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• Concerns over HMP Wandsworth's heating failures

  21-10-2026 07:08 via BBC News
  
  Temperatures at the 170-year-old Category B Victorian prison can fall as low as 12C.
  
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• Swinney calls for ‘substantial support’ with energy bills in UK Budget

  28-10-2026 01:01 via The Standard News
  
  Scottish First Minister John Swinney spoke out ahead of Chancellor John Healey’s first UK Budget on Wednesday.
  
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• PM urged to deliver ‘meaningful help’ in Budget instead of ‘showboating’

  28-10-2026 01:01 via The Standard News
  
  The SNP’s Westminster economy spokesperson Kirsty Blackman called for action from the Prime Minister to help families in the cost-of-living crisis.
  
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• Commission wrong to allow Drumcree parade, according to narrow majority in poll

  28-10-2026 01:01 via The Standard News
  
  The research also found a narrow majority believe Secretary of State Sir Chris Bryant was right to ban the parade.
  
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• King acknowledges ‘great suffering of the past’ during visit to Caribbean

  28-10-2026 00:46 via The Standard News
  
  Charles began his tour of the region in the Bahamas, where he arrived to a ceremonial welcome and attended a youth parade.
  
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• Majority of responses to consultation on smoking Bill ‘generated by AI bots’

  28-10-2026 00:30 via The Standard News
  
  The responses were ‘overwhelmingly targeted’ at opposing plans to restrict the sale of disposable vapes.
  
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• Baked beans and bottled water sell out after government stockpiling advice

  27-10-2026 23:41 via The Standard News
  
  The government has warned the public to prepare for shortages in case of cyber attacks and extreme weather
  
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• US embassy worker accused over child abuse images is senior air force officer

  27-10-2026 22:46 via The Standard News
  
  The removal of Lt Col Michael Morris has led to renewed concerns over the US authorities ignoring the UK’s legal jurisdiction.
  
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• TfL mistakes official poster for illegal flyposting amid 'disgusting' allegations

  27-10-2026 21:52 via The Standard News
  
  The DfT confirmed that the poster is meant to show a balding man with a suspicious package in his jacket
  
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• Overground line hit by week of disruption after freight train derails

  27-10-2026 21:50 via The Standard News
  
  The part closure comes after a freight train derailed near Barking, with emergency repair work being carried out by Network Rail
  
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• King to acknowledge ‘great suffering of the past’ during visit to Caribbean

  27-10-2026 21:48 via The Standard News
  
  Charles began his tour of the region in the Bahamas, where he arrived to a ceremonial welcome and will attend a youth parade.
  
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• What is the polar vortex and how will it affect London's weather this winter?

  27-10-2026 21:25 via The Standard News
  
  The polar vortex safely confines the most extreme Arctic conditions to the northernmost parts of the globe
  
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• London drivers are issued ULEZ penalty notices every 19 seconds, latest data reveals

  27-10-2026 20:00 via The Standard News
  
  Over 1.6 million penalty charge notices (PCNs) were issued in the last financial year, according to TfL’s own data
  
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• Coastal communities told to remain vigilant for floods as wind warnings lifted

  27-10-2026 20:00 via The Standard News
  
  The latest yellow wind warning was lifted early on Tuesday.
  
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• ‘Uncork the Gauke’ phrase an accolade, former Tory minister says

  27-10-2026 19:57 via The Standard News
  
  The catchphrase was used in Westminster when Sir David, who served in the Treasury, was sent out to defend policy changes and tackle media flare-ups.
  
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• Brown family has no ‘faith or trust’ in ICRIR

  27-10-2026 19:38 via The Standard News
  
  The family of murdered GAA club chairman Sean Brown does not have ‘any faith or trust’ in a Troubles information recovery body.
  
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• Russell Brand claimed 'very promiscuous past' was 'unfavourably reframed', rape trial hears

  27-10-2026 19:19 via The Standard News
  
  Brand described an intense celebrity lifestyle that included kissing hundreds of fans in public, having sex in toilets, and abruptly cutting off encounters
  
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• Budget 2026: How Chancellor could deliver for London by backing big transport projects

  27-10-2026 19:13 via The Standard News
  
  Business chiefs say Lord Sadiq Khan should be given new powers to fund major schemes such as the West London Orbital and Bakerloo line extension
  
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• Andrew Tate probe faces fresh scrutiny over handling of ‘indecent child images’

  27-10-2026 18:57 via The Standard News
  
  The conduct of Hertfordshire detectives is in the spotlight over the seizure of devices at the influencer’s UK home in 2015.
  
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• Budget 2026: Chancellor promises Sadiq Khan 'radical devolution of power' to fire up London

  27-10-2026 18:48 via The Standard News
  
  John Healey urged by bosses to champion the capital to boost the economy
  
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• Teenage boy arrested after 14-year-old stabbed in north London

  27-10-2026 18:41 via The Standard News
  
  Bus services were diverted after the teen was stabbed in Finsbury Park on Monday evening
  
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• Judgment reserved in Government appeal to Supreme Court over Sean Brown inquiry

  27-10-2026 17:53 via The Standard News
  
  The Northern Ireland Secretary is attempting to overturn a decision by the Appeal Court in Belfast forcing to order a public inquiry into the death.
  
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• West London councillor pleads not guilty to fraud

  27-10-2026 17:31 via The Standard News
  
  The councillor lost the Labour whip after being charged over claims linked to a role at a religious charity
  
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• Can e-bike hire geofencing stop cyclists breaking Oxford Street traffic ban rules?

  27-10-2026 17:25 via The Standard News
  
  E-bike firms say technology is in place to curb riders cycling through Oxford Street's new pedestrianised zone, but riders are still breaking rules
  
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• Arise Sir Harry? London MPs lead calls for Kane knighthood after Ballon d'Or triumph

  27-10-2026 17:02 via The Standard News
  
  Speculation spirals over a knighthood for Harry Kane after he became the first Englishman in 25 years to win the coveted Ballon d'Or
  
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• Why aren’t Met Police or TfL fining cyclists breaking Oxford Street pedestrianisation rules?

  27-10-2026 16:51 via The Standard News
  
  The Standard counted 51 cyclists riding through the pedestrianised zone this morning, but there was no sign of anyone being fined
  
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• Russell Brand told police ‘very promiscuous’ celebrity life ‘reframed’ as rape

  27-10-2026 16:51 via The Standard News
  
  The comedian, now 51, was quizzed by police four times between November 2023 and July 2025.
  
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• Council blasted for rewarding 'distinctly average' bin collection service with £150m contract extension

  27-10-2026 16:43 via The Standard News
  
  The Liberal Democrats said the waste collection firm’s performance was ‘simply not good enough’
  
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• RAF Fairford ‘plot co-ordinated by handler working on behalf of Iran’

  27-10-2026 16:32 via The Standard News
  
  Mohmed Abdulkarim, 24, and Nouman Essghir, 24, both appeared in court on Tuesday charged under the National Security Act 2023.
  
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• Developer given permission to build 15 homes on east London green belt

  27-10-2026 16:22 via The Standard News
  
  Planning officers said the row of houses would ‘not cause substantial harm’ to the protected buffer zone
  
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