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• Police vessel carrying armed officers crashes on Thames injuring five

  24-07-2026 18:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Responders from the RNLI could be seen treating casualties at Westminster pier.
  
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• Sadiq Khan’s emails to be searched in Palantir legal battle over Met AI deal

  03-09-2026 17:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Palantir is suing the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime over the blocking of a £50 million deal between the Met and the technology firm
  
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• Thieves guilty of Mayfair robbery of fashion designer’s £137,000 designer watch

  03-09-2026 17:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ali Eldahouzze, 22, and Abdel El Habchi, 30, have been found guilty of robbing Romanian entrepreneur Catalin Botezatu as he left a restaurant in Berkeley Square
  
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• Joanna Lumley says ‘heartbreaking’ Nepal flood could have been predicted

  03-09-2026 17:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday said 1,252 deaths had been recorded since the flash flood on August 26.
  
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• SNP ministers ‘knew UK military did not have support asked for during wildfire’

  03-09-2026 17:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Justice Secretary defended asking for aerial support from the MoD despite knowing ‘informally’ they did not have such equipment available.
  
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• Andy Burnham backs Sadiq Khan for fourth term as he slams Tory London mayor hopeful James Cleverly

  03-09-2026 17:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: The Prime Minister branded ‘ludicrous’ the claim from ex-Home Secretary Mr Cleverly that he is anti-London
  
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• Who are the candidates for Labour to replace Keir Starmer in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election?

  03-09-2026 17:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Keir Starmer has represented the Holborn & St Pancras seat since May 2015
  
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• ‘Profound sadness’ at death of 107-year-old Second World War veteran

  03-09-2026 16:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Norman Irwin was recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours last year.
  
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• Huge 800 home development to transform area around London Stadium

  03-09-2026 16:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Student flats and shared living spaces would be built across six towers at Westfield Avenue
  
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• Camilla’s praise for inner-city riding club

  03-09-2026 16:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  She fed mints to a pony who was often photographed being ridden by Queen Elizabeth II’s head groom as he rode out with the late queen.
  
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• Tower of London 'at risk' of being added to UNESCO danger list 'unless skyscraper plans changed'

  03-09-2026 16:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Historic England says there is ‘serious concern’ about the famous landmark due to the size of potential future skyscrapers
  
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• Campaigners ‘won’t stop’ until moratorium announced on AI data centres

  03-09-2026 16:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of people gathered outside the Scottish Parliament on Thursday for a protest against the developments.
  
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• Name of Scottish missionary added to memorial wall at Auschwitz

  03-09-2026 16:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jane Haining died at the camp in July 1944.
  
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• Four people accused of murdering newborn baby to go on trial next year

  03-09-2026 15:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  The defendants, who are all Slovakian nationals, are charged with the murder of a newborn named only as Baby S.
  
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• Trump hints he would not back UK over Falklands, citing lack of Iran support

  03-09-2026 15:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  The US president’s words came ahead of a national televised statement by Argentina’s president, Javier Milei.
  
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• Meghan pays tribute to ‘friend and mentor’ Gloria Steinem

  03-09-2026 15:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Steinem died on Wednesday at her home in New York City.
  
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• Boutique flogging fake Chanel, Dior and Louis Vuitton on upmarket west London street ordered to pay huge fine

  03-09-2026 15:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Council officers uncovered a haul of counterfeit designer goods worth the equivalent of £124,000 at the Kensington shop
  
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• Troubles legal costs almost double amount paid to victims, Chief Constable says

  03-09-2026 15:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jon Boutcher answered questions at the monthly meeting of the NI Policing Board.
  
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• Fact check: 1970s prison building programme was more ambitious than today’s plan

  03-09-2026 15:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  Some publicly available information raises questions about the claim.
  
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• Stolen van in high speed ‘wrong way’ chase on A20 before being rammed off road by Met Police

  03-09-2026 15:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  Met officers were forced to ram the vehicle off the road in southeast London after a 17-mile pursuit
  
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• Andy Burnham signals higher homes tax for London in coming years to ensure 'fairness' in Britain

  03-09-2026 14:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: The Prime Minister tells The Standard: ‘I don't want to see a situation where there's resentment towards London’
  
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• George Michael’s Faith video guitar could fetch more than £100,000 at auction

  03-09-2026 14:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 1940s’ Gretsch Synchromatic 160 guitar from the 1987 music video will be the highlight of the auction.
  
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• Andy Burnham praises Emmanuel Macron for collaboration as they meet at No 10

  03-09-2026 14:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  The two leaders met at Downing Street on Thursday morning.
  
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• VodafoneThree launches upgraded 5G service available at extra charge

  03-09-2026 14:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  The upgraded service, which offers speeds up to four times faster than the standard plans, follows the £15 billion VodafoneThree merger last year.
  
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• ‘Anger and frustration’ on Garvaghy Road over proposed Orange Order parade

  03-09-2026 14:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  If approved it would be the first orange parade along the Garvaghy Road in 28 years.
  
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• Latvian national admits killing 12-year-old boy in 2024 hit-and-run

  03-09-2026 14:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  Dolars Aleksanders willbe sentenced in November after pleading guilty to causing the death of Keaton Slater while driving a BMW dangerously.
  
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• Full list of London businesses named and shamed by Government for not paying minimum wage

  03-09-2026 13:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  In total, 83 employers in the capital, including a top London hospital, underpaid hundreds of their workers by more than £588,000
  
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• Former Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar takes Lords seat

  03-09-2026 13:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 43-year-old quit his role in Holyrood to take up a post as UK trade minister.
  
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• Invasive mosquitoes which can carry deadly virus found breeding in east London homes

  03-09-2026 12:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  UK health chiefs have ordered the eradication of Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae discovered in the capital
  
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• US journalist and feminist activist Gloria Steinem dies ‘peacefully’ aged 92

  03-09-2026 12:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Steinem died on Wednesday at her home in New York ‘surrounded by some of the many who loved her, a statement shared on her Instagram account said.
  
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