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• Public inquiry into Southport murders will ‘identify changes urgently needed’

  08-07-2025 15:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Chairman Sir Adrian Fulford made an opening statement at Liverpool Town Hall on Tuesday.
  
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• 'Hero' father died trying to rescue mother and teenage daughter off Yorkshire coast police say, as victims named

  04-01-2026 20:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sarah Keeling, 45, and her daughter Grace Keeling,15, got stuck in the sea on Friday, Humberside Police said.
  
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• Mother and daughter involved in ‘tragic incident’ off Yorkshire coast – police

  04-01-2026 19:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sarah Keeling, 45, and her daughter Grace Keeling,15, got stuck in the sea on Friday, Humberside Police said.
  
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• Man fighting for his life in hospital after horror triple stabbing on Edgware Road

  04-01-2026 19:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Officers were called to Edgware Road following reports of multiple stabbings
  
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• Auschwitz survivor and stepsister of Anne Frank, Eva Schloss, dies aged 96

  04-01-2026 19:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Anne Frank would posthumously become famous for her diary, published after the war.
  
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• Police charge Rangers player with driving offences after car crash

  04-01-2026 18:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Dujon Sterling was arrested in the early hours of Sunday after a collision in Glasgow city centre.
  
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• Two men rushed to hospital following shooting in Bexleyheath

  04-01-2026 18:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police were called to reports of a shooting on Broadway, Bexleyheath, in the early hours of Sunday
  
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• King meets child on a tricycle after Sandringham church service

  04-01-2026 17:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  People of all ages gathered by a rope fence to watch the King and Queen walk to and from the Sunday morning service.
  
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• Man dies and major motorway closed after Tesla and motorcycle crash

  04-01-2026 17:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  The motorcyclist was treated by paramedics but sadly died at the scene
  
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• Greece forced to close entire airspace with all flights in and out suspended amid mystery technical failure

  04-01-2026 17:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that the airspace would remain closed until 4pm
  
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• Pictured: 'True hero' father who died trying to rescue two people from the icy sea in Withernsea tragedy

  04-01-2026 16:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mark Ratcliffe, 67, was pulled from the sea at Withernsea on Friday
  
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• Inmate charged with escaping prison on New Year’s Day as two remain at large

  04-01-2026 16:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Aaron Thomas, 39, is back in custody after his arrest in Bristol on Saturday.
  
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• Watch: Maduro wishes US agents ‘Happy New Year’ as he is escorted to jail

  04-01-2026 15:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  An image circulating online shows Maduro smiling and holding his thumbs up while shackled and surrounded by a throng of federal agents
  
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• Family tribute to ‘selfless hero’ who died trying to help people in sea

  04-01-2026 15:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two people have died and a third is missing after the incident in the East Yorkshire seaside town of Withernsea.
  
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• Jesy Nelson reveals her twins are unlikely to walk after diagnosis

  04-01-2026 14:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  The singer said her mother had noticed a lack of movement in her children’s legs.
  
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• Amber warning for snow issued as wintry weather continues

  04-01-2026 13:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The weather warning begins at 6pm on Sunday and expires at 10am on Monday.
  
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• Historic textile mill recreates Victorian designs for 200th anniversary of tweed

  04-01-2026 13:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lovat Mill was bought by Alan Cumming and Stephen Rendle in 1999.
  
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• Venezuela transition should be reached ‘quickly’, UK minister says

  04-01-2026 13:00 via standard.co.uk
  Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones declined to say whether he thought the US strikes on Caracas had been legal.
  
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• Rogue Great Ormond Street surgeon 'harmed up to 100 children' with botched operations on their legs

  04-01-2026 12:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  One child’s leg was amputated, while others were left with mismatched legs by up to 20cm
  
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• Historic textile mill recreates Victorian designs for 200th anniversary

  04-01-2026 12:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lovat Mill was bought up by Alan Cumming and Stephen Rendle, in 1999.
  
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• ‘Evidence’ of asylum hotels closing will be seen in coming months, says Starmer

  04-01-2026 12:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister said he is ‘determined’ to shut the hotels.
  
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• Amber weather warning for snow issued as wintry weather continues

  04-01-2026 12:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  The weather warning begins at 6pm on Sunday and expires at 10am on Monday.
  
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• Starmer squares up to Farage on Brexit with moves towards Single Market as he fights to stay PM

  04-01-2026 12:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister toughened Labour’s stance on closer ties with the European Union as his party faces a hammering in May elections
  
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• UK prepared to get closer to EU single market, Starmer says

  04-01-2026 12:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister insisted Britain should ‘go further’ in strengthening post-Brexit ties.
  
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• ‘It was a survival call’: Palestinian mother thanks Ireland for son’s treatment

  04-01-2026 12:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mohammed lost his leg while in a tent in southern Gaza and was evacuated to Ireland for nerve treatment.
  
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• Do not muck about at election, Swinney warns independence supporters

  04-01-2026 11:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  The First Minister said voters need to make sure the SNP ‘does really well, because that’s the only way Scotland is going to make progress’.
  
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• Anthony Joshua pictured for first time in UK after Nigeria crash tragedy

  04-01-2026 11:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Boxer posts photo with family clutching picture of Sina Ghami with caption 'My Brothers Keeper' following Nigeria car crash tragedy
  
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• Desperate mum 'came within inches of saving daughter before both swept away by freak wave'

  04-01-2026 11:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tragedy unfolded at Withernsea as witnesses describe heroic attempts to rescue teenage girl caught by 3m wave off East Yorkshire coast
  
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• Hundreds of British buses have Chinese ‘kill switch’

  04-01-2026 10:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Security services discover SIM card technology in 700 Yutong buses could be used to disable vehicles
  
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• Revealed: How US commandos stormed Maduro's fortress in daring midnight raid that toppled Venezuelan dictator

  04-01-2026 10:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Operation Absolute Resolve saw 150 warplanes pummel defences before Delta Force and FBI agents seized president from his safe house in under three hours
  
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