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• Arrest after man seriously injured in Belfast stabbing

  09-06-2026 10:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  The incident took place on Monday evening in the Kinnaird Avenue area of the city.
  
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• Car finance payouts likely to be delayed until at least 2027, warns watchdog

  09-06-2026 13:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Financial Conduct Authoritysaid it has already spent more than £20 million developing the plans and that further costs lie ahead.
  
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• Goldsmiths University staff go on 'indefinite' strike over job cuts

  09-06-2026 13:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  The strike comes ahead of the third round of redundancies at the university in the past five years
  
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• Kemi Badenoch agrees with Idris Elba that Bond should not be ‘woke’

  09-06-2026 13:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘It is for the writers and the people who own the rights to make that decision,’ the Conservative leader said.
  
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• Fear of being called racist meant authorities did not stop tragedies – Badenoch

  09-06-2026 13:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Conservative leader said her party would seek to abolish a duty for teachers, nurses and police officers to consider equalities law.
  
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• Belfast attack horror: Knifeman arrested after 'barbaric' assault leaves victim in hospital

  09-06-2026 13:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Footage shows an attacker kneeling on top of another man and stabbing him several times in the head, with Sir Keir Starmer calling the incident ‘sickening’
  
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• England World Cup camp hit by 6.1-magnitude earthquake

  09-06-2026 13:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Three Lions are set to play Costa Rica in Orlando, Florida tomorrow in their last friendly before the World Cup begins
  
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• Rail traveller who harassed woman sentenced in first prosecution under new law

  09-06-2026 13:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  David Stroud made sexually motivated comments to his victim on a train to London on April.
  
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• Second teenager charged with murder after boy stabbed to death in Hackney

  09-06-2026 12:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  A 17-year-old was also charged with possession of an offensive weapon
  
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• ‘Young people aren't snowflakes and shirkers', insists minister as youth unemployment crisis sweeps London

  09-06-2026 12:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  The capital's youth unemployment rate is the highest in the country at almost 25%
  
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• Hidden camera found in ceiling panel at government offices in Westminster

  09-06-2026 12:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  The security services have been notified of the discovery
  
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• Attacker arrested after 'barbaric' knife attack in Belfast leaves man in hospital

  09-06-2026 12:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Footage shows an attacker kneeling on top of another man and stabbing him several times in the head, with Sir Keir Starmer calling the incident ‘sickening’
  
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• North London council to pay £2,500 to family left in unsuitable housing for 10 months

  09-06-2026 12:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  An investigation found Brent Council at fault for its ‘failure to secure suitable accommodation’ for the mother and her three children
  
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• Storm at The Tempest: 'Bohemian' woman brings baby to sell-out Shakespeare play starring Sir Kenneth Branagh

  09-06-2026 11:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  The‘gurgling’ and ‘cooing’ infuriated theatregoers during the sell-out show
  
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• New calls for Scottish Government to end guga hunt amid animal welfare concerns

  09-06-2026 11:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  The hunt on Sula Sgeir cannot be considered humane, according to a new report from two leading animal welfare organisations.
  
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• Fifth person charged over Golders Green ambulance arson attack

  09-06-2026 11:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Subhan Ahmed, 18, was charged with assisting an offender in connection with the attack on Jewish community ambulances in March
  
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• Tories did ‘level best’ to ruin oil and gas sector, says SNP candidate

  09-06-2026 11:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Voters in Aberdeen South will go to the polls on June 18.
  
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• Three pupils stabbed and girl arrested as UK school in lockdown

  09-06-2026 11:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police are responding to an incident at the Co-Op Academy in Manchester, where a schoolgirl has been arrested
  
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• Starmer condemns Belfast stabbing attack as ‘horrific’ and ‘abhorrent’

  09-06-2026 11:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Graphic video footage is circulating online appearing to show the violent incident unfold on Kinnaird Avenue in the north of the city.
  
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• All Points East and LIDO festival organisers apply to use Victoria Park for 75 days a year

  09-06-2026 11:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  AEG has run All Points East in Victoria Park annually since 2018, and launched LIDO festival there last year
  
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• Meteorite that killed dinosaurs also created life-supporting environment – study

  09-06-2026 11:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Researchers said the findings could help direct the search for life on other planets.
  
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• Nigel Farage hits out at X deepfakes showing him brawling with Bank of England governor on Question Time

  09-06-2026 10:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Fake images have circulated on X which link to articles that falsely claim Mr Farage confronted Mr Bailey on the BBC’s Question Time
  
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• Epsom Derby day fight: Six people arrested after racegoers brawl in front of shocked spectators

  09-06-2026 10:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Six people have been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and affray and released pending further investigation
  
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• Shocking moment huge brawl broke out at Epsom derby resulting in six arrests

  09-06-2026 10:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Six people have been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and affray and released pending further investigation
  
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• England World Cup camp hit by 6.1 magnitude earthquake

  09-06-2026 10:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Three Lions are set to play Costa Rica in Orlando, Florida tomorrow in their last friendly before the World Cup begins
  
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• Empty homes in London should be seized under new powers for councils to tackle housing crisis, say MPs

  09-06-2026 09:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ministers are also being urged to reform stamp duty by the Commons housing committee
  
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• Electrician faces life sentence for murdering judge’s daughter before blowing up their Stoke Newington home

  09-06-2026 08:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  Clifton George, 45, killed his partner Annabel Rook, 46, by stabbing her 31 times during a row at their north London home
  
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• ‘Severely-ill' boy, 9, and parents died after plunging from 36th floor of luxury London tower block

  09-06-2026 08:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Local MP reveals details of tragedy in which three people died in Elephant and Castle
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Trespasser causes Tube line delays into morning rush hour

  09-06-2026 07:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  A trespasser on the Metropolitan line means there is no service between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Wembley Park
  
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• Somali referee Omar Artan to miss World Cup after being denied US entry visa

  09-06-2026 07:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Omar Artan was reportedly turned away at Miami International Airport last weekend despite possessing valid travel documents
  
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