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• Composer George Fenton dies aged 76

  06-10-2026 00:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Fenton died unexpectedly on Monday, CMG management said.
  
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• Sex offender goes on crime spree in London day after early release from prison

  08-10-2026 13:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Criminal committed string of offences within 24 hours of being freed on first day of government’s new early release scheme
  
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• TfL claims backing for £1.5bn DLR extension despite concerns over disruption

  08-10-2026 13:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Transport chiefs say plans for a new tunnelled DLR route between Beckton Riverside and Thamesmead received strong public support
  
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• Navy sailor accused of plotting to leak intelligence to Russia appears in court

  08-10-2026 13:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Teddy Young joined the Navy in April 2024 and was on his first deployment.
  
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• Great Ormond Street Hospital schoolteachers strike outside council offices over sacked colleague

  08-10-2026 13:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kate Williams spent nearly 15 years teaching desperately ill children at Great Ormond Street Hospital until she was dismissed
  
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• Three London sisters drowned off Brighton beach in suicide pact, inquest finds

  08-10-2026 13:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, took their lives after visiting the lake where their mother died 16 years ago
  
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• Hospital schoolteachers strike outside Camden Council over sacked colleague

  08-10-2026 13:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kate Williams spent nearly 15 years teaching desperately ill children at Great Ormond Street Hospital until she was dismissed
  
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• Three sisters pulled from sea off Brighton took their own lives, coroner rules

  08-10-2026 13:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  An inquest heard Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, drowned in May this year.
  
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• Burnham meets Merz for security talks in Berlin

  08-10-2026 13:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The pair are expected to confirm a new UK-Germany joint partnership to counter sabotage, cyber attacks and other threats.
  
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• Husband remanded in custody charged with murder of his royal doctor wife

  08-10-2026 12:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Dr Hannah Cain, 45, was found dead at her address in Fern Hill, Dersingham, in the early hours of October 4.
  
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• London borough leads Parliament Square protest over £102m budget crisis amid council tax fears

  08-10-2026 12:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  The south London town hall is facing a budget blackhole of £102 million driven by the rising demand for social care and temporary accommodation
  
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• What is the XFG Covid variant? Symptoms explained as cases rise in London

  08-10-2026 12:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Numbers of Covid cases and hospitalisations have increased sharply in London in recent weeks
  
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• Taylor Wimpey to stop building homes in London as development ‘reward has evaporated’

  08-10-2026 12:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Taylor Wimpey says rising costs, planning requirements and squeezed profits mean the end of new developments
  
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• Lenders expect credit card defaults to increase in months ahead, survey finds

  08-10-2026 12:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Bank of England’s Credit Conditions Survey found such defaults have already increased in recent months.
  
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• NHS waiting list continues to rise despite record levels of care over summer

  08-10-2026 12:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  An NHS chief has warned of ‘ominous’ signs of winter pressure building on the health service.
  
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• Asos says ‘unauthorised party’ impersonated contact to gain log-in details

  08-10-2026 12:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  Customers received a phone alert on Tuesday saying the retailer had been hacked.
  
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• ASOS confirms personal details were accessed in hack update as retailer issues apology

  08-10-2026 12:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  ASOS confirms unauthorised party gained ‘access to some personal information, including names and contact details’
  
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• Police-recorded religious and race hate crimes hit record high

  08-10-2026 12:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  Religious hate crimes targeting Muslims increased by 15%, while crimes against Jews were up by 10%.
  
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• London drivers can check prices at nearby fuel stations on Google Maps for first time

  08-10-2026 11:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Google Maps is now displaying the price of petrol and diesel when a user searches for a nearby forecourt on the app
  
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• Liverpool vs Man City: Police confirm plan for intense Anfield game

  08-10-2026 11:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sunday’s match is Manchester City’s first since they were found guilty of 114 Premier League charges over financial rule breaches
  
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• Tesco rolls out AI customer assistant following trial

  08-10-2026 11:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  The supermarket said the assistant offered a ‘natural, two-way dialogue to offer inspiration in the form of personalised recipe ideas’.
  
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• Disabled man handed £20k payout from London council after being forced to crawl to the toilet

  08-10-2026 11:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  The man is paralysed from the waist down and could reach the bathroom with his wheelchair — forcing him to crawl across the floor
  
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• North London Labour leader blasts Green 'Zionism is racism' motion as 'irresponsible'

  08-10-2026 11:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former council leader argued the motion would ‘do nothing to bring about peace’
  
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• Man arrested after anti-immigration protest involving masked group in Glasgow

  08-10-2026 10:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  The incident happened on Wednesday evening in the city’s east end.
  
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• East London council issues 'lane rental scheme' in bid to tackle roadworks at busy times

  08-10-2026 10:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  The scheme will be considered by the new Reform cabinet next week
  
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• Holborn and St Pancras by-election LIVE: Voters going to polls as Greens battle Labour in crunch London vote

  08-10-2026 10:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Latest updates as north Londoners go to polls to elect MP to replace Sir Keir Starmer
  
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• When will result of Holborn and St Pancras by-election be announced?

  08-10-2026 10:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Voters are heading to the polls in one of London’s most closely-watched political contests in years - but when will we know who won?
  
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• Holborn and St Pancras by-election: Who are the candidates?

  08-10-2026 10:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour favourite Sagal Abdi-Wali and Green Party leader Zack Polanski are the main contenders in the by-election
  
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• Plan to demolish west London pub and replace it with six-storey apartment block

  08-10-2026 10:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  The pub has been empty since 2024 when its operator went into administration
  
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• Israel says UK consulate in East Jerusalem has ‘ceased to function’

  08-10-2026 09:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband insisted it been downgraded in name only and ‘will continue to deliver vital services’.
  
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