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• AstraZeneca ditches lung cancer treatment trial

  17-08-2026 09:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  The FTSE 100 firm stopped a stage volrustomig drug trial a month after halting a trial for a new heart disease treatment.
  
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• Connie Britton ‘has no words’ after death of Nashville co-star Hayden Panettiere

  18-08-2026 02:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tributes have poured in for Panettiere.
  
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• London's fastest and slowest boroughs for selling homes revealed

  18-08-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The average London home now takes 48 days to sell, rising to more than two months in the capital’s slowest-moving boroughs
  
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• Latest hosepipe ban comes into force as forecasters warn of flooding

  18-08-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Some areas will have the ‘first meaningful rain for a long time’ this week, the Met Office said, after weeks of heatwaves and dry weather.
  
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• Cynthia Erivo hails Ariana Grande as ‘my favourite person to sing with’

  18-08-2026 00:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  The singers performed several tracks from Wicked at The O2 on Sunday.
  
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• Professor Jason Arday was victim of ‘public execution’, vigil hears

  18-08-2026 00:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Thousands gathered for a vigil to remember the former Cambridge professor and criticise the ‘racist witch hunt’ which preceded his death.
  
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• Russia threatens consequences over ‘use of UK drones in Ukraine deep strikes’

  17-08-2026 23:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kyiv has stepped up its attacks on Russia this year.
  
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• Mourners gather in Trafalgar Square for a vigil honouring former Cambridge professor Jason Arday

  17-08-2026 22:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The vigil for the late Cambridge professor was held on the steps of the National Gallery on Monday
  
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• London Marylebone trains cancelled and delayed as track safety inspections cause disruption

  17-08-2026 22:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Services between West Ruislip and London Marylebone may be cancelled or delayed by up to 45 minutes
  
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• Met Office gives strong indication of heatwave in London in September

  17-08-2026 21:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  There is a chance of late-season hot spells or heatwaves in September, the Met Office long-range forecast suggests
  
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• Stag shot dead after man injured during a picnic in Richmond Park

  17-08-2026 21:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The stag was put down after man in his 60s was taken to hospital where his injuries were assessed as neither life-threatening nor life-changing
  
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• Stag shot after man in his 60s injured during a picnic in Richmond Park

  17-08-2026 21:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The man, who is in his 60s, was taken to hospital where his injuries were assessed as neither life-threatening nor life-changing
  
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• Mayfair restaurant's licence suspended after 'man's throat slashed in attack'

  17-08-2026 20:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mistress of Mayfair’s licence has been temporarily suspended after the incident that has seen a man charged with attempted murder
  
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• Angela Rayner shakes up planning rules: What does it mean for London?

  17-08-2026 20:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Thousands more homes could be built near Tube and train stations, including on green belt sites, under a loosening of regulations
  
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• London borough 'plotting Britain's highest ever council tax rise with bills soaring by up to 160%'

  17-08-2026 20:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  Wandsworth Council is proposing to raise resident bills by as much as 160% following Government cuts
  
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• Councils fear planning overhaul to boost housebuilding will weaken local voices

  17-08-2026 20:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Measures to streamline housebuilding in England were published on Monday.
  
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• Al Fayed survivors call for PM to intervene after losing faith in Met Police

  17-08-2026 18:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Survivor group No One Above has urged the Government to act to ‘deliver justice’ to Al Fayed victims.
  
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• Escaped monkey returns to Highland Wildlife Park enclosure after search

  17-08-2026 18:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Male Japanese macaque Luka returned ‘of his own accord’ after disappearing overnight, officials said.
  
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• Princess Eugenie names baby daughter after ‘three people we love’

  17-08-2026 18:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Eugenie’s third child – Adelaide Elizabeth Annina – was born in Lisbon, with her name also inspired by both English and Portuguese history.
  
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• Charity rowers complete circumnavigation of Britain

  17-08-2026 18:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  The crew achieved the challenge over four stages.
  
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• Mother blames London council after son, 5, died in 'preventable' fall from 15th floor flat

  17-08-2026 18:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘You guys could have prevented this tragic thing from happening. If you had done your job, he could have been here’, heartbroken mother tells inquest
  
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• Irish police to be given ‘whatever resources they require’ after horror crash

  17-08-2026 17:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Five teenagers died after the car in which they were travelling the wrong way down a motorway was involved in a head-on crash with another vehicle.
  
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• Robinson welcomes Sinn Féin ‘step back’ from powersharing warnings

  17-08-2026 17:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Last month, Sinn Fein representative Conor Murphy indicated that powersharing government at Stormont was in a ‘precarious place’.
  
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• Princess Eugenie reveals new baby's name including heartfelt tribute to late Queen

  17-08-2026 17:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Princess Eugenie says name of new baby with husband Jack Brooksbank is a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
  
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• Princess Eugenie reveals the name of her baby daughter

  17-08-2026 17:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Eugenie’s third child was born in Lisbon, Portugal, on August 3 and has been named Adelaide Elizabeth Annina.
  
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• Family's heartbreaking tribute to 'amazing' bus driver shot dead in Clapham as killer remains at large

  17-08-2026 17:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police investigating murder of Auguste-Marie Bile-aka Amoa, 25, renew appeal in bid for breakthrough in case
  
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• DUP MP Jim Shannon to face criminal proceedings over assault on woman

  17-08-2026 17:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  The case was adjourned until September 1.
  
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• Angela Rayner insists Government sticking to plans to build 1.5 million homes

  17-08-2026 16:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  An overhaul of planning laws that aims to speed up homebuilding comes two years into the five-year Parliament.
  
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• Searches underway for escaped monkey in the Highlands

  17-08-2026 16:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  A thermal imaging drone is being used in the search for the missing macaque.
  
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• Cancer patient confronts Reform London mayor candidate Laila Cunningham live on radio over major benefit cuts

  17-08-2026 16:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Reform UK’s plans to axe £50 billion from the welfare budget came under fire from Labour, the Tories and the Green Party
  
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