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• Fact check: Immigration falling under Labour and fake Makerfield image

  12-06-2026 15:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  A round-up of fact checks from the last few days compiled by Full Fact.
  
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• NHS faces ‘triple whammy’ during resident doctor walkout

  13-06-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The walkout starts on Monday morning and will end on Friday June 19 at 6.59am.
  
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• NHS braces for ‘triple whammy’ as resident doctors confirm four-day walkout

  13-06-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Resident doctors in England are set to stage another four-day walkout from 7am on Monday
  
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• Labour facing ‘summer of discontent’ with Starmer ‘in limbo’, claims SNP

  13-06-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Dave Doogan was speaking in the wake of the latest ministerial departures from the UK Government.
  
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• A million events was never in the plan, says parkrun founder as milestone nears

  13-06-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The first runner to participate in 1,000 parkruns, Darren Wood, reached the number last month.
  
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• Rose Neill pays tribute to ‘hard-working and happy team at UTV’ after MBE honour

  12-06-2026 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Neill has been a presence on TV screens across Northern Ireland for more than four decades.
  
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• Noughts And Crosses author Malorie Blackman made dame for services to literature

  12-06-2026 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  She has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours.
  
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• Leading voice in research into ending violence against women and girls made MBE

  12-06-2026 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ulster University researcher Dr Susan Lagdon said it was a tremendous honour to be recognised.
  
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• King's Birthday Honours list 2026: Full list of people to receive a Knighthood, MBE, OBE CBE or other title

  12-06-2026 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The full list of everyone who has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honour’s 2026
  
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• Kevin Sinfield, Helen Mirren and Lionesses lead King’s Birthday Honours

  12-06-2026 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Six members of the England Women’s football team honoured
  
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• Dame Helen Mirren made Companion of Honour in King’s Birthday Honours

  12-06-2026 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 80-year old English actress was recognised for her services to drama.
  
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• Author Julia Donaldson issues plea for more libraries as she is made dame

  12-06-2026 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The writer of The Gruffalo and hundreds of other books is recognised for services to literature.
  
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• Harry Styles' setlist from night one at Wembley

  12-06-2026 23:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Here’s the full setlist from night one of Harry Styles at Wembley
  
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• Harry Styles sets Wembley ablaze on opening night of 12-show run

  12-06-2026 23:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Fans descend on Wembley for the opening night of the London leg of Harry Styles’ Together, Together tour
  
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• More than 100 protesters arrested outside court as hundreds demonstrate before Palestine Action activists jailed

  12-06-2026 20:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Dozens arrested ahead of sentencing of four activists who destroyed equipment at an Israel-based defence firm’s factory
  
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• Starmer and Martin discuss functioning of Common Travel Area

  12-06-2026 20:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  The two leaders spoke on the phone on Friday.
  
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• Sadiq Khan joins condemnation of Great Israeli Real Estate event in London

  12-06-2026 20:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Campaigners have accused the property roadshow of promoting the sale of land in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank
  
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• Woman in court charged with hate crime after Greenock protest

  12-06-2026 20:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  Anti-immigration demonstrations have been held in several places across Scotland this week after Monday’s stabbing in north Belfast.
  
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• No drinking tonight, jokes King to Grenadier Guards ahead of Trooping the Colour

  12-06-2026 19:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Charles praised the guardsmen in his role as the regiment’s Colonel-in-Chief when he visited his King’s Company at Lille Barracks in Aldershot.
  
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• London council meeting descends into chaos amid claims cats being beheaded in local park

  12-06-2026 19:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  Bexley councillors were discussing controversial plans for a new Go Ape adventure playground in Danson Park when the extraordinary allegations were made
  
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• King and Queen ‘greatly saddened’ by death of artist David Hockney

  12-06-2026 19:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Charles called him a ‘giant of the world of art and painting’ and remembered his yellow Crocs worn to a Buckingham Palace reception.
  
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• Support schemes stymied by ‘dysfunctional dynamic’ between governments – charity

  12-06-2026 19:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said many areas of Scotland are missing out on support from the UK Government’s Pride in Place Programme.
  
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• Group of men armed with bats 'fight over Pokemon cards' outside London Smyths toy store

  12-06-2026 19:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  Fighting broke out as people queued for the new Pokémon 'Prismatic Evolution' trading card pack, according to reports
  
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• Police warn of ‘zero-tolerance’ approach if disorder flares again in NI

  12-06-2026 19:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The PSNI appealed for calm ahead of further protests planned for the region.
  
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• Grenfell memorial will 'honour Londoners', designers say nine years after tragedy

  12-06-2026 18:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jonathan Hagos, director at architectural firm Freehaus, said survivors, bereaved families and the community must be at the heart of the project
  
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• Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX mega float

  12-06-2026 18:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  His fortune has been boosted by the sky-high valuation of his rocket and artificial intelligence firm SpaceX on its stock market debut.
  
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• Station ban: Moment abusive passenger on London rail service jumps on the line after threats and tirade

  12-06-2026 18:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘I'll find out where you live, mate,’ the man swiped at one railway staff member
  
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• Jeffrey Donaldson accused of telling ‘sinful and deceitful lies’ as cross-examination ends

  12-06-2026 17:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former MP and DUP leader was cross-examined over two days in Newry Crown Court.
  
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• Woman tells court of ‘chaos’ on Parnell Square after attack in 2023

  12-06-2026 17:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  The woman became ‘very emotional’ as she described the scene on Parnell Square East after the incident in Dublin.
  
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• ‘Extremely cool’ that everyone is talking about Haiti and Scotland, says writer

  12-06-2026 17:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  Haitian Leilani Taneus-Miller has lived in Scotland for more than a decade.
  
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