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• Fact check: Small boat deaths and fake image of Andy Burnham running

  07-08-2026 18:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Round-up of fact checks from the last few days compiled by Full Fact.
  
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• Scottish couple refused bail by Sydney court over ketamine seizure

  27-08-2026 15:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Demi McDaid, 23, and her partner Jack Farrelly, 30, both from Edinburgh, were arrested at the end of June.
  
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• Wetherspoons pub in south London could be turned into bingo hall

  27-08-2026 15:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Kentish Drovers on Peckham High Street has been up for sale since July of last year
  
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• Andy Burnham to meet political leaders during first visit to NI as PM

  27-08-2026 15:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mr Burnham is in Belfast in the latest part of his cost-of-living tour of the UK.
  
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• First ‘parent strike’ sees protests held in call for more support

  27-08-2026 15:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Events in Edinburgh and Glasgow took place alongside gatherings in other cities around the UK on Thursday.
  
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• Millions of passengers' details at London Stansted accessed by hackers in huge cyber attack on UK airports

  27-08-2026 14:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Passengers from Manchester Airport and East Midlands Airport have also been hit in the attack
  
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• 'Click, don't pick': Influencers urged to leave mushrooms in Epping Forest alone

  27-08-2026 14:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  The City of London Corporation is warning against the illegal picking and disturbing of mushrooms
  
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• Huge drop in skilled worker visas as Britain spends £4.36bn on asylum seeker costs

  27-08-2026 14:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  There were 235,000 work visas granted, including dependants, in the year ending June 2026 - an 18% drop on the previous 12 months and 62% fewer than in 20
  
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• Diane Abbott and Sadiq Khan slam homophobic attacks on Wes Streeting as first openly gay Defence Secretary

  27-08-2026 14:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘Attacking him for his sexuality is ignorant, prejudiced and unacceptable,’ says London Labour MP Ms Abbott
  
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• Al Fayed survivors tackle Met Police on investigation after submission to CPS

  27-08-2026 14:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Survivor group No One Above said the submission is ‘a start’ but called on the Met to look into recruitment, movement and financing.
  
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• Princes Street to reopen on Saturday after July blaze

  27-08-2026 13:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Trams will be able to run their full route once again.
  
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• Diane Abbott slams homophobic attacks on Wes Streeting since appointment as first openly gay Defence Secretary

  27-08-2026 13:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘Attacking him for his sexuality is ignorant, prejudiced and unacceptable,’ says London Labour MP Ms Abbott
  
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• 8.7 million customers’ data accessed in cyberattack against three UK airports

  27-08-2026 13:54 via standard.co.uk
  
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• Boy, 15, charged with murder after teenager, 17, stabbed to death at London council HQ

  27-08-2026 13:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 15-year-old appeared in court on Thursday accused of murder and possession of a knife after David Wynter, 17, stabbed to death at Brent Civic Centre
  
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• Dozens of homes damaged by flooding as heatwaves make way for thunderstorms

  27-08-2026 13:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two yellow warnings for thunderstorms are in place on Thursday and overnight into Friday.
  
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• Number of asylum seekers living in hotels halved

  27-08-2026 13:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  The total had climbed as high as 56,018 at the end of September 2023.
  
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• BBC confirms Top Gear is coming back four years after Andrew Flintoff crash

  27-08-2026 13:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  The BBC’s director of entertainment Ed Havard confirmed the news at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Thursday.
  
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• Londoners rejoice at heavy rain finally arriving - even as it hits morning commute

  27-08-2026 12:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The downpours on Thursday have been a welcome reprieve after weeks of dry weather and scorching temperatures
  
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• Wales and Scotland should consider mayoral devolution, Burnham suggests

  27-08-2026 12:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister also said Wales’s appeals to get control over the Crown Estate will be ‘given a fair hearing’.
  
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• Vehicle hits wall outside house minutes away from A66 crash and fatal house fire

  27-08-2026 12:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating the damage at a property on Steele Crescent, South Bank, in the early hours of Thursday morning.
  
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• Londoners rejoice at heavy rain finally arriving - even as it hits morning commuters

  27-08-2026 12:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  The downpours on Thursday have been a welcome reprieve after weeks of blistering heat
  
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• Rise in salmonella cases linked to imported eggs

  27-08-2026 11:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Officials reiterated that babies, young children, pregnant women and older people should only eat thoroughly cooked eggs in restaurants and cafes.
  
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• Researchers hail new approach to protecting potato crops from costly diseases

  27-08-2026 11:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  A company has been formed to spin out an approach which tackles harmful bacteria in potato crops.
  
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• UK offers £5 million to Nepal following country’s devastating flash floods

  27-08-2026 11:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham said an offer had also been made for emergency responders to head to the region.
  
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• Inquests opened for two police officers killed in A66 crash

  27-08-2026 11:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  In short, consecutive hearings, coroner Paul Appleton said Pc Matthew Blades was identified by his wife, and Pc Tom Clough by his partner.
  
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• Harlequins snap up Zimbabwe winger Sigauke

  27-08-2026 11:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Harlequins sign Zimbabwe's "real handful" of a winger Edward Sigauke, who will join the club next week.
  
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• Full list of seats Labour could lose in London to Reform, Tory and Green surge, according to new poll

  27-08-2026 11:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  City’s political map set to be transformed by fragmentation of British politics
  
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• Tenant who illegally rented out council flat near Buckingham Palace ordered to repay nearly £500,000

  27-08-2026 11:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Saeed Yasin Hosseini was handed the flat in a Pimlico red-brick mansion block after misleading Westminster City Council about his circumstances
  
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• Number of asylum seekers in hotels down 50%

  27-08-2026 11:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  The total had climbed as high as 56,018 at the end of September 2023.
  
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• Dramatic videos show Met Police e-bike chases as force expands fleet in crackdown on phone theft

  27-08-2026 10:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  The unit has expanded its e-bike fleet to catch criminals in places that would be inaccessible by car
  
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