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• Mandelson was still in touch with Epstein in 2016, newly released emails show

  12-11-2025 21:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Labour peer was sacked as ambassador to the US after the full extent of his relationship with the sex offender emerged.
  
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• Nick Reiner appears in court charged with parents' murder

  17-12-2025 23:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hollywood director Rob Reiner, 78, and Michele Singer, 68, were found dead from apparent stab wounds at their home in Los Angeles on Sunday
  
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• London council hit by cyber attack says personal data ‘copied and taken away’

  17-12-2025 22:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Westminster City Councilstressed the data was not lost or deleted and there is no indication at this stage that it has been published online
  
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• Israel-Gaza conflict fuels hate crime on London's public transport

  17-12-2025 21:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Chief Superintendent Chris Casey of the British Transport Police told a City Hall meeting that international conflicts were playing out on London’s transport network
  
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• Woman on the run for allegedly killing two teenage girls rescued from Thames

  17-12-2025 21:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Zulma Guzman Castro is alleged to have killed two people with poisoned raspberries
  
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• Starmer faces threat of rebellion from Labour MPs over jury trial plans

  17-12-2025 21:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  Thirty-nine Labour MPs have put their name to an open letter which brands the proposals ‘an ineffective way of dealing with the crippling backlog’.
  
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• Londoners face larger council tax hikes than rest of country

  17-12-2025 21:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, Wandsworth, Westminster, and the City of London will face cuts
  
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• Met Police falling short of emergency call targets - as control room staff prepare to strike on NYE

  17-12-2025 21:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  In September 2022, inspectors discovered the force answered 63.9 per cent of 999 calls within 10 seconds – but this rose to 94 per cent by February 2024
  
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• Two arrested after shouting slogans involving calls for ‘intifada’ – Met Police

  17-12-2025 20:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  The arrests mark a change in approach from both the Metropolitan Police and Greater Manchester Police.
  
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• Met Police make arrests over 'intifada' chants at pro-Palestine march in central London

  17-12-2025 20:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  The force is also taking more ‘assertive’ action against slogans and messages intimidating Jewish communities in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack
  
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• Ex-PSNI officer arrested over alleged sexual offences while on duty – Ombudsman

  17-12-2025 20:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  The arrest was made on Wednesday after a complaint was made.
  
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• Woman on the run for allegedly killing two teenage girls rescued from The Thames

  17-12-2025 20:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Zulma Guzman Castro is alleged to have killed two people with poisoned raspberries
  
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• Zarah Sultana says she will stand outside HMP Bronzefield over hunger strikes

  17-12-2025 20:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  A 20-year-old Palestine Action activist has not eaten for 46 days
  
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• Nick Reiner’s arraignment pushed to January in parents’ murder case

  17-12-2025 20:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  A group of the Reiners’ friends released a statement describing them as ‘a special force together – dynamic, unselfish and inspiring’.
  
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• Charles meets survivors of Huntingdon train attack

  17-12-2025 19:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Train guard Samir Zitouni attended the reception with his wife Eleni Sakkoulei.
  
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• Thousands of Londoners face larger council tax hikes than rest of country

  17-12-2025 19:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, Wandsworth, Westminster, and the City of London will face cuts
  
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• Paratrooper killed in Ukraine told family to ‘be proud’ of what he died doing

  17-12-2025 19:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lance Corporal George Hooley was killed in an accident while observing Ukrainian forces testing a new defensive weapon.
  
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• Thousands of Londoners to face larger council tax hikes than rest of country

  17-12-2025 18:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, Wandsworth, Westminster, and the City of London will face cuts
  
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• Met Police move pro-Gaza protest from Whitehall to stop interference with menorah lighting in Trafalgar Square

  17-12-2025 18:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  The force is also taking more ‘assertive’ action against slogans and messages intimidating Jewish communities in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack
  
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• Celebrity deaths of 2025: remembering influential figures

  17-12-2025 18:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  A host of big names have passed away already
  
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• London Stansted airport expansion plans given green light

  17-12-2025 18:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  A local council has approved the airport’s plans to raise its passenger cap
  
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• What went on in London this week: flying taxis and a party for the colour of 2026

  17-12-2025 18:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ice blue wedding dress, anyone?
  
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• New York Times Games Wrapped: See your year in Wordle data

  17-12-2025 18:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Joining the deluge of other ‘Wraps’ from companies and apps across the world, the New York Times is offering a summary of your Year in Games.
  
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• UK’s chief rabbi welcomes police ‘globalise the intifada’ chant arrest decision

  17-12-2025 18:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  The heads of Greater Manchester Police and the Metropolitan Police said their officers will ‘act decisively and make arrests’.
  
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• Christmas rail closures and service disruptions in London — what you need to know

  17-12-2025 18:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Anyone planning to travel over the Christmas period should allow extra time for their journey
  
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• Pink fog descends over London: Unusual weather phenomenon gives capital an eerie glow

  17-12-2025 17:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  The pink fog is being explained by meteorologists as a ‘sunrise filtered through the atmosphere’
  
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• Pilot reveals what really happens if you don't put your phone in airplane mode when flying

  17-12-2025 17:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  A commercial pilot explains the real reason phones must turned to airplane mode during flights - and it’s not what most passengers think
  
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• People line streets to mourn British soldier killed in Ukraine

  17-12-2025 17:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Members of the public, the armed forces and the police paid their respects as the body of Lance Corporal George Hooley was returned to the UK.
  
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• Hitman to serve at least 26 years in jail for Hogmanay shooting

  17-12-2025 17:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Grant Hunter grinned and gave a thumbs-up to the public gallery as he was taken down from the dock after sentencing.
  
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• How many migrants crossed the Channel yesterday? Dozens more make small boat journey as 2025 total passes 40k

  17-12-2025 17:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  There were 74 arrivals in one boat recorded by the Home Office on Tuesday
  
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