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• Young ‘cautious’ over potential reintroduction of wolves and lynx in the wild

  05-12-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Research carried out in Northern Ireland examined the views of children ages 10 and 11, and 16-year-olds.
  
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• UK Government unwilling to support Scottish industry, John Swinney claims

  05-12-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The First Minister is expected to push for ‘urgent’ support for Scottish industry.
  
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• Red squirrel range increases 25% in Highlands following reintroduction project

  05-12-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  So far this year, 259 red squirrels have been relocated to 13 new sites in northern Scotland.
  
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• Cheese-rolling, ceilidhs and crafts: Call launched for UK ‘living heritage’ list

  05-12-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Government is inviting communities to nominate traditions, crafts and celebrations that shape them for the Unesco inventory.
  
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• Majority of UK parents find BBFC age ratings on Netflix helpful, poll finds

  04-12-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The partnership was first launched in 2020.
  
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• South London train station wins award after being restored to its art deco glory in stunning makeover

  04-12-2025 23:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The transformation was completed in September this year and has been officially recognised with a National Heritage Railway Award
  
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• BBC staff required to complete anti-discrimination training

  04-12-2025 22:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  The director-general Tim Davie emailed staff on Thursday stating they have to complete training modules on antisemitism and islamophobia.
  
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• Is it going to snow in London? Latest forecast for capital as UK faces Arctic blast

  04-12-2025 22:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Northern parts of the UK could see flurries of snow this week, although London is expected to be battered by wind and heavy rain
  
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• Netherlands, Spain and Ireland among countries set to boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete

  04-12-2025 22:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Belgium and Iceland’s broadcasters are now reviewing their position and will make a decision in the coming days, it is understood
  
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• Four arrested in investigation into 'extreme right-wing terrorism'

  04-12-2025 21:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  All of the suspects were arrested under section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and are currently in police custody
  
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• BBC supports decision allowing Israel’s Eurovision participation amid boycott

  04-12-2025 21:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and Slovenia announced they will boycott the singing competition, after the general assembly in Geneva on Thursday
  
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• SNP has damaged rather than improved Scotland, says Starmer

  04-12-2025 20:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister spoke with less than six months to go to the next Holyrood election.
  
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• Cancer charity leaders and Royal Navy officer honoured at ‘extraordinary’ palace

  04-12-2025 20:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  An investiture ceremony was held at St James’s Palace for the first time in four years on Thursday.
  
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• Plans for trains from London to Germany move a step closer

  04-12-2025 20:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The new routes are set to launch in the early 2030s
  
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• Ireland among countries boycotting Eurovision Song Contest 2026 over Israel

  04-12-2025 19:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  In September, Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia threatened to withdraw unless Israel was excluded over the war in Gaza.
  
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• Man accused of murdering cousin with axe liked to ‘have the last word’

  04-12-2025 19:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Rita Lambourne, 58, was found by her sister ‘fatally wounded’ at an address in Bayencourt South, Bexhill, East Sussex on February 12.
  
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• South London council signs off plan for huge housing scheme at former gasworks with no affordable homes

  04-12-2025 18:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  The development at Mitcham Gasworks will have 626 homes when finished
  
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• Nine arrested on suspicion of roles in multimillion-pound drugs conspiracy

  04-12-2025 18:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police said the industrial scale of the drugs production was one of the biggest ever seen in the UK.
  
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• Meghan launches Christmas chocolate bar range the day after festive Netflix show

  04-12-2025 18:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Three flavours of chocolate have been unveiled on Meghan’s As Ever brand for £8.99 per 80g bar.
  
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• Keeping up with the Markles: A timeline of the Duchess's troubled relationship with her father

  04-12-2025 18:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  As Thomas Markle is revealed to be in intensive care in a hospital in the Philippines, we look back on his fractured relationship with his daughter
  
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• Michelle O’Neill to tackle Starmer for ‘prioritising weapons of war over people’

  04-12-2025 18:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Stormont leader said the Budget had been a missed opportunity to support those struggling to pay for food and heat their homes.
  
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• Brother-in-law of Humza Yousaf on trial on extortion and drug charges

  04-12-2025 17:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ramsay El-Nakla and three co-accused deny all charges against them.
  
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• Starmer: Novichok poisoning inquiry shows UK must be vigilant to Russian threats

  04-12-2025 17:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister said the inquiry’s report ‘is clear: moral responsibility lies with Putin’.
  
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• Man guilty of murdering 35-year-old in north London knife attack

  04-12-2025 17:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Elyas Moussa, 30, called police from a phone box to hand himself in moments after stabbing Ricardo Clarke
  
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• Builders downed tools amid fears over Reeves Budget in fresh blow to new homes for London

  04-12-2025 17:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Housing, civil engineering and commercial activity ‘tanked’ last month, say economists
  
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• Military families to benefit from funding for Christmas return leave – Starmer

  04-12-2025 17:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister made the announcement of funding during a visit to RAF Lossiemouth in northern Scotland on Thursday.
  
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• Family of two women stranded in Sri Lanka ‘hugely relieved’ after rescue

  04-12-2025 17:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Melanie Watters, 54, and her friend Janine Reid, 55, from London, were stranded by floods in Pussellawa for nearly a week
  
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• Ozempic for pets: Everything you need to know

  04-12-2025 16:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  Okava Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company, has launched a pilot study of a GLP-1 drug for cats with obesity
  
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• Flyers complain about 'prison-like' meals on major airline

  04-12-2025 16:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Passengers were not happy
  
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• Major incident declared in Derby as 200 homes evacuated and police make 'explosives' arrests

  04-12-2025 16:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Evacuation zone put in place after officers carry out warrant acting on intelligence about materials at address
  
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• I'll strengthen child safety after 'sickening' West Hampstead paedophile nursery case, says minister

  04-12-2025 16:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Bridget Phillipson promises a full safeguarding review into how Vincent Chan, 45, was able to prey on youngsters in his care at Bright Horizons nursery in West Hampstead
  
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• Motorway closed after multi-car crash near London Stansted Airport

  04-12-2025 16:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  All lanes have now been reopened but delays of up to 25 minutes remain on the motorway
  
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• Man charged with assisting synagogue attacker on earlier reconnaissance

  04-12-2025 15:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mohammad Bashir, 31, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
  
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• London tower block riddled with fire safety defects to be demolished

  04-12-2025 15:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 1960s tower block that will be ripped down is opposite Lakanal House where six people died in a fire in 2009
  
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• Ex-college campus next to London's Oxford Street set for major refurbishment

  04-12-2025 15:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Berkeley Estate Asset Management has proposed a ‘deep retrofit’ and extension of 33 Cavendish Square
  
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• Phillipson asked to consider mandating CCTV in nurseries after paedophile case

  04-12-2025 15:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Education Secretary made a statement in the Commons on Thursday about the ‘sickening case’ of paedophile nursery worker Vincent Chan.
  
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• Number 10 rejects ‘dictator’ claims amid row over mayoral election delay

  04-12-2025 15:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Critics have accused Labour of ‘cancelling democracy’ after the Government suggested four votes could be pushed back to 2028.
  
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• Nigel Farage’s comments on Glasgow schoolchildren ‘simply racist’ – John Swinney

  04-12-2025 15:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The comments came after Mr Farage posted a video to social media.
  
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• Did the earth move for you? residents ask, in village at earthquake epicentre

  04-12-2025 15:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  The British Geological Survey said the quake was felt across Lancashire and the southern Lake District.
  
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• Novichok victim’s family call for change as they criticise inquiry report

  04-12-2025 15:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Dawn Sturgess died after being exposed to the nerve agent in 2018.
  
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• Who is Christopher Harborne? The Thailand-based businessman who donated £9m to Nigel Farage's Reform UK

  04-12-2025 14:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Christopher Harborne’s bumper donation means Reform raised more cash than any other party in the UK between July and September
  
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• Murder probe as man, 34, mowed down by car outside London magistrates’ court

  04-12-2025 14:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ruben Nunes, from Peterborough, died as emergency services scrambled to the scene of a multi-vehicle collision in Willesden
  
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• Swinney ‘waiting with expectation’ for UK ministers to secure whisky tariff deal

  04-12-2025 14:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Scottish First Minister said he has put ‘significant effort’ into seeking an agreement to cut the US levies.
  
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• London's firefighters have 'alarming' cancer risk due to contaminants from buildings and EVs

  04-12-2025 14:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Instances of cancer amongst firefighters aged 35-39 are up to 323% higher than the general population
  
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• Phillipson: We must learn every lesson in case of paedophile nursery worker

  04-12-2025 14:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Education Secretary has made a statement in the Commons about the ‘sickening case’ of paedophile nursery worker Vincent Chan.
  
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• German president and wife thank King and Queen for ‘unbelievable’ state banquet

  04-12-2025 14:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Windsor Castle banquet featured many representatives from Germany’s business, cultural and sporting contributors to UK life.
  
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• 'My landlord is a homelessness charity — and they are making me homeless'

  04-12-2025 14:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kim Mansell is facing a court battle against her landlord, homelessness charity the 999 club
  
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• UK sanctions GRU after Putin found ‘morally responsible’ for Novichok death

  04-12-2025 13:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin bears ‘moral responsibility’ for the nerve agent death of Dawn Sturgess, an inquiry found.
  
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• Third of Brits have ruined their own Christmas present surprise by walking in on gift being wrapped

  04-12-2025 13:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  36% spoiled their own surprise by wandering into the present-wrapping room at the wrong time, according to a survey by Travelodge
  
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• The last supermoon of 2025 to light up the sky tonight

  04-12-2025 13:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Skywatchers won’t see a moon reach this height again for another 17 years
  
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