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• Fulham appoint Arbeloa as Silva's successor

  08-07-2026 01:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fulham appoint Alvaro Arbeloa as their new manager on a three-year contract, succeeding Marco Silva who left for Benfica.
  
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• Fulham FC ads near West London park to remain despite hundreds of objections

  09-07-2026 14:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The banners are just some of 36 advertisements that have been erected in and around Grade II-listed Bishops Park
  
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• OPINION - Labour’s abuse of Parliament must stop

  09-07-2026 14:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham seems just as keen as Keir Starmer to support rapid social and constitutional change proceeding without proper scrutiny, writes Conservative peer Ross Kempsell
  
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• Reform's Robert Jenrick says he has 'co-operated fully' with Met Police probe into £37,000 donation

  09-07-2026 14:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Reform UK Treasury spokesman claimed his former party introduced him to the donor
  
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• Police release e-fit of suspect after woman in her 20s stalked and attacked in Islington

  09-07-2026 14:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  The victim reported that an unknown man approached and attacked her near her home in north London
  
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• King gives ‘very well behaved’ penguin a health check at London Zoo

  09-07-2026 14:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Dozens of penguins, about two feet tall, gathered to greet the royals as the couple approached their enclosure at London Zoo.
  
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• Most popular baby names of 2025 revealed as Olivia tops girls list for 10th year

  09-07-2026 14:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The top three boys names were Muhammad, Noah and Leo, and for girls: Olivia, Lily and Amelia
  
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• Farage concluded he faced ‘stitch-up’ amid probe into £5m gift, Jenrick says

  09-07-2026 13:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Reform UK’s Treasury spokesman likened the process to a ‘kangaroo court.’
  
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• Zack Polanski's Green Party to win astonishing number of London seats at next general election, poll predicts

  09-07-2026 13:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour could be left with just 27 MPs in the capital, according to the new survey
  
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• London Marathon 2027: How do I get a place if I've missed out in ballot?

  09-07-2026 13:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  When will it take place, how many will participate - and what do I do if I fail in the ballot?
  
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• Heat prompts early harvests and hosepipe bans as European record confirmed

  09-07-2026 13:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  The succession of unusually hot spells is causing growing impacts on health, agriculture, water resources, energy, wildfire and transport.
  
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• London Marathon 2027 ballot results: Nearly 1.4million told to check emails as places are confirmed

  09-07-2026 13:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Marathon 2027 ballot results land today - and social media is awash with reaction
  
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• Carol Vorderman leads tributes to Welsh ‘legend’ Bonnie Tyler

  09-07-2026 13:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Total Eclipse Of The Heart singer has died aged 75.
  
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• London Marathon 2027 ballot results: Thousands anxiously wait for email confirming if they've got a place

  09-07-2026 13:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Marathon 2027 ballot results land today - and social media is awash with reaction
  
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• TfL failed to build a single new protected cycle track on road network last year

  09-07-2026 13:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Transport for London Road Network accounts for about five per cent of London’s roads by length and handles about 30 per cent of its traffic
  
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• Historic building in Edinburgh city centre gutted by fire

  09-07-2026 13:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Large parts of Princes Street have been cordoned off.
  
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• Suspected murder of mother and two daughters caused family ‘unimaginable loss’

  09-07-2026 13:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  An international manhunt is underway for Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, 45, who is suspected of killing his wife and two daughters.
  
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• Harry meets WellChild nurse on hospital visit as charity marks key anniversary

  09-07-2026 13:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Duke of Sussex is patron of the organisation which provides vital support to seriously ill children and their families.
  
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• Green Party predicted to win astonishing number of London seats at next general election

  09-07-2026 13:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour could be left with just 27 MPs in the capital, according to the new survey
  
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• Police believe person of interest in murder has left country

  09-07-2026 13:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Irish police believe a person of interest in the murder of an American mother in Co Kerry left the country before her body was discovered.
  
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• Green London councillor apologises for 'coconuts' comment as David Lammy calls out party's 'racist language'

  09-07-2026 13:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘I genuinely apologise for using the term and to anyone I offended, it was not appropriate’ - Hau-Yu Tam
  
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• Lammy: Trump threats over Greenland feel ‘rhetorical not real’

  09-07-2026 13:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  The US president struck a conciliatory tone at the end of the summit in Ankara, Turkey.
  
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• Bow flooding: Hundreds of homes left without water and power in heatwave as main bursts

  09-07-2026 12:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  People rescued from pub as flooding up to a metre deep engulfs area in east London
  
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• Historic building on Edinburgh’s Princes Street gutted by fire

  09-07-2026 12:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Emergency services were called to the old Debenhams building shortly before 3am on Thursday.
  
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• Adult dies of measles as new cases recorded in London

  09-07-2026 12:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than half of the 883 confirmed measles cases reported since the start of the year are in London
  
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• Zack Polanski's Green Party 'to win 21 London seats at next general election' - shock poll

  09-07-2026 12:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour could be left with just 27 MPs in the capital, according to the new survey
  
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• Total Eclipse Of The Heart singer Bonnie Tyler dies aged 75

  09-07-2026 12:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Her family said she died in hospital in Portugal ‘as a result of the illness that she was being treated for’.
  
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• Nominations open among Labour MPs for next leader and prime minister

  09-07-2026 12:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham appears on course for a coronation, as he was the only declared candidate when nominations began on Thursday.
  
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• Spirit of Invictus train launched to mark one-year countdown to Birmingham games

  09-07-2026 12:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Presenter and former Invictus Games competitor JJ Chalmers said he hopes it will help ’empower’ those taking part.
  
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• London Marathon 2027 ballot results: 1.3million hopefuls find out if they're in next year's two-day event

  09-07-2026 12:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  The results of the London Marathon 2027 ballot are being revealed today
  
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