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• Assisted dying Bill MP ‘confident’ Commons will vote yes despite PM abstaining

  04-09-2026 03:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  The legislation is back in Parliament after running out of time earlier this year.
  
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• William to represent Charles at funeral of King Harald of Norway

  05-09-2026 23:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The prince will travel to Oslo to attend the service on September 9, alongside the Princess Royal, who is godmother to the new king Haakon VIII.
  
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• Lamborghini seized by police after speeding reports

  05-09-2026 19:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  Essex Police officers seized the supercar under Section 59 of the Police Reform Act 2002.
  
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• Major south London road closed over dangerous building fears

  05-09-2026 19:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Residents have been moved into hotels and pedestrians, vehicles and cyclists are banned from using the street until the site has been secured
  
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• Police seek Reform UK conference protester after footage shows audience pulling her hair

  05-09-2026 18:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man in the Reform rally audience was also seen hitting the protester with a walking stick
  
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• Malcolm Offord pledges to review ‘nuts’ income tax system in Scotland

  05-09-2026 18:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lord Offord was addressing members on the final day of the Reform UK conference in Birmingham.
  
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• Reform will ‘make mistakes’, says Farage after conference marred by donor row

  05-09-2026 18:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Reform leader has denied wrongdoing throughout the three-day event.
  
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• 'I wasn't even listening': Farage defends lunch where Reform discussed accepting foreign money

  05-09-2026 18:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage and his former chief of staff Dan Jukes were filmed talking with an undercover reporter posing as a US donor
  
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• Sun breaks out to shine on King and Queen at Braemar Gathering

  05-09-2026 17:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Crowds flocked to the location in the heart of the Cairngorms National Park.
  
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• In Pictures: Heave, ho and away they go at Braemar Gathering

  05-09-2026 16:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The event is held close to Balmoral, the Highland residence of the royal family.
  
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• Murder investigation launched after man found with severe head injuries in Clapham

  05-09-2026 16:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  Detectives were called to Poynders Road in Clapham by the London Fire Brigade at 8.35am on Friday
  
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• Farage expects more investigations as he prepares to close Reform conference

  05-09-2026 16:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage said he expected to face more investigations after the Reform UK conference was overshadowed by a row about party finances.Speaking on the final day of the Reform conference in Birmingham, Mr Farage again insisted his party had broken no laws after a report by Channel 4 News showed senior Reform figures discussing how to disguise donations from foreign sources.Accepting donations from a foreign company, including donations in kind such as polling, could constitute a criminal offence
  
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• Reform vows to raise personal allowance to £15,000 as part of huge tax cuts plans

  05-09-2026 15:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Robert Jenrick pledged to resign if he failed to deliver the promise in the first 100 days of a Reform government
  
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• Robert Jenrick pledges tax cut amid row over Reform donations

  05-09-2026 15:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Reform said the plan would save the average taxpayer £500 a year and take 2.9 million people out of income tax altogether
  
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• Police hunt man after sexual assault on train in east London

  05-09-2026 14:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  The attack occurred on a District line train in the early hours of the morning on Sunday August 2
  
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• Government rejects council's 11th hour bid to delay Sadiq Khan's pedestrianisation of Oxford Street

  05-09-2026 14:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  The town hall wrote to ministers demanding that TfL carry out a full environmental impact assessment before the Mayor of London’s scheme goes ahead
  
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• Black-clad masked ‘stop the boats’ protesters block roads in Dover

  05-09-2026 13:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Footage showed the group, appearing largely to be men, dressed in black and wearing balaclavas, gathered at the port on Saturday.
  
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• Reform round on Zia Yusuf over 'nasty' suggestion top Labour candidate in London by-election isn't British

  05-09-2026 12:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sagal Abdi-Wali, a former child refugee from Somalia, has been tipped as an early front-runner to take over from Sir Keir Starmer
  
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• Police seek protester after footage shows Reform audience pulling hair

  05-09-2026 12:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Demonstrators were thrown out of the main conference hall four times after disruptions to speeches including party leader Nigel Farage’s.
  
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• Masked protesters block Dover roads in ‘anti-illegal migrant demo’

  05-09-2026 11:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  Videos circulating online show dozens of people, dressed in black and wearing balaclavas, gathered at the port.
  
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• South London pub could be community-owned by Christmas Day

  05-09-2026 11:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Locals will be able to buy shares in The Trafalgar from next week as campaigners launch a bid to secure the pub’s future
  
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• Masked demonstrators block traffic in and out of Port of Dover

  05-09-2026 10:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Videos circulating online show several protesters dressed in black and wearing balaclavas.
  
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• Robert Jenrick to promise tax cut amid row over Reform donations

  05-09-2026 10:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Reform said the plan would save the average taxpayer £500 a year and take 2.9 million people out of income tax altogether
  
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• Chancellor John Healey tears up Treasury 'rule book' to drive investment out of London to the regions

  05-09-2026 10:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  The announcement comes ahead of a major speech on the economy Mr Healey is due to make on Monday
  
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• Three jailed for life for murdering man in north London with 'arsenal' of knives

  05-09-2026 08:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Benito Ramirez Kones, Carlos Akum Metumbe, and Luiggi Perelli Santana have been jailed for the murder of Gregory Catillo Volquez in January 2025
  
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• Thames Water scheme sparks row over future of popular London parkrun

  05-09-2026 08:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Plans to pump treated wastewater into the Thames could see the weekly Parkrun cancelled
  
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• London council pays out £4,500 to autistic boy’s family after tuition delays

  05-09-2026 07:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  The council’s dereliction of its duty to offer alternative education support outside of school caused the child and his family avoidable distress, according to the local government watchdog
  
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• Argentina’s government moves to enforce Falkland Islands oil sanctions

  05-09-2026 06:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  In a national address on Friday, Mr Milei reiterated the country’s claim on the islands.
  
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• Farage to take to the stage at Reform conference again amid donations row

  05-09-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Reform UK has found itself at the centre of another row about donations as its party conference takes place.
  
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• Burnham under fire over ‘staggering’ hike in university tuition fees

  05-09-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  In 2015, the Prime Minister pledged to replace the charge with a graduate tax.
  
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