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• Decision in Harry’s legal action against Mail publisher expected

  01-07-2026 16:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  The duke is one of seven household names involved in the case against Associated Newspapers over allegations of unlawful information-gathering.
  
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• Government ‘will change immigration Bill’ in attempt to deport grooming leader

  13-07-2026 22:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Home Secretary announced she would change the Immigration and Asylum Bill to remove a section which would prevent Ahmed being deported.
  
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• Murder investigation after man stabbed to death in Hackney

  13-07-2026 21:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police were called to an address on Downs Park Road at around 1.42pm on Monday following reports of a stabbing
  
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• Murder investigation launched after three found dead in Ballymena family home

  13-07-2026 21:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  A PSNI spokesperson said the three people were related and were found inside the property.
  
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• TfL and GLA top UK local authority debt list with combined £20bn borrowing

  13-07-2026 21:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  New analysis from the TaxPayers’ Alliance shows TfL holds almost £14 billion of the record high total £155 billion of local authority debt in the UK
  
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• Harry copies parenting tip learnt from Diana with Archie and Lilibet

  13-07-2026 21:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Duke of Sussex appeared on the Joe Marler Will See You Now podcast.
  
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• Burnham will be next prime minister after 349 MPs back him for Labour leadership

  13-07-2026 20:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  While almost 80% of the Parliamentary Labour Party formally nominated Mr Burnham last week, extra endorsements on Monday took him over the line.
  
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• Will there be a bank holiday if England win the World Cup? Likely day-off date emerges

  13-07-2026 20:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  The most likely date for the national day off is understood to be Friday, July 24
  
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• Police hunt two women after Liverpool Street station assault

  13-07-2026 19:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  A woman was reportedly attacked at ticket barriers at the Underground station at around 11.30pm on Friday July 3
  
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• Andrew’s Royal Lodge lease and subletting offered ‘value for money’, MPs told

  13-07-2026 19:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former duke received an undisclosed private income from subletting three cottages on his Royal Lodge estate while paying a peppercorn rent.
  
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• Six-week hosepipe ban for parts of Ireland

  13-07-2026 19:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  A high temperature advisory is in place nationwide until Friday.
  
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• West London mum 'sexually assaulted by man in temporary accommodation'

  13-07-2026 19:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kelly Butler, 38, says the man tried to grab and kiss her in the Chiswick Travelodge
  
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• Blunt-force trauma caused death of mother and children in home

  13-07-2026 19:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Triple murder suspect Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma has been remanded in custody after appearing at Johannesburg Magistrates’ Court.
  
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• Ministers consider bank holiday if England wins World Cup

  13-07-2026 19:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  The most likely date for the national day off is understood to be Friday, July 24
  
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• London’s last barbecue-friendly parks announce bans amid 'extreme' wildfire threat

  13-07-2026 19:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  A London Council has been forced to ‘close its barbecue season’ as the London Fire Brigade upgrade the risk of wildfires in the capital
  
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• Ann Widdecombe murder suspect ‘not known to anti-terror Prevent programme’

  13-07-2026 18:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Counter-terrorism police are now leading the investigation into the former Conservative minister’s death after they said new evidence came to light.
  
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• Two more blazes tear through London outdoor spaces amid 'extreme' wildfires warning

  13-07-2026 18:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Gardens and area of grassland destroyed as hot weather increases risk of serious fires in London
  
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• Trump move to levy 20% toll on Strait of Hormuz shipping ‘economic extortion’

  13-07-2026 18:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  The US president sparked outrage as he claimed charging a fee is a ‘matter of fairness’ to cover the cost of providing security.
  
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• UK joins 90 billion euro EU loan to Ukraine

  13-07-2026 17:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  The loan is intended to help cover Kyiv’s most urgent defence and budgetary needs in 2026 and 2027.
  
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• Women in politics ‘experience challenges’ in security, Jenny Gilruth says

  13-07-2026 17:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Scottish Deputy First Minister spoke on the issue in the wake of former Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe’s death.
  
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• Trump says US will levy 20% toll for safe passage through Strait of Hormuz

  13-07-2026 17:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Insisting that the vital waterway is ‘open’, the president also says the blockade of Iranian ports will be reimposed.
  
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• Exclusive: Full scale of Walthamstow fire devastation revealed as blaze guts home and destroys gardens

  13-07-2026 17:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Footage and images from the scene in east London show destruction caused by blaze with home, gardens and outbuildings lost
  
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• Heatwave fuels 19 wildfires across UK as more health warnings issued

  13-07-2026 17:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Emergency services are currently dealing with 19 wildfire incidents in England and Wales as the Met Office forecasts highs of 33C.
  
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• Fact check: Widely shared video of Nigel Farage is from 2024 general election

  13-07-2026 17:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mr Farage’s clothes in the clip are different from those he wore when paying tribute to Ann Widdecombe.
  
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• Wildfire alert: Create firebreaks around gardens to protect your homes, Londoners told

  13-07-2026 17:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Cut back long grass, shrubs and trees, fire chiefs advise as capital hit by unprecedented heatwaves and major blazes
  
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• Trump says US will charge ships for safe passage through Strait of Hormuz

  13-07-2026 17:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Insisting that the vital waterway is ‘open’, the president also says the blockade of Iranian ports will be reimposed.
  
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• Intel’s five billion-euro investment not an ‘outlier’, says Taoiseach

  13-07-2026 16:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Micheál Martin spoke to the media as the chip company announced the capital investment project in Co Kildare.
  
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• MP 'groped women at London's Groucho club', court hears

  13-07-2026 16:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Patrick Spencer, the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, is accused of drunkenly coming up behind the women and putting his arms around them
  
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• Orange Order chief says Northern Ireland should not be left in ‘European limbo’

  13-07-2026 16:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Harold Henning called for the region to be ‘respected as a truly integral part of the United Kingdom’ after Brexit.
  
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• Man pleads guilty to the murder of his mother in Newham

  13-07-2026 16:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Richard Clayton admitted strangling his mother in their east London home
  
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