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• Met Police impose conditions on pro-Palestine student march on October 7

  06-10-2026 15:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police say anyone breaching conditions imposed on University of London Coalition march will face arrest
  
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• Telegraph takeover by UAE-backed group would have risked press freedom – Ofcom

  16-10-2026 13:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  However, IMI said it ‘completely rejects’ Ofcom’s report, suggesting that Ofcom ‘failed’ to assess IMI as a commercial media company.
  
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• Bin strike to cause ‘major disruption’ in London borough

  16-10-2026 13:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than 40 workers will walk out from October 26-30 in a row over working conditions
  
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• Tolls on M25 could be brought in ‘by back door,’ Parliament warned

  16-10-2026 13:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  MPs fear new rules could be used to charge motorists on the London orbital
  
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• GB News presenter to pay damages to deputy Green leader over social media posts

  16-10-2026 13:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mothin Ali sued GB News presenter Alex Armstrong and social media commentator Bernadette Spofforth for defamation over posts on X.
  
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• Teenage hitman from Norway locked up for plotting UK murder for Iran-backed gang

  16-10-2026 12:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, was arrested by armed police at a hotel in Huddersfield.
  
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• Swinney: Of course I would work with Burnham if new powers offered to Holyrood

  16-10-2026 12:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister will speak in North Lanarkshire on Friday in a push for powers to be devolved out of Holyrood to local communities.
  
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• London bus fares to rise next month in cost-of-living blow to millions

  16-10-2026 12:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Cost of using buses in the capital to rise for first time in more than three years
  
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• Visitors return to Yorkshire Wildlife Park six days after man killed by tiger

  16-10-2026 12:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  William Chapman died on Saturday after scaling two fences at the Land of the Tigers enclosure, an inquest heard.
  
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• SNP minister Flynn pledges to ‘take and run with’ Burnham’s good ideas

  16-10-2026 12:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister will visit Scotland on Friday.
  
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• United Airlines flight declares emergency after take-off from London Heathrow

  16-10-2026 12:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  The passenger jet declared an emergency while flying 32,000 feet over Manchester
  
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• Police sergeant who raped two women jailed for 12 years

  16-10-2026 12:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  A judge said Campbell Petrie had caused ‘deep and enduring psychological harm’.
  
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• London weather: Temperature to plunge to 13C as Met Office issues 'unsettled' warning

  16-10-2026 12:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  Temperatures have already taken a tumble as a period of “unsettled” weather washes over the capital
  
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• ‘Egotistical’ Russell Brand preoccupied by sex, former flatmate tells trial

  16-10-2026 12:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Andrew Dobson called Brand ‘very egotistical’ and ‘erratic’ as he recalled their time together as part of a theatrical troupe.
  
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• London housing project wins UK's top architecture award

  16-10-2026 12:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  Housing scheme with private and social homes wins the the RIBA Stirling Prize 2026
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Trespassers cause rail chaos as Elizabeth Line trains halted

  16-10-2026 11:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘Trespassing incident’ causes major disruption to London train services
  
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• British man holds back tears as he's handed £2,500 fine over son's window-fall death at Cyprus hotel

  16-10-2026 11:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Joshua Foster had placed the toddler on a windowsill to show him the view of a waterpark, not realising the window was open
  
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• Severn Trent-owned water firm to pay £280,000 after sewage spill failures

  16-10-2026 11:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hafren Dyfrdwy supplies around 109,000 customers across north-east and mid-Wales.
  
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• British man handed £2,500 fine after son fell to death from Cyprus hotel window

  16-10-2026 11:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Joshua Foster, 37, appeared at Paphos District Court on Friday for sentencing.
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Trespassers cause rail chaos as Elizabeth Line trains suspended

  16-10-2026 11:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘Trespassing incident’ expected to cause major disruption well into Friday afternoon
  
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• Moment Overground train hits buffers at London's busiest railway station causing major disruption

  16-10-2026 11:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  Services cancelled at Liverpool Street Station after train wheels came off track in incident on Thursday
  
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• BBC licence fee could extend to streaming services under ‘YouTube tax’ – report

  16-10-2026 11:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The plan is to extend the fee to these platforms to prevent people from avoiding it by logging on using their phones or tablet, according to a report.
  
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• Woman screamed 'I'm an architect you're just a f****** air hostess' during drunken rage on Heathrow flight

  16-10-2026 10:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Prominent architect Simone de Gale, 44, who met the King and Princess of Wales, was found guilty of assault by beating plus three other charges
  
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• Flynn pledges to ‘take and run with’ Burnham’s good ideas

  16-10-2026 10:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister will visit Scotland on Friday.
  
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• Ofgem planning action to cushion energy firms from wholesale price swings

  16-10-2026 10:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  The watchdog said it is looking at re-activating its market stabilisation charge, which was first put in place after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
  
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• Releasing murderer Vickrum Digwa’s mother early would be ‘blow’ to Nowak family

  16-10-2026 09:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kiran Kaur was jailed for three years for removing the knife used by her son to kill finance student Henry Nowak from the crime scene.
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Dartford Crossing traffic chaos as M25 crash causes partial closure of bridge

  16-10-2026 09:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Severe traffic jams build after crash partially blocks Queen Elizabeth II Bridge
  
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• Robert Jenrick denies Sarah Pochin claim about ‘chauvinistic’ Reform UK

  16-10-2026 09:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  An undercover investigation into Reform UK has heaped pressure on Nigel Farage’s party over the conduct of some of its members.
  
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• Full list of cancelled trains at Liverpool Street after London Overground buffers collision

  16-10-2026 09:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  A number of services have been cancelled or revised after the collision at the UK’s busiest train station
  
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• Trans rights activists target Harry Potter And The Cursed Child show in London's West End

  16-10-2026 08:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  The incident took place as celebrities were arriving ahead of a performance of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child
  
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