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• City Hall defends Sadiq Khan's gaming push despite screen time warnings

  24-06-2026 12:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Mayor of London last week announced his goal for the city to be the global capital of organised video gaming
  
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• Wimbledon qualifying suspended as extreme heat 'wreaks havoc'

  24-06-2026 16:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Electronic Line Calling (ELC) system fails due to power outage amid soaring temperatures at Roehampton
  
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• Thursday set to be hottest day of week in Ireland with temperatures up to 31C

  24-06-2026 16:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  The outlook into the weekend projected showers or some longer outbreaks of rain on Friday and Saturday.
  
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• Cost of London attractions, cinemas and kids meals to be slashed from Thursday

  24-06-2026 16:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the Great British Summer Savings measure to help ease cost of living pressures
  
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• Sadiq Khan feels heat over Tube air con 'failure' as temperatures soar towards 40C

  24-06-2026 16:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  No new air conditioned trains have been introduced on the London Underground since 2017
  
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• London heatwave LIVE: Temperature hits 34.5C as capital under rare red 'risk to life' warning

  24-06-2026 16:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  London shuts up shop as heatwave intensifies with schools and offices closing amid ‘do not travel’ warnings - latest updates
  
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• Keir Starmer bats away criticism of front and backbenchers in PMQs bout

  24-06-2026 16:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle interrupted the leaders’ Wednesday session and urged them to choose their words carefully.
  
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• Gordon Brown urges inquiry into Fifa’s ‘extortionate’ World Cup ticket prices

  24-06-2026 15:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former prime minister said ordinary fans are being ‘priced out’.
  
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• Britain’s electricity grid operator issues system warning due to extreme heat

  24-06-2026 15:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  The National Energy System Operator has made a rare summer call out for more power
  
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• Scotland records hottest day of year as travel disruption warnings issued

  24-06-2026 15:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  A temperature of 29C was recorded at Dyce on Tuesday.
  
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• London heatwave LIVE: Temperature hits 34.2C as capital under rare red 'risk to life' warning

  24-06-2026 15:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  London shuts up shop as heatwave intensifies with schools and offices closing amid ‘do not travel’ warnings - latest updates
  
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• Irish government failure to pass files to legacy body ‘extremely frustrating’

  24-06-2026 15:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Declan Morgan, the chief commissioner of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR), made the claim to MPs.
  
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• Greggs shuts London shops as capital bakes in 37C heatwave

  24-06-2026 15:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Bakery chain announces drastic move as London swelter in heatwave
  
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• Rapper guilty of YouTube personality’s murder at Epping music video shoot

  24-06-2026 15:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  The victim Stephen Morrisson, known as Zero Ls, was fatally stabbed in Epping, Essex, six years ago
  
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• Disruption as temperature records set to tumble in red warning heatwave

  24-06-2026 14:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Temperatures are expected to peak at 37C on Wednesday and 38C on Thursday and Friday.
  
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• London heatwave LIVE: Temperature hits 33C as capital under rare red 'risk to life' warning

  24-06-2026 14:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  London shuts up shop as heatwave intensifies with schools and offices closing amid ‘do not travel’ warnings - latest updates
  
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• BBC must adapt to the world around us, says director-general

  24-06-2026 14:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Matt Brittin, who succeeded Tim Davie in the role last month, was speaking after an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on Wednesday.
  
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• Starmer bats away criticism of front and backbenchers in PMQs bout

  24-06-2026 14:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle interrupted the leaders’ Wednesday session and urged them to choose their words carefully.
  
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• Burnham looms large at PMQs: Badenoch mocks Starmer for Labour axing him for 'pair of eyelashes and a T-shirt'

  24-06-2026 14:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  SKETCH: Tory leader Mrs Badenoch tears into Sir Keir’s Cabinet ministers after his resignation
  
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• Transcript reveals moment police discovered Henry Nowak had been stabbed

  24-06-2026 14:31 via standard.co.uk
  
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• Faslane can ‘expect investment’ when defence plans finally published, MPs told

  24-06-2026 14:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Defence readiness minister Luke Pollard said that ‘massive investment’ was needed at the base that houses the UK’s nuclear submarines.
  
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• Train driver who died in Bedford crash went through red signal, investigators reveal

  24-06-2026 14:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Interim report finds Shaun Burton’s train went past a red signal near the scene of the crash in Elstow, near Bedford, at 5.15pm on Friday
  
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• Train driver killed in Bedford crash passed red signal, investigators say

  24-06-2026 14:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Shaun Burton, 60, died when the East Midlands Railway train he was driving hit the back of a stationary train run by the same operator.
  
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• Shocking moment car mounts pavement and ploughs into London pedestrians injuring six

  24-06-2026 14:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Six injured in the incident which left people running for cover in panic
  
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• Statistics rebuke for Badenoch over ‘inaccuracy’ of welfare claim

  24-06-2026 13:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The UK Statistics Authority urged the Tory leader to ‘consider how best to clarify’ the statement.
  
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• New Smithfield and Billingsgate market site to open by 2029

  24-06-2026 13:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  The historic markets are expected to relocate to a single facility on Albert Island in Newham within three years
  
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• Extreme heat warnings extended as sweltering temperatures grip parts of UK

  24-06-2026 13:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Wednesday and Thursday’s red warning has been extended to cover the south coast, with new amber warnings issued for Friday and Saturday.
  
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• Women say contraceptive jab complications ‘life-changing’ at MSP meeting

  24-06-2026 13:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Pfizer’s Depo-Provera has been previously linked to an increased risk of a type of brain tumour.
  
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• London train breaks down during heatwave forcing 200 passengers to be evacuated along railway track

  24-06-2026 13:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than 200 passengers were left stuck on the Great Northern train for around two hours
  
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• Polanski says he is open to working with Burnham-led Government

  24-06-2026 13:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  But the Green Party leader caveated his answer, amid reports Mr Burnham is sounding out the direction Labour could take under his stewardship.
  
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