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• How and why do we name storms?

  24-10-2026 13:08 via The Standard News
  
  In 2015 the Met Office launched a scheme inviting the public to suggest names for storms.
  
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• Budget 2026: Biggest winners and losers in London

  28-10-2026 19:37 via The Standard News
  
  Banks are hit as Lord Sadiq Khan gets new powers to boost transport network
  
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• What is the national minimum wage and how much is it going up after the Budget?

  28-10-2026 19:26 via The Standard News
  
  The increase announced by Chancellor John Healey will mean a pay rise for around 2.3 million workers across the UK
  
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• All the London transport projects that will be unlocked by new powers for Sadiq Khan in the Budget

  28-10-2026 19:17 via The Standard News
  
  New devolved powers announced in the Budget are set to unlock billions of pounds for four major London transport projects
  
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• London’s Christmas lights switch-on: Key locations and dates

  28-10-2026 19:09 via The Standard News
  
  From Oxford Street to Covent Garden, here's when London's most magical festive displays will light up the capital
  
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• Leicester Square ice rink deal sparks row over 'privatised' public space

  28-10-2026 18:59 via The Standard News
  
  Local businesses complain one of London's most famous public spaces is increasingly being closed off for commercial events
  
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• King honours fallen troops in solemn start to second day of Caribbean tour

  28-10-2026 18:19 via The Standard News
  
  Charles also inspected soldiers from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force during his visit to the Bahamas.
  
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• Hundreds of homes across Scotland still without power after Storm Boelo damage

  28-10-2026 18:11 via The Standard News
  
  Southern Electricity Networks said 620 homes across Scotland were still affected by power outages.
  
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• Tour de France bosses honoured for role in bringing Grand Depart to Edinburgh

  28-10-2026 18:10 via The Standard News
  
  Christian Prudhomme and Paul Bush both received honorary degrees from Edinburgh Napier University.
  
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• Budget 2026 calculator: How will John Healey's statement affect you?

  28-10-2026 18:04 via The Standard News
  
  Our calculator will help you to work out whether you will be better or worse off due to the measures announced in this year’s Budget
  
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• Budget boost for London's small pubs and breweries – but pint prices increase

  28-10-2026 18:00 via The Standard News
  
  Punters will see a ‘better choice of beers at the bar’ following Budget reforms, according to brewers
  
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• Scottish Government to pass on £100 energy bill payment

  28-10-2026 17:53 via The Standard News
  
  Scotland’s Deputy First Minister said the Budget represented a ‘real terms cut’ to Scotland’s coffers.
  
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• Northern Ireland to miss out on further funding if budget not agreed – Bryant

  28-10-2026 17:52 via The Standard News
  
  An additional £270 million is set to come to Stormont through Barnett consequentials following the UK Budget announcement.
  
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• Lambeth estates saved from demolition after decade of uncertainty

  28-10-2026 17:49 via The Standard News
  
  Residents of two south London estates have won a long-running battle after redevelopment plans were formally scrapped.
  
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• Annual cash Isa limit will remain at £20,000 after plans for cut overturned

  28-10-2026 17:47 via The Standard News
  
  Chancellor John Healey unveiled plans for a new ‘starter Isa’ in the Budget.
  
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• Swinney accused of ‘lying’ and ‘scaremongering’ with pensions comments

  28-10-2026 17:44 via The Standard News
  
  UK Government pensions minister Torsten Bell said the Scottish First Minister was ‘trying for cheap political points to scare pensioners’.
  
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• Budget at a glance: What has John Healey announced?

  28-10-2026 17:37 via The Standard News
  
  The Chancellor has set out his tax and spending plans.
  
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• West London borough to remove all dog poo bins to save £160,000

  28-10-2026 17:36 via The Standard News
  
  Around 700 dog poo bins were deemed ‘no longer necessary’ - despite over 170 tonnes of dog waste collected in the borough each year.
  
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• Investment summit and boost to AI research hub among Budget measures for NI

  28-10-2026 17:21 via The Standard News
  
  The Stormont Executive is also to receive an additional £270 million through the Barnett formula.
  
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• 'Life is much harder now': Westminster cabbies feel impact of Oxford Street traffic ban

  28-10-2026 17:19 via The Standard News
  
  London's youngest black-cab driver says journeys are already taking longer after Oxford Street was pedestrianised
  
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• John O’Dowd interviewed over Garvaghy Road protest as investigation continues

  28-10-2026 16:57 via The Standard News
  
  The Sinn Fein minister described the demonstration in Portadown as a ‘peaceful protest’.
  
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• Tommy Robinson could face up to 10 years in jail for harassing journalists

  28-10-2026 16:54 via The Standard News
  
  Jurors at Southwark Crown Court found the far-right activist guilty on both charges of harassment causing fear of violence.
  
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• We want to bring hope and reconciliation, Northern Ireland clerics say

  28-10-2026 16:51 via The Standard News
  
  Dean of Enniskillen the Very Rev Kenneth Hall and the Rt Rev Monsignor Peter O’Reilly work in two churches located on the same street.
  
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• Burnham tells ministers to avoid backing specific EU options after crunch summit

  28-10-2026 16:41 via The Standard News
  
  Ministers will be expected to avoid public backing specific options for future UK-EU relationsip, the Prime Minister said.
  
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• Council tax bands: Two million Londoners to get £100 energy bills payment - do you qualify?

  28-10-2026 16:30 via The Standard News
  
  Around 53% of London's 3.6 million households will be eligible for the scheme
  
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• Tommy Robinson could face jail for harassing two Daily Mail journalists

  28-10-2026 16:26 via The Standard News
  
  Robinson previously pleaded not guilty to both charges of harassment causing fear of violence.
  
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• Three men jailed for ‘ferocious’ attack on football fan after Old Firm derby

  28-10-2026 16:13 via The Standard News
  
  A police drone monitoring the dispersal of fans from Ibrox stadium captured the entirety of the attack on March 8.
  
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• Budget 2026 LIVE: Full details and reaction as Chancellor John Healey announces tax and spending plans

  28-10-2026 16:11 via The Standard News
  
  London Mayor Sadiq Khan to get ‘radical’ new devolution powers under Chancellor’s Budget
  
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• Tommy Robinson guilty of harassing Daily Mail journalists

  28-10-2026 15:48 via The Standard News
  
  Far-right activist was convicted of targeting two journalists after hiring private investigators to uncover their addresses, a court heard
  
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• Marra urges Scottish Government to pass on UK energy bill payment

  28-10-2026 15:47 via The Standard News
  
  The Chancellor pledged £100 for millions of households in England, with the devolved nations to receive ‘their share’.
  
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