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• Palestine’s ambassador calls for better security after masked men target London embassy - The Guardian

  06-12-2025 13:02
  Palestine’s ambassador calls for better security after masked men target London embassy  The Guardian
  
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• West London teacher banned over sexually inappropriate comments

  08-12-2025 19:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  Abu Tanvir made the comments around pupils at William Perkin Church of England High School in Greenford
  
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• Amy Winehouse’s friends ‘concealed’ that they auctioned items, High Court told

  08-12-2025 19:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ms Winehouse’s father, Mitch Winehouse, is taking legal action against her friends, Naomi Parry and Catriona Gourlay.
  
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• Two Afghan asylum seekers aged 17 locked up after raping 15-year-old girl

  08-12-2025 19:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Warwick Crown Court was told Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal abducted and led the girl to a secluded area despite her repeatedly begging to be freed.
  
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• Huge 1,500-home scheme in north London rejected following 'overdevelopment' fears

  08-12-2025 19:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Barnet Council refuses massive housing project in North Finchley
  
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• Two Afghan asylum seekers aged 17 jailed after raping 15-year-old girl

  08-12-2025 18:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Warwick Crown Court was told Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal adducted and led the girl to a secluded area despite her repeatedly begging to be freed.
  
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• ‘Panto season’ hits Executive amid row between ministers over budget

  08-12-2025 18:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Executive is expected to meet on Tuesday following budget tension between Education Minister Paul Givan and Finance Minister John O’Dowd.
  
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• Belfast man warns of danger of ‘hidden addiction’ to over-the-counter medication

  08-12-2025 18:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  At one stage, Michael Main’s weight dropped to four stone after he became addicted to drugs he started taking for migraines.
  
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• How does the Met Office name storms? Storm Bram set to cause havoc in the capital

  08-12-2025 18:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Yellow weather warnings are in place as Storm Bram is set to sweep across the UK - but what do these storm names reveal?
  
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• Barbican’s big update: What the renewal means for London’s iconic arts centre

  08-12-2025 18:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  London’s Barbican Centre is set for a £451m transformation, with plans revealed to modernise the ageing arts complex, improve accessibility and restore its Brutalist spaces for future generations
  
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• Scrapping of jury trials will do ‘next to nothing’ for rape victims – Jenrick

  08-12-2025 18:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jury trials will be reserved for offences such as murder and rape, and those with a likely sentence of more than three years in prison, under plans.
  
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• Mother of student who killed himself after grade error collects his degree

  08-12-2025 18:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ethan Scott Brown took his own life after being wrongly told that he would not be eligible to graduate by the University of Glasgow.
  
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• Two more arrested over Heathrow assault which left girl, 3, needing treatment

  08-12-2025 18:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  The incident at the UK’s largest airport on Sunday morning left 21 people needing treatment
  
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• Met Office warn of ‘danger to life’ amid Storm Bram

  08-12-2025 18:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Heavy rainfall and strong winds are expected to cause disruption.
  
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• Deputy First Minister criticises Equality Commission gender ruling legal action

  08-12-2025 17:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Emma Little-Pengelly said ‘common sense must prevail’.
  
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• Laid in Dagenham: Family of white storks to set up home in east London for first time in 600 years

  08-12-2025 17:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Beavers will also be reintroduced at Eastbrookend Country Park in Dagenham after funding from Sadiq Khan
  
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• Guinness opening £73m London brewery venue this week

  08-12-2025 16:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Guinness business said it will make four permanent beers from the site in Covent Garden but this will not include the famous Irish stout.
  
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• Royal Ulster Winter Fair cattle classes cancelled over bluetongue disease

  08-12-2025 16:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  The decision was described as having been taken because of the ongoing risk and uncertainty regarding bluetongue in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Judge-only trials will help get ‘justice moving faster’ in fraud trials – Lammy

  08-12-2025 16:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Justice Secretary launched the strategy as he faces continued outcry over his plans to scrap jury trials for some crimes.
  
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• Rapper Ghetts pleads guilty to fatal hit-and-run

  08-12-2025 16:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ghetts, whose real name is Justin Clarke-Samuel, is set to be sentenced at the Old Bailey in February.
  
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• World's first all-AI reality TV show launches today: 'Like a mix of Hunger Games, Fortnite and Traitors'

  08-12-2025 16:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The AI-powered series Non Player Combat features AI-generated contestants who will fight each other to the death
  
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• Man arrested on suspicion of murder of missing Co Down woman Lisa Dorrian

  08-12-2025 16:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 68-year-old was arrested on suspicion of murder, assisting offenders, withholding information and preventing a lawful and decent burial.
  
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• Japan earthquake LIVE: Tsunami alert as 7.6-magnitude quake sparks fears of three-metre waves

  08-12-2025 16:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Japan Meteorological Agency warns tsunami waves as high as three metres (10 feet) could hit parts of the country
  
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• Drought hit areas begin to recover after surge in rainfall, officials say

  08-12-2025 16:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Midlands has now moved out of drought status and into recovery.
  
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• Explained: All the allegations against Nigel Farage as police probe Reform's Clacton campaign expenses

  08-12-2025 16:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Claims Farage exceeded the legal spending limit while fighting his Clacton seat are the latest in a string of allegations made against the Reform UK leader
  
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• Mayor of London granted permission to use historic Greater London Council coat of arms

  08-12-2025 16:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  The coat of arms, once a familiar emblem across the capital, was originally granted to the GLC in 1966
  
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• Rapper Ghetts facing years in jail after pleading guilty to killing man in hit-and-run crash in east London

  08-12-2025 16:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ghetts is in custody and likely to face several years in jail after his guilty pleas
  
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• Paramount sparks takeover battle for Warner Bros with £81.3 billion hostile bid

  08-12-2025 16:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  The move comes after Netflix agreed a mega deal to buy Warner Bros Discovery.
  
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• 'Superflu' hitting London with biggest wave ever, warn NHS chiefs as they urge people to get vaccinated

  08-12-2025 15:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  They stressed there is ‘no peak yet in sight’ as the virus sweeps through the capital
  
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• SCOTLAND Nurse Sandie Peggie wins harassment claim against NHS Fife

  08-12-2025 15:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  A tribunal began in February after Ms Peggie lodged a claim against NHS Fife and transgender medic Dr Beth Upton.
  
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