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• June temperature records broken in UK for third day in row as heatwave continues

  26-06-2026 15:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  The London Ambulance Service responded to its highest number of life-threatening emergencies ever in one day this week.
  
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• Prince Harry set to take Archie and Lilibet to Diana’s grave for first time on UK visit

  27-06-2026 09:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Harry reportedly planning to take his children to his mother’s grave when family, including Meghan, visit UK together next month
  
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• Dramatic thunderstorm hits London with lightning strikes seen across capital as heatwave to end

  27-06-2026 09:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Second spectacular thunderstorm in a week hits London amid record-breaking heatwave
  
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• London asylum hotel reopens to public as Home Office shutters 20 migrant housing sites

  27-06-2026 08:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  TLK Apartments is now available for public bookings after three years
  
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• London schools crisis: Why eight boroughs are defying the capital's 'secondary wave' of falling pupil numbers

  27-06-2026 08:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Brent, Ealing, Hounslow and Barnet have all seen school rolls grow
  
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• West End performers 'feel unwell' as they swelter in 36C heat as theatres urged to push back shows

  27-06-2026 08:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  At least three theatres are reporting highs of 30C inside as the union encourages World Cup-inspired hydration breaks
  
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• Dramatic thunderstorm hits London with lightning strikes seen across capital

  27-06-2026 08:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Second spectacular thunderstorm in a week hits London amid record-breaking heatwave
  
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• Dramatic thunderstorm hits London as lightning strikes seen across capital

  27-06-2026 08:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Second spectacular thunderstorm in a week hits capital amid record-breaking heatwave
  
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• West End performers swelter in 36C heat as theatres urged to push back shows

  27-06-2026 08:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  At least three theatres are reporting highs of 30C as the union encourages World Cup-inspired hydration breaks
  
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• Why eight London boroughs are defying the capital's 'secondary wave' of falling pupil numbers

  27-06-2026 07:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Brent, Ealing, Hounslow and Barnet have all seen school rolls grow
  
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• South London family gets £5k payout after nine months stuck in single hotel room

  27-06-2026 07:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The family stayed there while the council took an excessive time to repair their flooded temporary home
  
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• Bromley asylum hotel reopens to public as Home Office shutters 20 migrant housing sites

  27-06-2026 07:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  TLK Apartments is now available for public bookings after three years
  
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• King to formally open seventh session of Scottish Parliament

  27-06-2026 03:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  A ceremony will take place at the Scottish Parliament on Saturday.
  
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• England fans expecting comfortable win as flights booked for knockouts

  27-06-2026 03:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than 15,000 England fans are expected to travel to the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Saturday.
  
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• Temperatures to drop after record-breaking heatwave

  27-06-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Friday was confirmed by the Met Office as the UK’s hottest June day on record.
  
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• Scotland’s safety put at risk by Westminster’s armed forces cuts – SNP

  27-06-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The party pointed to figures showing reductions to personnel and defence spending as a percentage of GDP.
  
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• Andy Burnham to set out economic vision in first major speech of leadership bid

  27-06-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  A long-standing proponent of devolution, Mr Burnham will set out plans to boost economic growth by giving regional mayors more control.
  
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• Harry to ‘take Archie and Lilibet to Diana’s grave for first time’ on UK visit

  27-06-2026 00:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Diana died aged 36 as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash in Paris in August 1997 while Harry was a child.
  
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• Mahmood to open safe routes for refugees while restricting rights claims

  26-06-2026 23:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Home Secretary said her plan was to ensure the UK has a trusted asylum system for ‘generations to come’.
  
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• Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson says he has the ‘utmost respect’ for the military

  26-06-2026 23:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  The singer and honorary RAF Group Captain met members of the military community at the RAF Odiham base on Friday ahead of Armed Forces Day.
  
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• Hottest June day ever in London as heatwave sends temperatures soaring to 36.4C

  26-06-2026 20:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  The temperature recorded at Heathrow beat the previous record of 35.6C in Camden in 1957
  
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• DUP announces independent review into fresh claims involving Jeffrey Donaldson

  26-06-2026 20:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  It will probe who knew what in terms of claims of inappropriate behaviour by the convicted paedophile before his arrest over historical sex offences.
  
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• William praises air ambulance charity at gala event

  26-06-2026 20:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Wales Air Ambulance Charity was launched on St David’s Day – March 1 – in 2001, and began with a single helicopter flying out of Swansea.
  
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• Police forced to intervene after swimmers invade Hampstead Heath wildlife pond

  26-06-2026 20:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Barbed wire was put in place in an effort to enforce strict no swimming rules
  
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• Downing Street rebukes Mahmood and Tapp amid row over immigration article

  26-06-2026 20:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Shabana Mahmood had called for Sir Keir Starmer to sack Mike Tapp.
  
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• Hottest June day record broken again as heatwave peaks at 37.3C

  26-06-2026 19:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  A provisional temperature of 37.3C was recorded in Santon Downham, Suffolk.
  
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• Andy Burnham could become prime minister on July 20

  26-06-2026 19:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mr Burnham continues to mull his cabinet picks should he become prime minister.
  
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• Ex-foreign secretary David Miliband hails Andy Burnham’s ‘openness and energy’

  26-06-2026 19:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former MP ignored a question over whether he was interested in a return to government if Mr Burnham becomes prime minister.
  
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• London foster carer who raped young girls jailed for 31 years

  26-06-2026 19:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Bradley Dilsworth, 69, was convicted of 22 child sex offences between 2002 and 2010, including one girl who he raped when she was aged between five and eight
  
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• Wimbledon Tube: Will District line be hit by the chaos which blighted tennis Championships last year?

  26-06-2026 18:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Fans will be hoping Underground improvements will mean less disruption
  
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