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• Employee dismissed from GTA developer believes workers were put on ‘watch list’

  11-09-2026 15:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  A group of former employees of Rockstar North are claiming they were unfairly dismissed for trade union activities.
  
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• Seven teenagers and man, 21, arrested for attempted murder over 'machete fight' on London high street

  11-09-2026 21:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Three boys aged 14 to 17 among four stabbed in ‘altercation’ at KFC in Bromley High Street
  
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• Trump ‘ready to open his arms but also ready to go head to head’, says son

  11-09-2026 19:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  Eric Trump said he does not expect his father’s meeting with Irish president Catherine Connolly to ‘go off the rails’.
  
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• Fall of assisted dying Bill ‘heartbreaking’ for some but welcomed by opponents

  11-09-2026 19:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Andy Burnham did not vote, having already confirmed he would abstain so as not to ‘unduly influence the debate’.
  
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• Baker ordered to leave Borough Market for being 'too successful' wants public apology: 'Say it was a mistake'

  11-09-2026 19:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Owner Matthew Jones told The Standard his business was being kicked out of the famous London market due to ‘tall poppy syndrome’
  
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• David Lammy 'preparing to run for Mayor of London if Sadiq Khan steps down'

  11-09-2026 19:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour party sources say former deputy PM would like another run at City Hall if Lord Khan does not run for a fourth term
  
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• How did your London MP vote on the assisted dying bill? Vote shows split in capital's politicians

  11-09-2026 19:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  The breakdown of the vote on the narrowly defeated assisted dying legislation shows how split London MPs are over the issue. See how your MP voted in our list
  
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• How did your London MP vote on the assisted dying bill? Vote shows how split capital's politicians were

  11-09-2026 18:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  The breakdown of the vote on the narrowly defeated assisted dying legislation shows how split London MPs are over the issue. See how your MP voted in our list
  
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• Protesters wearing face coverings could be arrested at weekend protests – police

  11-09-2026 18:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hampshire Police said it will use the new tactic under the Crime and Policing Act to ‘allow peaceful protest and prevent violence’.
  
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• Polanski says Jackdaw ‘outrage’ could boost Greens in by-election

  11-09-2026 18:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Zack Polanski said the Holborn and St Pancras constituency was more concerned than most about the climate crisis.
  
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• Londoner admits encouraging another man to sexually assault his sleeping wife

  11-09-2026 17:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Darren Conway , from Enfield, was part of asick online forum which shared abuse images
  
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• Sewage leak on railway track causes Overground and Tube disruption

  11-09-2026 16:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  A leak on the railway line at Watford High Street caused a partial suspension of the Overground’s Lioness line
  
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• Premier League’s £10m to stay frozen as police probe ex-fantasy football partner

  11-09-2026 16:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sorare.com had a licence deal to release digital cards of Premier League players as part of its free-to-play online fantasy football game.
  
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• Brick Lane data centre plan 'could be halted if council uses power to seize land'

  11-09-2026 16:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Campaigners against data centre off Brick Lane say the council should use compulsory purchase powers to block development
  
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• ‘Get him in and out quickly’: Clare locals divided ahead of Trump’s Ireland trip

  11-09-2026 16:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  There are a number of protests planned under the ‘No Welcome for Trump banner’ in Dublin as well as in Doonbeg and at Shannon airport.
  
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• Burnham ‘knows he would lose’ a vote on Scottish independence, Gilruth says

  11-09-2026 16:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Scottish Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth said the Prime Minister was ‘scared’ to agree a mechanism for a second independence vote.
  
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• MPs reject attempt to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales

  11-09-2026 15:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  The draft legislation had proposed allowing adults, with fewer than six months to live, to apply for an assisted death.
  
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• Assisted dying bill rejected by MPs in knife-edge Commons vote

  11-09-2026 15:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  MPs have rejected a draft law to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales by 270 votes for to 286 against
  
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• Judge receives victim impact reports ahead of sentencing of Jeffrey Donaldson

  11-09-2026 15:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former DUP leader was convicted earlier this year of a string of sex offences.
  
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• Who are the candidates for the Holborn and St Pancras by-election?

  11-09-2026 15:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour and the Greens have both selected their candidates in the race to take over Sir Keir’s Holborn and St Pancras seat
  
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• John Swinney backs calls for whisky duty cut

  11-09-2026 15:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  The First Minister met with the Scotch Whisky Association on Friday.
  
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• Disgraced surgeon Eljamel performed several wrong site surgeries, inquiry told

  11-09-2026 15:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  A public inquiry is taking place after patients of the neurosurgeon raised concerns that he had harmed as many as 200 people.
  
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• 24% annual jump in sales of basic phones recorded by buy now pay later provider

  11-09-2026 15:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  Clearpay said its ‘dumbphone’ sales figures indicate a shift in how families are considering online access on mobile phones.
  
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• Strike action hitting St Pancras trains suspended after progress on East Midlands Railway safety dispute talks

  11-09-2026 15:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  RMT members had been due to walk out next Wednesday and Thursday but the strikes have been called off
  
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• Tiny urn containing ‘human ashes’ lost on train between London and Aberdeen

  11-09-2026 15:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police are trying to find the rightful owners of the small red urn.
  
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• Hamas praise of Israeli sanctions shows Ed Miliband made wrong choice – Badenoch

  11-09-2026 15:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Foreign Secretary earlier this week announced the UK would sanction goods from Israeli settlements in the Palestinian West Bank.
  
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• Kate makes surprise visit to London's Royal Marsden Hospital to thank staff for cancer treatment

  11-09-2026 15:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Princess of Wales praised the ‘incredible’ cancer care she received at the Royal Marsden in a surprise visit on Friday
  
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• Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum: Stitch by thrilling stitch, this story goes the whole 70 yards

  11-09-2026 15:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Bayeux Tapestry’s here — and it’s wonderful, says Melanie McDonagh
  
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• Bromley stabbing LIVE: Seven teenagers and man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after high street 'machete fight'

  11-09-2026 15:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Latest updates as police say four stabbed among eight arrested after Bromley High Street attack, with 21-year-old no longer fighting for life
  
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• Sadiq Khan tourist tax row erupts as Cabinet minister says it could fund London public transport

  11-09-2026 14:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Heidi Alexander says using millions raised from the new levy to improve public transport in the capital would be ‘reasonable’
  
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