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• Salads and iced matcha lattes help bring heatwave sales boost for Greggs

  29-07-2026 10:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  The bakery chain revealed that total sales topped £1.1 billion for the 26 weeks to June 27.
  
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• Andy Burnham wields axe to Whitehall jobs as civil servants moved to offices of regional mayors

  21-08-2026 13:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘The days of Westminster hoarding power are over,’ says Burnham’s close ally, Cabinet minister Louise Haigh, as cull of Whitehall posts starts
  
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• Funeral held for teenager killed in wrong-way motorway crash

  21-08-2026 13:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Joe Carthy was one of five teenagers who died after the car they were travelling in was driven the wrong way down the M9.
  
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• Convicted Romanian killer who came to UK illegally jailed for life for murder of London flatmate over £5

  21-08-2026 13:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Illegal immigrant murdered man in London just three years after serving a sentence in Romania for ‘strikingly similar’ killing
  
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• Directors will ‘absolutely want to meet Meghan’ if she returns to acting

  21-08-2026 12:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  Professor Jonathan Shalit, chairman of InterTalent Rights Group, believes the Duchess of Sussex can ‘do whatever she wants to do’.
  
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• Convicted Romanian killer jailed for life after murdering flatmate

  21-08-2026 12:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  Construction worker Eugeniu Neamtu, 59, was jailed for murder in Romania in 2007.
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Victoria line trains delayed by 'track fault' as Bakerloo line part suspended

  21-08-2026 12:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Track fault causes major disruption to one of London’s busiest Tube lines
  
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• Banned driver who stole Maserati and killed pensioner in crash jailed

  21-08-2026 11:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  John Bell, 74, died when he was pinned against a wall following the crash involving a car driven by Fraser Garden, 55, in Broughty Ferry.
  
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• Business growth accelerates to four-month high amid hot weather boost

  21-08-2026 11:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  The closely watched S&P Global flash UK composite purchasing managers’ index reported a reading of 52.5 for August.
  
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• Harry and Meghan waxworks pose with suitcases and royal guard to mark UK return

  21-08-2026 11:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Madame Tussauds London has moved the royal figures to the British ‘culture capital’ zone.
  
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• Met Office gives new hint of September heatwave in London

  21-08-2026 11:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘Temperatures will probably be near normal at first, but may turn warmer later with a chance of some hot periods in the south’
  
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• Neutrogena responds to backlash following Hayden Panettiere’s death

  21-08-2026 10:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  The skincare brand released a statement saying it ‘understood that we made her feel unsupported during a very difficult time’.
  
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• Meghan could return to acting once the Sussexes are back in the UK

  21-08-2026 10:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Meghan quit acting when she and Harry got married in 2018.
  
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• What does 'strongest El Niño in living memory' mean for London's weather?

  21-08-2026 10:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘This is an unprecedented event’ - Professor Adam Scaife, head of long-range forecasting at the Met Office
  
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• Notting Hill Carnival weather: Thunderstorms predicted to sweep across London over August bank holiday weekend

  21-08-2026 10:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  A series of thunderstorms across the three-day event could dampen the festivities
  
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• Meghan 'offered lucrative UK acting role' as Sussexes head back to Britain

  21-08-2026 09:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Duchess of Sussex is reported to have been offered a role in a new UK-based entertainment project
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Victoria line trains delayed by 'track fault' after DLR suspension

  21-08-2026 09:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Track fault causes major disruption to one of London’s busiest Tube lines
  
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• Meghan could make 'lucrative return to acting' when she and Harry come back to Britain

  21-08-2026 09:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will leave America more than six years after they relocated there
  
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• Met Office gives new hint of September heatwave in London: 'May turn warmer later'

  21-08-2026 08:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘Temperatures will probably be near normal at first, but may turn warmer later with a chance of some hot periods in the south’
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Victoria line trains delayed by 'track fault' and DLR suspension

  21-08-2026 08:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  Track fault causes major disruption to one of London’s busiest Tube lines
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Victoria line trains delayed as 'track fault' hits one of Tube's busiest services

  21-08-2026 08:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Track fault causes major disruption to one of London’s busiest Tube lines
  
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• World’s oldest person celebrates ‘lovely’ 117th birthday after meeting King

  21-08-2026 08:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ethel Caterham, who lives at Hallmark Lakeview Care Home in Lightwater, Surrey, is spending her birthday on Friday with family and friends
  
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• Motorists prosecuted every week for driving wrong way on motorway

  21-08-2026 08:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Some 31 drivers in the past 30 weeks were charged with criminal offences involving driving in the wrong direction on motorways of England and Wales.
  
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• London teacher accused of having sex with two teenage pupils: ‘I was just friendly’

  21-08-2026 07:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sally-Anne Bowen told a trial she believed in hindsight she had been ‘too friendly’ with students
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Victoria line trains halted as 'track fault' hits one of Tube's busiest services

  21-08-2026 07:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Track fault causes major disruption to one of London’s busiest Tube lines
  
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• House prices slump by up to 25% in London as rents rise: What's happening in your area?

  21-08-2026 07:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Average house prices fell in 18 boroughs but rents rose in 30 out of 32
  
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• Tory council leaders accuse Burnham of ‘devolving blame’ for tax rises

  21-08-2026 07:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Shadow local government secretary Sir James Cleverly said Londoners are facing a ‘Burnham penalty on their council tax’.
  
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• Questions over who will pay for Sussexes’ security as they return to UK

  21-08-2026 01:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  The royal couple are set to return as Harry finds out the legal bill he faces over his failed court action against the Daily Mail’s publisher.
  
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• World’s oldest person celebrates ‘lovely’ 117th birthday after year she met King

  21-08-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ethel Caterham, who lives at Hallmark Lakeview Care Home in Lightwater, Surrey, is spending her birthday on Friday with family and friends.
  
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• ‘Unprecedented’ El Nino event to bring storms and rain to UK, says Met Office

  21-08-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The weather event in the Pacific is predicted to have a knock-on effect across the world, including the UK.
  
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