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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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• UK chief rabbi warns hate speech can lead to hate action in wake of Bondi attack

  15-12-2025 15:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  As chief rabbi to the Commonwealth, Sir Ephraim will travel to Australia on Tuesday to meet the Jewish community in Sydney.
  
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• Starmer says he will ‘get to the bottom’ of pre-Budget leaks

  15-12-2025 15:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister said he had no reason to believe that a leak of plans ahead of the Budget had come from No 10.
  
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• Liverpool parade driver told officers ‘I’ve just ruined my family’s life’

  15-12-2025 15:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Paul Doyle wept as horrific footage of the rampage was played to the court multiple times on Monday.
  
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• Pig heads thrown into Muslim cemetery in vile incident following Bondi Beach attack

  15-12-2025 14:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  It comes after 16 people were shot dead by two gunmen on Sunday
  
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• Sarwar appeals to SNP and Green MSPs ahead of no confidence vote in Constance

  15-12-2025 14:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Scottish Justice Secretary Angela Constance is facing a vote of no confidence, which is expected to take place on Tuesday.
  
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• Doctors’ strike to go ahead after medics reject Government offer

  15-12-2025 14:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  British Medical Association members took part in an online poll over the weekend on whether or not the new deal was enough to call off the walkout.
  
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• Pigs heads thrown into Muslim cemetery in vile incident following Bondi Beach attack

  15-12-2025 14:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  It comes after 16 people were shot dead by two gunmen on Sunday
  
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• Make Jimmy Lai’s release a precondition for closer UK-China ties, son says

  15-12-2025 14:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mr Lai is a pro-democracy activist who founded the now-defunct Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily.
  
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• How many migrants crossed the Channel yesterday? Total for 2025 passes 40k as small boat crossings resume

  15-12-2025 14:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  There is understood to be a backlog of migrants in France waiting to make the perilous journey after 28 days without Channel crossings
  
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• Doctors strike to go ahead despite super flu sweeping through London

  15-12-2025 14:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  The British Medical Association (BMA) confirmed its members will down tools between December 17 and December 22, despite a strain of super-flu sweeping through the country
  
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• What we know so far about the Bondi Beach attack and the father and son gunmen

  15-12-2025 14:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  The father and son shooting has been declared a terrorist incident targeting celebrations on the first day of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights.
  
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• Jewish people living in fear in Britain, admits No10 after Bondi Beach terror attack

  15-12-2025 14:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Victims minister Alex Davies-Jones told of an ‘abhorrent’ rise in anti-Semitism
  
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• Hundreds of Santa themed sausage dogs take over London

  15-12-2025 13:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Londoners were treated to an unusual festive sight as hundreds of sausage dogs dressed as Santa Claus paraded through the capital
  
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• Mother jailed for killing baby daughter after shaking her in a rage in London flat

  15-12-2025 13:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nazli Merthoca killed her daughter while in a ‘mutually abusive’ relationship
  
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• Charity Commission opens inquiry into Presbyterian Church over safeguarding

  15-12-2025 13:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  It comes after ‘serious and significant failings’ were found in central safeguarding functions from 2009 to 2022.
  
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• Christmas getaway traffic expected to hit all-time high

  15-12-2025 13:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  A total of 37.5 million leisure trips by car are planned between Wednesday and Christmas Eve, the RAC estimated.
  
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• Revealed: Last words hero of Bondi Beach uttered before he bravely wrestled rifle from gunman

  15-12-2025 13:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ahmed Al Ahmed heroically disarmed a gunman at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, saving countless lives
  
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• Illegal pharmacists jailed for £4.3m sale of powder and pills over the Dark Web

  15-12-2025 13:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  SocialPharma was set up in 2018 to sell illegal drugs over the Dark Web
  
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• Prostate cancer: What are the symptoms as Sir Cliff Richard reveals treatment?

  15-12-2025 13:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Cliff Richard reveals he was treated for prostate cancer
  
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• No place for antisemitism in Scotland, says Jewish group after Bondi attack

  15-12-2025 13:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  A pair of gunmen killed 15 people at Bondi Beach in Australia on Sunday.
  
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• Mother jailed for nine and a half years after killing baby daughter

  15-12-2025 13:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  Three-month-old Kaylani Kalanzi died in July 2024 after she was admitted to hospital having been violently shaken.
  
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• BT and Three facing Ofcom investigations after outages

  15-12-2025 13:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  The outages resulted in disruption to mobile call services, including to emergency services, across the UK, Ofcom said.
  
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• Excluded from Sandringham: How will Meghan and Harry spend their Christmas this year?

  15-12-2025 12:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Along with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the Sussexes are festive royal pariahs again this year — so what are their plans for December 25?
  
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• Family man used vehicle as weapon after losing temper during football parade

  15-12-2025 12:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Paul Doyle is due to be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court over the course of two days.
  
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• Chief Rabbi calls for more hate speech arrests at pro-Gaza protests after Bondi Beach terror attack

  15-12-2025 12:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Victims minister Alex Davies-Jones told of an ‘abhorrent’ rise in anti-Semitism
  
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• Bondi attack ‘most appalling atrocity’, says Church of Scotland moderator

  15-12-2025 12:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Right Reverend Rosie Frew said her thoughts were with the bereaved and injured, the people of Sydney, and the Jewish community.
  
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• Rob Reiner murder: 'Family member' questioned by police after legendary Hollywood director and wife 'stabbed to death'

  15-12-2025 11:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The director, 78, and his wife, Michele Reiner, 68, were reportedly found with stab wounds
  
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• Rob Reiner murder: 'Family member' questioned by police after legendary Hollywood director and wife found dead

  15-12-2025 11:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The director, 78, and his wife, Michele Reiner, 68, were reportedly found with stab wounds
  
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• Multiple rain warnings including amber ‘danger to life’ in place for parts of UK

  15-12-2025 11:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Homes and businesses are likely to be flooded and some communities could be cut off.
  
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