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• London council to make £17.7 million after approving new data centre

  21-07-2026 10:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ealing Council insists the data centre’s high energy demands won’t come from the existing local grid
  
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• London travel LIVE: Overground line suspensions hit evening rush hour as vehicle hits bridge

  28-07-2026 17:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  A vehicle has hit a railway bridge leading to suspension of an entire line while a signal failure has led to the part suspension of another
  
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• Beatrix Potter murals unveiled to mark 160th anniversary of author’s birth

  28-07-2026 17:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Carlisle city centre was chosen for the murals because of its close proximity to the Lake District, which Potter had strong connections to.
  
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• Thames speedboat killer Jack Shepherd pleads guilty to assaulting girlfriend after beating her with BBQ tongs

  28-07-2026 17:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Shepherd guilty of violently assaulting his new girlfriend after his release from jail after killing Charlotte Brown on first date on Thames
  
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• Pubs restocking as Mayo’s party of parties set to continue

  28-07-2026 17:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  The county is witnessing celebrations that have been in the making for 75 years after Mayo finally won another all-Ireland Gaelic football title.
  
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• New Education Secretary vows to look at 'egregious' student loan payments

  28-07-2026 17:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lucy Powell said on Monday that the scandal was ‘very much at the top of my in tray’
  
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• London Sports Festival launches basketball tournament in the shadow of St Paul’s

  28-07-2026 16:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  Paternoster Square has been transformed to host a series of basketball events
  
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• London travel LIVE: Overground line suspension set to hit evening rush hour

  28-07-2026 16:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Train passengers are being warned of potential delays due to the hot weather
  
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• Aircraft engineer crushed to death in horror incident at Heathrow

  28-07-2026 16:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Metropolitan Police and Health and Safety Executive are carrying out a joint investigation into the incident at the London airport
  
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• Andy Burnham tax rises: All the ways the new Prime Minister could hammer London

  28-07-2026 16:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former Greater Manchester Mayor has suggested some Londoners should pay more in council tax
  
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• Mother and boyfriend guilty of murdering toddler

  28-07-2026 16:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Isabelle Welsh, two, died in September 2025 after collapsing at her home in Thornaby, Teesside.
  
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• Woman sobs as she faces funeral director who kept her baby’s body in a paper bag

  28-07-2026 16:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jasmine Beverley told Robert Bush that ‘I trusted you with the most precious person in my life’.
  
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• Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd pleads guilty to assaulting girlfriend after beating her with BBQ tongs

  28-07-2026 15:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  Shepherd guilty of violently assaulting his new girlfriend after his release from jail after killing Charlotte Brown on first date on Thames
  
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• London council clashes with Sadiq Khan over proposals to develop Green Belt

  28-07-2026 15:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Draft proposals, if approved, could see new areas of Metropolitan Green Belt land in the capital released for development
  
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• Wildlife centres ‘fit to bursting’ with hedgehogs amid scorching weather

  28-07-2026 15:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Gardeners are being urged to create shaded spaces for wildlife struggling to keep cool during the scorching weather as another heatwave looms.
  
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• French warship 'fires 17 warning shots' in Channel as London MP Chris Philp highlights illegal crossings

  28-07-2026 14:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘It felt like an attempt to intimidate us,’ says the Shadow Home Secretary
  
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• Andy Burnham tax rises: How new Prime Minister is targeting London

  28-07-2026 14:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former Greater Manchester Mayor has suggested some Londoners should pay more in council tax
  
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• No plans for ‘death tax’ to fund social care reforms, Government says

  28-07-2026 14:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected to give more detail on his Government’s plans for social care in a speech on Wednesday.
  
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• Mapped: The parts of London facing ‘exceptional’ wildfires threat this week as temperatures spike

  28-07-2026 14:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  An interactive map shows the exact areas where any wildfires are expected to be most severe in London
  
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• French vessel appears to fire ’17 live rounds’ behind Conservative MP

  28-07-2026 14:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, claimed a French naval officer fired what ‘felt like warning shots or attempted intimidation’.
  
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• Bail approved for law student charged over intercepted bomb

  28-07-2026 14:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  Isobella Perrie Sullivan, from Co Kildare, has been charged with possession of explosives.
  
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• Greater Manchester mayor by-election: What you need to know

  28-07-2026 13:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  It is the first time a by-election has been held to fill a vacancy for one of England’s combined authority mayors.
  
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• Pictures of 28 more people released as probe into Celtic fan disorder continues

  28-07-2026 13:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two officers were seriously injured as thousands of Celtic fans celebrated their club’s Premiership title win in May.
  
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• First look at planned Harrods makeover of west London street

  28-07-2026 13:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Images released of planned transformation of Knightsbridge shopping destination
  
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• Royal Parks staff take precautions as the UK braces for scorching conditions

  28-07-2026 13:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  The organisation looks after eight parks and other public green spaces in London.
  
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• Sexual abuse victims ‘exhausted’ by fears over early release scheme

  28-07-2026 13:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch sat alongside campaigners as she called for emergency laws to ensure abusers are not released early.
  
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• Mapped: 'Exceptionally high' wildfires threat facing London this week as temperatures to hit 33C

  28-07-2026 13:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  An interactive map shows the exact areas where wildfires are expected to be most severe in London
  
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• Unilever hails best sales in more than a decade ahead of food business spin-off

  28-07-2026 12:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  The group has upped its annual sales outlook after a strong first half.
  
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• Woman says horrors at Robert Bush’s funeral parlour made her think of Auschwitz

  28-07-2026 12:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Bush, 48, is to be sentenced for 67 offences spanning 12 years and affecting hundreds of victims.
  
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• Andy Burnham tax rises: How new Prime Minister has set his sights on London for Treasury cash grab

  28-07-2026 12:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former Greater Manchester Mayor has suggested some Londoners should pay more in council tax
  
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