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• Jill Scott sets off for five-day 388-mile Sport Relief challenge

  08-06-2026 12:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Setting off on a rainy Monday morning, Scott will aim to complete a 112-mile bike ride to Villa Park on day one of the challenge.
  
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• Objections to Northern Ireland centenary stone ‘hypocritical’ – DUP’s Robinson

  08-06-2026 14:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  There has been continuing disagreement over the stone designed to mark the centenary of Northern Ireland which passed in 2021.
  
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• Five arrested as man stabbed in Pimlico fights for life

  08-06-2026 14:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  One man has been charged with attempted murder following the attack on Lupus Street just after midnight on Thursday
  
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• Murrell inquiry by MPs would be ‘party political stunt’, SNP’s Dave Doogan says

  08-06-2026 14:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  The party’s Westminster leader dismissed calls for the Scottish Affairs Committee to stage an inquiry into Murrell’s embezzlement from the SNP.
  
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• Tickets go on sale for National Lottery’s overhauled Lotto game

  08-06-2026 14:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  The new-look Lotto will give players two chances to win from a single ticket and is expected to double the number of millionaires a year.
  
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• Weekend of bloodshed in London: Two people murdered and seven others stabbed within 72 hours

  08-06-2026 14:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Emergency services responded to six separate incidents between Friday and the early hours of Monday
  
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• Mother of Nottingham attacks victim says there has been ‘miscarriage of justice’

  08-06-2026 13:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates were stabbed to death by Valdo Calocane.
  
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• Scottish wild kittens born to released mothers for third year in a row

  08-06-2026 13:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Saving Wildcats project captured trail camera images of a released female carrying kittens along a path.
  
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• Miliband urged to visit Aberdeen amid oil and gas ‘extinction’ accusation

  08-06-2026 13:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Aberdeen South by-election has been called after former SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn was elected to Holyrood.
  
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• Andy Warhol’s ‘remarkable’ portrait of late Queen to be auctioned

  08-06-2026 13:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two pieces from Warhol’s Reigning Queens series will go under the hammer at a Danish auction house later this month.
  
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• New Popeyes restaurant to stay open until 2am despite opposition from neighbours

  08-06-2026 13:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Local residents warned Camden Council that later hours would ’erode the residential character of the local area’
  
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• Kinahan ‘lieutenant’ Sean McGovern sentenced to 24 years in prison

  08-06-2026 13:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 40-year-old admitted two charges of directing the activities of a criminal organisation.
  
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• BP says it paid £1.2bn in UK taxes last year amid Government plans to raise more

  08-06-2026 13:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  The energy firm said the total amount of taxes paid in 2025 include £422 million raised from the energy profits levy.
  
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• Middle East on the brink: Trump urges Israel and Iran to 'immediately stop shooting'

  08-06-2026 13:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Israel Defence Forces says itstruck military targets ‘belonging to the Iranian terror regime’ in response to Iranian missiles
  
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• Man charged over death of couple in west London motorway crash

  08-06-2026 13:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mohammed Haglia, 63, and Diljan Hagila, 62, were killed in the crash on the M4 in Hillingdon
  
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• UK robotaxis to start carrying paying passengers ‘in next couple of months’

  08-06-2026 13:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Uber will offer self-driving minicab rides in London using Wayve’s technology.
  
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• Self-driving taxis to launch in London ‘in next couple of months’

  08-06-2026 12:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  London will be the first city in the world to use its technology for commercial journeys
  
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• West London car park to be demolished for new 52-flat development

  08-06-2026 12:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  The building will be four storeys high and include 16 one-bedroom flats and 36 three-bedroom flats
  
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• Up to courts to decide if Sturgeon has to give back Murrell gifts, Swinney says

  08-06-2026 12:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Peter Murrell is set to face legal action to recover the more than £400,000 he embezzled from the SNP.
  
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• Tate & Lyle agrees £2.7bn US takeover in latest blow to London market

  08-06-2026 12:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  The deal comes after a recent spate of swoops for UK companies by foreign firms.
  
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• Patient received wrong injection in 'serious' mistake at NHS hospital in north London

  08-06-2026 12:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Three ‘never events’ were recorded by Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in the past two months
  
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• Who was Talay Riley? Everything we know about the singer-songwriter murdered in east London

  08-06-2026 12:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Raised in east London, Riley - real name Mark Orabiyi - emerged as a rising talent at the age of 18
  
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• Starmer calls for return to ceasefire as Iran-Israel clashes push up oil price

  08-06-2026 12:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister acknowledged the conflict was having an impact on the UK as he appealed for calm.
  
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• Roman Abramovich carried messages between Ukraine and Russia, Zelensky confirms

  08-06-2026 12:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former Chelsea owner reportedly met the Ukrainian president in Kyiv.
  
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• TfL could use new powers to crack down on 'nuisance' e-bike parking

  08-06-2026 11:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Transport for London has been given sweeping powers to establish a single city-wide regulatory framework for operators like Lime, Forest and Voi
  
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• Outlander fans raise £10,115 for Culloden in honour of actor Sam Heughan

  08-06-2026 11:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  The money will support the National Trust for Scotland’s conservation of Culloden battlefield.
  
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• Finchley shooting: Murder investigation after 19-year-old woman 'shot dead' in north London

  08-06-2026 11:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Paramedics called Metropolitan Police officers to a house on Dale Grove in Finchley at around 12.15am on Monday following reports of gunshots
  
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• Two people murdered and seven others stabbed within 72 hours in London

  08-06-2026 11:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  Emergency services responded to six separate incidents between Friday and the early hours of Monday
  
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• Starmer issues warning to social media firms over children sending explicit images in London tech week speech

  08-06-2026 11:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  In a speech at London Tech Week, the Prime Minister warned tech firms they must stop allowing children to send and receive explicit images
  
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• Family-run laundrette at risk of eviction after 25 years in South Kensington

  08-06-2026 10:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  The laundrette on Glendower Place faces an uncertain future after the building’s owner was granted planning permission
  
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