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• 'Urgent improvements' needed at north London nursery after scathing safeguarding report

  09-08-2026 07:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The nursery, located on Walters Walk in Wembley Park, provides daytime childcare to 76 children between the ages of zero and four
  
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• University opens government-funded lab to help train biomedical scientists

  09-08-2026 03:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  The £2.5 million facility at the University of Essex, which includes a dedicated cancer diagnostics laboratory, was funded by the Office for Students.
  
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• Temperatures to rise on Sunday as UK braces for fifth heatwave

  09-08-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The south and south-eastern parts of the UK could see temperatures climb into the 30s.
  
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• Burnham to kick off national tour to hear cost-of-living concerns

  08-08-2026 23:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  A spokesperson for the Prime Minister said he would be ‘getting out of Westminster and meeting people where they are’.
  
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• Farage and Tice sue NCA over alleged leaks of financial information

  08-08-2026 22:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Reform leader and deputy leader accused the National Crime Agency (NCA) of leaking confidential financial details
  
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• Family of organ donor and man whose life was saved meet at transplant games

  08-08-2026 21:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  The games have brought together more than 2,800 recipients, donors and donor families.
  
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• Police urge more potential victims of killer sex attacker Simon Levy to come forward

  08-08-2026 20:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘It is possible that there are other victims of Levy who have not yet reported what happened to them’
  
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• Invest in climate defence rather than heed Trump on military spend – Polanski

  08-08-2026 19:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Green Party leader was appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe.
  
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• Police appeal for clues after woman, 60, found dead in south London

  08-08-2026 18:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Met Police states that at this time, Nicole’s death is being treated as unexplained
  
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• I’m SNP to my core, says Sturgeon as she rules out joining Greens

  08-08-2026 17:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former first minister had been critical of the SNP campaign in the new foreword to her book.
  
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• Lionel Messi's father, Jorge, dies aged 68

  08-08-2026 17:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jorge Messi was also Lionel Messi’s agent throughout his son’s career
  
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• Officer rejects likening killer sex fiend Simon Levy to Wayne Couzens as disturbing history comes to light

  08-08-2026 15:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Killers Simon Levy and Wayne Couzens both carried out sex offences for years before going on to murder women
  
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• Cyclist fighting for life after horror crash as man is charged with attempted murder

  08-08-2026 15:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  Parvez Rahman, 33, from Tower Hamlets, has been charged with attempted murder
  
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• Madonna remembers ‘genius’ producer William Orbit: ‘I have never forgotten you’

  08-08-2026 15:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Madonna hailed Orbit as ‘otherworldly’ and ‘singular’.
  
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• JK Rowling seems to be obsessed with me, says Nicola Sturgeon

  08-08-2026 15:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Harry Potter author has been a vociferous critic of the former first minister.
  
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• Man, 40, found guilty of murder after 18-year-old shot dead near Wembley Stadium

  08-08-2026 14:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ashley Wallace, 40, has been found guilty of the murder of 18-year-old Tyrece Balcha
  
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• Irish Government jet on its way to Dubai for Daniel Kinahan extradition

  08-08-2026 14:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  The alleged leader of the Kinahan organised crime group was arrested in the UAE in April on foot of an arrest warrant issued by the Irish courts.
  
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• Terror police investigating Widdecombe death reopen old probe into 'firebomb' at Farage's London home

  08-08-2026 13:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Investigators have reopened a probe into an attempted burglary at an address in Greater London in 2025.
  
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• Met Office reveals best UK locations to view Wednesday’s solar eclipse

  08-08-2026 12:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Royal Greenwich Observatory warned the public that regular sunglasses are not a safe enough method to view the cosmic phenomenon.
  
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• London braces for fifth heatwave of the year as yellow weather warning issued

  08-08-2026 12:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  A UKHSA yellow weather warning for heat is in place until 9pm on August 11
  
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• Met officer sacked for taking photo of dead body and showing colleagues

  08-08-2026 11:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  PC Timothy Robson has been dismissed without notice
  
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• Heat health alerts come into force as fifth heatwave set to hit UK

  08-08-2026 10:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Parts of the country could see highs of 36C next week.
  
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• New skatepark planned for south London neighbourhood

  08-08-2026 10:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The plans are part of the redevelopment of Furzedown Recreation Ground in Tooting
  
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• Heat health alerts come into force as fifth heatwave hits UK

  08-08-2026 10:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Parts of the country could see highs of 36C next week.
  
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• Badenoch demands ‘rigorous enforcement’ after ‘litany of failures’ in Levy case

  08-08-2026 09:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Tory leader described murderer Simon Levy as a ‘modern-day Jack the Ripper’.
  
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• Terror police investigating Widdecombe death reopen inquiry into ‘firebomb’ at Farage’s London home

  08-08-2026 09:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Investigators have reopened a probe into an attempted burglary at an address in Greater London in 2025.
  
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• Police probing Widdecombe death reopen inquiry into ‘firebomb’ at Farage’s home

  08-08-2026 09:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Officers have reopened an inquiry into an alleged burglary, reportedly a firebomb attack at Nigel Farage’s south London home.
  
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• Moment bus bursts into flames on London street as firefighters rush to the scene

  08-08-2026 09:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Footage shows flames shooting from the rear of the bus in Lind Road, Sutton, prompting an emergency response
  
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• Councillors rail against cuts to ‘one of London’s busiest’ bus routes

  08-08-2026 09:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Councillors rally against TfL proposals to re-route the 149 bus in Hackney
  
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• London’s burial crisis: Sadiq Khan urged to act as half of councils face running out of space in 15 years

  08-08-2026 08:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than half of London’s local authorities will run out of burial space within 15 years
  
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• Plans to transform historic pub in south London into flats

  08-08-2026 07:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  It is the fourth planning application in five years seeking permission to convert The Who’d a Thought It in Plumstead
  
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• Sausage roll crime fears and giggling drinkers: The bizarre reasons Westminster venues have faced restrictions

  08-08-2026 07:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  As London council slammed over plans to limit standing in pubs, here’s a look at other strange reasons venues in the borough have recently faced restrictions
  
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• Meghan shares how daughter Lilibet makes her feel ‘brave’

  08-08-2026 05:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Asked what her superpower is, the duchess replied, ‘being a mum’.
  
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• New heat alerts to come into force as UK braces for fifth heatwave

  08-08-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The health alerts run 9am Saturday to 9pm Tuesday and warn that the hot weather is likely to affect the wellbeing of the population.
  
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• Edinburgh festivals ‘send clear message Scotland is a welcoming country’

  08-08-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Scottish performers will also be able to showcase their talent on the global stage, Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth said.
  
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• Burnham ‘prepared to explore options to block release of Pc Harper’s killers’

  08-08-2026 00:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister is prepared to ‘explore every option’ to keep Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers in jail, a Government source told the Telegraph.
  
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• Terror police investigating Widdecombe death reopen old probe

  07-08-2026 22:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Investigators have reopened a probe into an attempted burglary at an address in Greater London in 2025.
  
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• Terror police investigating Widdecombe death re-open old probe

  07-08-2026 22:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Investigators have re-opened a probe into an attempted burglary at an address in Greater London in 2025.
  
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• Glasgow University to review its past appointment of Jason Arday

  07-08-2026 21:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jason Arday’s resignation from Cambridge followed a series of media reports alleging he plagiarised his PhD thesis.
  
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• Meta paying price for ‘cavalier approach’ to online safety, say UK campaigners

  07-08-2026 21:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  The father of Molly Russell, who took her own life after viewing harmful content, gave evidence in the New Mexico case.
  
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• Disability campaigners call on mayor to scrap floating bus stops

  07-08-2026 20:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  The stops, first introduced in 2013, involve a cycle lane running between a bus stop and the pavement
  
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• New warning issued over feeding deer in Richmond Park

  07-08-2026 20:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  It comes after social media videos circulated showing children and adults feeding the animals
  
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• Hounslow Tory and Reform councillors under fire over 'climate hoax' social media posts

  07-08-2026 19:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  The leader of Hounslow Reform, Cllr Tony Brown, reposted tweets which say ‘climate emergency is a big hoax’
  
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• Tate brothers are too notorious to be flight risk, lawyers argue

  07-08-2026 19:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  The pair’s legal team want them freed on bail as they fight their removal from US to face rape and sex trafficking charges in UK.
  
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• Offices above Charing Cross station could be transformed under major revamp

  07-08-2026 19:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  The application, submitted by real estate firm Bridgemont with Westminster City Council, aims to revamp the site to deliver 35,000 square metres of office space
  
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• Man found guilty of strangling ex-partner he told: ‘I will finish you’ in west London

  07-08-2026 18:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Alvin Gitahi was found guilty of murdering ex-partner Vivienne Baraka after a pattern of abusive behaviour
  
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• Why was Simon Levy free to kill? How shocking blunders left serial Tube sex attacker free to murder two women and rape a third

  07-08-2026 18:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  How a series of disastrous decisions meant a known sex offender was able to free and attack women in London
  
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• Serial sex attacker convicted of double murder after police failings

  07-08-2026 18:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Simon Levy was convicted of murdering grandmother Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, and mother-of-four Sheryl Wilkins, 39.
  
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• Burnham: It is ‘insane’ UK has not hosted World Cup since 1966

  07-08-2026 18:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister says he wonders whether Fifa and Uefa have ‘something against’ UK over failure to award country hosting rights to another World Cup
  
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• Fact check: Small boat deaths and fake image of Andy Burnham running

  07-08-2026 18:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Round-up of fact checks from the last few days compiled by Full Fact.
  
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