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• Somerville refuses to commit to devolving new powers to Scottish councils

  17-10-2026 10:56 via The Standard News
  
  The Prime Minister visited Scotland on Friday.
  
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• King arrives in Antigua and Barbuda as Burnham ‘open’ to slavery apology

  31-10-2026 03:14 via The Standard News
  
  Charles will give the opening address to assembled presidents, prime ministers and other national representatives of the 56 member states.
  
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• Funeral of Irish traditional musician Dónal Lunny to take place

  31-10-2026 01:03 via The Standard News
  
  His funeral is scheduled for St Conleth’s Parish Church in Newbridge, Co Kildare.
  
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• Firework warning as data shows rise in number of people admitted to hospital

  31-10-2026 01:01 via The Standard News
  
  NHS England said there were 85 firework-related hospital admissions in England last November, up from 60 the year before.
  
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• Macklemore tells Wembley crowd Gaza children are ‘our children’ during Free Palestine tour

  30-10-2026 23:57 via The Standard News
  
  The US rapper received huge cheers at London’s OVO Arena Wembley for his Free Palestine tour
  
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• Andy Burnham ‘open’ to calls for British formal apology for slavery

  30-10-2026 23:40 via The Standard News
  
  The Prime Minister expressed his personal ‘sorrow and regret’ for the suffering caused by the transatlantic slave trade.
  
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• Final episode of The Celebrity Traitors as faithfuls

  30-10-2026 22:48 via The Standard News
  
  The pair were the last two remaining at the firepit at the end of the BBC reality gameshow.
  
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• Romesh Ranganathan and Sebastian Croft win The Celebrity Traitors as faithfuls

  30-10-2026 22:37 via The Standard News
  
  The pair were the last two remaining at the firepit at the end of the BBC reality gameshow.
  
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• Green-run council under fire for backing incinerator after campaigning against it

  30-10-2026 21:34 via The Standard News
  
  Hackney’s Green administration has abandoned plans to cancel the rebuild of the Edmonton waste incinerator
  
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• ‘We all know you are the aggressor’ in Ukraine, Miliband tells Russian envoy

  30-10-2026 21:30 via The Standard News
  
  The Foreign Secretary stressed the need to deprive Vladimir Putin ‘of the revenues that perpetuate this barbaric war’.
  
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• Man jailed for voyeurism as police officers catch him in the act

  30-10-2026 20:57 via The Standard News
  
  Anthony Durkan has been jailed for four years after pleading guilty to 26 voyeurism charges
  
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• Charles hears tale of prejudice from Guyanese veteran who fought for Britain

  30-10-2026 20:48 via The Standard News
  
  The King honoured Guyana’s fallen at a Commonwealth War Graves in the capital Georgetown.
  
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• Hundreds of residents ordered from two more east London towers as engineers warn of 'imminent risk to life'

  30-10-2026 20:39 via The Standard News
  
  The evacuation zone has now widened to five residential blocks after structural engineers identified an ‘imminent risk to life’
  
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• 'We have nowhere to go': Families evacuated from east London towers told to pay for own accommodation

  30-10-2026 20:20 via The Standard News
  
  Families forced to evacuate because of an 'imminent risk to life' say they are in limbo over accommodation, compensation and when they can return
  
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• Charles visits execution site of 1823 uprising against slavery

  30-10-2026 19:45 via The Standard News
  
  The King watched children play sport in Independence Park, in Guyana’s capital Georgetown.
  
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• Carla Lockhart to outline future with DUP ‘early next week’ amid speculation

  30-10-2026 19:08 via The Standard News
  
  DUP leader Gavin Robinson has said he hopes Ms Lockhart will not quit the party.
  
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• Andy Burnham faces ‘huge challenge’ as homelessness numbers in London rise

  30-10-2026 18:40 via The Standard News
  
  Prime Minister Andy Burnham has vowed to offer help to‘every single person’ on the streets by Christmas
  
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• Three men who planned to bomb mosque jailed in Dublin

  30-10-2026 18:34 via The Standard News
  
  The three men all entered guilty pleas earlier this year.
  
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• Miliband boycotted cancelled G20 photocall with Russian envoy over Ukraine

  30-10-2026 18:17 via The Standard News
  
  The diplomatic incident underlines the ongoing tensions over the war, triggered more than four years ago by Moscow’s invasion.
  
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• Dame Judi Dench says she has ‘great hope’ for the future of theatre

  30-10-2026 18:17 via The Standard News
  
  The 91-year-old actress helped launch a new outdoor installation to mark the the 50th anniversary of the National Theatre building.
  
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• Police preparing files on 18 for prosecutors following Drumcree parade dispute

  30-10-2026 17:43 via The Standard News
  
  Police said the investigation will continue in the coming weeks.
  
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• Katie Hopkins tells of financial and emotional toll of blackmail campaign

  30-10-2026 17:27 via The Standard News
  
  Oliver Hutchings received a two-year suspended prison sentence.
  
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• Judi Dench ‘shocked’ and ‘very sad’ to hear of death of Sir Patrick Stewart

  30-10-2026 17:17 via The Standard News
  
  The Star Trek actor died following a ‘brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia’.
  
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• Man wielding knife threatens migrants and boards small boat bound for UK

  30-10-2026 17:14 via The Standard News
  
  Some 263 migrants arrived in the UK on Thursday, the Home Office said.
  
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• James McAvoy remembers X-Men co-star Patrick Stewart: ‘He was lovely to me’

  30-10-2026 17:07 via The Standard News
  
  The Yorkshire-born actor died at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday at the age of 86.
  
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• Streeting condemns Swinney’s ‘irresponsible and unfounded’ comments on defence

  30-10-2026 16:59 via The Standard News
  
  The Scottish First Minister has claimed the UK Government is ‘failing to keep Scotland secure’.
  
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• Russell Brand ‘controlled and gaslit women he treated as disposable’

  30-10-2026 16:51 via The Standard News
  
  Brand faces three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault, and one allegation of attempted indecent assault.
  
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• 'Enforce it now before someone is hurt': Calls grow for cyclists breaking Oxford Street rules to be fined

  30-10-2026 16:51 via The Standard News
  
  Shoppers call for tougher enforcement after cyclists seen riding through crowds just days after pedestrianisation comes into force
  
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• Swinney ‘deeply concerned’ by Acorn carbon capture decision

  30-10-2026 16:48 via The Standard News
  
  The funding mechanism for the project was changed in the Chancellor’s Budget this week.
  
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• ‘Postcode lottery' blamed as hundreds of thousands of Londoners to miss out on £100 winter payment

  30-10-2026 16:35 via The Standard News
  
  One in three London homes will not be eligible for John Healey’s winter energy handout
  
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