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• Isiekwe available after Leicester red rescinded

  01-10-2026 16:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nick Isiekwe's red card in Saracens' Prem victory at Leicester is rescinded at a disciplinary hearing, meaning he will be available for Sunday's match against Sale.
  
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• Tommy Robinson in the dock at London court accused of harassing two journalists

  02-10-2026 14:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Right-wing activist Robinson, 43, appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Friday
  
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• Tribute to ‘beautiful girl’ who died with two other teens in car river plunge

  02-10-2026 14:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  A car careered into the River Wear on Tuesday.
  
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• Bayeux Tapestry visitors denied entry to make way for Chancellor’s dinner

  02-10-2026 14:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  The British Museum was forced to issue a second apology after many were turned away despite buying tickets
  
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• Killing of man at east London mental health centre sparks warning from coroner

  02-10-2026 14:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hugo Flint Cahan was strangled by a fellow patient in January 2023
  
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• Diesel supplies robust, insists Government as prices hit £2 for first time

  02-10-2026 14:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The RAC says the average price for a litre of diesel has risen to a new record high, with some forecasts charging 203p a litre on Friday.
  
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• Teenager who adopted ‘gangster persona’ locked up for £20 drug debt murder

  02-10-2026 13:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jurors found the 17-year-old guilty of 16-year-old Joshua Ingram’s murder following a trial at Hove Crown Court in August.
  
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• Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed lantern to be sold at auction

  02-10-2026 13:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Cutlery and a distinctive chair designed by Mackintosh will also feature in the Lyon & Turnbull sale later this month.
  
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• Race crime in Northern Ireland ‘escalating out of all proportion’

  02-10-2026 13:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  There was a peak in figures after a stabbing attack in north Belfast in June.
  
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• Tommy Robinson appears at crown court over alleged harassment of two journalists

  02-10-2026 13:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 43-year-old is due to stand trial at Southwark Crown Court on October 19.
  
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• Reward offered after crypto heist gang threatens to kill victim’s pregnant wife

  02-10-2026 12:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  The couple, who were expecting their third child, were attacked after returning home.
  
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• 'How dare you': Islington rejects claims it buried nursery closure until after local elections

  02-10-2026 11:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  News of the closure emerged less than two weeks after local elections in which Labour narrowly held control of the council
  
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• Over 7,000 vulnerable Londoners could face council tax rise under Green council plans

  02-10-2026 11:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Green-led council is considering plans to reduce council tax support for some of its poorest residents
  
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• ‘I couldn’t let them die,' says hero Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar after mid-air attack terror

  02-10-2026 11:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Smit Machchhar recalls the moment he was attacked by his co-pilot as he fought to avert disaster
  
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• Dippy eggs top ‘noshtalgia’ survey of foods which spark memories of childhood

  02-10-2026 11:00 via standard.co.uk
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• Latest talks on Drumcree stand off end without agreement

  02-10-2026 10:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Justice Minister Naomi Long urged the Orange Order to ‘do the right thing’ and not march, describing many feeling ‘despair’ at the situation.
  
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• London family's horror £145,000 bill shock after Thames Water debiting blunder

  02-10-2026 10:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  Teacher left reeling after payment of £145,562 to Thames Water debited from bank account
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Severe delays on District and Victoria lines

  02-10-2026 10:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Both the Circle and District lines faced suspensions earlier this morning
  
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• Don’t worry about diesel shortages, Government says, as US urges use of reserves

  02-10-2026 10:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Transport minister Keir Mather said Britain’s supply of diesel was ‘robust’.
  
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• Woman dies after fall from south London tower block 'where family-of-three plunged to their deaths'

  02-10-2026 10:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  A couple and their nine-year-old son fell from the same tower block just months earlier
  
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• Nexfibre’s £2bn deal for rival Netomnia could lessen competition, CMA says

  02-10-2026 10:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally found the tie-up could ‘substantially’ impact competition in the wholesale broadband market.
  
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• Miliband challenged to ‘push much harder’ to help Scot released from Indian jail

  02-10-2026 10:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jagtar Singh Johal was arrested in 2017.
  
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• National Audit Office launches review into Capita over civil service pensions

  02-10-2026 09:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  Capita said its performance in running the scheme ‘remains below the standards that scheme members and the Government rightly expects’.
  
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• 9 bad money habits to avoid in the lead-up to Christmas

  02-10-2026 09:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  A finance expert shares tips on not busting your budget when the festive season kicks in.
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Severe delays on District line hit morning rush hour commuters

  02-10-2026 09:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Both the Circle and District lines faced suspensions earlier this morning
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Severe delays on Circle line hit morning rush hour commuters

  02-10-2026 08:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  Both the Circle and District lines faced suspensions earlier this morning
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Severe delays on Circle line hit morning rush-hour commuters

  02-10-2026 08:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Both the Circle and District lines faced suspensions earlier this morning
  
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• Zack Polanski to demand London rent rise brake 'triple lock' in Green Party conference speech

  02-10-2026 08:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Holborn & St Pancras by-election hopeful will set out plans for a ‘three-year emergency brake’ on rent rises
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Circle line suspension hits morning rush-hour commuters

  02-10-2026 07:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  A signal failure at Gloucester Road has caused disruption on two lines of the TfL network
  
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• Burglar who headbutted and killed great-grandfather, 86, in his east London home jailed for 18 years

  02-10-2026 07:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ashley Malcolm pleaded guilty to manslaughter at the Old Bailey after the attack in Hackney last September
  
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