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• Prince Harry pictured in London for first time since UK return - as King issues statement about his future

  07-09-2026 19:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  King confirms Duke and Duchess of Sussex are still still not working royals after their return to the UK
  
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• Thousands of e-bikes seized in the last year as anger grows over dockless bikes

  12-09-2026 21:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The number of seizures is already a 23% increase from the whole of 2025
  
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• London councils receive hundreds of complaints linked to harmful aesthetic procedures

  12-09-2026 19:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  The complaints related to clinics and practitioners providing treatments such as dermal fillers, botulinum toxin injections, and non-surgical Brazilian Butt Lifts
  
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• Donald Trump turns focus to golf after sparking row with Irish unity remarks

  12-09-2026 19:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  The US president is making a two-day visit to Ireland.
  
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• Hundreds at Glasgow Green anti-immigration demonstration and counter protests

  12-09-2026 18:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Pink Ladies organised a rally which sparked counter-protests.
  
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• Man arrested over concealing identity at anti-immigration protest in Portsmouth

  12-09-2026 18:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  It comes after Hampshire Police warned protesters using face coverings could face arrest.
  
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• Teenager jailed after robbing man’s gold necklace at central London station

  12-09-2026 17:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mamadou Bah, 19, robbed the victim at Chancery Lane station in the early hours of the morning in December last year
  
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• Drug dealer who was caught hiding in wardrobe after accidental Wi-Fi login jailed

  12-09-2026 17:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Joel Louis inadvertently logged into a public Wi-Fi connection at an address in Wembley on July 7, alerting the police to his location
  
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• Burnham faces call for donations cap after Reform given £72m in two days

  12-09-2026 16:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Cryptocurrency billionaires Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne have each donated £36 million.
  
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• Trump triggers row with backing for united Ireland on trip to Dublin

  12-09-2026 16:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  The US president also cast doubt on Britain’s ability to defend the Falkland Islands during the visit to Ireland.
  
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• Police hunt man after sexual assault on north London train

  12-09-2026 15:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  The attack came in the early hours of the morning on August 16, on a Piccadilly Line train to Finsbury Park
  
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• Labour launches campaign in crunch London by-election against Zack Polanski’s Green Party

  12-09-2026 15:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  If elected, Sagal Abdi-Wali would become the first British-Somali woman to serve as an MP in the UK
  
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• Anti-migrant protesters and counter demonstrators hold rival demos in Portsmouth

  12-09-2026 15:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Protesters had been warned that those wearing face coverings could be arrested under powers in the Crime and Policing Act
  
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• Hundreds gather at Glasgow green protests

  12-09-2026 15:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Pink Ladies organised a rally which sparked counter-protests.
  
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• ‘War and genocide can never be accepted’, Connolly tells Trump

  12-09-2026 14:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Irish president said the ‘deep connection’ between the US and Ireland ‘allows us to speak openly to one another’.
  
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• Reform UK receives second £36million donation in two days from crypto billionaires

  12-09-2026 14:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  The BitMEX co-founder said he provided the funds to ensure a ‘fair fight and a level playing field’ between parties
  
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• Second cryptocurrency billionaire gives £36 million to Reform

  12-09-2026 14:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Christopher Harborne said the money was ‘a philanthropic gift to our country’.
  
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• Donald Trump’s united Ireland comments spark unionist backlash

  12-09-2026 14:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  The US president said it was ‘going to happen eventually, it may as well happen now’.
  
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• Protesters gather in Portsmouth as police warn against fear and violence

  12-09-2026 13:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  No-one could be seen wearing masks.
  
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• Connolly presents Trump with symbols of peace during courtesy call

  12-09-2026 13:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ms Connolly was a long-standing critic of Mr Trump before she took up office.
  
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• US President Donald Trump says he would ‘love to see’ a united Ireland

  12-09-2026 12:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mr Trump told reporters in Dublin a united Ireland is ‘going to happen eventually, it may as well happen now’.
  
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• Plans to build dizzying 230m-high tower block in Vauxhall approved

  12-09-2026 12:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  The £2billion development at Vauxhall Square will include 25% affordable housing and student accommodation.
  
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• Donald Trump claims he could ‘settle’ a war over the Falklands

  12-09-2026 12:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mr Trump suggested the UK would not ‘be willing to travel that far’ if Argentina invaded the Falklands.
  
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• Will London get a late-summer heatwave this September?

  12-09-2026 12:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  London can expect a brief return to summer-like conditions this week, though the warm temperatures will not officially count as a heatwave
  
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• Donald Trump meets Irish president Catherine Connolly at start of two-day visit

  12-09-2026 11:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mr Trump was earlier greeted by Ireland’s deputy premier Simon Harris at Dublin Airport.
  
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• Crypto tycoon donates record £36m to Reform UK

  12-09-2026 11:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The extraordinary sum offers a boost to Nigel Farage’s party after a summer dominated by scrutiny of his and Reform’s finances.
  
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• Woman and child flee burning flat as 70 firefighters tackle blaze in Poplar tower block

  12-09-2026 10:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  An investigation into the blaze in Poplar is underway, London Fire Brigade says
  
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• MoD denies ‘military jet’ error caused air traffic control outage

  12-09-2026 10:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The disruption has prompted calls for Martin Rolfe, chief executive of air traffic services provider Nats, to resign.
  
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• Reform UK receives record £36million donation from cryptocurrency billionaire

  12-09-2026 10:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  The BitMEX co-founder said he provided the funds to ensure a ‘fair fight and a level playing field’ between parties
  
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• Traders face £800 fines in 'counterproductive' crackdown on al-fresco dining in London hotspot

  12-09-2026 09:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Traders at Exmouth Market in Clerkenwell fear new pavement rules could put the future of their popular dining spot at risk
  
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