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• Palace hits back at claims King said Diana would be forgotten ‘soon enough’

  16-09-2026 22:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  The claims were made in a memoir of Diana’s brother Earl Spencer which is being serialised in the Daily Mail.
  
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• Millwall vs West Ham: Six arrests so far as officers get special stop and search powers to stop trouble

  19-09-2026 18:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of officers policing first the 'Dockers Derby’ in 14 years
  
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• Clerkenwell stabbing: 'Loving son' killed on London 'millionaire's row' as police launch manhunt

  19-09-2026 17:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  28-year-old Reece Salmon died following stabbing in affluent area of central London
  
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• Met Police officer denies causing death of pregnant woman in high speed crash

  19-09-2026 17:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two police officers were driving at more than 70mph in a 30mph before the fatal crash, court told
  
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• Donaldson’s ‘vile actions’ will not define DUP values, Robinson says

  19-09-2026 16:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson was convicted of sexual offences earlier his year.
  
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• Millwall vs West Ham: Huge police presence as officers get special stop and search powers to stop trouble

  19-09-2026 16:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of officers policing first the 'Dockers Derby’ in 14 years
  
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• Teenage asylum seeker jailed over ‘savage’ knife murder in Westminster

  19-09-2026 15:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sulaiman Tajzai,18, travelled more than 150 from Leeds to kill 26-year-old Farmanullah Sherzad over a ‘personal grudge’
  
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• New Scottish Labour leader Marra promises to ‘start taking action now’

  19-09-2026 14:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Michael Marra succeeds Anas Sarwar in the role.
  
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• Deliveroo rider jailed for 21 years after raping unconscious woman and following ambulance to hospital

  19-09-2026 14:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Salem Rekoub, 28, targeted the woman after she became unwell as she walked home in west London after a night out
  
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• Funeral of Second World War veteran told he was ‘hero’ to the world

  19-09-2026 14:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Norman Irwin died at the age of 107.
  
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• Davey: Lib Dems not struggling for relevance, but MPs ‘frustrated’ at the system

  19-09-2026 14:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  South Cotswolds MP Roz Savage had said the party must rediscover its ‘insurgent spirit’.
  
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• 'Nothing could prepare me for the discovery of the murdered body of my missing friend'

  19-09-2026 13:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  The remains of Joanne Sheen, who had been missing for seven years, were found last month after they were unearthed by a wildfire
  
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• New sighting of missing 13-year-old girl as police inquiry continues

  19-09-2026 12:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lillia was last seen at Manchester Piccadilly bus station at 10.36am on Monday.
  
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• Millwall vs West Ham: Huge police presence at derby as officers get special stop and search powers to stop trouble

  19-09-2026 12:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of officers policing first the 'Dockers Derby’ in 14 years
  
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• Michael Marra elected Scottish Labour leader

  19-09-2026 12:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  The North East Scotland MSP defeated rival Joe Fagan by 4,266 votes to 2,485.
  
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• Millwall v West Ham: Police handed special power as hundreds of cops flood south London amid fan violence fears

  19-09-2026 11:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mounted police and dog units are part of a major public order operation
  
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• Man, 28, dies after being stabbed in east London

  19-09-2026 11:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Extra police officers are in the area following the attack on Lloyd Baker Street on Wednesday.
  
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• London mansion tax bombshell as Healey 'considers lowering threshold to £1.5m' hitting thousands in capital

  19-09-2026 10:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Thousands more London homeowners could be dragged into paying the expensive property tax
  
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• Clerkenwell stabbing: Man killed on London 'millionaire's row' as police launch manhunt

  19-09-2026 09:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  A 28-year-old man has died following a stabbing in an affluent area of central London
  
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• Rail disaster of 1957 marked by St John's plaque

  19-09-2026 09:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A plaque is unveiled in honour of the victims of one of Britain's worst ever train crashes.
  
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• The Arsenal star's mum helping football's newest recruits

  19-09-2026 09:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How Myles Lewis-Skelly's mum Marcia is helping to guide families following in their footsteps.
  
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• 'Our flat has been for sale for four years': Why is the market so weak?

  19-09-2026 09:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  James Schaife and his partner are among the many Londoners struggling to sell their flat.
  
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• 'I don't like giving up': London Marathon runner finally gets medal after suffering cardiac arrest one mile from finish line

  19-09-2026 08:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  The father-of-four was just one mile from the finish when his heart stopped - nearly five months later, he has finally got the medal he never received
  
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• Davey says Lib Dems ‘strong force’ as conference to firm up election platform

  19-09-2026 08:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  It comes as one of Sir Ed Davey’s MPs said the party was ‘struggling for relevance’.
  
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• Inside the charity shop crisis: What really happens to your donated clothes

  19-09-2026 08:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  As charity shops become a dumping ground for fashion waste, much of which ends up blighting African beaches, private equity is benefiting from the system
  
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• More than 1.5 million Londoners face massive council tax hike next year

  19-09-2026 07:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  After Wandsworth announced a staggering 94% council tax hike,six other councils could announce huge increases
  
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• London house prices shock: Four boroughs see falls of more than 10% in a year as economy hit

  19-09-2026 07:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  But rents rise in nearly every borough in blow to millions of Londoners
  
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• New Scottish Labour leader to be announced

  19-09-2026 03:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  MSPs Joe Fagan and Michael Marra are both vying to succeed Anas Sarwar, who quit Holyrood to join Andy Burnham’s government.
  
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• OPINION - Forgive me if I don’t trust the tech bros to save us from the AI apocalypse

  19-09-2026 01:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  Really, the next Bond movie writes itself. Like From Russia With Love, in which 007 is on the same side as the Russians against Spectre (a megalomaniac outfit with no national affiliations ready to destroy the world), the new version would unite old enemies against a common threat. And what’s the new threat, except rogue AI? Alas, there’s no bringing back Sean Connery for Bond (nope, Jack Lowden doesn’t cut it) nor the fabulous Lotte Lenya as Rosa Klebb, she of the toxic footwe
  
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• Labour ‘softening’ UK up for a ‘brutal budget’, SNP’s Dave Doogan claims

  19-09-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The SNP Westminster leader fears next month could see a ‘Westminster budget of cuts and tax rises’ from Labour.
  
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