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• Searches continue for thousands missing as death toll tops 670 after Nepal flood

  30-08-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Among those unaccounted for are more than 30 British nationals.
  
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• King has ‘significantly increased’ royal work, says minister amid funding uplift

  02-09-2026 00:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  The House of Commons approved a motion designed to update the formula for funding the British monarchy after a review by the Royal Trustees.
  
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• Cancer charity worker who stole £92k to pay for wedding and honeymoon jailed

  01-09-2026 23:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tameem Choudhury has been jailed for two-and-a-half years after pleading guilty to charges of fraud and money laundering
  
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• British volunteer aid worker says he was mistaken for floods survivor

  01-09-2026 22:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  Alastair Chambers, a former councillor, says he was mistaken for a survivor of the flash floods by Nepali officials.
  
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• Jay-Z appears at Trafalgar Square pop-up ahead of 30th anniversary tour

  01-09-2026 22:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  The rapper will perform at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on September 4 and 5 as part of his Jay-Z 30 tour
  
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• London bus strikes postponed after ‘significantly approved offer’

  01-09-2026 22:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Bus drivers working for Arriva North London will no longer walk out this weekend following the improved offer
  
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• Cleveland Police given extra £2m to tackle serious crime around Middlesbrough

  01-09-2026 21:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Home Secretary made the announcement after Prime Minister Andy Burnham paid tribute to two police officers killed in the line of duty on the A66.
  
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• US ‘confident’ postponed Lockerbie bombing trial will go ahead in new year

  01-09-2026 21:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  The deadliest terrorist attack in UK history nearly 40 years ago claimed the lives of 270 people.
  
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• Early prison release needed to keep public confidence – Justice Secretary

  01-09-2026 20:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Alex Norris set out plans to free up capacity in the UK’s overcrowded male prison estate to MPs as Parliament returned for its autumn term.
  
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• When will the Holborn & St Pancras by-election take place to replace Keir Starmer?

  01-09-2026 19:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  A by-election will be held to fill Sir Keir’s Holborn & St Pancras seat, which he has held since 2015
  
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• British man rescued in Nepal almost week on from flood, authorities say

  01-09-2026 19:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  A rescue worker confirmed a British male was among the 119 saved in the search and rescue operation.
  
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• UK expresses ‘full solidarity’ with Germany over attempted Russian drone attack

  01-09-2026 19:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  An explosive-laden drone was discovered near a Ukrainian aircraft at Leipzig-Halle Airport on August 4.
  
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• Ofcom ‘refused commissioner’s requests to see tech companies’ risk assessments’

  01-09-2026 19:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Dame Rachel De Souza has threatened to use her statutory powers to access the risk assessments.
  
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• Burnham pledges to ‘stick 100% to the Good Friday Agreement’

  01-09-2026 19:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  It comes after the Prime Minister was criticised last week after saying a referendum on a united Ireland will be ‘off the table’.
  
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• Andrew should face investigation for US sex crimes, says senior Republican

  01-09-2026 19:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  The disgraced former prince was named on Capitol Hill as one of the ‘co-conspirators’ of paedophile predator Jeffrey Epstein
  
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• John Swinney is warned reform package may be ‘more reckless than revolutionary’

  01-09-2026 18:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Scottish Trades Union Congress’s Roz Foyer said he was ‘presenting the public with a misleading choice of cuts packaged as public sector reform’.
  
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• Murder probe police would have arrested man found under bridge who died

  01-09-2026 18:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man found under a bridge in Glasgow city centre would have been arrested over a double killing in August, police have said.
  
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• Channel crossings crackdown bearing fruit, Mahmood claims amid summer lull

  01-09-2026 18:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  The summer months are usually a popular time for making the Channel crossing, as weather is usually calmer than the rest of the year.
  
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• ‘Put action into words’ say campaigners as Swinney vows to tackle misogyny

  01-09-2026 18:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Violence against women and girls was one of the key focuses of the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government.
  
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• John Swinney pledges ‘radical reshaping’ of Scotland’s public services

  01-09-2026 17:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  The First Minister announced his Programme for Government as MSPs returned to Holyrood after the summer recess.
  
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• Andy Burnham says he appointed Chancellor ‘because of his commitment to defence’

  01-09-2026 17:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister appeared to push back against accusations of backsliding on the uplift for spending on the military.
  
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• Burnham will attend climate summit as he pledges to ‘meet climate challenge’

  01-09-2026 17:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Cop 31 meeting will take place in Antalya, Turkey, later this year.
  
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• Girl, seven, killed in house fire ‘deeply loved and will be missed beyond words’

  01-09-2026 17:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Four other people were injured in the fire.
  
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• King and Queen’s senior equerry to step down at end of year

  01-09-2026 17:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Charles and Camilla are said to be most grateful for Lieutenant Colonel Jonny Thompson’s support over the past seven years.
  
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• Andy Burnham sets out plans for Government in first Commons outing as PM

  01-09-2026 17:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘Unless we are blunt about what went wrong, we won’t turn things around,’ the Prime Minister told MPs.
  
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• £2 bus fare cap to be extended to Glasgow and west of Scotland, Swinney confirms

  01-09-2026 17:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Passengers in Glasgow and the west will see cheaper bus fares from Monday.
  
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• Met Police officer sacked for gross misconduct after restraining order imposed

  01-09-2026 16:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  PC David Lewicki was dismissed without notice following an accelerated hearing
  
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• Council manager sentenced for stealing laptops earmarked for vulnerable people

  01-09-2026 16:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Bobby Lee Smith, 37, stole 129 Chromebook laptops and 301 iPads with a combined value of £124,644.96.
  
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• Who's in and who's out of Kemi Badenoch's new Tory frontbench?

  01-09-2026 16:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kemi Badenoch has overseen a sweeping clear-out of senior figures from her frontbench
  
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• NI Secretary orders judge-led review of Parades Commission decision making

  01-09-2026 15:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Chris Bryant said the commission ‘needs to enjoy the fullest possible confidence of all communities’.
  
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