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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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• Finally new DLR trains with aircon arrive for London - after months of heatwaves

  07-09-2026 22:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  The new DLR trains will gradually come back into service from this week
  
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• Meta’s AI glasses pose growing threat to women and girls on London's Tube, say campaigners

  07-09-2026 21:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  The controversial smart specs have raised questions about their impact on vulnerable people in busy places
  
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• Burnham: We must stop politics of poison seeping into our streets

  07-09-2026 21:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  Speaking to MPs and peers at a closed-doors meeting on Monday, the Prime Minister said the party’s mission must be to counter ‘fear with positivity.’
  
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• Gallagher brothers ’emotional’ about Oasis reunion, documentary director says

  07-09-2026 21:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Their upcoming film features the first joint interviews with Noel and Liam in more than 20 years.
  
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• Teenager 'travelled 150 miles to kill alleged stalker in London'

  07-09-2026 20:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Afghan refugee Sulaiman Tajzai, 18, is accused of travelling from Leeds to kill Farmanullah Sherzad, 26, at his home in Westminster
  
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• New trains arrive on the DLR - after severe delays

  07-09-2026 20:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The air-conditioned trains were recalled within a month after a safety issue was discovered.
  
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• Police minister blames Tories for Portsmouth and Dover anti-migration protests

  07-09-2026 20:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sarah Jones warned demonstrators who crossed the line from peaceful protest into illegality would face the full force of the law.
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Person with 'life-changing' injuries in Walthamstow incident as 'security alert' disrupts several Tube lines

  07-09-2026 20:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Incident leads to the entire closure of the Victoria line, while damage from trackside fire causes disruption on Elizabeth line
  
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• Prince Harry pictured in London for first time since UK return - as King issues statement about his future

  07-09-2026 19:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  King confirms Duke and Duchess of Sussex are still still not working royals after their return to the UK
  
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• Meta’s ‘pervert’ glasses pose growing threat to women and girls on London Tubes, say campaigners

  07-09-2026 19:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The controversial smart specs have raised questions about their impact on vulnerable people in busy places
  
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• Who is Sagal Abdi-Wali? The council leader favourite to be Labour’s candidate in crunch Holborn and St Pancras by-election

  07-09-2026 19:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sagal Abdi-Wali, leader of Camden Council, is the favourite to take on expected Green candidate Zack Polanski in north London by-election
  
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• Burnham and Trump agree need to continue working towards ceasefire in Ukraine

  07-09-2026 19:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister spoke to Mr Trump on Monday afternoon.
  
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• Man found with fatal head injuries named by police

  07-09-2026 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thomas Carey was found with multiple head injuries at a property in south London, the Met Police said.
  
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• Angela Rayner withdraws council reorganisation decisions after new legal advice

  07-09-2026 18:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  At least eight councils have launched legal challenges.
  
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• Three Holyrood committees decline to work with UK Parliament on party finances

  07-09-2026 18:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The request followed the Peter Murrell embezzlement case.
  
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• Furore over Fivemiletown ‘because people don’t want me in this job’ – Muir

  07-09-2026 17:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Andrew Muir said he suspected the motivation was due to his commitment to climate action.
  
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• Captain Du Plooy and boss Coleman to leave Middlesex

  07-09-2026 17:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Middlesex captain Leus du Plooy and director of cricket Alan Coleman will both leave the club at the end of the year.
  
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• Interstellar returns to big screen with London live concert performance with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

  07-09-2026 17:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Fans will have two opportunities to witness the spectacle at The O2, London with tickets to go on sale on Wednesday
  
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• Putney Pusher: Millionaire banker arrested in Met probe released under investigation

  07-09-2026 17:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Suspect, 44, was arrested in June by police hunting jogger who pushed woman in front of London bus in notorious unsolved case
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Person with 'life-changing' injuries in Walthamstow incident as Moorgate fire alert sparks chaos

  07-09-2026 17:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  Incident leads to the entire closure of the Victoria line, while damage from trackside fire causes disruption on Elizabeth line
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan are still not working royals despite return to UK, King confirms

  07-09-2026 17:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  King clarifies position on Duke and Duchess of Sussex after requests for guidance
  
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• Suspect, 24, arrested following assault near Vauxhall Bus Station

  07-09-2026 17:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police were called at 3.15am on Tuesday to Bondway following reports of an assault
  
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• Minister to learn cost of cleaning up illegal Mobuoy dump site in coming weeks

  07-09-2026 17:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Andrew Muir previously told MLAs the cost could be as high as £700 million.
  
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• ‘Very significant resources’ in policing Trump visit, Taoiseach says

  07-09-2026 17:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Irish police are confident than get meet ‘challenges’ of US President Donald Trump’s visit to Ireland, the country’s premier has said.
  
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• Four arrested on suspicion of murder after campsite death of three-month-old

  07-09-2026 16:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Officers were called to land off Strawberry Lane near Great Wyrley by paramedics.
  
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• Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum: An extraordinary masterpiece showing pity and brutality of war

  07-09-2026 16:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Golly, it’s big. Before you get close up to the Bayeux Tapestry, you can look down on it from an upper balcony and see all seventy yards of it under glass. Close up what strikes you is something different…it’s that the pictures and the story are made up of stitches. It sounds obvious but what reproductions never really convey is the sheer physicality of the embroidery; you can see the way the stitches work: round circles to show chain mail, running stitch for outlines. And wha
  
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• Meghan and Harry are still not working royals despite UK return, King says

  07-09-2026 16:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Sussexes stepped down in 2020.
  
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• Tickets to visit Victorian Palm Houses on sale after five-year closure

  07-09-2026 16:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Horticulture director David Knott said welcoming people back to the Palm Houses will be a ‘hugely amazing experience’.
  
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• When will the Holborn & St Pancras by-election take place? Likely date emerges

  07-09-2026 16:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  The contest to replace Sir Keir Starmer as the MP for Holborn & St Pancras is set to be held within weeks
  
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