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• Buffy The Vampire Slayer star Anthony Head dies at 72

  05-06-2026 17:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  The English actor was also famous for his role in Ted Lasso and his coffee commercials.
  
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• Murder probe launched as man, 35, dies in double stabbing in east London

  05-06-2026 23:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Victim found fatally wounded in garden in Pankhurst Avenue, Silvertown
  
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• No10 hits back as JD Vance blames Henry Nowak's murder on 'mass invasion of migrants'

  05-06-2026 22:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  The US politician claimed Mr Nowak would be alive if European elites had resisted ‘the politics of self-hatred and the mass invasion of migrants’.
  
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• Sarah Michelle Gellar leads tributes to Buffy co-star Anthony Head: ‘I’m not OK’

  05-06-2026 22:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The English actor was best known as librarian Rupert Giles in the cult US supernatural TV series.
  
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• Trump’s legal team object to revealing financial records in BBC defamation case

  05-06-2026 22:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  The broadcaster’s lawyers dismissed claims of a ‘fishing expedition’, saying the details are needed to assess the president’s claim.
  
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• No 10 hits back after JD Vance blames Henry Nowak murder on migrant ‘invasion’

  05-06-2026 20:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  The US politician claimed Mr Nowak would be alive if European elites had resisted ‘the politics of self-hatred and the mass invasion of migrants’.
  
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• New Green Mayor of London borough hikes own salary by almost £5,000 despite vowing to cut pay before election

  05-06-2026 20:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lewisham Mayor Liam Shrivastava vowed to take a 20% pay cut but instead hiked his wage by £4,832 and said 20% would be donated to ‘food justice initiatives’
  
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• Cyclist 'fighting for life' after crash in East Dulwich

  05-06-2026 20:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Air Ambulance dispatched to scene after collision involving car and bike in Dog Kennel Hill in south London
  
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• JD Vance blames ‘invasion’ of migrants for Henry Nowak murder

  05-06-2026 19:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  US vice president JD Vance said the murder of Henry Nowak was ‘as tragic as it is enraging’.
  
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• London Green Party by-election candidate apologises for 'rapey Indians' post

  05-06-2026 19:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  Esther Lie said of the now-deleted post from 2013: ‘It is clearly inappropriate and I apologise’
  
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• Jon Snow reveals he has been privately battling Alzheimer's for years as former Channel 4 news anchor announces diagnosis

  05-06-2026 19:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Veteran journalist will discuss the reality of living with the condition,the most common form of dementia, in new documentary
  
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• Cooper condemns ‘desperate’ Russian sanctions on UK schoolboy and journalists

  05-06-2026 19:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Britons including Alexander Browder and The i Paper journalist Richard Holmes have been banned from entering Russia.
  
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• Prince of Wales attends 125th anniversary of naval base’s submarine service

  05-06-2026 19:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  He later met with service families at a community centre in the neighbouring town of Helensburgh.
  
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• Innocent man who served 17 years ‘insulted’ as real rapist could be out in 14

  05-06-2026 18:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  Andrew Malkinson said he was left to ‘rot’ behind bars by the real culprit Paul Quinn who was jailed on Friday.
  
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• Social media driving increase in weapon-carrying among teens – senior officer

  05-06-2026 18:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  The comments came after two teenagers were convicted at the High Court in Glasgow of murdering of 16-year-old Kayden Moy on Irvine beach last year.
  
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• Space station astronauts stood ready to evacuate during air leak repairs

  05-06-2026 18:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nasa told five members to take refuge in a docked spacecraft in case they needed to escape quickly from the orbiting laboratory.
  
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• Antisemitic and Islamophobic hate crimes surge in London in Met-recorded data

  05-06-2026 18:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Barnet accounted for nearly a third of antisemitic hate recorded by the Met in May
  
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• Stars remember ‘incredible’ and ‘inspiring’ Mobo Awards founder Kanya King

  05-06-2026 17:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  King died peacefully on June 3 aged 57, following a ‘courageous’ battle with colon cancer.
  
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• Emotional Katie Taylor gears up for last fight in ‘cathedral of Irish sport’

  05-06-2026 17:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Irish boxer will take on Frenchwoman Flora Pili on September 5 at Croke Park.
  
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• Pictures: Buffy star Anthony Head who spiced up 1980s coffee ads

  05-06-2026 17:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 72-year-old’s career stretched from West End musicals and television adverts to pantomime, comedy and supernatural drama.
  
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• ‘Distressing’ case of Briton jailed in India needs swift resolution, says Cooper

  05-06-2026 17:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jagtar Singh Johal, 39, was arrested by Indian authorities in 2017 just weeks after his wedding in the country, and has been detained ever since.
  
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• Teenagers found guilty of murdering 16-year-old on beach

  05-06-2026 17:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kayden Moy, 16, died following the incident in Irvine, North Ayrshire, in May 2025.
  
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• People of Aberdeen have asked me to save ‘dying’ city, says Badenoch

  05-06-2026 17:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Voters in the Aberdeen South Westminster seat will go to the polls for a by-election on June 18.
  
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• London Tube strikes: RMT says no more walkouts planned for now ahead of talks next week

  05-06-2026 16:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  TfL and RMT will meet next week for further talks centred on TfL’s four-day working week proposal
  
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• Lady Pamela Hicks, bridesmaid to Queen Elizabeth II, dies aged 97

  05-06-2026 16:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  In a social media post, designer and former fashion model India Hicks said her mother died ‘peacefully’ on Friday.
  
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• ‘Miscarriage of justice’ rapist Paul Quinn jailed for 21 years

  05-06-2026 16:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Quinn finally faced justice 23 years after the sex attack for which Andrew Malkinson was wrongly convicted.
  
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• Moment police car flips onto side during central London chase

  05-06-2026 16:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police vehicle overturned on Stamford Street in Waterloo during pursuit
  
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• Teenagers found guilty of the murder of Kayden Moy on Irvine beach

  05-06-2026 16:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 16-year-old died following the incident on May 17 2025.
  
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• Labour infighting a ‘distraction’ from serious issues, Starmer warns

  05-06-2026 16:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham, Labour’s candidate in the Makerfield by-election, and Wes Streeting have said they would stand if a leadership challenge is triggered.
  
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• Two teenagers guilty of murdering 16-year-old on beach

  05-06-2026 15:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kayden Moy died following the incident on Irvine beach on May 17 2025.
  
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