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• ‘Potentially lethal’ baby pillows, sleeping bags and feeding items sold online

  08-07-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Which? said it had found 150 potentially lethal baby products being sold to UK consumers.
  
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• Kate hails ‘fantastic achievement’ as Arthur Fery makes Wimbledon semi-finals

  08-07-2026 19:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer also congratulated Fery.
  
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• British wildcard Fery cheered on by Queen as he books Wimbledon semi-final spot

  08-07-2026 19:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 23-year-old British wildcard entry beat Italian ninth seed Flavio Cobolli on Centre Court to make it through to the semi-finals.
  
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• Nigel Farage v Count Binface: Six key quotes trashing Reform leader ahead of Clacton by-election

  08-07-2026 18:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Reform UK leader resigned from Parliament as he faced a string of financial allegations
  
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• Harry visits Royal Hospital Chelsea for Invictus meetings day after legal defeat

  08-07-2026 18:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  The duke is carrying on with engagements during his return trip to the UK.
  
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• Farage seeks August 6 date for by-election which will be boycotted by rivals

  08-07-2026 18:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Reform UK leader has come under scrutiny about undeclared gifts and financial support.
  
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• Starmer urges return to Iran ceasefire after ‘challenging’ two days

  08-07-2026 17:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister warned that UK household bills would likely be hit unless the situation improved.
  
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• Starmer hails ‘huge privilege’ of representing UK at final foreign summit

  08-07-2026 17:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Keir will hand over the reins to his successor, expected to be former Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, within weeks.
  
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• Nato ‘stronger and more united’ after Ankara summit, Starmer says

  08-07-2026 17:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump praised the ‘unity of the meeting’, the Prime Minister said.
  
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• Jackdaw ‘will not materially influence’ emissions, says owner

  08-07-2026 17:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  The document was published as a consultation into the proposed North Sea oil field was launched.
  
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• TfL ‘very sorry’ for delays as reopening of Gallows Corner flyover pushed back

  08-07-2026 17:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  The works in Romford began last March and were originally scheduled to be completed by September
  
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• Farage quits Commons to fight in by-election boycotted by rivals

  08-07-2026 16:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Reform UK leader’s main opponent in the Clacton by-election is likely to be Count Binface.
  
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• Suella Braverman heckled after criticising councils over ‘fashionable fads’

  08-07-2026 16:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Some members of the cross-party audience in Bournemouth interrupted her and others walked out as she criticised them.
  
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• Hammersmith Bridge needs £128m repairs to stay open to pedestrians and cyclists

  08-07-2026 16:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hammersmith and Fulham Council is focused on keeping the bridge open for cyclists, pedestrians and river traffic
  
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• Trump warns Iran he will ‘probably’ launch more raids as ceasefire collapses

  08-07-2026 16:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump said it was ‘a waste of time’ dealing with the Iranians.
  
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• Grandmother arrested over £1m cocaine hidden in plantain peels on London-bound flight

  08-07-2026 16:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mary Yetunde Barek was arrested after around 13kg of cocaine, with a street value of more than £1 million, was discovered in her luggage
  
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• M23 LIVE: Motorway reopens after crash kills highways worker and sparks travel chaos

  08-07-2026 16:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  The southbound carriageway was closed between junctions 8 and 10 for much of the day
  
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• Starmer: Trump did not raise ‘any issue’ with UK defence spending at Nato summit

  08-07-2026 15:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  The gathering in Ankara has been overshadowed by the US president’s attacks on the alliance.
  
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• Who was Ruth Ellis and why was she hanged at London's Holloway Prison?

  08-07-2026 15:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Everything you need to know about the last woman to be hanged in Britain
  
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• Father suspected of murdering wife and two daughters ‘left UK for Zimbabwe’

  08-07-2026 15:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, 42, known as Zandile, and Natalie, 15, and Nala, five, were found dead in a £1.3 million detached house.
  
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• Count Binface unmasked: Who is the 'independent space warrior' taking on Nigel Farage in Clacton by-election?

  08-07-2026 15:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  Who is the man behind the bin?
  
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• British Airways cancels flight to London Heathrow after crew 'got drunk in hotel bar'

  08-07-2026 15:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The cancellation of flight BA254 from Bridgetown to London impacted up to 336 passengers
  
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• King meets police officers who dealt with Bedfordshire train crash

  08-07-2026 15:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Charles was opening the headquarters of the British Transport Police.
  
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• Revealed: London's 10 most and least expensive postcodes for rent

  08-07-2026 15:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Rents have stagnated across the capital in the last year - but parts of south-east London are booming
  
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• Migrants arrive in UK in first Channel crossings this month

  08-07-2026 15:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  A number of people, including children, were seen disembarking a Border Security Command boat on Wednesday morning in Dover, Kent.
  
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• Consent a key issue in Top Boy actor rape trial, jury hears

  08-07-2026 15:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Micheal Ward denies two counts of rape, two counts of assault by penetration and one count of sexual assault against a woman in January 2023.
  
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• Passport chaos: Britons face missing holidays as Home Office systems go down

  08-07-2026 15:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of people who had booked fast-track appointments unable to collect documents at the HM Passport Office in east London
  
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• Reeves clears way for Farage to quit as MP and trigger by-election

  08-07-2026 15:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage’s decision to trigger a by-election in his Clacton constituency will not be blocked by the Government.
  
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• Young neo-Nazi who planned mass gun attack jailed for more than 13 years

  08-07-2026 15:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Alfie Coleman was 14 when he first began to trawl the internet for extreme right-wing material.
  
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• Fire chiefs warn of wildfire risks as UK bakes in third heatwave of the summer

  08-07-2026 14:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Health and fire warnings have been issued as temperatures in some areas could reach up to 36C this week.
  
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