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• Pilot on flight to Israel 'stabbed another pilot and tried to crash plane', says Benjamin Netanyahu

  30-09-2026 16:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Passenger and crew broke into cockpit of Tel Aviv-bound flight and overpowered knifeman ‘saving many lives and preventing major disaster’, says Israeli PM
  
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• Burglar who killed pensioner whose house he was raiding jailed for 18 years

  01-10-2026 22:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ashley Malcolm pleaded guilty to manslaughter at the Old Bailey after the attack in Hackney last September
  
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• First Glastonbury tickets sell out in just 30 minutes as disappointed fans caught out by sale change

  01-10-2026 22:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Fans will have their next chance to get tickets on Sunday October 4 in the general sale
  
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• Drumcree talks continue as appeal postponed

  01-10-2026 21:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Talks aimed at resolving the Drumcree parade dispute are resuming on Thursday evening.
  
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• Glastonbury fans caught out by change as first festival tickets sell out in just 30 minutes

  01-10-2026 21:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  Fans will have their next chance to get tickets on Sunday October 4 in the general sale
  
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• Thousands of vulnerable and low-income Londoners set to have their council tax support slashed

  01-10-2026 19:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  Green-led London council plans to cut council tax support for people with ‘limited capability for work’
  
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• Nearly 400 workers to lose jobs in proposed Grangemouth closure

  01-10-2026 19:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  A chemical manufacturer said it planned to cease all operations at the Falkirk site.
  
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• Serial London rapist who attacked women and girls 'to teach them a lesson' set to move to open prison

  01-10-2026 19:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sunny Islam raped three women and a teenage girl after arming himself with a knife and plastic cable ties
  
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• NI Secretary instructs officials to consider ‘contingency plans’ around budget

  01-10-2026 19:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Chris Bryant acknowledged the situation at Drumcree but said time is already ‘long past’ a budget should have been agreed for this financial year.
  
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• UK-Iranian national arrested in London on suspicion of preparation of terror acts over RAF base 'attack plot'

  01-10-2026 19:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 27-year-old was detained by counter-terrorism police in the borough of Westminster
  
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• ‘I got up to a lot’: William recalls selling CDs as boy at ‘dodgy car boot sale’

  01-10-2026 18:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  William spoke about helping out at a country fair when a former customer reminded him of his efforts as he visited Skenfrith, a Welsh village.
  
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• Sixth man arrested in connection with suspected RAF Fairford terror plot

  01-10-2026 18:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  Counter Terrorism Policing said the UK-Iranian national was arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts.
  
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• Release of Scot detained in India for nine years ‘moment of joy and sorrow’

  01-10-2026 18:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  The brother of Jagtar Singh Johal said the ordeal had been a ‘circus’ and hit out at the UK Government for ‘not doing much’.
  
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• Iran-UK national arrested in London on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts over RAF base 'attack plot'

  01-10-2026 18:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 27-year-old was detained by counter-terrorism police in the borough of Westminster
  
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• David Sullivan sues BBC for more than £150 million over Panorama allegations

  01-10-2026 18:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  A Panorama documentary that aired in June broadcast the accounts of seven women who claimed Mr Sullivan engaged in sexually exploitative and predatory behaviour
  
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• Trump ‘factually wrong’ over critical claims about UK, says British ambassador

  01-10-2026 18:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Christian Turner rejected ‘distorted narratives and forces of division’ in his thinly veiled rebuke.
  
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• ‘No change in our position’ vows Mac Cionnaith ahead of Drumcree talks

  01-10-2026 18:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Secretary of State Sir Chris Bryant is due to host talks at Hillsborough Castle on Thursday evening.
  
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• Union failed Sandie Peggie because of her gender-critical beliefs, tribunal told

  01-10-2026 18:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  The RCN’s barrister David Hay KC denied the union’s behaviour towards Ms Peggie was influenced by any kind of ‘institutional belief or culture’.
  
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• Meghan sells luxury £112 advent calendar inspired by her Montecito home

  01-10-2026 18:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The duchess moved back to the UK from the US just over a month ago.
  
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• Emirates flight from Dubai to London declares mid-air emergency

  01-10-2026 17:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Flight from Dubai to London declares mid-air emergency and diverts to Frankfurt
  
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• PSNI says it is working to ensure Finucane inquiry has access to sensitive files

  01-10-2026 17:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Assistant Chief Constable Anthony McNally described a positive relationship with the probe into the murder of the solicitor.
  
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• Andy Burnham should 'hang head in shame' over prison early release scheme, says Reform London mayor candidate

  01-10-2026 17:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Some 700 offenders across England and Wales are being let out of jail before the end of their sentences today to free up jail space
  
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• Ireland soccer team urged to abandon Israel game amid protests

  01-10-2026 16:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  The game was moved to a neutral venue in Serbia and behind closed doors by the Football Association of Ireland.
  
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• September was UK’s joint-fourth warmest since records began

  01-10-2026 16:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  September was the sixth month in a row when the mean average temperature was high enough to rank in the all-time top 10.
  
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• Independent review announced into release of killer Gary Anderson

  01-10-2026 16:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  Anderson, who was convicted of the murder of Karol Kelly in Londonderry in 2018, absconded during leave to attend a funeral.
  
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• Police ‘working to address’ failings identified in Noah Donohoe inquest

  01-10-2026 16:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Last month the inquest jury found there were no police failings that contributed to the 14-year-old’s death.
  
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• Naomi Campbell ‘so grateful’ ban on being charity trustee overturned

  01-10-2026 16:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  A tribunal ruled in the supermodel’s favour, finding she had been ‘deceived’ by a fellow charity trustee.
  
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• Grenfell Tower fire: Tenant management company faces corporate manslaughter charge

  01-10-2026 16:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation confirms it is facing charges over the Grenfell tower disaster after the Met Police passed files of evidence to the CPS
  
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• Voice phishing attacks soar as cyber attackers use AI – Microsoft research

  01-10-2026 16:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Security experts at Microsoft said more than a quarter, 27%, of cyber threat activity was aimed at government agencies or services.
  
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• Harry tells military chiefs he lost his purpose and identity after leaving Army

  01-10-2026 15:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Former soldier Harry told Nato’s military committee that he was ‘fortunate’ and ‘had another way to serve’.
  
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