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• Amber wind warnings issued for weekend as storms sweep in

  23-10-2026 13:06 via The Standard News
  
  Storm Boelo will hit the day after Storm Austen.
  
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• Andy Burnham faces ‘huge challenge’ as homelessness numbers in London rise

  30-10-2026 18:40 via The Standard News
  
  Prime Minister Andy Burnham has vowed to offer help to‘every single person’ on the streets by Christmas
  
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• Three men who planned to bomb mosque jailed in Dublin

  30-10-2026 18:34 via The Standard News
  
  The three men all entered guilty pleas earlier this year.
  
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• Miliband boycotted cancelled G20 photocall with Russian envoy over Ukraine

  30-10-2026 18:17 via The Standard News
  
  The diplomatic incident underlines the ongoing tensions over the war, triggered more than four years ago by Moscow’s invasion.
  
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• Dame Judi Dench says she has ‘great hope’ for the future of theatre

  30-10-2026 18:17 via The Standard News
  
  The 91-year-old actress helped launch a new outdoor installation to mark the the 50th anniversary of the National Theatre building.
  
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• Police preparing files on 18 for prosecutors following Drumcree parade dispute

  30-10-2026 17:43 via The Standard News
  
  Police said the investigation will continue in the coming weeks.
  
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• Katie Hopkins tells of financial and emotional toll of blackmail campaign

  30-10-2026 17:27 via The Standard News
  
  Oliver Hutchings received a two-year suspended prison sentence.
  
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• Judi Dench ‘shocked’ and ‘very sad’ to hear of death of Sir Patrick Stewart

  30-10-2026 17:17 via The Standard News
  
  The Star Trek actor died following a ‘brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia’.
  
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• Man wielding knife threatens migrants and boards small boat bound for UK

  30-10-2026 17:14 via The Standard News
  
  Some 263 migrants arrived in the UK on Thursday, the Home Office said.
  
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• James McAvoy remembers X-Men co-star Patrick Stewart: ‘He was lovely to me’

  30-10-2026 17:07 via The Standard News
  
  The Yorkshire-born actor died at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday at the age of 86.
  
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• Streeting condemns Swinney’s ‘irresponsible and unfounded’ comments on defence

  30-10-2026 16:59 via The Standard News
  
  The Scottish First Minister has claimed the UK Government is ‘failing to keep Scotland secure’.
  
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• Russell Brand ‘controlled and gaslit women he treated as disposable’

  30-10-2026 16:51 via The Standard News
  
  Brand faces three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault, and one allegation of attempted indecent assault.
  
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• 'Enforce it now before someone is hurt': Calls grow for cyclists breaking Oxford Street rules to be fined

  30-10-2026 16:51 via The Standard News
  
  Shoppers call for tougher enforcement after cyclists seen riding through crowds just days after pedestrianisation comes into force
  
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• Swinney ‘deeply concerned’ by Acorn carbon capture decision

  30-10-2026 16:48 via The Standard News
  
  The funding mechanism for the project was changed in the Chancellor’s Budget this week.
  
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• ‘Postcode lottery' blamed as hundreds of thousands of Londoners to miss out on £100 winter payment

  30-10-2026 16:35 via The Standard News
  
  One in three London homes will not be eligible for John Healey’s winter energy handout
  
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• Wife of headteacher dragged a mile under car says her life has been ‘torn apart’

  30-10-2026 16:29 via The Standard News
  
  Michael Mullins was struck by a Volvo XC90 driven by Simon Richardson as he cycled home from Stretford Grammar School on April 20.
  
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• Teen stabbed by ‘eight to 10 masked men’ at east London Halloween party

  30-10-2026 16:20 via The Standard News
  
  An 18-year-old was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a Halloween party was reportedly hijacked by group of masked men
  
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• Man wielding knife threatens migrants aboard small boat bound for UK

  30-10-2026 15:59 via The Standard News
  
  Some 263 migrants arrived in the UK on Thursday.
  
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• IOPC to investigate Met’s action on letter about Meghan’s father

  30-10-2026 15:58 via The Standard News
  
  Thomas Markle Sr has admitted to paying for sex in the Philippines but denies ever possessing child sexual abuse images.
  
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• Four nations must ‘move at same pace together’, Burnham says on devolution

  30-10-2026 15:45 via The Standard News
  
  The Prime Minister met leaders from Scotland and Wales and representatives from Northern Ireland to discuss regional devolution.
  
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• Major Soho development gets green light

  30-10-2026 15:25 via The Standard News
  
  The retail and office development includes the former home of 20th Century Fox
  
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• Burnham acknowledges Budget ambitions constrained by global turmoil

  30-10-2026 15:10 via The Standard News
  
  The Prime Minister also appeared to have softened his stance on not holding an election until 2029, saying only that he will not call one in 2027.
  
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• Motorist who dragged cyclist under car for more than a mile convicted of murder

  30-10-2026 14:51 via The Standard News
  
  Simon Richardson claimed he did not know headteacher Michael Mullins was under his wheels, but his passenger gave evidence against him.
  
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• Almost 265 Channel migrants arrive in UK after three-week hiatus

  30-10-2026 14:49 via The Standard News
  
  A boat that launched from Belgium on Thursday was reportedly coloured red, white and green with a golden sun emblem of the Kurdish flag.
  
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• Jury fails to reach verdict in trial of man accused of fatal drive-by shooting of Tanesha Melbourne-Blake

  30-10-2026 14:31 via The Standard News
  
  Jury discharged in trial of man accused of murder over fatal shooting of teenager, 17, in Tottenham in 2018
  
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• Met Police issue arrest warning for 'mass' pro-Palestine Action protest outside US Embassy in London

  30-10-2026 14:11 via The Standard News
  
  Defend Our Juries has organised the protest on Saturday in a call for the government to lift the ban on Palestine Action group
  
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• Russell Brand ‘snapped from nice to nasty as he groped and raped women’

  30-10-2026 13:51 via The Standard News
  
  Prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones KC said six different women who do not know each other had come forward to accuse Brand of attacking them.
  
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• Beavers to return to waters around Loch Ness 500 years after last sighting

  30-10-2026 13:49 via The Standard News
  
  NatureScot said the animals could ‘significantly improve’ diversity in the River Ness catchment.
  
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• Counterfeit beauty products found to contain mercury, lead and methanol

  30-10-2026 13:32 via The Standard News
  
  Tests found lead in lipstick, eyeshadow and contour products, nicotine in perfume and a counterfeit fragrance made up of around 80% methanol.
  
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• BP reports soaring profits in ‘obscene’ sector haul amid oil price crisis

  30-10-2026 13:32 via The Standard News
  
  The firm said profits jumped to 8.46 billion US dollars (£6.31 billion) in the third quarter, up from 2.21 billion dollars (£1.65 billion) a year ago.
  
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