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• Details of PM Andy Burnham’s meetings with Man City released

  12-10-2026 17:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  As Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham had a series of contacts with City’s owner and staff.
  
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• London beauty spot to shut for Bonfire night and New Year amid public safety fears

  16-10-2026 20:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  Primrose Hill will be closed overnight, following two two fatal stabbings in the past three years
  
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• Watch robbery gang jailed after businessman feared for his life in Mayfair mugging

  16-10-2026 20:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  A judge says luxury watch thefts are a ‘blight’ on London after the trio violently stole a £137,000 timepiece from a visiting entrepreneur
  
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• Moped rider, 51, killed in east London crash as motorist arrested

  16-10-2026 20:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Paramedics attended and declared the moped rider, 51, dead at the scene
  
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• Major London Tube station could be forced to close for a year over crumbling escalators

  16-10-2026 20:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Angel in Islington, which sees almost 12 million passengers a year, may be shut by TfL while it replaces the station's crumbling escalators
  
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• Calls for Reform councillors in TV expose to be ousted from London council

  16-10-2026 19:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Cross-party criticism after two Reform councillors caught on camera discussing doing things voters ‘feel uncomfortable with’
  
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• UK Government not ‘actively looking to save Palestinian lives’, says SNP MP

  16-10-2026 19:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lara Bird appeared at an event with former first minister Humza Yousaf at the SNP conference.
  
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• Princess Royal unveils restored Guards Memorial at centenary ceremony

  16-10-2026 19:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  The rededication marked 100 years since the memorial was unveiled to commemorate guardsmen who died in the First World War.
  
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• Gatwick mid-air flight emergency as phone charger bursts into flames injuring passenger

  16-10-2026 19:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  British Airways flight returns to Gatwick Airport after terrifying mid-air incident
  
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• Burnham acting like ‘the first prime minister of England’, says Gilruth

  16-10-2026 19:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Scottish Deputy First Minister hit out as she urged the Labour leader to permit a second independence vote.
  
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• Met officer who climbed into sleeping colleague's bed jailed for sexual assault

  16-10-2026 18:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sijanta Thapa showed ‘absolutely no remorse’ after assaulting a fellow officer who had offered him a place to stay
  
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• No woman will be turned away from fund offering help to flee abuse, Gilruth vows

  16-10-2026 18:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Deputy First Minister announced that a scheme giving financial help to women leaving abusive relationships will have its funding cap lifted.
  
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• ‘Wales’s oldest man’ recommends fish and chip diet as he nears 107th birthday

  16-10-2026 17:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Owen Filer has been presented with a commemorative shield by SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.
  
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• Government settles out of court after challenge by sacked Foreign Office chief

  16-10-2026 17:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Olly Robbins had requested a judicial review over his sacking, after he was removed as the top civil servant at the Foreign Office.
  
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• Medical records of tiger victim inappropriately accessed, ambulance service says

  16-10-2026 17:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust said it has launched an investigation.
  
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• Rockstar Games president Houser did not ‘scream’ at anyone, tribunal told

  16-10-2026 17:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Grand Theft Auto developer’s head of licensing Jennifer Kolbe rejected the allegation from a lawyer representing sacked workers.
  
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• Gatwick plane passenger suffers burns as power bank bursts into flames mid-flight

  16-10-2026 17:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  British Airways flight returns to Gatwick Airport after terrifying mid-air incident
  
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• How to get London NYE fireworks tickets: Release dates, prices, and viewing zones

  16-10-2026 17:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tickets for the highly-coveted New Year event sell out fast every year
  
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• Empty west London Vue cinema to become 11-court padel centre after council approval

  16-10-2026 16:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Former multiplex to be transformed into sports venue as councillors back plans to revitalise empty site
  
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• Police Scotland sergeant who raped two women jailed for 12 years

  16-10-2026 16:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  A judge said Campbell Petrie had caused ‘deep and enduring psychological harm’.
  
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• Move beyond constitutional questions, says Burnham in Scotland visit

  16-10-2026 16:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister visited Scotland on Friday.
  
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• London Ambulance crews face sexual abuse ‘almost daily’ as shocking footage reveals

  16-10-2026 16:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Paramedics reveal shocking scale of sexual abuse from patients
  
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• Family of toddler who fell to death in Cyprus say ‘consequences’ will never end

  16-10-2026 16:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  The two-year-old died after he fell from the fourth-floor window of the five-star King Evelthon Beach Hotel and Resort in Chlorakas on July 12.
  
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• Gangs steal £1 million of luxury watches in London's West End every month, police reveal

  16-10-2026 16:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Victims are being punched, kicked and threatened with knives as organised gangs target wealthy diners and visitors
  
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• Russell Brand became ‘wild-eyed maniac’ as he tried to pull woman into toilet, jury told

  16-10-2026 15:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Former MTV worker tells court she had to wrench herself free from the comedian
  
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• Mansion tax leaves £2m-plus homes half as likely to sell, report claims

  16-10-2026 15:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  New figures suggest London's prime property market has cooled sharply since the introduction of Labour's controversial mansion tax.
  
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• Fact check: Employment rate and Labour’s asylum hotels record

  16-10-2026 14:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  Round-up of fact checks from the last few days compiled by Full Fact.
  
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• Russell Brand was ‘wild-eyed maniac’ who tried to drag TV worker into toilet

  16-10-2026 14:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  A woman said Brand grabbed her arm and pleaded with her to join him in the men’s toilet as she pulled back and managed to ‘wrench’ herself free.
  
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• PM offers Scotland more powers in bid to move past ‘old politics of conflict’

  16-10-2026 14:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham said he wanted to offer a new model of ‘regional, economic empowerment’ during a trip north of the border.
  
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• Kate commissions new research into nature benefits for babies and children

  16-10-2026 14:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Princess of Wales has long championed the benefits of experiencing nature for wellbeing, especially during cancer journey.
  
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