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• Collapse fears over long-running subsidence issues

  21-10-2026 07:10 via BBC News
  
  Residents say they have experienced years of cracks in their homes and bricks coming loose.
  
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• Lib Dems accuse Farage of ‘shoving’ MP, after Reform leader spoke of altercation

  29-10-2026 11:43 via The Standard News
  
  Lib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper made the claim after Mr Farage said he had skipped John Healey’s Budget to avoid a possible ‘physical altercation’.
  
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• North London council failed vulnerable woman before she died in hotel, inquest finds

  29-10-2026 11:38 via The Standard News
  
  Mother-of-two Colleen Madden, 31, was ‘let down’ by a chain of missed opportunities before dying alone in a hotel, a coroner concluded
  
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• UK Government will stand by funding for carbon capture project – minister

  29-10-2026 11:20 via The Standard News
  
  Chief Secretary to the Treasury Emma Reynolds spoke out amid concerns over funding for the Acorn project in Scotland’s north east.
  
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• Household energy debt write-off scheme planned for early next year

  29-10-2026 11:11 via The Standard News
  
  The Debt Relief Scheme will provide targeted support to households to clear debt and arrears built up during the energy crisis between 2022 and 2024.
  
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• Mapped: How many homes will get £100 energy bill payments in your London borough?

  29-10-2026 10:46 via The Standard News
  
  Around 53% of London's 3.6 million households will be eligible for the scheme
  
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• Terrifying moment knifeman carries out 'rampage' on London train shown to trial jury

  29-10-2026 10:38 via The Standard News
  
  Jurors were played a CCTV clip of passenger Stephen Crean trying to wrestle a knife from Anthony Williams
  
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• Healey warns of more ‘hard decisions’ and departmental spending cuts

  29-10-2026 10:17 via The Standard News
  
  The Chancellor said Cabinet colleagues would have to exert more ‘fiscal discipline’ going into next year’s spending review.
  
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• Russian crown jewel from Romanov dynasty could fetch £1.5m at auction

  29-10-2026 10:00 via The Standard News
  
  The Romanov Sapphire has a documented history that places it among the most important surviving gemstones associated with the Russian imperial court.
  
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• Horrifying moment man throws petrol bomb at migrant hotel in north London

  29-10-2026 08:48 via The Standard News
  
  CCTV shows moment Mark Neville threw a petrol bomb towards the migrant hotel in Islington
  
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• Andy Burnham: My 'London Deal' with Sadiq Khan to fire up the city

  29-10-2026 08:27 via The Standard News
  
  Exclusive: ‘There’s still so much untapped potential’ in capital, says PM
  
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• International trains stopping at second major London station gets green light from Chancellor

  29-10-2026 07:39 via The Standard News
  
  Chancellor backs Lord Khan’s £20 million scheme for cross-Channel trains
  
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• Will the Budget make you better or worse off? Check our calculator

  29-10-2026 07:26 via The Standard News
  
  Work out whether you will be a net winner or loser from John Healey’s Budget
  
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• Who are London's biggest winners and losers in Chancellor John Healey's Budget?

  29-10-2026 07:19 via The Standard News
  
  Banks are hit as Lord Sadiq Khan gets new powers to boost transport network
  
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• Budget 2026: Key points announced by Chancellor John Healey from energy bills to devolution

  29-10-2026 07:17 via The Standard News
  
  Chancellor John Healey delivers his speech amid rising inflation and dire public finances
  
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• Charles to mark milestone in British-Guyana relations as state visit rolls on

  29-10-2026 03:54 via The Standard News
  
  The King arrives in Guyana from the Bahamas, where he spent a busy two days.
  
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• DUP party officers to meet amid ongoing fall-out over Drumcree dispute

  29-10-2026 03:45 via The Standard News
  
  The party leadership has been resisting calls to collapse the NI Executive as police probe Michelle O’Neill’s role in an allegedly unlawful protest.
  
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• Sara Cox holds on to Radio 2 breakfast listeners

  29-10-2026 01:01 via The Standard News
  
  Radio 2 remains the most listened-to station in the UK.
  
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• Sale of nicotine products to under-18s banned in Scotland

  29-10-2026 01:01 via The Standard News
  
  The new rules extend to other forms of nicotine, such as pouches, strips or pearls.
  
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• Douglas Stuart’s John Of John among contenders for Waterstones Book Of The Year

  29-10-2026 01:01 via The Standard News
  
  Stuart will face competition from Patrick Radden Keefe’s London Falling, which is also shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for non-fiction.
  
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• Five biggest bombshells as Russell Brand gives evidence in rape trial

  28-10-2026 23:30 via The Standard News
  
  Brand, who is on trial accused of rape and sexual assault, took the stand for over four hours on Wednesday
  
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• Train attacker asked passenger ‘do you want to die?’ during rampage, court told

  28-10-2026 22:38 via The Standard News
  
  Jurors at Cambridge Crown Court were played a CCTV clip of passenger Stephen Crean trying to wrestle a knife from Anthony Williams.
  
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• Charles shakes maracas and joins dancers in carnival parade

  28-10-2026 21:59 via The Standard News
  
  The King was treated to a vibrant and colourful demonstration of Bahamas’ Junkanoo festival.
  
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• Bank taxes to rise by less than some feared to help fund ‘breathing space’

  28-10-2026 21:42 via The Standard News
  
  Banks will pay an extra 3% on the corporation tax surcharge from January, and for 15 months.
  
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• Donald Trump warned BBC libel case could be dismissed unless he releases records

  28-10-2026 21:17 via The Standard News
  
  A failure by the US president to produce the relevant files by a set deadline could result in sanctions, says a Florida judge.
  
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• Travel chaos in central London as casualty on tracks causes severe Tube disruption

  28-10-2026 21:14 via The Standard News
  
  Several Tube lines were part suspended due to the incident around the evening rush hour
  
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• Treasury urged to investigate possible Budget leak after 'tax report moved markets'

  28-10-2026 21:00 via The Standard News
  
  Dame Meg Hillier has called for answers after a news report predicting a Budget tax change appeared before the Chancellor addressed Parliament
  
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• Liverpool Street station lift to close for three months in major overhaul

  28-10-2026 20:26 via The Standard News
  
  Passengers who rely on step-free access will face longer journeys while Network Rail refurbishes Liverpool Street's only passenger lift
  
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• Budget 2026 LIVE: Treasury urged to investigate possible tax leak as Healey unveils plan

  28-10-2026 20:22 via The Standard News
  
  London Mayor Sadiq Khan to get ‘radical’ new devolution powers as John Healey delivered his first Budget
  
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• Charles tickled by boxing club’s T-shirt depicting him as king of the ring

  28-10-2026 19:58 via The Standard News
  
  The King was immortalised on black T-shirts, complete with crown, gloves, shorts, and a boxing belt, worn by young fighters and their head coach.
  
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