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• Most Scots worried AI use means people ‘think less for themselves’ – survey

  28-09-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The survey was carried out by Find Out Now in mid-September.
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Trackside fire sparks Victoria trains chaos over morning rush-hour

  28-09-2026 08:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  The fire broke out near Clapham Junction and has damaged signalling equipment
  
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• Sycamore Gap stump shows ring of shoots three years on from felling

  28-09-2026 08:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two men were jailed after the destruction of the landmark caused a national outcry and international headlines.
  
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• Euston station to get £50 million upgrade as Avanti West Coast to be nationalised within months

  28-09-2026 07:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Heidi Alexander says hated last-minute platform announcements will be phased out within the next year
  
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• Dozens of pro-Palestine Action protesters arrested outside Labour party conference

  28-09-2026 07:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than 200 protesters sat outside the conference in Liverpool in support of the banned group
  
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• Andy Burnham 'turns back' Zack Polanski's Green tide in London with Labour to get 52 MPs, says poll

  28-09-2026 07:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Green Party would win no seats in the city and Nigel Farage’s Reform just one
  
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• Euston station to get £50million upgrade as Avanti West Coast to be nationalisation within months

  28-09-2026 07:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Heidi Alexander says hated last-minute platform announcements will be phased out within the next year
  
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• Fundraiser for family of Highgate schoolgirl, 16, killed in crash reaches almost £100,000

  28-09-2026 07:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Melissa Premaratne, 16, was described as ‘the rock that held her family together and mature beyond her years’
  
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• Protesters disperse after being told of ‘process’ to address Drumcree dispute

  28-09-2026 02:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tensions over the Drumcree parade have reignited after it was approved to go down the nationalist Garvaghy Road for the first time in almost 30 years.
  
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• US man’s delight as mystery of 181-year-old Scottish brooch solved

  28-09-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Bruce Williams was given the family heirloom in 1983.
  
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• Thousands of university staff to begin strikes in cuts and redundancies dispute

  28-09-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The strikes at the University of Edinburgh will take place over the course of five weeks.
  
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• Police investigate whether Iran linked to suspected RAF base terror plot

  28-09-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Five men were arrested on suspicion of explosive and terrorism offences after armed police stopped three vans travelling to RAF Fairford.
  
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• Hike in gaming machine tax could put third of venues at risk, warns Rank

  28-09-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The casino and bingo hall operator said a touted increase in the duty to 40% would make a number of its venues ‘unviable’.
  
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• Healey to pledge ‘new era of industrialisation’ in address to Labour conference

  28-09-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Chancellor is expected to announce support for shipbuilding.
  
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• George Bamford to become joint chairman of JCB

  28-09-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  It came as the company revealed a dip in profits for last year after a drop in machine sales.
  
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• Call for nature ‘right next to where people live’ amid urban green space push

  28-09-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Conservationists say areas behind industrial estates and houses could be transformed into spaces for wildlife and people.
  
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• Euston station's £50million upgrade and Avanti West Coast nationalisation confirmed

  28-09-2026 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Heidi Alexander confirmed the hated last minute platform announcements that create a ‘scrum’ of passengers rushing for trains at the station will also be phased out within the next year
  
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• Police to guard Tube ticket gates in crackdown on fare dodgers under plans by new Tory mayor hopeful

  27-09-2026 23:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Businessman Alex Challoner throws his hat into race to be Tory candidate for Mayor of London with just days to go before deadline to enter the contest
  
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• I feel more comfortable in my own skin since being leader, says Marra

  27-09-2026 20:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Scottish Labour leader addressed his first party conference since taking the job.
  
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• Fundraiser for Highgate schoolgirl, 16, killed in crash reaches almost £90,000

  27-09-2026 20:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Melissa Premaratne, 16, was described as ‘the rock that held her family together and mature beyond her years’
  
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• Northern Ireland Secretary appeals for calm amid Drumcree stand-off

  27-09-2026 20:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  The escalating political row over the parade is set to test the stability of the powersharing institutions in Belfast.
  
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• London weather: Capital to sizzle in 26C this week - but there's a sting in the tail for commuters

  27-09-2026 19:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  Londoners can expect some more balmy sunshine in the days ahead... but there’s a catch
  
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• Man charged in connection with disturbance of pod of dolphins

  27-09-2026 17:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Dolphins, whales and porpoises in Scottish territorial waters are protected by law.
  
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• London Mayor says PM should 'prepare' British voters for return of EU membership

  27-09-2026 17:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Mayor of London says Labour needs to start the ‘pitch rolling’ of rejoining the trading bloc
  
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• RAF Fairford terror plot ‘looking to do big damage’, Donald Trump says

  27-09-2026 17:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mr Trump praised the UK police response and suggested authorities already had the suspects under investigation.
  
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• Top philanthropist says London's LTNs drove him to quit capital for the United States

  27-09-2026 16:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Peter Lampl says that in the US ‘people who need to get about in cars are not treated entirely as pariahs’
  
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• SNP should ‘hang heads in shame’ over Glasgow fire and rehire plan – Alexander

  27-09-2026 16:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Scottish Secretary addressed the Labour conference in Liverpool on Sunday.
  
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• Police arrest pro-Palestine Action protesters including elderly man outside Labour party conference

  27-09-2026 15:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than 200 protesters sat outside the conference in Liverpool in support of the banned group
  
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• First Minister Michelle O’Neill accused of ‘breaking the law’ on Garvaghy Road

  27-09-2026 15:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Gavin Robinson said she has broken her pledge of office, and ‘standards have been shattered’.
  
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• Five held under anti-terror laws after three vans stopped near RAF base

  27-09-2026 15:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  The men were also arrested on suspicion of explosive offences after being detained in the Whelford area, outside RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.
  
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