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• Man cleared over Lockerbie bombing dies – reports

  26-08-2026 09:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah stood trial over the 1988 atrocity.
  
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• London protests: Everything we know about anti-Islam UKIP protest and counter demo in Edgware Road on Saturday

  28-08-2026 17:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  The anti-Islam protest has been organised by UKIP’s Nick Tenconi and will be met with a counter protest from Stand Up to Racism
  
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• Prime Minister Andy Burnham to abstain in assisted dying vote next month

  28-08-2026 16:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Bill will return to the House of Commons on September 11 to be debated and voted on by MPs.
  
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• Neasden fire LIVE: Huge blaze near Wembley Stadium sparks Tube and rail chaos as smoke billows across sky

  28-08-2026 16:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Huge plume of smoke visible from miles around as 125 firefighters battle major blaze
  
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• Fianna Fáil minister ‘categorically’ disagrees with Burnham on unity poll

  28-08-2026 16:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  Niamh Smyth, Minister of State for Trade Promotion, said a poll on a ‘reunited Ireland’ is not off the table.
  
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• 'Acid attack' in Ladbroke Grove: Two victims rushed to hospital in emergency response by Hazmat paramedics

  28-08-2026 16:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Ambulance Service sent a Hazardous Area Response Team after the attack near Ladbroke Grove Tube station
  
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• Arsonists plead guilty to attack on Jewish ambulances in Golders Green

  28-08-2026 15:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Four men plead guilty at the Old Bailey to destroying four Jewish community ambulances in an arson attack
  
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• Torching cars at A66 crash vigil ‘completely unacceptable’, say police

  28-08-2026 15:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Durham Constabulary officers were called to a field in the Haswell area of the county shortly after 5.30pm on Thursday.
  
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• Neasden fire LIVE: Firefighters battle huge blaze near Wembley Stadium as smoke fills sky and Tube line shut

  28-08-2026 15:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Huge plume of smoke visible from miles around as blaze at waste facility sparks London Underground chaos
  
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• Guilty pleas over arson attack on Jewish community ambulances

  28-08-2026 15:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  The charge relates to the attack on ambulances in Golders Green, north London, in the early hours of March 23.
  
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• Fact check: Benefits spending and elephant floods video

  28-08-2026 15:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Round-up of fact checks from the last few days compiled by Full Fact.
  
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• Notting Hill Carnival boss praises safety record as police deploy 7,000 officers

  28-08-2026 15:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Chief executive Matthew Phillip said the annual street parade’s safety record is ‘very good’.
  
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• Sandie Peggie’s legal team claims tribunal applied ‘wrong legal analysis’

  28-08-2026 15:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  The nurse took action against NHS Fife after sharing a changing room with transgender medic Dr Beth Upton in 2023.
  
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• Trump must be pressed to hand over interceptor designs to Ukraine, Brown says

  28-08-2026 15:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former prime minister warned Ukraine is facing its ‘worst winter’ since the conflict began in 2022.
  
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• Notting Hill Carnival: 330 people banned from festival in massive police operation to stop violence

  28-08-2026 14:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  A suspected robbery gang in London was also raided as it may have been plotting to target the world-famous carnival
  
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• Rescue efforts after Nepal flash floods at critical stage, Chinese officials say

  28-08-2026 14:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than 30 British nationals are among hundreds of people missing since Wednesday’s disaster.
  
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• Gatwick passengers turned away from restaurants as airport hit by second water outage in a month

  28-08-2026 14:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Flights at the London airport are not currently being affected by the issue
  
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• Hundreds of migrants cross Channel after hiatus

  28-08-2026 14:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Dinghies were arriving in British waters late into the night.
  
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• Sir Ed Davey’s attempt to give blood scuppered by summer holiday to France

  28-08-2026 14:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Liberal Democrat leader was set to donate blood on Friday, but was told it could not go ahead after filling in the paperwork.
  
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• Prince Charles Cinema vows to go 'all the way' to stay open as it prepares for court battle with landlord

  28-08-2026 14:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ben Freedman, the cinema’s owner, told The Standard that the legal process has been ‘very long’ and frustrating’
  
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• Neasden fire LIVE: 125 firefighters tackle huge blaze near Wembley Stadium as smoke billows across sky

  28-08-2026 13:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Huge plume of smoke visible from miles around as blaze leads to part closure of Tube line
  
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• Holidaymakers ‘disenfranchise themselves’, says Reform MP over postal vote plans

  28-08-2026 13:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  Danny Kruger said anyone wanting to cast a ballot in British polls would ‘need to do it in person’ unless they are ‘literally unable to get there’.
  
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• Noah Donohoe inquest jury set to resume deliberations next month

  28-08-2026 13:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  The long-running inquest was adjourned following three days of jury deliberations in July after jurors were unable to reach an unanimous verdict.
  
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• ‘Period of uncertainty’ as AI penetrates Irish economy, says Enterprise Minister

  28-08-2026 13:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  He made the comments after more than 214 million euro was invested in Irish AI companies in the first half of the year.
  
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• Peckham MP Miatta Fahnbulleh who soared into Labour Cabinet defends sending her children to private school

  28-08-2026 13:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘If the question you're asking me is do I believe parents should have a choice to send their kids to independent school? I do,’ says the Net Zero Secretary
  
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• Covent garden rape: Manhunt launched after woman attacked by stranger in heart of London's West End

  28-08-2026 12:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  The man dragged the woman ahead in her 20s into a doorway before raping her in horrific early morning attack
  
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• John Swinney’s BBC journalist wife Elizabeth Quigley resigns on health grounds

  28-08-2026 12:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2000 aged just 28.
  
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• Covent garden rape: Manhunt launched after woman in her 20s attacked by stranger in heart of London's West End

  28-08-2026 12:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  The man dragged the woman into a doorway before raping her in ‘terrible’ early morning attack
  
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• Yellow warning as thunderstorms could cause travel disruption and flooding

  28-08-2026 11:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Much of England and Wales is covered by the warning, which will be in force from midday until 9pm on Friday.
  
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• Scottish Government publishes draft Bill for second independence referendum

  28-08-2026 11:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  First Minister John Swinney said the Independence Referendum Bill will be lodged at Holyrood once the powers needed to hold a vote are secured.
  
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