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• Increases to Real Living Wage hourly rates

  15-10-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The new rates will benefit workers at almost 17,000 employers.
  
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• TV wildlife presenter announces baby's birth and daughter's name in sweet post

  18-10-2026 17:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tyler Whitnall shared the happy news on his Instagram page
  
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• BFI London Film Festival announces 2026 award winners

  18-10-2026 16:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 70th BFI London Film Festival runs from October 7 to October 18
  
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• Marilyn Manson's Wembley show next summer condemned amid sexual assault claims

  18-10-2026 15:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Marilyn Manson’s 2027 Wembley show has been condemned following allegations of sexual assault and psychological abuse
  
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• Four family members killed in arson attack arrive at church ahead of funeral

  18-10-2026 15:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  The funeral mass for four members of the English family will take place in Waterford on Monday afternoon.
  
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• Mother welcomes FAI into man murdered by neighbour while on bail

  18-10-2026 15:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nicholas Henry murdered Daniel Greer in his own garden in 2020.
  
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• Motorist becomes first to successfully appeal against London A20 speeding conviction in long-running saga

  18-10-2026 15:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  Thousands of drivers have been issued with fines over conflicting speed limit signs on a stretch of the A20
  
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• Frustrated London residents say Albert Bridge closure is causing chaos

  18-10-2026 15:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Albert Bridge has been closed since February 2026, after the Thames crossing was found to have a crack in one of its cast iron abutments
  
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• Forecasters predict major London weather change next week: 'First storm is coming'

  18-10-2026 14:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘I believe our first storm is coming,’ says online forecaster @TheSnowDreamer
  
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• Meghan's friends claim she was 'used' by Netflix to promote Guy Ritchie's series The Gentlemen

  18-10-2026 14:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sources claim rumours of Meghan’s potential involvement were deliberately leaked to drum up publicity for The Gentleman’s second season
  
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• Tributes as pensioner who died alongside boy in aircraft crash named

  18-10-2026 14:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  Flying instructor Ian Haggis has been named locally as one of the people who died during the crash on Friday.
  
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• Police officer injured in Nottingham city centre shooting

  18-10-2026 14:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  The officer is being treated in hospital for a foot wound.
  
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• Reform admits ‘errors’ as police assess if election spending rules were broken

  18-10-2026 12:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  It has been reported that four candidates for the Scottish Parliament did not submit returns on how much they spent on campaigns.
  
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• Luxury cars targeted in £40,000 wing-mirror raid in west London

  18-10-2026 12:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Residents in three streets in Chelsea woke to found their vehicles had been raided by thieves who stole their wing mirrors
  
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• Zack Polanski will not try to overturn Green’s ‘Zionism is racism’ policy

  18-10-2026 12:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  The politician slumped to his worst poll rating as Green leader amid the row over his party’s policy on Zionism.
  
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• We’ll work with bus owners, Gilruth says, after they compare Swinney to dictators

  18-10-2026 12:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  A flagship promise to bring buses back under public control has prompted a fierce backlash from one of Scotland’s bus companies.
  
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• Health Secretary pledges action to end ‘corridor care’ for children in hospitals

  18-10-2026 11:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Health Secretary had earlier warned that the NHS faces a more challenging winter than normal.
  
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• Paul Whitehouse fights off mugger in terrifying ordeal in north London

  18-10-2026 11:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  The attempted mugging reportedly took place on Friday night at a cashpoint on Essex Road in Islington
  
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• UK takes ‘different view’ to Trump on Russia sanctions, says minister

  18-10-2026 11:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  Her comments follow a week in which relations between the US and Ukraine have deteriorated sharply.
  
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• Budget 2026 leaks and rumours: What big changes could Chancellor John Healey make?

  18-10-2026 11:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Business rates to energy bills: All the moves Chancellor John Healey is reportedly eyeing in the upcoming Budget
  
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• Oxford Street is about to be transformed: Full details of pedestrianisation launch

  18-10-2026 09:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  Almost a kilometre of Oxford Street will be closed to general traffic from Monday, October 26
  
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• Bayeux Tapestry tickets are about to go back on sale - everything you need to know

  18-10-2026 09:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  The British Museum has extended the exhibition’s opening hours following criticism from visitors
  
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• Zack Polanski slumps to worst poll rating as Green Party leader

  18-10-2026 09:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Polanski’s overall rating falls to minus 36, the lowest rating of any national party leader, according to Ipsos survey
  
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• British Museum Ball 2026: Maya Jama and Gwendoline Christie lead best looks at star-studded London party

  18-10-2026 08:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  The event saw multiple protests including from a pro-Palestine group opposing the museum’s sponsorship by BP
  
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• Tory mayoral hopeful vows to reopen Hammersmith Bridge to cars within three years

  18-10-2026 08:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Alex Challoner, who hopes to be the Conservative candidate for London mayor, vows to reopen crossing that has been closed to motor traffic for past seven years
  
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• London borough to expand flood defences amid El Niño extreme weather fears

  18-10-2026 08:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  New stretches of Hydrorock, which functions as a kind of underground sponge, have been rolled out as part of a wider £11million plan
  
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• Are London's nationalised train services actually any more reliable?

  18-10-2026 07:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Are commuters benefiting from rail nationalisation? The Standard examines what the data tells us so far
  
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• Gone Fishing star Paul Whitehouse fights off mugger in terrifying order in north London

  18-10-2026 07:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  The attempted mugging reportedly took place on Friday night at a cashpoint on Essex Road in Islington
  
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• New wildlife photographic book celebrates Africa’s majestic giraffes

  18-10-2026 03:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Remembering Giraffes aims to raise funds for conservation projects helping the world’s tallest mammal.
  
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• Yvette Cooper warns NHS faces ‘more challenging’ winter than normal

  18-10-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Health Secretary said the Government has been preparing early and investing in extra urgent care capacity.
  
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