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• Early prisoner release scheme expands despite alarm over reoffending

  13-10-2026 07:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  The programme enters its second wave this week as ministers try to tackle overcrowding prisons
  
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• Katie Price returns to court to continue evidence in ex-husband’s rape trial

  13-10-2026 11:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  On Monday, she told the court she was ‘really shocked’ by the allegations.
  
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• When will the mild London weather end? Temperatures to tumble within days

  13-10-2026 11:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Warm weather has once again enveloped London - but it’s not going to last
  
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• Rejecting Rosebank and Jackdaw could cost UK economy £10.8 billion, report warns

  13-10-2026 10:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Adura, the company behind both projects, commissioned new research on their impact for the UK.
  
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• Central London e-bike hire crackdown sees thousands of fines issued for bad parking

  13-10-2026 10:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Surge in fines for e-bike hire operators as Westminster clamps down on irresponsible dockless bike parking
  
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• Yorkshire Wildlife Park to remain closed for fourth day after fatal tiger attack

  13-10-2026 10:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  A health and safety investigation has been launched into the incident at the Doncaster attraction
  
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• London mother 'suffers concussion, spinal spasms and whiplash' after ceiling in council house collapses

  13-10-2026 09:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  A mother was left with serious injuries after the ceiling of her council house where she lives with her three-year-old daughter collapsed
  
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• 'Illegal and disgusting:' Defence minister slams Robert Jenrick's suggestion Royal Navy should shoot migrant boats in Channel

  13-10-2026 09:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Defence Minister Luke Pollard described the remarks as ‘illegal and disgusting’
  
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• Foreign Secretary Miliband urges support for Ukraine’s Zelensky

  13-10-2026 09:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ed Miliband called for a halt to Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
  
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• Breaking Bad stars ‘heartbroken’ over death of RJ Mitte at 34

  13-10-2026 09:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  The actor shot to fame as the son of Bryan Cranston’s character Walter White.
  
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• 'Bombarded by lies': London MPs rage against Brexit as Sadiq Khan leads growing calls to rejoin EU

  13-10-2026 09:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Quitting the European Union has been ‘an unmitigated disaster and has left us poorer as a result,’ says Marsha De Cordova , Labour MP for Battersea
  
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• Princess Eugenie shares video of husband with baby daughter on eighth wedding anniversary

  13-10-2026 08:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Eugenie and husband Jack Brooksbank welcomed their third child, Adelaide Elizabeth Annina Brooksbank, in August
  
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• Fatalities reported in Waterford fire

  13-10-2026 08:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Emergency services are at the scene.
  
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• TFG London: Cyberattack hits UK fashion brands Hobbs, Whistles and Phase Eight

  13-10-2026 08:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  IT systems at Phase Eight, Hobbs and Whistles were knocked out by the incident, according to parent company TFG London
  
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• Hobbs and Whistles owner struck by cyber attack

  13-10-2026 08:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Foschini Group said some of its websites have been impacted, but added there is ‘no reason to believe that payment information is at risk’.
  
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• London railway crossing shut after children 'play chicken' with trains and do handstands on tracks

  13-10-2026 08:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Brickfields level crossing near Upminster will remain closed until action has been taken to address the issue, Network Rail said
  
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• TFG London: Cyberattack hits parent company of UK fashion brands Hobbs, Whistles and Phase Eight

  13-10-2026 08:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  IT systems at Phase Eight, Hobbs and Whistles were knocked out by the incident, according to parent company TFG London
  
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• Bryan Cranston in ‘deep despair’ over death of Breaking Bad co-star RJ Mitte

  13-10-2026 06:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 34-year-old’s death was announced by his representatives on Monday, according to reports.
  
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• Princess Eugenie shares new video of baby daughter on eighth wedding anniversary

  13-10-2026 04:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Eugenie and husband Jack Brooksbank welcomed their third child, Adelaide Elizabeth Annina Brooksbank, on August 3 in Lisbon, Portugal.
  
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• Parole hearing to resume for mother of Baby P after almost a year’s pause

  13-10-2026 03:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tracey Connelly was jailed at the Old Bailey in 2009 for causing or allowing the death of her 17-month-old son Peter at their home in north London.
  
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• Miliband urges need to stand with Ukraine as Trump has fresh dig at Zelensky

  13-10-2026 01:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  The US president claims Vladimir Putin, who started the conflict, wants a peace deal more than the leader of the Kyiv government.
  
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• Triple lock backing not political, claims Swinney as he recommits to policy

  13-10-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The First Minister has voiced strong opposition to the changes proposed by Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
  
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• Teams face months in Antarctica on mission to save base from climate change

  13-10-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) is in year two of its three year mission to conserve Britain’s first permanent scientific base there.
  
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• Midwives win £750,000 settlement over nitrous oxide exposure

  13-10-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The compound is the main component in gas and air, widely used for pain relief in labour.
  
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• Inquest to be held into death of murdered Sheffield schoolboy Harvey Willgoose

  13-10-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Harvey, 15, was stabbed to death in front of horrified children and teachers at All Saints Catholic High School
  
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• Harry and Meghan to visit youth group in first joint engagement since UK return

  13-10-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The couple are set to visit Nottingham on Thursday.
  
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• Burnham breaking cost-of-living promises as mortgages rise, SNP says

  13-10-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Nats urged the Prime Minister to go further and support homeowners facing higher mortgage bills.
  
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• Burnham accused of ‘unpicking’ Brexit deal as date set for UK-EU summit

  13-10-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The summit will take place in Brussels on November 20.
  
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• Most young people in London with mental health disorder ‘don’t receive a diagnosis’ - study

  13-10-2026 00:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  The new study, published by experts at King’s College London examined data on young people in south London
  
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• Burnham to use key UK-EU summit next month to seek new post-Brexit deals

  12-10-2026 23:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Andy Burnham told MPs it would be a ‘dereliction of duty’ not to seek deeper partnership with the EU.
  
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