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• Abuser admits murdering former partner after learning of new relationship

  09-10-2026 13:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lee Inglis was under a curfew for a previous attack on Stacey Hogg when he killed her at her home in June.
  
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• Tories urge Burnham to stop ‘dithering’ and approve Jackdaw and Rosebank

  11-10-2026 23:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The party accused Labour of delaying its decision on Jackdaw out of fear of losing to the Greens in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
  
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• Meghan enjoys country walk with Archie and Lilibet ahead of event with Harry

  11-10-2026 23:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The duchess shared footage of her children on a countryside stroll with their dog Pula and a herd of deer in the background.
  
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• PM says UK backs energy ceasefire after claims Ukraine and Russia had agreed one

  11-10-2026 22:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Ukrainian president said Donald Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire was ‘good news for everyone’.
  
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• Calls led by Sadiq Khan for Britain to rejoin EU to be debated by MPs on first day back to Parliament

  11-10-2026 22:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Last month, Lord Khan urged the UK government should ‘prepare’ voters for a return to the EU
  
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• Farage to pledge to suspend asylum system for five years

  11-10-2026 22:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Under the plans, all asylum tribunals, legal refugee routes and resettlement schemes will be scrapped.
  
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• Gavin and Stacey star Melanie Walters becomes second celebrity to exit Strictly Come Dancing

  11-10-2026 21:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The judges voted Walters and Aljaz Skorjanec out after a dance-off with former footballer Shaun Wright-Phillips and his partner
  
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• Polanski signals Green leaders could get more power over policy amid Zionism row

  11-10-2026 20:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  The vote to define Zionism as a form of racism was passed at the party conference in Brighton with around 1,000 votes in favour and 800 against.
  
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• Burnham to publish Manchester City meetings after club intervention sparks row

  11-10-2026 20:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The move comes after Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch challenged Burnham to release ‘everything’ connected to his work with the club
  
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• Historic south London market faces nine-day closure for repairs after fire damage

  11-10-2026 17:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kingston Council said a ‘number of further safety concerns have been identified’ following an inspection
  
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• Record number of runners take part in 2026 Royal Parks Half Marathon in London

  11-10-2026 17:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Over 17,000 runners take to central London streets for 13.1 mile race on Sunday raising millions for charity
  
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• Trump says Russia and Ukraine have agreed to ‘energy ceasefire’

  11-10-2026 17:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Volodymyr Zelensky said it was ‘news for me’ but that Ukraine would agree if Russia did.
  
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• Greens voice anger with Zack Polanski after London by-election loss and Zionism row

  11-10-2026 17:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Senior Green figures in London have distanced themselves from the party’s ‘Zionism is racism’ motion
  
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• Tackling knife crime 'is needed now more than ever' says brother of London schoolboy Damilola Taylor

  11-10-2026 17:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Damilola was just 10 years old when he was fatally stabbed while walking home from Peckham Library on November 27, 2000
  
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• Survey finds 'disgusting' human waste and pollution across London's rivers

  11-10-2026 16:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Plumbing misconnections mean that washing machines, toilets and sinks are discharging wastewater directly into local waterways
  
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• Yorkshire Wildlife Park reveals fate of tiger after man killed in enclosure

  11-10-2026 15:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Witnesses described scenes of panic as visitors were ushered from the site
  
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• Greens voice discontent with Zack Polanski after London by-election loss and Zionism row

  11-10-2026 15:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Senior Green figures in London have distanced themselves from the party’s ‘Zionism is racism’ motion
  
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• 'UK must play peacemaker in US and Ukraine row', says defence secretary

  11-10-2026 15:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump said it was ‘time for Ukraine to get a new president’ after Volodymyr Zelensky criticised the US for buying Russian fuel
  
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• How big was London's Palestine march? Organisers claim 250,000 protesters attended

  11-10-2026 14:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police made 20 arrests during Saturday's demonstration through central London, including six on suspicion of criminal damage
  
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• Tiger will not be euthanised after fatal attack on man – wildlife park

  11-10-2026 14:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police said the man had entered the tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster on Saturday.
  
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• Saudi airport attack 'dangerous escalation', says defence secretary after 12 killed in Riyadh

  11-10-2026 13:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  The missile strike against King Khalid International Airport and injured more than 300
  
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• Burnham says it is ‘clear’ Russia interfered in Brexit referendum

  11-10-2026 13:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  He said people have not been informed enough of ‘the extent to which people are seeking to disrupt the political process from overseas’.
  
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• Robinson says he was ‘working with police’ at Dundonald protest

  11-10-2026 12:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Gavin Robinson has been questioned about his actions at a demonstration.
  
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• Tackling knife crime 'is needed now more than ever' says brother of murdered London schoolboy Damilola Taylor

  11-10-2026 12:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  Damilola was just 10 years old when he was fatally stabbed while walking home from Peckham Library on November 27, 2000
  
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• Northern Lights display seen across UK may be visible again on Sunday night

  11-10-2026 12:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  The aurora borealis lit up the skies across the UK, with the spectacle pictured as far south as Kent and Surrey.
  
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• Harry and Meghan set for first joint engagement since returning to UK

  11-10-2026 12:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  The couple will visit Nottingham on Thursday.
  
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• Bryant accused of ‘disgraceful appeasement’ by stopping parade

  11-10-2026 12:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Gavin Robinson questioned if there had been a ‘bending of the knee of the rule of law in the threat of terror and violence’.
  
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• Could UK politics return to a two-horse race? Burnham and Badenoch climb in the polls

  11-10-2026 11:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Well-received speeches by Labour PM Andy Burnham and Tory leader Kemi Badenoch have consolidated their support bases
  
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• Swinney says he and Sturgeon ‘still friends’ despite election campaign criticism

  11-10-2026 11:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Scottish First Minister was also asked about efforts to recoup the money embezzled from the SNP by Peter Murrell.
  
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• UK must bring US and Ukraine ‘back together’ amid diesel deal, Streeting says

  11-10-2026 11:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump has called for Volodymyr Zelensky to be replaced as tensions mount between the leaders.
  
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