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• DCC Energy to go private after agreeing £5.75 billion takeover

  27-07-2026 10:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  DCC joins an ever-growing list of FTSE companies to have been bought and taken private in recent months.
  
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• Pictures of 28 more people released as probe into Celtic fan disorder continues

  28-07-2026 13:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two officers were seriously injured as thousands of Celtic fans celebrated their club’s Premiership title win in May.
  
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• First look at planned Harrods makeover of west London street

  28-07-2026 13:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Images released of planned transformation of Knightsbridge shopping destination
  
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• Royal Parks staff take precautions as the UK braces for scorching conditions

  28-07-2026 13:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  The organisation looks after eight parks and other public green spaces in London.
  
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• Sexual abuse victims ‘exhausted’ by fears over early release scheme

  28-07-2026 13:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch sat alongside campaigners as she called for emergency laws to ensure abusers are not released early.
  
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• Mapped: 'Exceptionally high' wildfires threat facing London this week as temperatures to hit 33C

  28-07-2026 13:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  An interactive map shows the exact areas where wildfires are expected to be most severe in London
  
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• Unilever hails best sales in more than a decade ahead of food business spin-off

  28-07-2026 12:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  The group has upped its annual sales outlook after a strong first half.
  
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• Woman says horrors at Robert Bush’s funeral parlour made her think of Auschwitz

  28-07-2026 12:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Bush, 48, is to be sentenced for 67 offences spanning 12 years and affecting hundreds of victims.
  
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• Andy Burnham tax rises: How new Prime Minister has set his sights on London for Treasury cash grab

  28-07-2026 12:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former Greater Manchester Mayor has suggested some Londoners should pay more in council tax
  
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• Glasgow to double as Gotham City once again

  28-07-2026 12:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Filming for The Batman: Part II is expected to begin in August.
  
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• Andy Burnham commits to cutting Neets numbers but declines to set a date

  28-07-2026 11:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister unveiled reforms to put technical pathways on an equal footing with traditional academic routes.
  
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• Full list of Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurants closing in and around London

  28-07-2026 11:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  See the full list of restaurants closing in London and the surrounding area
  
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• Naga Munchetty to leave BBC Breakfast after 17 years for radio role

  28-07-2026 11:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  She will host the breakfast show on BBC Radio 5 Live from January 2027.
  
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• Polanski image row prompts call for politicians to be ‘careful’ on social media

  28-07-2026 11:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Minister Pat McFadden told Sky News people could ‘make mistakes’ and it was for the police to decide if any action was needed.
  
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• Hebridean salt marsh shows sea level changes over last 2,500 years

  28-07-2026 10:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Scientists said the relative sea level at Gress on the Isle of Lewis has risen by 1.2m over the last 2,500 years.
  
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• Pictured: Richard Hammond caught speeding in his Porsche and Bentley as ex-Top Gear presenter gets court fine

  28-07-2026 10:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ex-Top Gear presenter fined £999 for speeding while driving luxury cars
  
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• Michael Marra to stand in Scottish Labour leadership race

  28-07-2026 10:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The MSP becomes the second person to join the race after Monica Lennon.
  
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• Richard Hammond convicted of speeding in Bentley and Porsche

  28-07-2026 09:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  The presenter was driving a Porsche when he broke the speed limit on December 2 last year, and was caught again 20 days later while driving a Bentley.
  
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• Andy Burnham 'death tax': Minister leaves door open to 10% levy on inheritances to tackle social care crisis

  28-07-2026 09:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  The new Prime Minister has long pledged to improve the nation’s social care system
  
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• Schools to offer pupils technical subjects from age 14 under Burnham reforms

  28-07-2026 09:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  The new Prime Minister said a shake-up is needed to to fix the ‘youth unemployment crisis’.
  
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• Ofcom proposes blocking Openreach new customer deal over competition concerns

  28-07-2026 09:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  The telecoms watchdog said it provisionally found Openreach’s new customer offer was
  
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• Andy Burnham 'death tax': Minister leaves door open to 10% levy on all inheritances to tackle social care crisis

  28-07-2026 09:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  The new Prime Minister has long pledged to improve the nation’s social care system
  
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• Shop price inflation slows amid warnings of pressures on the horizon

  28-07-2026 09:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Shop prices are now 0.9% higher than a year ago, down from June’s 1.2%, according to British Retail Consortium (BRC)-NIQ figures.
  
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• 'We want to bring Suzy home': London cold case squad in race against time to find missing Suzy Lamplugh

  28-07-2026 08:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 25-year-old estate agent left her Fulham office in 1986 and never returned
  
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• EasyJet flight release day: Budget airline drops millions of cheap seats for summer 2027

  28-07-2026 08:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Around 14 million seats are being released for sale
  
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• EasyJet flight release day: Budget airline drops millions of cheap seats

  28-07-2026 08:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  Around 14 million seats are being released for sale
  
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• Graeme Garden remembers Bill Oddie as a rebel who challenged the ‘status quo’

  28-07-2026 08:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  The wildlife presenter, who found fame in the 1970s as a member of comic trio The Goodies, died on Saturday, aged 85.
  
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• London travel LIVE: Major Tube line hit by severe delays as passengers are given hot weather warning

  28-07-2026 07:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Train passengers are being warned of potential delays due to the hot weather
  
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• Dermot Murnaghan’s death hit friend and fellow broadcaster ‘like ton of bricks’

  28-07-2026 03:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former Eggheads quiz show host died aged 68 following a period of illness with prostate cancer.
  
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• Martin and Merz to hold talks in Dublin

  28-07-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Taoiseach said he will use the meeting with the German Chancellor to express solidarity with the victims of the weekend attack in Berlin.
  
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