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• Man remanded in custody charged in connection with mosque burning plot

  11-12-2025 13:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  Connor Pollock, 38, from Ballynahinch, Co Down, appeared in court on Thursday facing three terror charges.
  
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• Specialist teams for all police forces under violence against women’s strategy

  13-12-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Home Secretary announced the changes ahead of the Vawg strategy launch expected next week.
  
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• Tommy Robinson Unite the Kingdom rally passes peacefully as hundreds attend carol concert in Whitehall

  13-12-2025 23:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  A protest against digital ID and a Stand Up To Racism protest also took place, with the latter being kept apart from the Unite the Kingdom rally
  
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• King’s special post box delivery for scientists in the Antarctic

  13-12-2025 23:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Royal Household teamed up with Royal Mail to send a red post box bearing the King’s cypher to a remote British research station.
  
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• Met Office issues more weather alerts as heavy rain to continue into next week

  13-12-2025 21:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Homes and businesses in parts of northern England and south-west Scotland are likely to become flooded on Sunday and Monday, the forecaster warned.
  
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• Donald Trump vows to 'retaliate' after three Americans killed by suspected IS gunman in Syria

  13-12-2025 21:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  The identities of those killed are being held for 24 hours until their next of kin have been informed
  
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• Warning of danger to life as up to 130mm of rain to fall in parts of Scotland

  13-12-2025 20:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning for very heavy and persistent rain in parts of southern and south-west Scotland on Sunday.
  
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• Virginia Giuffre's family 'deeply disappointed' Met Police won't investigate claims Andrew ordered smear campaign on her

  13-12-2025 20:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Met Police said, after assessing the allegations, this ‘has not revealed any additional evidence of criminal acts or misconduct
  
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• Two US troops and one civilian interpreter killed by IS gunman in Syria, US military says

  13-12-2025 19:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  The identities of those killed are being held for 24 hours until their next of kin have been informed
  
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• King ‘deeply touched’ by reaction to his message on cancer, palace says

  13-12-2025 19:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Buckingham Palace said on Saturday it has been ‘delighted by the scale and sensitivity of the worldwide media reaction’.
  
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• Autistic teenager gets 'extremely distressing' criminal conviction over Christmas gift

  13-12-2025 18:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  The boy’s mother told the court she is “deeply disappointed” at his treatment
  
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• Virginia Giuffre’s family ‘deeply disappointed’ by Met Police decision on Andrew

  13-12-2025 18:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  It had been alleged the former duke of York passed Ms Giuffre’s date of birth and social security number to his close protection officer in 2011.
  
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• Far-right activist Robinson holds concert to ‘put Christ back into Christmas’

  13-12-2025 18:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tommy Robinson addressed the crowd as hymn sheets were handed out and a woman walked around selling St George’s flags and Santa hats.
  
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• US troops ‘come under fire’ while on patrol in Syria with ‘casualties’ reported as attacker shot dead

  13-12-2025 17:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  As many as two Syrian and four US military personnel have been injured in the attack
  
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• London protests LIVE: Tommy Robinson 'Unite the Kingdom' rally gets underway with carol concert

  13-12-2025 16:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  The protest is set to begin in the north end of Whitehall from 3pm
  
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• Andrew Marr sparks major concern as he appears to sob and panic through live radio broadcast

  13-12-2025 15:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The veteran broadcaster sounded noticeably distressed while reading the autocue during Friday night's show
  
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• Andrew will not face police action over bodyguard claim

  13-12-2025 15:42 via bbc.com
  The allegations, first rreported in October, said the then-prince gave the officer Ms Giuffre's date of birth and social security number.
  
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• Met Police will not investigate recent Andrew accusations, force says

  13-12-2025 15:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  It had been alleged Andrew passed Virginia Giuffre’s date of birth and social security number to his bodyguard in a bid to start a smear campaign.
  
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• Met Police rule out investigation into claims Andrew ordered smear campaign on Virginia Giuffre

  13-12-2025 15:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Metropolitan Police has decided not to launch a criminal investigation into reports that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor asked his taxpayer-funded bodyguard to investigate Virginia Giuffre in 2011.
  
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• Two men arrested after village Christmas tree cut down

  13-12-2025 14:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  The tree was felled sometime on Wednesday night in Shotton Colliery, County Durham, just hours after the Christmas lights were switched on.
  
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• Two people dead in house fire after explosion in garden – police

  13-12-2025 13:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police and firefighters attended the scene.
  
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• London protests LIVE: Police brace as Tommy Robinson supporters to gather for 'Unite the Kingdom' march in Whitehall

  13-12-2025 13:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  The protest is set to begin in the north end of Whitehall from 3pm
  
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• Channel crossings begin on Saturday after longest pause in seven years

  13-12-2025 12:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Before the weekend, no vessels had reached the English coast for 28 days, according to Home Office figures.
  
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• Labour must unite behind Starmer or risk losses to Reform, deputy leader says

  13-12-2025 12:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lucy Powell’s intervention comes after weeks dominated by speculation about a challenge to the Prime Minister’s leadership.
  
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• Newham councillors approve huge 7,000-home development in east London

  13-12-2025 12:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Plans for a huge 7,000-home development in Silvertown have been approved by councillors in Newham.
  
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• Met chief calls on retailers to do more as staff accused of helping shoplifters

  13-12-2025 11:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Mark Rowley said there was evidence of store employees tipping off thieves about when it was safe to strike
  
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• Mice-infested cheese shop in south London is hit with a £75,000 fine after inspectors found droppings and nibbled ham

  13-12-2025 11:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  A kilogram of ham had been gnawed by mice and contaminated with droppings
  
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• Autistic teenager in 'extreme distress' over criminal conviction for not insuring unused moped

  13-12-2025 11:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  The boy’s mother told the court she is “deeply disappointed” at his treatment
  
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• Lionel Messi's India tour begins with mayhem as angry fans throw objects onto pitch

  13-12-2025 11:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  The chief minister of West Bengal state has ordered a probe into the chaos that unfolded at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata
  
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• Alleged Palestine Action protesters deny charges

  13-12-2025 11:17 via bbc.com
  Three defendants pleaded not guilty to aggravated burglary, criminal damage and violent disorder.
  
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