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• Long-term drought could cause ‘profound change’ in Amazon rainforest – study

  15-05-2025 11:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Researchers believe climate change may cause the death of large trees and reduce the area’s ability to act as a carbon sink.
  
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• Scots face weather warnings for snow, ice, rain and wind throughout Sunday

  11-01-2026 03:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Meanwhile, The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has nine flood warnings.
  
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• Founding Grateful Dead band member Bob Weir dies aged 78

  11-01-2026 02:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Weir joined the Grateful Dead, originally known as the Warlocks, in San Francisco in 1965.
  
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• Weather warnings remain in place across UK after Storm Goretti

  11-01-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  It comes after the storm brought gusts of almost 100mph and the Met Office issued a rare red warning for winds in the South West.
  
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• Scottish hospitality organisations call for action on business rates

  11-01-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  A number of organisations in the sector have written to the Scottish Government about their concerns.
  
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• Pothole repairs row breaks out as Government names and shames 'worst' London boroughs

  11-01-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Greenwich, Kensington and Chelsea and Waltham Forest each given a “red” rating by the Department for Transport
  
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• Holyrood Budget to focus ‘resolutely’ on people’s priorities, vows Robison

  11-01-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Scottish Finance Secretary will set out her draft tax and spending plans on Tuesday.
  
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• Drivers able to see how well their council is tackling potholes

  11-01-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Department for Transport said a new mapping tool shows 154 local highway authorities rated as red, amber or green.
  
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• Pregnant Nicola Roberts forced to pull out of West End show for medical procedure

  10-01-2026 23:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  She said withdrawing from the production was ‘upsetting’
  
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• Robbie Williams shares emotional text his teenage daughter Teddy sent to him at 2am

  10-01-2026 22:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  The pop star shared the heartbreaking messages on BBC Radio 2
  
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• Cooper praises courage of protesters in Iran in the face of violent crackdown

  10-01-2026 22:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Foreign Secretary said exercising the right to free speech and assembly ‘should never come with the threat of violence or reprisals’.
  
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• Elon Musk hits out at Keir Starmer reposting AI image of PM wearing a bikini

  10-01-2026 21:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  He called the UK a country that wants to ‘suppress free speech’
  
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• Dramatic scenes as man climbs Iranian embassy balcony in London and tears down Iranian regime flag

  10-01-2026 21:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man was seen climbing onto a balcony at the Iranian embassy in Kensington and unfurling a pre-1979 Iranian flag
  
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• Resilience room meeting held in Scotland amid ‘multi-hazard’ weekend of weather

  10-01-2026 20:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  It comes after a number of weather warnings from the Met Office.
  
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• Lammy says Vance agrees that sexualised AI images on X are ‘despicable’

  10-01-2026 19:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy discussed the issue with US vice president JD Vance during a trip to Washington.
  
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• Dramatic scenes as man climbs Iranian embassy balcony in central London as two people arrested

  10-01-2026 19:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man was seen climbing onto a balcony at the Iranian embassy in Kensington and unfurling a pre-1979 Iranian flag
  
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• Love Island: All Stars is thrown into chaos as producers are forced to evacuate the villa due to 'nightmare' wildfires

  10-01-2026 18:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Filming of the third series has been postponed, ITV confirmed
  
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• Warnings for wind, rain and snow remain in place after Storm Goretti

  10-01-2026 18:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man in his 50s was found dead in a caravan after a tree fell onto it in Helston, Cornwall, police said.
  
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• At least six killed after gunman opens fire on ‘multiple innocent people’ in Mississippi

  10-01-2026 17:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  People were shot at across three locations in Clay County
  
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• Dramatic scenes as man climbs Iranian embassy balcony in central London

  10-01-2026 17:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man was seen climbing onto a balcony at the Iranian embassy in Kensington and unfurling a pre-1979 Iranian flag
  
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• Three police officers and two paramedics hit by van at scene of crash

  10-01-2026 16:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  The injured emergency service workers were all taken to hospital
  
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• Tube station rebrand for Heineken ad sparks accessibility concerns

  10-01-2026 16:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Disability charity warns 'Bakerl0.0' name changes could confuse vulnerable passengers
  
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• Anti-US rally met by Venezuelan counter-protesters in Dublin

  10-01-2026 15:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than 100 people participated in a demonstration outside the US embassy, protesting against intervention in Venezuela.
  
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• Prince Harry 'to offer major olive branch to King Charles when Invictus Games returns to UK in move that could end feud'

  10-01-2026 15:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Prince Harry is expected to ask his father King Charles to make the opening address when the Invictus Games returns to the UK next year.
  
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• Scotland faces fresh amber warning for snow after week of wintry weather

  10-01-2026 15:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  The warning will come into place from approximately 3am on Sunday.
  
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• Protesters outside US consulate in Edinburgh call for release of Maduro

  10-01-2026 15:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  The demonstrators also called for the Scottish Government to suspend co-operation with the US Government.
  
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• Shocking moment woman is handcuffed and fined £100 for feeding pigeons in London

  10-01-2026 15:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Passerby footage shows officers detaining woman in Harrow for breaching public spaces order
  
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• Musk hits out at ‘fascist’ UK as row over X and its Grok AI escalates

  10-01-2026 14:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said she would back regulator Ofcom if it sought to ban the social media platform and its AI.
  
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• Funeral of Stephen McCahill remembers ‘heartfelt dedication’ to Donegal

  10-01-2026 14:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mr McCahill – who was named Donegal Person of the Year in 2016 – died after an assault in his Ardara home earlier this week.
  
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• Fury as anti-Israel protest erupts outside Jewish-owned Notting Hill restaurant

  10-01-2026 14:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Group of around 50 demonstrators stood outside the venue in west London on Friday evening
  
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