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• Notting Hill Carnival's mas bands call for funding amid threat to future

  29-08-2026 08:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Powering Europe’s biggest street party is a year-long labour of love for the Carnival’s mas bands
  
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• Abuser admits murdering former partner after learning of new relationship

  09-10-2026 13:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lee Inglis was under a curfew for a previous attack on Stacey Hogg when he killed her at her home in June.
  
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• Harry was paid for mental health talk amid claims of 100,000 dollar payment

  09-10-2026 13:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  A source close to the duke confirmed he was paid for the session but said exact details are not discussed.
  
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• Green MSP Manivannan allowed to continue working in UK after visa extended

  09-10-2026 13:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Edinburgh and Lothians East member has secured a three-year graduate visa, to replace their student visa.
  
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• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor granted £302,000 compensation after Royal Lodge lease surrendered

  09-10-2026 13:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The compensation for the former prince comes despite Crown Estate telling MPs it did not believe Andrew would received sum
  
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• Bulgarian siblings sentenced after assaulting girls in Dundee

  09-10-2026 12:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ilia Belov, 23, pushed a 12-year-old girl during the incident.
  
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• Andrew granted £302,000 compensation after Royal Lodge lease surrendered

  09-10-2026 12:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former prince paid £1.8 million for repair and restoration costs, a Crown Estate spokesperson said.
  
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• Asos cyber breach not caused by vulnerability in our platform, says Snowflake

  09-10-2026 12:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Asos customers received a phone alert saying the retailer had been hacked.
  
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• Complaints about ‘robo calls’ using automated voice triple in three months

  09-10-2026 12:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Information Commissioner’s Office said it was investigating the rise of automated nuisance calls and was urging the public to report them.
  
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• Labour wins second London by-election amid 'Burnham bounce'

  09-10-2026 12:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Molly Hartill takes 46.7% of the vote to win by-election in Lambeth
  
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• Sadiq Khan in talks with Government over international trains stopping at second major London station

  09-10-2026 12:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mayor’s intervention raises hopes of services to and from France, and other European countries, stopping in east London
  
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• Holborn and St Pancras by-election LIVE: Zack Polanski urged to resign amid poll defeat and 'Zionism is racism' storm

  09-10-2026 11:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali hails north London poll win as victory for diversity and ‘hope’
  
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• Proposals to extend planned new London Overground line

  09-10-2026 11:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Council calls for TfL to extend proposed new West London Orbital to avoid ‘missed opportunity’
  
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• ‘Striking and personal’ self-portrait by David Bowie up for auction

  09-10-2026 10:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sotheby’s said the self-portrait created by the musician in 1996 will go on sale next week.
  
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• London flu alert: 'Get jabs', say NHS chiefs as cases soar to 'ominous' autumn high

  09-10-2026 10:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Health chief warns hospital admissions for flu are at ‘highest level’ she can recall for this time of year
  
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• Tory-led Westminster accused of 'dithering' as major West End pedestrianisation plan pushed back

  09-10-2026 10:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Proposed changes would make the south side of Piccadilly Circus, Regent Street St James’s and Waterloo Place vehicle-free
  
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• Polanski insists he will carry on as Green leader despite by-election defeat

  09-10-2026 10:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali retained the Holborn and St Pancras seat vacated by Sir Keir Starmer for her party, seeing off Zack Polanski’s challenge.
  
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• Airtel Money kicks off £5.3bn IPO in biggest London float for five years

  09-10-2026 10:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  The group saw shares rise as much as £2 each from an initial price set at £1.96 in conditional trading, before the stock later eased back.
  
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• Is Zack Polanski for the chop? Green leader under intense pressure after Holborn by-election loss and Zionism vote debacle

  09-10-2026 08:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  COMMENTARY: Green Party leader Mr Polanski has weeks, if not days, to show he can deliver leadership on highly divisive issues
  
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• Labour's new Holborn MP declares victory for 'hope' over fear and division after by-election win

  09-10-2026 08:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sagal Abdi-Wali won the poll by more than 3,000 votes, with Green Party leader Zack Polanski coming in a distant second
  
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• Nigel Farage declines to rule out Reform-Tories post-election pact

  09-10-2026 08:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  It comes just a day after Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch rejected the idea, saying: ‘We are not uniting with that.’
  
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• Holborn and St Pancras by-election LIVE: 'I won't step down', says Green leader Zack Polanski after defeat to Labour

  09-10-2026 07:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sagal Abdi-Wali says she’s ‘honoured’ to replace Sir Keir Starmer in north London seat
  
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• Andy Burnham unveils £48m partnership in bid to ‘defeat’ dementia

  09-10-2026 07:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister’s father Roy died last month after suffering from Alzheimer’s.
  
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• London skyscraper drama as window cleaners rescued from 15th floor after cradle malfunctions

  09-10-2026 07:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two men became trapped in a window cleaning cradle on the 15th floor of a tower block on Blackfriars Road
  
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• Sagal Abdi-Wali's Holborn and St Pancras by-election victory speech in full: 'This place gave me hope'

  09-10-2026 06:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘I will never forget where I came from and I will always relentlessly fight to be a voice for this place’
  
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• Sagal Abdi-Wali says Labour by-election victory is testament to diversity

  09-10-2026 06:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  New MP for Holborn and St Pancras said she hoped her win meant people ‘like her’ would feel they belong in Britain.
  
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• Polanski vows to carry on as Greens leader after by-election defeat to Labour

  09-10-2026 05:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Camden Council leader Sagal Abdi-Wali, who retained the seat for Labour after former prime minister Sir Keir Starmer stepped down.
  
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• Sagal Abdi-Wali says Labour byelection victory is testament to diversity

  09-10-2026 05:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  New MP for Holborn and St Pancras said she hoped her win meant people ‘like her’ would feel they belong in Britain
  
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• Holborn and St Pancras by-election LIVE: Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali wins in tough night for Zack Polanski

  09-10-2026 04:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sagal Abdi-Wali says she’s ‘honoured’ to become Holborn and St Pancras MP
  
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• Holborn and St Pancras by-election LIVE: Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali defeats Green leader Zack Polanski

  09-10-2026 04:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sagal Abdi-Wali says she’s ‘honoured’ to become Holborn and St Pancras MP
  
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