  £191 million funding will see the cultural institution undergo a huge transformation
  
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• 'Worst crisis since Covid': Super flu tearing through London as Streeting he urges doctors to call off strike

  12-12-2025 11:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  The number of patients with flu in the capital’s hospitals has jumped 47% to 380
  
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• Taylor Swift brought to tears over Southport attack in Eras Tour documentary

  12-12-2025 10:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 35-year-old is revealed to have met with the survivors and families of the victims before each of a run of five shows at Wembley Stadium.
  
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• Charlie Kirk’s ‘killer’ smirks during first in-person court appearance

  12-12-2025 10:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tyler Robinson, 22,appears in court in person for the first time — and his mother breaks down in tears
  
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• 'Super flu' is posing threat to NHS unlike any since Covid pandemic, warns Wes Streeting

  12-12-2025 09:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Health Secretary called on resident doctors to call off their industrial action amid a sharp rise in flu cases across the country.
  
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• Nigel Farage's former school responds to 'profoundly distressing' racism claims

  12-12-2025 09:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Reform UK leader says he was surprised by master at Dulwich College master’s ‘uninformed comments’
  
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