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• Air traffic control provider comes under fire after second issue in two weeks

  21-09-2026 14:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Airlines expressed their dismay and anger at ‘yet another’ incident and Ryanair repeated its calls for Nats chief executive Martin Rolfe to resign.
  
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• Effort to secure more funding from London for budget is ‘right fight’ – O’Neill

  21-09-2026 16:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  First Minister Michelle O’Neill said she was ‘determined to take it to the end of the line’.
  
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• Is crime going up or down in your London borough? Check our interactive map to find out

  21-09-2026 16:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than 900,000 crimes were logged in the capital in the last year - but overall levels fell by 2.3% from the previous year
  
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• Wedding and Disneyland trips disrupted by air traffic control issues

  21-09-2026 15:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Some passengers travelling from Glasgow Airport were affected by the issues on Monday.
  
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• Vinyl forger netted profits to the tune of £2.7m from massive fake record stash

  21-09-2026 15:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Works by artists including Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and Ariana Grande were among the largest ever seizure of fake vinyl made by UK police.
  
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• George Galloway fights Zack Polanski in key Holborn by-election from 'exile' in South Africa

  21-09-2026 15:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  George Galloway says is having to fight the Holborn and St Pancras by-election ‘from exile in South Africa’
  
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• Colm Murphy was ‘spider at centre of web’ in Omagh bombing plot, inquiry told

  21-09-2026 15:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lead counsel to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry Paul Greaney KC said a group of men were involved in the Real IRA plot to bomb the Co Tyrone town.
  
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• George Galloway fights Zack Polanski in key Holborn by-election from South Africa 'exile'

  21-09-2026 14:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  George Galloway says is having to fight the Holborn and St Pancras by-election ‘from exile in South Africa’
  
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• Meghan to miss Harry’s WellChild Awards ceremony

  21-09-2026 14:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Harry has been patron of WellChild – the national charity for seriously ill children and their families – since 2007.
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Tube and Rail delays after earlier freight train breakdown

  21-09-2026 14:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Latest updates on Tube and railways as millions head to work on Monday morning
  
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• Questions for Justice Minister Naomi Long accused of ‘misleading Assembly’

  21-09-2026 14:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ms Long said her statement concerning missing killer Gary Anderson was based on information available to her at the time.
  
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• Some flights across Belfast airports and Londonderry hit by ‘technical issue’

  21-09-2026 14:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  It comes after the second air traffic control issue in under two weeks.
  
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• Air traffic control issue ‘incredibly disappointing’ – Edinburgh Airport chief

  21-09-2026 14:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Gordon Dewar said the Nats problem showed that ‘something needs to change’.
  
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• TUV leader said he has not been approached over unionist co-operation

  21-09-2026 14:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jim Allister was speaking after DUP leader Gavin Robinson pressed for unionist co-operation at next year’s Assembly election.
  
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• Questions for Justice Minister Naomi Long over statement to Assembly

  21-09-2026 13:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ms Long is set to address an allegation she gave information to the Assembly last week that was ‘not fully accurate’.
  
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• Joanne Sheen murder probe: Second arrest after remains of missing mum found in London

  21-09-2026 13:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Close friend of Joanne Sheen says ‘nothing could prepare’ her for the discovery of her missing friend
  
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• Former deputy Helen Jenner named new leader of Reform UK in Wales

  21-09-2026 13:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  She will replace Dan Thomas after he was arrested on suspicion of assault and controlling or coercive behaviour.
  
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• Cindy Crawford ‘so proud’ of son Presley Gerber in last post before his death

  21-09-2026 13:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Crawford posted earlier this summer to mark Gerber’s 27th birthday.
  
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• Full list of cancelled London flights as new air traffic control 'issue' causes disruption

  21-09-2026 13:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘Technical issue’ hits flights between London and Scotland
  
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• Former deputy Helen Jenner unveiled as new leader of Reform UK in Wales

  21-09-2026 13:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  She will replace Dan Thomas after he was arrested on suspicion of assault and controlling or coercive behaviour and quit the role.
  
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• Wanted: Thief who stole phone from rough sleeper in London - watch video of his brazen crime

  21-09-2026 13:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Paul Langan was spotted approaching his victim as City of London Police control room staff were monitoring the vulnerable man
  
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• Brooklyn Peltz Beckham and Paris Hilton ‘heartbroken’ over Presley Gerber death

  21-09-2026 13:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The model died in a rehab facility on September 20, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner medical records.
  
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• Heathrow and other London flights cancelled after new air traffic control breakdown

  21-09-2026 12:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Flights departing Scottish airports are subject to some delay, according to Nats
  
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• Airlines demand action after second air traffic control issue in a fortnight

  21-09-2026 12:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Airports in Edinburgh, Belfast and Manchester were registering delayed flights and urged passengers to check with their airlines.
  
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• Former Liverpool star Mohamed Salah handed six-month driving ban

  21-09-2026 12:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  The footballer failed to tell authorities who was behind the wheel of his Rolls-Royce when it was clocked speeding.
  
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• Southport killer ‘threw boiling water mixed with sugar at prison officer’

  21-09-2026 12:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Axel Rudakubana is alleged to have thrown it through a hatch on his cell door at Belmarsh.
  
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• Fear that Garvaghy Road march go-ahead could ‘unravel’ other former flashpoints

  21-09-2026 11:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  The leaders of 11 groups, including the Bogside Residents and a Lower Ormeau group pledged their ‘full support’ for Garvaghy Road residents.
  
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• London business leaders back Tory pledge to restore tourist tax-free shopping

  21-09-2026 11:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has promised to allow tourists to claim the VAT back on their shopping by reversing a rule change made after Brexit
  
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• Families of Omagh victims say next stage of public inquiry will be ‘pivotal’

  21-09-2026 11:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Omagh Bombing Inquiry will begin evidential hearings on Monday in Belfast.
  
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• Chancellor’s headroom ‘to halve because of Iran war inflation and weak growth’

  21-09-2026 11:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  KPMG says John Healey could be left with headroom of about £12 billion in the autumn, down from £23.6 billion in the spring.
  
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