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• Huge BBC show 'faces axe' as broadcaster makes £500million cuts

  25-08-2026 10:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Amid the BBC’s need to save costs and a shift to focus on social media clips and BBC iPlayer, staff are said to be concerned that the show won’t make it
  
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• Person 'stabbed to death at council headquarters' in north London

  25-08-2026 17:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Emergency services scrambled to Brent Civic Centre after stabbing, where person died at the scene
  
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• Romanian fashion designer had £137k diamond-encrusted watch ‘cut from his wrist’ in Mayfair, court told

  25-08-2026 16:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Richard Mille watch worth more than £137,000 was cut from fashion designer Catalin Botezatu’s wrist in Mayfair
  
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• Khan v Cunningham: Shock poll shows Reform in pole position to challenge Labour in London mayor race

  25-08-2026 16:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage’s party may beat the Conservatives in the battle for second place after first choice votes are counted in the next London mayoral contest
  
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• ‘Intense’ thunderstorms could cause travel disruption, Met Office warns

  25-08-2026 16:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  A yellow warning for thunderstorms has been issued from 3am to 10pm on Wednesday across much of England.
  
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• Man, 85, charged after two women sexually assaulted on Northern line

  25-08-2026 15:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  Constantine Fernando, 85, of Deans Gate Close, London, has been charged with two counts of Sexual Assault and two counts of Exposure
  
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• London bus strike begins again as 1,500 drivers walk out over working conditions in heatwaves

  25-08-2026 15:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than 1,500 drivers resume strikes on Tuesday over sweltering conditions in their cabs during the recent heatwaves
  
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• Thousands of homes without water in north London due to burst pipe: 'It's a crazy situation'

  25-08-2026 15:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Several postcodes in north London have reportedly been without water for more than 24 hours
  
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• Mystery stowaway found dead in landing gear of plane at Gatwick Airport

  25-08-2026 15:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  The unidentified man was found within the landing gear compartment of an Air Arabia plane that had arrived from Tangiers
  
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• Five more arrests following horrific A66 crash

  25-08-2026 15:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  It brings the total of arrests to 17 following the horrific crash near Middlesbrough in the early hours of Saturday.
  
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• Thunderstorms threaten to flood homes and disrupt rail services in London

  25-08-2026 14:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  A yellow thunderstorm warning has been issued for London on Wednesday
  
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• A66 crash: Five more people arrested as detectives investigate events before deadly wrong way collision

  25-08-2026 14:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Seven people, including two police officers, were killed in the crash in the early hours of Saturday
  
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• High Court quashes Parades Commission Drumcree determination

  25-08-2026 14:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  The legal challenge to the decision had been brought by a Portadown Orangeman.
  
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• Dead fish wash up at London lake in latest blow to capital's wildlife from heatwaves

  25-08-2026 14:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  Residents spotted the washed up fish carcasses at popular beauty spot Ruislip Lido on Monday
  
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• ‘Brilliant’ woman, 23, found dead in luxury Islington flat named and pictured for first time amid police murder probe

  25-08-2026 13:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  Six people were arrested after 23-year-old Clara Bale was found dead at an upmarket flat in Islington
  
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• King hails bond between Ukraine and UK to mark country’s independence day

  25-08-2026 13:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the monarch for his message and wished him good health.
  
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• Which high street coffee contains the most caffeine? Study shows ‘wild’ difference between Starbucks and Costa

  25-08-2026 13:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  A cappuccino from Costa said to contain as much caffeine as four cans of Red Bull
  
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• 'No option off the table': Minister signals failing Thames Water still faces Government takeover

  25-08-2026 12:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook said that the Government was taking ‘no options off the table’ when it came to Britain’s largest water firm
  
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• French police ran over woman amid rising migrant violence, charity says

  25-08-2026 12:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  British-funded police units have taken an increasingly proactive approach to blocking crossing attempts.
  
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• United Airlines flight forced into emergency landing at Heathrow after Boeing plane suffers problem

  25-08-2026 12:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  The flight was just over two hours into its journey when it was forced to land
  
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• Gatwick travel chaos as van fire bursts into flames on motorway causing huge delays

  25-08-2026 12:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Four miles of congestion hits the approach to the airport leaving holidaymakers facing race to catch flights
  
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• Thunderstorm warning for London as weather alert issued with capital at risk of flooding

  25-08-2026 11:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  A yellow thunderstorm warning has been issued for London
  
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• Boy injured in crocodile enclosure discharged from hospital and back home

  25-08-2026 11:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  The parents of the three-year-old said it was ‘nice to have us all back together in the comfort of our own home’.
  
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• Graeme Dott removed from World Snooker’s Hall of Fame after abuse conviction

  25-08-2026 11:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 2006 world champion was found guilty on Monday of two counts of lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour towards two children.
  
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• Sold-out stage adaptation of hit film Pride transfers to the West End

  25-08-2026 11:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The show has enjoyed sell-out runs at the National Theatre in London and Sherman Theatre in Cardiff.
  
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• Man charged with murder after woman killed and eight injured in London house fire

  25-08-2026 10:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Pawel Kulpa, 34, faces one count of murder, eight counts of attempted murder, and one count of arson with intent to endanger life
  
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• Thousands of homes without water in north London due to burst pipe

  25-08-2026 10:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  Several postcodes in the north London area have been left without water due to the burst pipe in Muswell Hill
  
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• Minister rejects accusation Andy Burnham broke promise on council homes funding

  25-08-2026 10:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister has pledged to carry out the biggest council housebuilding programme since the postwar period.
  
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• Sadiq Khan v Laila Cunningham: Shock poll shows Reform in pole position to challenge Labour in London mayor race

  25-08-2026 09:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage’s party may beat the Conservatives in the battle for second place after first choice votes are counted in the next London mayoral contest
  
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• Young people ‘baiting police’ with dangerous driving – Police Federation

  25-08-2026 08:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police said five young men who died after their vehicle hit a police car may have had links to ‘serious and organised criminal activity’.
  
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