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• SNP members back resolution supporting UK-wide ban on X

  17-10-2026 13:45 via The Standard News
  
  The resolution, which also said the SNP should remove itself from the social media platform, was passed overwhelmingly at the party’s conference.
  
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• Major Soho development gets green light

  30-10-2026 15:25 via The Standard News
  
  The retail and office development includes the former home of 20th Century Fox
  
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• Burnham acknowledges Budget ambitions constrained by global turmoil

  30-10-2026 15:10 via The Standard News
  
  The Prime Minister also appeared to have softened his stance on not holding an election until 2029, saying only that he will not call one in 2027.
  
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• Motorist who dragged cyclist under car for more than a mile convicted of murder

  30-10-2026 14:51 via The Standard News
  
  Simon Richardson claimed he did not know headteacher Michael Mullins was under his wheels, but his passenger gave evidence against him.
  
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• Almost 265 Channel migrants arrive in UK after three-week hiatus

  30-10-2026 14:49 via The Standard News
  
  A boat that launched from Belgium on Thursday was reportedly coloured red, white and green with a golden sun emblem of the Kurdish flag.
  
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• Jury fails to reach verdict in trial of man accused of fatal drive-by shooting of Tanesha Melbourne-Blake

  30-10-2026 14:31 via The Standard News
  
  Jury discharged in trial of man accused of murder over fatal shooting of teenager, 17, in Tottenham in 2018
  
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• Met Police issue arrest warning for 'mass' pro-Palestine Action protest outside US Embassy in London

  30-10-2026 14:11 via The Standard News
  
  Defend Our Juries has organised the protest on Saturday in a call for the government to lift the ban on Palestine Action group
  
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• Russell Brand ‘snapped from nice to nasty as he groped and raped women’

  30-10-2026 13:51 via The Standard News
  
  Prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones KC said six different women who do not know each other had come forward to accuse Brand of attacking them.
  
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• Beavers to return to waters around Loch Ness 500 years after last sighting

  30-10-2026 13:49 via The Standard News
  
  NatureScot said the animals could ‘significantly improve’ diversity in the River Ness catchment.
  
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• Counterfeit beauty products found to contain mercury, lead and methanol

  30-10-2026 13:32 via The Standard News
  
  Tests found lead in lipstick, eyeshadow and contour products, nicotine in perfume and a counterfeit fragrance made up of around 80% methanol.
  
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• BP reports soaring profits in ‘obscene’ sector haul amid oil price crisis

  30-10-2026 13:32 via The Standard News
  
  The firm said profits jumped to 8.46 billion US dollars (£6.31 billion) in the third quarter, up from 2.21 billion dollars (£1.65 billion) a year ago.
  
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• Sir Patrick Stewart’s greatest London stage performances, from Shakespeare to Waiting for Godot

  30-10-2026 13:29 via The Standard News
  
  The Star Trek and X-Men actor, who has died aged 86, enjoyed a remarkable six-decade career on stage
  
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• Police investigate report of ‘assault’ against cleric in Armagh

  30-10-2026 13:06 via The Standard News
  
  It comes following an incident involving Enoch Burke.
  
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• James McAvoy pays tribute to co-star Patrick Stewart: ‘He was lovely to me’

  30-10-2026 13:02 via The Standard News
  
  Sir Patrick died at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday at the age of 86.
  
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• Information Commissioner ‘erred in law’ with Salmond files order, court rules

  30-10-2026 13:00 via The Standard News
  
  Scottish ministers appealed against an order to disclose exempted material.
  
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• Competition watchdog to investigate Meta terms for publishers and businesses

  30-10-2026 12:57 via The Standard News
  
  The Facebook and Instagram owner said it believes there are ‘no grounds for a competition investigation’.
  
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• DUP accused of ‘sabotage’ by snubbing economic event

  30-10-2026 12:55 via The Standard News
  
  Sinn Fein MP John Finucane said it was a ‘disgrace’ that leaders were not attending the National Economic Council in Glasgow.
  
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• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor faces fresh police probe over alleged Epstein trafficking at Balmoral

  30-10-2026 12:46 via The Standard News
  
  Police Scotland say the investigation into alleged trafficking to Balmoral is at a ‘very early stage’
  
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• Tributes to former test pilot who campaigned for Chinook crash families

  30-10-2026 12:31 via The Standard News
  
  The helicopter crash in 1994 claimed 29 lives.
  
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• West End theatres to dim lights in memory of ‘acting giant’ Sir Patrick Stewart

  30-10-2026 12:21 via The Standard News
  
  Sir Patrick’s career included movies, TV and the theatre including 16 years with the Royal Shakespeare Company and acting on stage well into his 60s.
  
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• Sinn Fein councillors to be questioned over alleged parade ruling breaches

  30-10-2026 12:13 via The Standard News
  
  Craigavon councillor Catherine Nelson and Belfast councillor Conor McKay attended voluntary police interviews on Friday morning.
  
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• Hit-and-run driver admits killing woman and two dogs in horror east London car crash

  30-10-2026 12:04 via The Standard News
  
  Marie Theobald and her dogs, Honey and Riley, were killed three days before Christmas
  
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• London church's first black priest in 700 years quits after racist abuse

  30-10-2026 11:33 via The Standard News
  
  Rev Sharon Hunt stepped down from her role after being subjected to racial abuse at a parish dinner held at a local home
  
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• Sir David Suchet says close friend Sir Patrick Stewart will be ‘so much missed’

  30-10-2026 11:20 via The Standard News
  
  Sir Patrick died at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday at the age of 86.
  
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• Fog warning issued by Met Office as London drivers urged to take care

  30-10-2026 11:10 via The Standard News
  
  A fog warning is in place on Friday with low cloud and reduced visibility expected over Halloween weekend
  
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• Probe into Andrew and Epstein’s Balmoral visit in ‘very early stages’ – police

  30-10-2026 10:57 via The Standard News
  
  Pictures previously released by the Department of Justice in the US appear to show Andrew and Epstein on a shooting trip at the estate.
  
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• ‘I don’t want to see her go’ – Robinson hopes Lockhart will not quit DUP

  30-10-2026 10:45 via The Standard News
  
  Speculation is mounting that the MP may leave the party amid a dispute on how it has responded to the Drumcree parading furore.
  
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• El Nino warning: Polar vortex could hit London's weather earlier than first feared

  30-10-2026 10:32 via The Standard News
  
  The effects of El Niño could be felt in the capital as early as November, forecasters warn
  
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• ‘Significant milestone’ as golden eagle chick fledges from grouse moor

  30-10-2026 10:11 via The Standard News
  
  Beaky Junior is one of five golden eagles successfully fledged in southern Scotland this year.
  
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• Annual house price growth slows to weakest since January 2024

  30-10-2026 09:12 via The Standard News
  
  Nationwide Building Society said property values grew by 0.5% in October, down from growth of 0.8% in September.
  
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