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• Ofcom launches investigation into Married At First Sight UK

  20-07-2026 17:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  The media regulator has said it is investigating an unspecified complaint against the reality TV show.
  
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• Anas Sarwar to quit as Scottish Labour leader to join Burnham’s government

  21-07-2026 23:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  Anas Sarwar will swapHolyrood for the House of Lords and a ministerial role, leaving Scottish Labour looking for a new leader.
  
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• Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar to join Burnham government as minister

  21-07-2026 23:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mr Sarwar has been Scottish Labour leader since 2021.
  
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• Anas Sarwar to quit as Scottish Labour leader to become Burnham minister

  21-07-2026 23:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  He hailed Andy Burnham for his ‘bold Labour vision’ as he entered No 10 this week.
  
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• Lawyer for the Tate brothers insists Donald Trump’s help ‘not necessary’

  21-07-2026 22:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  The brothers’ legal representative says court proceedings now under way in Florida have ‘got to play out’.
  
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• Man found guilty of assisting Daniel Khalife after he escaped from HMP Wandsworth in 2023

  21-07-2026 22:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Adeel Khan, 32, from Waltham Forest, helped supply Daniel Khalife with money following his high-profile escape from HMP Wandsworth in September 2023
  
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• Russian warship conducts live firing exercise in English Channel

  21-07-2026 21:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Royal Navy monitored the exercise and said it was tracking ‘the vessel’s artillery’ closely
  
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• Anas Sarwar ‘to quit as Scottish Labour leader to become Burnham minister’

  21-07-2026 21:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  He hailed Andy Burnham for his ‘bold Labour vision’ as he entered No 10 this week.
  
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• Islington father-of-two who filmed women through windows in the early hours pleads guilty to 19 voyeurism offences

  21-07-2026 19:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  Video footage shows Anthony Durkan, 35, approaching properties in Islington, standing on tiptoes to peer through windows and using his phone to record inside
  
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• Once-lost Burns portrait goes on display at his former Ayrshire home

  21-07-2026 18:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Henry Raeburn’s ‘legendary’ portrait of Scotland’s national bard was missing for more than 200 years until it was discovered during a house clearance.
  
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• New NI Secretary Bryant says his door will be open to all Stormont parties

  21-07-2026 18:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Chris Bryant was speaking after his appointment by Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Monday night.
  
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• Dubai property giant unveils £2.5billion vision to transform east London waterfront

  21-07-2026 18:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The ‘Thameside West’ development will reshape a 47-acre site at the western end of the Royal Docks in Silvertown
  
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• Father admits filming women at night through their windows

  21-07-2026 18:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  Anthony Durkan, 36, of Islington, North London, has pleaded guilty to 26 charges of voyeurism.
  
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• Defence shares climb on investment hopes after new Chancellor named

  21-07-2026 17:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Babcock was the top riser on the FTSE 100, with shares up 7.8%, while BAE Systems lifted by 3.25% and Qinetiq moved 4% higher.
  
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• Who is new Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant?

  21-07-2026 17:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Chris is the MP for Rhondda and Ogmore in south Wales.
  
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• Britain’s biggest water firm announces hosepipe ban for 10m customers

  21-07-2026 17:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The ban applies to all customers that Thames Water supplies with drinking water across London, the Thames Valley and the home counties.
  
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• Man, 59, dies following house fire in Bexley

  21-07-2026 17:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  A 59-year-old man died in the blaze
  
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• Police hunt man following sexual assault on Jubilee line

  21-07-2026 17:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  The incident occurred on May 22, when a man attacked the woman on the Jubilee line near Stratford
  
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• Father of murder victim Kayden Moy: His death has ‘devasted our family forever’

  21-07-2026 17:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jay Stewart, 19, Cole Turley, 18, and a 15-year-old were sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow on Tuesday.
  
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• Ann Widdecombe hit 21 times on head with hammer in planned attack, court told

  21-07-2026 17:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kerry was arrested on suspicion of murder on July 11, two days after Miss Widdecombe, 78, was found dead at her bungalow in Haytor on Dartmoor, Devon.
  
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• Labour's rising star Miatta Fahnbulleh: Who is Andy Burnham's new Net Zero Secretary?

  21-07-2026 17:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ms Fahnbulleh raced into the Cabinet in just over two years since being elected MP for Peckham
  
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• TFL's London Weekend Hopper scheme starts this weekend - how does it work?

  21-07-2026 17:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Here’s everything you need to know about the Weekend Hopper scheme launching this weekend
  
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• Healey wants to build ‘new hope for Britain’ in first address to Treasury staff

  21-07-2026 17:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The new Chancellor told staff in Whitehall fiscal control will be the ‘bedrock of stability’.
  
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• Met Police investigating fatal fall from central London balcony, coroner told

  21-07-2026 16:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  Joshua Robbins, 23, reportedly fell to his death in front of his father in Holborn when railings he was leaning on collapsed
  
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• Streeting says he wants to make UK prepared to win wars as Defence Secretary

  21-07-2026 16:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mr Streeting described the new Chancellor as a ‘firm friend’ of defence in the Treasury, when asked how Government plans to boost defence spending.
  
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• Westminster Tory accused of sharing post which called Green Party members 're***ds'

  21-07-2026 16:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  Natalia Awasty, Deputy Chair of the Tories’ West End group and a candidate for Church Street at the May council elections, is alleged to have shared the post to her story more than two months ago
  
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• Russian firing exercise off UK coast ‘irresponsible’, says Wes Streeting

  21-07-2026 16:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  The new Defence Secretary condemned Russia’s actions off the coast of Plymouth.
  
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• Person dies after incident on track at east London Tube station

  21-07-2026 16:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Several emergency response vehicles responded following the incident at Wanstead station at around 11.45 on Tuesday
  
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• Energy VAT cut ‘does not address scale of what households are facing’

  21-07-2026 16:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  The move will cut £45 off a typical home’s annual bill based on Ofgem’s current price cap, which is currently set at £1,862 a year.
  
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• Who is the Deputy Prime Minister? Comeback queen Louise Haigh becomes Burnham's Cabinet enforcer

  21-07-2026 16:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Louise Haigh has been handed the job of First Secretary of State - the highest-ranking Cabinet post after the Prime Minister
  
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