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• ASOS Hacked Notification LIVE: Retailer issues update after customers sent alarming 'Snowflake' app alert

  06-10-2026 16:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  ASOS warns names and contact details of customers may have been accessed in ‘authorised activity’
  
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• Criminal probe into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor continues despite legal ruling

  08-10-2026 15:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former Duke of York had launched a legal challenge against the force over the lawfulness of search warrants.
  
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• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor home search warrants were unlawful, says High Court judge

  08-10-2026 15:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Thames Valley Police have agreed that search warrants to raid two of his homes were unlawful
  
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• Teacher ‘completely lost it’ in school attack, Nicky Campbell tells court

  08-10-2026 15:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  The broadcaster was giving evidence during an examination of facts hearing involving two former teachers at the private Edinburgh Academy.
  
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• Suspected Drumcree parading dispute lawbreakers to be interviewed by police

  08-10-2026 15:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Assistant Chief Constable Davy Beck said individuals would receive letters from police inviting them to come for interview.
  
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• Holborn and St Pancras by-election LIVE: Labour MPs hit streets to get out vote in battle with Polanski

  08-10-2026 15:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Latest updates as north Londoners go to polls to elect MP to replace Sir Keir Starmer
  
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• Former MP cleared of role in bogus Covid-19 testing firm in trial without jury

  08-10-2026 15:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Shahid Malik was found not guilty by a judge of three offences relating to RT Diagnostics.
  
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• Girl who died after drinking contaminated milkshake ‘will never be forgotten’

  08-10-2026 15:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mia Shay St Hilaire suffered a severe allergic reaction after drinking a milkshake made in a blender that had not been washed from the previous drink.
  
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• Himesh Patel and Maxine Peake lead actors appearing in Booker Prize short films

  08-10-2026 15:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lewis Gribben, Kathryn Hunter and Savannah Steyn also read extracts of the nominated books.
  
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• Ed Miliband announces new sanctions on Russia during visit to Ukraine

  08-10-2026 14:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  The crackdown was announced as the Foreign Secretary visited the site of a Russian missile strike on a residential building in the Chernihiv region.
  
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• London Tube delays LIVE: Northern line chaos after trackside and signal failure

  08-10-2026 14:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  A number of stations were closed following the fire
  
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• Should we be worried about pneumonic plague? London experts react to Russian researcher's death

  08-10-2026 14:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Darya Shipilova, a lab technician in Irkutsk, has reportedly died after becoming unwell at work
  
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• Tory mayor hopeful James Cleverly vows to tackle London's cost of living by banning 'back door taxes'

  08-10-2026 14:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Cleverly plans to look at levies on motorists, homeowners and those paying inflated costs for newbuild properties
  
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• Sex offender goes on crime spree in London day after early release from HMP Wandsworth

  08-10-2026 14:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Criminal committed string of offences in the days after being freed on first day of Government’s new early release scheme
  
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• London Tube delays LIVE: Track fire causes major Northern line disruption

  08-10-2026 14:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  A number of stations were closed following the fire
  
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• UK ‘open’ to Germany joining next generation fighter jet programme, says Burnham

  08-10-2026 14:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Gcap, initially a pact between the UK, Italy and Japan to build a sixth generation fighter jet, welcomed Canada as an ‘observer nation’ in July.
  
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• Sir Mark Rowley breaks silence on Putney Pusher investigation after suspect's death

  08-10-2026 13:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  Met chief says ‘every criminal suspect, of course they're under pressure. That is that is obvious. I'm not going to apologise for that’
  
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• Should we be worried about pneumonic plague? London experts react to Russian researcher's dies

  08-10-2026 13:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  Darya Shipilova, a lab technician in Irkutsk, has reportedly died after becoming unwell at work
  
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• Live as London Tube line hit with 'severe delays' over track fire

  08-10-2026 13:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  One station was closed following an earlier track fire
  
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• Sex offender goes on crime spree in London day after early release from prison

  08-10-2026 13:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Criminal committed string of offences within 24 hours of being freed on first day of government’s new early release scheme
  
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• TfL claims backing for £1.5bn DLR extension despite concerns over disruption

  08-10-2026 13:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Transport chiefs say plans for a new tunnelled DLR route between Beckton Riverside and Thamesmead received strong public support
  
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• Navy sailor accused of plotting to leak intelligence to Russia appears in court

  08-10-2026 13:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Teddy Young joined the Navy in April 2024 and was on his first deployment.
  
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• Great Ormond Street Hospital schoolteachers strike outside council offices over sacked colleague

  08-10-2026 13:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kate Williams spent nearly 15 years teaching desperately ill children at Great Ormond Street Hospital until she was dismissed
  
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• Three London sisters drowned off Brighton beach in suicide pact, inquest finds

  08-10-2026 13:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, took their lives after visiting the lake where their mother died 16 years ago
  
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• Hospital schoolteachers strike outside Camden Council over sacked colleague

  08-10-2026 13:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kate Williams spent nearly 15 years teaching desperately ill children at Great Ormond Street Hospital until she was dismissed
  
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• Three sisters pulled from sea off Brighton took their own lives, coroner rules

  08-10-2026 13:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  An inquest heard Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, drowned in May this year.
  
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• Burnham meets Merz for security talks in Berlin

  08-10-2026 13:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The pair are expected to confirm a new UK-Germany joint partnership to counter sabotage, cyber attacks and other threats.
  
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• Husband remanded in custody charged with murder of his royal doctor wife

  08-10-2026 12:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Dr Hannah Cain, 45, was found dead at her address in Fern Hill, Dersingham, in the early hours of October 4.
  
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• London borough leads Parliament Square protest over £102m budget crisis amid council tax fears

  08-10-2026 12:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  The south London town hall is facing a budget blackhole of £102 million driven by the rising demand for social care and temporary accommodation
  
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• What is the XFG Covid variant? Symptoms explained as cases rise in London

  08-10-2026 12:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Numbers of Covid cases and hospitalisations have increased sharply in London in recent weeks
  
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