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• Future 'looking quite bleak' for market cafe

  26-07-2026 09:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Maria's Market Cafe has been a fixture at Borough Market since 1961, but its lease is set to expire.
  
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• Pro-Palestine activist spared jail after scaling Big Ben in 17-hour protest

  27-07-2026 18:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  A pro-Palestine protester who caused serious disruption by climbing Big Ben and sitting on the London landmark for 17 hours has been given a suspended prison sentence.
  
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• ‘Very moving’ farewell for Scots D-Day veteran on funeral day

  27-07-2026 18:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jim Glennie was just 18 when he landed on Sword Beach as part of the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944.
  
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• King’s right-hand man Sir Clive Alderton to step down

  27-07-2026 17:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  The royal aide played a pivotal royal in ensuring the smooth transition of the then Prince of Wales to his role as King.
  
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• East London post office closure sends residents reeling

  27-07-2026 17:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Over 1,600 people have signed the petition to reopen Broadway Market Post Office amid an alleged dispute between the beloved operators and their landlord
  
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• ‘The dream is realised’ for Mayo as fans gear up for historic homecoming

  27-07-2026 17:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  The team’s triumph against Kerry in the men’s senior football final at Dublin’s Croke Park on Sunday finally ended one of sport’s most famous curses.
  
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• Zelensky visit sends ‘clear message’ of support for Ukraine – Burnham

  27-07-2026 17:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister said it was ‘no accident’ the the Ukrainian president was his first international visitor since entering No 10.
  
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• Kate Humble: Bill Oddie made the natural world everybody’s world

  27-07-2026 16:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  He presented Springwatch for three years from 2005.
  
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• Majority of losses clawed back after former Nasa scientist defrauded investors

  27-07-2026 16:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  John Burford was sentenced to two years in prison last year after admitting to defrauding more than 100 investors.
  
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• Land Value Tax: what is Andy Burnham's new property tax and how would it affect Londoners?

  27-07-2026 16:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham talked about reforming property tax if he were to come to power. But what are his plans and how would they work?
  
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• Police inspector charged with two counts of rape and one of GBH

  27-07-2026 16:46 via standard.co.uk
  
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• CCTV shows moment convicted rapist runs off while being led from court

  27-07-2026 16:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  Aaron Strachan was found and apprehended soon afterwards.
  
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• London council ‘failed’ to provide a carer assessment to struggling mother

  27-07-2026 16:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  The council has since apologised to the woman and reviewed and improved its complaints handling in response to the failings
  
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• 'Very strong' tide caused Essex beach deaths, says father of London boy, 7, fighting for life

  27-07-2026 16:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  Shahin Ahmed releases statement as his seven-year-old son, Musa, fights for life
  
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• Glasgow protest ‘demonstration of far-right hatred’, says Swinney

  27-07-2026 16:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police said 15 arrests had been made with more expected.
  
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• TfL prices hikes are being wiped out by fare dodgers - costing London £165million a year

  27-07-2026 15:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  TfL raised fares in March across their bus, Underground and overground networks to maintain and improve services - but the costs of fare evasion are matching the saving
  
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• 'Burnham bounce' sees Labour leapfrog Nigel Farage's Reform into first place, according to new poll

  27-07-2026 15:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Support for Labour jumps four points in just days, according to a More in Common survey
  
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• Five people die in water tragedies within a few hours amid hot weather

  27-07-2026 15:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Three women and two men have died in separate tragedies in Newquay, West Wittering and Loch Fyne
  
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• V&A museum staff to vote on strike action over heatwave conditions and pay

  27-07-2026 15:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Workers are forbidden from drinking and carrying water, even during the heatwave
  
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• Woman and man charged in relation to bomb at Irish border remanded in custody

  27-07-2026 15:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Isobella Perrie Sullivan was remanded in custody until August 7, and Simon O’Donovan was remanded until October 5.
  
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• Threat of France-style wildfires 'on our doorstep,' warns Sadiq Khan as London faces 'exceptional' risk this week

  27-07-2026 15:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  The capital faces a ‘perfect storm’ of rising temperatures, parched land and lower humidity
  
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• Mayo set for homecoming for the ages after history-making all-Ireland win

  27-07-2026 14:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  The victory for the county’s men’s Gaelic football team ended one of sport’s best-known ‘curses’.
  
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• Fujitsu allowed to bid for Government contracts despite Horizon fallout

  27-07-2026 14:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of subpostmasters were wrongfully convicted of stealing between 1999 and 2015 after failures linked to Fujitsu’s Horizon IT system.
  
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• Heat health alerts raised as fourth heatwave of the summer looms

  27-07-2026 14:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Rain over the weekend provided little or no relief in many areas still facing continuing hot weather.
  
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• Police launch CCTV appeal after sexual assault in Islington

  27-07-2026 13:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  The attacker was stopped by two heroic bystanders - who police are also looking to speak to
  
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• Blow for Spurs as planning permission for new women's training facility is overturned by High Court

  27-07-2026 13:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  High Court judge dismisses Enfield Council’s planning permission for the project in Whitewebbs Park
  
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• Lack of engagement from IS supporter who stabbed garda ‘disappointing’ – judge

  27-07-2026 13:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sentencing for Abdullah Khan has been repeatedly pushed owing to delays.
  
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• Woman accused of transporting bomb across Ireland remanded with consent to bail

  27-07-2026 13:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  Isobella Perrie Sullivan appeared via videolink before Monaghan District Court on Monday morning
  
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• Oil prices fall back sharply on renewed Iran war ceasefire hopes

  27-07-2026 13:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The cost of benchmark Brent crude dropped 8% to 87.55 US dollars a barrel at one stage in ongoing heightened volatility in oil and gas markets.
  
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• Care worker sentenced for sending degrading Snapchat images of dementia patients

  27-07-2026 13:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  The judge told Ciara Corvan, 28, that she had failed in her duty to treat patients with dignity and respect.
  
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