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• Six-hour sepsis test identified infection days before conventional methods

  16-09-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Researchers say a new test could help identify sepsis days earlier in patients.
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Suffragette line hit by severe delays after earlier incident of ‘casualty on track’

  16-09-2026 11:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Suffragette line partially suspended as emergency services respond to a ‘casualty on the track’
  
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• Burnham says thank you for messages of support after death of father

  16-09-2026 10:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Roy Burnham had been suffering from Alzheimer’s.
  
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• Amazon announces pay increase for frontline staff

  16-09-2026 09:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Rises will range from 5.2% to 5.6%.
  
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• Inflation jumps to 3.1% driven by soaring petrol prices in new cost-of-living blow

  16-09-2026 09:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Official statistics showed that Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation increased to 3.1% in August, up from 2.9% in July
  
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• Noah Woods latest: Desperate hunt for three-year-old boy who went missing after visit to playground

  16-09-2026 09:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  Noah Woods was last seen at 3pm on Tuesday in Brantham before being separated from a relative
  
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• Desperate hunt for three-year-old boy Noah who went missing after visit to playground

  16-09-2026 09:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Noah was last seen at 3pm on Tuesday in Brantham before being separated from a relative
  
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• Inflation increases to 3.1% after spike in petrol prices

  16-09-2026 09:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Official statistics showed that Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation increased to 3.1% in August, up from 2.9% in July.
  
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• WH Smith set for sharp fall in profits amid cost and trading pressures

  16-09-2026 08:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The retailer now expects profits to drop to around £75 million for the year to August 31, down from £108 million in 2024-25.
  
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• Village votes for independence in symbolic referendum driven by migrant camp

  16-09-2026 08:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  The people of Piddington in Oxfordshire have voted to secede from the UK.
  
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• Inflation increases to 3.1% after jump in petrol prices

  16-09-2026 08:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation increased to 3.1% in August, compared with 2.9% in July.
  
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• London council tax hammerblow as borough set to nearly double bills in record rise

  16-09-2026 08:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  Wandsworth Council has announced plans to increase the levy for a Band D property by £958 from April 2027
  
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• Piddington poll result: Village votes overwhelmingly for ‘independence’ over asylum seeker housing plan

  16-09-2026 08:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Piddington Parish Council will announce the result of the vote at 7am on Wednesday
  
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• With more data and less distraction, are these smart swimming goggles a masterstroke?

  16-09-2026 08:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  AI is coming for your next swimming session. Katie Strick puts SpeedoIQ’s world-first smart goggles to the test
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Overground line suspended as emergency services respond to 'casualty on track'

  16-09-2026 08:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Suffragette line partially suspended as emergency services respond to a ‘casualty on the track’
  
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• Heathrow Airport expansion cannot go ahead without cutting flying emissions, say climate advisers

  16-09-2026 07:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Cost of international flights might have to increase by hundreds of pounds by 2050 to pay for measures, Climate Change Committee warns
  
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• Piddington poll result: Village's verdict in ‘independence’ vote over asylum seeker housing plan to be revealed

  16-09-2026 07:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Piddington Parish Council will announce the result of the vote at 7am on Wednesday
  
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• Nato chief to praise Britain’s ‘serious’ commitment to defence during UK visit

  16-09-2026 01:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte will meet with the Prime Minister face to face for the first time on Wednesday.
  
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• Result due in village ‘independence’ vote held over asylum seeker housing plan

  16-09-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Piddington Parish Council will announce the result of the vote at 7am on Wednesday.
  
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• Irish President speaks of ‘strong ties’ with Scotland as visit gets under way

  16-09-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Catherine Connolly is making a four-day official visit to Scotland, starting with talks with First Minister John Swinney on Wednesday.
  
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• Heathrow expansion cannot go ahead without cutting flying emissions, say climate advisers

  16-09-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Cost of international flights might have to increase by hundreds of pounds by 2050 to pay for measures, Climate Change Committee warns
  
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• Greens urge MSPs to vote for moratorium on hyperscale data centres

  16-09-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  MSPs will debate the issue at Holyrood on Wednesday.
  
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• Complaints to watchdog about water firms hit highest increase in 20 years

  16-09-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Complaints to the Consumer Council for Water are up 84% – the biggest year-on-year rise in the watchdog’s 20-year history.
  
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• Ads for AI apps banned for sexually explicit content and objectifying women

  16-09-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The ASA found the ads were irresponsible and likely to cause serious or widespread offence by objectifying and sexualising women.
  
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• AI could help spare brain tumour patients MRI dye injections

  16-09-2026 00:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The technology could help predict which tumours will light up on scans without the need for gadolinium, according to researchers.
  
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• Orient beaten in EFL Trophy - round-up

  15-09-2026 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wycombe Wanderers and Chesterfield beat Premier League Under-21 sides in the EFL Trophy group phase.
  
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• Revealed: New masterplan for final 16 acres of Battersea Power Station regeneration

  15-09-2026 22:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  Revised masterplan proposes up to 3.2 million square feet of residential, commercial and leisure space across the remaining 16 acres of the riverside neighbourhood
  
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• Thirteenth Met Police officer sacked after Charing Cross Panorama film

  15-09-2026 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  PC Mason O'Connor is dismissed after a hearing found he had breached standards of professional behaviour, the Met said.
  
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• Who are the candidates for the Holborn and St Pancras by-election? Full list of people standing

  15-09-2026 21:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  A total of 15 candidates are standing in the race to take over Sir Keir Starmer’s Holborn and St Pancras seat
  
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• Two more disgraced Charing Cross police officers sacked in wake of Panorama documentary

  15-09-2026 21:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Number of officers who have lost jobs reaches 13 since police watchdog launched probe linked to shockingBBC exposé
  
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