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• Mummified remains removed from public view could be returned to Egypt

  01-11-2026 15:57 via The Standard News
  
  Work is under way to remove archaeological human remains from other parts of the museum.
  
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• 'Heartbreaking': Anguish of London residents forced out of tower blocks over 'dangerous' crack

  02-11-2026 19:39 via The Standard News
  
  Correspondence sent to residents in the towers says that the condition of a concrete slab could lead to the collapse of the buildings
  
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• Lockhart quits DUP after clash with leadership over response to Drumcree dispute

  02-11-2026 19:19 via The Standard News
  
  The Upper Bann MP will sit as an independent unionist in the House of Commons.
  
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• Westminster market traders face pitch fee rises of up to 90 per cent

  02-11-2026 19:08 via The Standard News
  
  Vendors have warned they are already struggling as Westminster Council considers major hikes to trading charges
  
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• 'Dangerous levels of noise' on three London Underground lines

  02-11-2026 18:59 via The Standard News
  
  Passengers on three Tube lines have been exposed to the notorious "tunnel screech" at levels of more than 100 decibels (dB)
  
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• Adventurer Karl Bushby’s mum asks ‘where have you been’ after 28-year walk ends

  02-11-2026 18:41 via The Standard News
  
  The former paratrooper arrived back in Hull after setting off from the southern end of Chile in 1998.
  
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• US voters to head to polls in crunch elections seen as referendum on Trump

  02-11-2026 18:26 via The Standard News
  
  Many people have already cast their ballot in the midterms, which are the most expensive in US history.
  
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• RCN did not discriminate against Sandie Peggie, tribunal rules

  02-11-2026 18:21 via The Standard News
  
  The Fife nurse had brought the legal case against the Royal College of Nursing over what she claimed was discrimination over her sex-realist beliefs.
  
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• Streeting condemns Iran for labelling RAF and Royal Navy terrorist organisations

  02-11-2026 18:17 via The Standard News
  
  Defence Secretary Wes Streeting joked he would put press cuttings of the Iranian announcement up in his toilet.
  
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• Mahmood ‘U-turns’ on plans to make foreign carers wait 15 years for settlement

  02-11-2026 17:54 via The Standard News
  
  Tensions in the Cabinet over the policy surfaced when Angela Rayner earlier this year publicly attacked the prospect of backdating the plans.
  
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• Fact check: Video shows MP awake throughout Prime Minister’s Questions

  02-11-2026 17:46 via The Standard News
  
  The image is from a parliamentary session in March 2021.
  
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• Immigration reforms to 'strengthen Britain's borders': All the new rules

  02-11-2026 17:06 via The Standard News
  
  Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood unveils new immigration plans
  
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• Being a ‘crazy idiot’ towards women is not a crime, Brand jury told

  02-11-2026 17:04 via The Standard News
  
  Brand, 51, denies three charges of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of attempted indecent assault against six women.
  
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• Mahmood waters down plans to make foreign carers wait 15 years for settlement

  02-11-2026 17:02 via The Standard News
  
  Tensions in the Cabinet over the policy surfaced when Angela Rayner earlier this year publicly attacked the prospect of backdating the plans.
  
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• How Americans in London can still vote in US midterms elections

  02-11-2026 17:00 via The Standard News
  
  A ‘blue wave’ of Democrat votes is billed to sweep the US during November 2 midterm elections, according to some polls
  
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• Immigration reforms to strengthen Britain's borders: All the new rules

  02-11-2026 16:48 via The Standard News
  
  Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood unveils new immigration plans
  
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• How Americans in London can still vote in US mid-terms elections

  02-11-2026 16:36 via The Standard News
  
  A ‘blue wave’ of Democrat votes is billed to sweep the US during tomorrow’s midterm elections, according to some polls
  
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• O’Neill insists she will not be deterred after DUP block ministerial engagements

  02-11-2026 16:23 via The Standard News
  
  The First Minister accused the unionist party of trying to treat nationalists as second class citizens.
  
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• Stormont chamber unites in sadness at loss of Olympian Ciara Mageean

  02-11-2026 16:18 via The Standard News
  
  The European gold medal winning runner and twice Olympian died at the age of 34 following a battle with cancer.
  
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• 'Lows will shift south': Met Office suggests major weather change for London

  02-11-2026 16:18 via The Standard News
  
  The Met Office says there are signs of stormier weather over southern England later in November
  
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• Motorist who dragged cyclist under car for more than a mile jailed for murder

  02-11-2026 16:15 via The Standard News
  
  Simon Richardson, 35, drove straight through give-way markers and into the path of Michael Mullins.
  
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• Former police officer jailed for seven years for drugging and raping woman

  02-11-2026 15:39 via The Standard News
  
  Derek McNee, 42 admitted raping the woman on multiple occasions after giving her drugs which rendered her unconscious.
  
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• Campaigners fight plans to replace northwest London community garden with 16 new homes

  02-11-2026 15:13 via The Standard News
  
  Residents fear a thriving green space in northwest London will be lost to redevelopment
  
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• No 10 defends flight to pick up Burnham en route to Commonwealth summit

  02-11-2026 15:07 via The Standard News
  
  The Prime Minister’s plane took off from Stansted carrying No 10 officials and flew to Manchester to collect Andy Burnham.
  
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• Wizz Air flight from London airport diverted after bomb threat prompts emergency landing

  02-11-2026 15:06 via The Standard News
  
  A Wizz Air flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Budapest after a bomb threat was received during the journey
  
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• Russell Brand trial: 2023 allegations ‘poisoned the well of justice’, jury told

  02-11-2026 14:54 via The Standard News
  
  Brand, 51, denies three charges of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of attempted indecent assault against six women.
  
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• Man appears in court after 17 improvised explosive devices found

  02-11-2026 14:17 via The Standard News
  
  Wesley Thomas Fletcher, 35, of Leopold Street in Belfast, was remanded in custody.
  
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• Greenpeace deploys boulders to block trawling in sea protected for porpoises

  02-11-2026 13:35 via The Standard News
  
  Celebrities have added their names to the boulders which aim to protect the Southern North Sea Marine Protected Area.
  
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• Meeting housing targets could cut London rents by £251 a month, report claims

  02-11-2026 13:09 via The Standard News
  
  A think tank says delivering the Government's housebuilding ambitions would save London renters thousands of pounds
  
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• Meghan’s father moves to dementia care home prompting fears of FBI probe setback

  02-11-2026 12:51 via The Standard News
  
  Thomas Markle Snr is under investigation after the discovery of two hoards of alleged child sexual abuse images.
  
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