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• Starmer urges ‘unity’ at Nato summit again overshadowed by Trump

  08-07-2026 09:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister said the gathering would prove to be ‘very important’ against the background of the Ukraine war and the US conflict with Iran.
  
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• Bow flooding: Hundreds of homes left without water and power in heatwave as main bursts

  09-07-2026 12:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  People rescued from pub as flooding up to a metre deep engulfs area in east London
  
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• Historic building on Edinburgh’s Princes Street gutted by fire

  09-07-2026 12:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Emergency services were called to the old Debenhams building shortly before 3am on Thursday.
  
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• Adult dies of measles as new cases recorded in London

  09-07-2026 12:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than half of the 883 confirmed measles cases reported since the start of the year are in London
  
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• Zack Polanski's Green Party 'to win 21 London seats at next general election' - shock poll

  09-07-2026 12:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour could be left with just 27 MPs in the capital, according to the new survey
  
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• Total Eclipse Of The Heart singer Bonnie Tyler dies aged 75

  09-07-2026 12:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Her family said she died in hospital in Portugal ‘as a result of the illness that she was being treated for’.
  
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• Nominations open among Labour MPs for next leader and prime minister

  09-07-2026 12:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham appears on course for a coronation, as he was the only declared candidate when nominations began on Thursday.
  
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• Spirit of Invictus train launched to mark one-year countdown to Birmingham games

  09-07-2026 12:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Presenter and former Invictus Games competitor JJ Chalmers said he hopes it will help ’empower’ those taking part.
  
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• London Marathon 2027 ballot results: 1.3million hopefuls find out if they're in next year's two-day event

  09-07-2026 12:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  The results of the London Marathon 2027 ballot are being revealed today
  
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• Rupert Lowe sparks outrage with comments on Dunblane massacre

  09-07-2026 12:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Restore leader incorrectly told the world’s biggest podcaster there was just ‘one murder’ during the school massacre in which 16 children died.
  
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• High temperature warning issued for 12 counties

  09-07-2026 12:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Temperatures could be in the low 30s from Friday.
  
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• Count Binface turns Clacton by-election into global embarrassment for Nigel Farage

  09-07-2026 11:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  French readers are being offered an explainer by Le Figaro on the identity of Count Binface
  
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• Ant queen and colony found living on King’s Balmoral estate

  09-07-2026 11:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Conservationists are working to secure the future of the narrow-headed ant.
  
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• More than 3,000 people a day treated in corridors in June as summer strains NHS

  09-07-2026 11:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  The waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England rose for the second month in a row to levels last seen in December.
  
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• When is the next bank holiday as Starmer drops hint if England win World Cup

  09-07-2026 11:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister spoke ahead of England’s quarter-final clash with Norway
  
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• Bonnie Tyler: Husky-voiced singer who soundtracked the 1980s

  09-07-2026 11:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Welsh vocalist had a worldwide success with the power ballad Total Eclipse Of The Heart.
  
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• Hugo Boss calls for investors to reject ‘inadequate’ Frasers Group offer

  09-07-2026 11:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hugo Boss’s management and supervisory board said they ‘unanimously recommend that shareholders do not accept’ the offer.
  
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• East London council spent more than £10,000 on parking penalties in a year

  09-07-2026 11:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hackney Council paid more than £5,000 in TfL penalty charges between 2025 and 2026, a Freedom of Information request has revealed
  
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• Coffee prices not set to ease back for at least two years, says Lavazza

  09-07-2026 10:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Italian coffee giant said the sector had faced “exceptional volatility”, with Arabica coffee prices increasing by 230% since 2021.
  
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• Pictured: Triple murder suspect 'flees UK on flight from London Heathrow'

  09-07-2026 10:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, 42, known as Zandile, and Natalie, 15, and Nala, five, were found dead in a £1.3 million detached house near Bedford
  
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• Disability benefit system needs fundamental change amid rising costs – minister

  09-07-2026 10:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Spending on Pip is forecast to rise from around £26 billion now to more than £41 billion by the end of the decade.
  
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• Cultural mural to be demolished for five-storey block of six flats

  09-07-2026 10:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  Waltham Forest Council ruled the mural is considered ‘temporary’ and without ’significant heritage value’
  
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• The East London council that spent more than £10,000 on parking penalties in a year

  09-07-2026 10:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hackney Council paid more than £5,000 in TfL penalty charges between 2025 and 2026, a Freedom of Information request has revealed
  
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• Count Binface goes global: Farage's by-election farce ignites international media 'bin fire'

  09-07-2026 10:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  French readers are being offered an explainer by Le Figaro on the identity of Count Binface
  
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• Sadiq Khan blocking Met's £50m Palantir deal was unlawful, High Court documents claim

  09-07-2026 10:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  The technology firm is suing the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (Mopac) after it refused to approve the deal earlier this year
  
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• Police urged to act after replica of mosque placed on top of loyalist bonfire

  09-07-2026 09:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  The bonfire in Moygahsel has been criticised by Amnesty International.
  
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• Firefighters tackle blaze at 'iconic' building in Edinburgh city centre

  09-07-2026 09:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said seven fire engines and three specialist appliances were at the scene by 6.45am
  
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• Firefighters tackle blaze at historic building on Edinburgh’s Princes Street

  09-07-2026 09:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  The alarm was raised in the early hours of Thursday morning.
  
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• Count Binface goes global: Farage challenger's fame soars as by-election 'farce' makes headlines around world

  09-07-2026 08:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  French readers are being offered an explainer by Le Figaro on the identity of Count Binface
  
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• Firefighters on scene as major blaze engulfs building in Edinburgh city centre

  09-07-2026 08:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is responding
  
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