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• Nurse suspended for sexualised remark about children allowed to return to work

  06-10-2026 18:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  James Murray was given a six-month suspension by the Nursing and Midwifery Council in March this year.
  
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• London drivers can check prices at nearby fuel stations on Google Maps for first time

  08-10-2026 11:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Google Maps is now displaying the price of petrol and diesel when a user searches for a nearby forecourt on the app
  
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• Liverpool vs Man City: Police confirm plan for intense Anfield game

  08-10-2026 11:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sunday’s match is Manchester City’s first since they were found guilty of 114 Premier League charges over financial rule breaches
  
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• Tesco rolls out AI customer assistant following trial

  08-10-2026 11:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  The supermarket said the assistant offered a ‘natural, two-way dialogue to offer inspiration in the form of personalised recipe ideas’.
  
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• Disabled man handed £20k payout from London council after being forced to crawl to the toilet

  08-10-2026 11:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  The man is paralysed from the waist down and could reach the bathroom with his wheelchair — forcing him to crawl across the floor
  
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• North London Labour leader blasts Green 'Zionism is racism' motion as 'irresponsible'

  08-10-2026 11:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former council leader argued the motion would ‘do nothing to bring about peace’
  
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• Man arrested after anti-immigration protest involving masked group in Glasgow

  08-10-2026 10:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  The incident happened on Wednesday evening in the city’s east end.
  
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• East London council issues 'lane rental scheme' in bid to tackle roadworks at busy times

  08-10-2026 10:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  The scheme will be considered by the new Reform cabinet next week
  
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• Holborn and St Pancras by-election LIVE: Voters going to polls as Greens battle Labour in crunch London vote

  08-10-2026 10:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Latest updates as north Londoners go to polls to elect MP to replace Sir Keir Starmer
  
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• When will result of Holborn and St Pancras by-election be announced?

  08-10-2026 10:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Voters are heading to the polls in one of London’s most closely-watched political contests in years - but when will we know who won?
  
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• Holborn and St Pancras by-election: Who are the candidates?

  08-10-2026 10:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour favourite Sagal Abdi-Wali and Green Party leader Zack Polanski are the main contenders in the by-election
  
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• Plan to demolish west London pub and replace it with six-storey apartment block

  08-10-2026 10:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  The pub has been empty since 2024 when its operator went into administration
  
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• Israel says UK consulate in East Jerusalem has ‘ceased to function’

  08-10-2026 09:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband insisted it been downgraded in name only and ‘will continue to deliver vital services’.
  
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• Royal Navy serving member, 24, arrested and charged with spying for foreign power

  08-10-2026 09:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  The serviceman, 24, was arrested at his Bedfordshire home on Tuesday before being taken into custody in London
  
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• UK Foreign Office issues Godzilla El Niño travel warning for Londoners heading to these countries

  08-10-2026 09:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  For Londoners planning a Christmas getaway or winter holiday, it’s worth checking now how your travel plans could be affected by a powerful El Niño
  
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• Bankers being hired for £3m to tell Government if economic case for Heathrow third runway stacks up

  08-10-2026 09:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ministers have also admitted that taxpayers could be left footing a bill for the £49 billion expansion of the west London airport
  
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• VodafoneThree accelerates cost cutting to reach £1bn by 2032

  08-10-2026 09:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Vodafone’s UK business has earmarked another £300 million of annual cost cuts on top of the original £700 million-a-year target.
  
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• UK withdraws staff and families from Jerusalem consulate

  08-10-2026 09:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said the building itself would not be shuttered and would instead be known as the UK Mission.
  
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• Road closed amid Glasgow protest

  08-10-2026 09:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  The incident happened on Wednesday evening.
  
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• Holborn and St Pancras by-election LIVE: Polls open as Greens battle Labour in crunch London vote

  08-10-2026 08:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Latest updates as north Londoners go to polls to elect MP to replace Sir Keir Starmer
  
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• Tesco sales boosted by online shopping as consumers hunt for ‘value’

  08-10-2026 08:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  Online sales surged by 8.4% in the UK with average grocery orders growing and sales for its rapid delivery arm Whoosh soaring by 37%.
  
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• Firefighters battle gas cylinder blaze under London railway arches

  08-10-2026 08:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Around 70 firefighters fought the blaze in Bermondsey on Wednesday night
  
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• When will we know the result of the Holborn and St Pancras by-election?

  08-10-2026 08:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Voters are heading to the polls in one of London’s most closely-watched political contests in years - but when will we know who won?
  
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• Voters go to polls to replace Starmer in Holborn and St Pancras by-election

  08-10-2026 08:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  Green Party leader Zack Polanski hopes to win the seat and break Labour’s hold on the north London constituency.
  
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• Holborn and St Pancras by-election LIVE: Polls open as Polanski battles Labour in crunch London vote

  08-10-2026 08:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Latest updates as north Londoners go to polls to elect MP to replace Sir Keir Starmer
  
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• London borough leads parliament protest over £102m budget crisis amid council tax fears

  08-10-2026 08:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The south London town hall is facing a budget blackhole of £102 million driven by the rising demand for social care and temporary accommodation
  
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• Burnham to visit Berlin for talks with Merz and to launch security partnership

  08-10-2026 07:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  The UK and Germany will vow to work together to counter sabotage, cyber attacks and other hybrid threats.
  
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• Met Police make over 700 arrests in 'biggest-ever crackdown' on London phone thieves

  08-10-2026 07:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Officers made 711 arrests during operations in September targeting phone snatching, robbery and the handling of stolen goods
  
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• Andy Burnham issues last minute appeal to Holborn by-election voters as Zack Polanski claims contest ‘close’

  08-10-2026 07:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Voters go to the polls today as candidates fight to replace Sir Keir Starmer as the MP for Holborn and St Pancras
  
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• Bank of England reveals animals to feature on banknotes

  08-10-2026 07:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nearly half a million people took part in a consultation to choose the next generation of Bank of England notes
  
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