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• TfL's Weekend Hopper scheme starts on Saturday – how does it work?

  22-07-2026 08:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Here’s everything you need to know about the Weekend Hopper scheme on London transport
  
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• Controversial plans for 586 homes on south London gasholders site approved

  22-07-2026 12:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  A letter from London Mayor Sadiq Khan said he had called in the plans as they could make a ‘significant and positive contribution’ towards London’s housing targets
  
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• Burnham suggests Pc Harper case could trigger wider review of early release

  22-07-2026 12:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Pc Harper died while responding to a report of a quad bike theft in 2019.
  
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• ‘Mid-air 10-person brawl’ forces UK-bound easyJet flight to return to Spain

  22-07-2026 12:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  The captain decided to return ‘due to the danger it posed to the safety of the flight’, the air traffic controller said
  
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• Sarwar branded a ‘chancer’ over expected Lords switch

  22-07-2026 12:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Anas Sarwar is expected to stand down as Scottish Labour leader and as an MSP to sit in the House of Lords.
  
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• Andrew Harper: No early release for main perpetrator in PC's killing, says Burnham

  22-07-2026 12:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Pc Harper died after getting caught in a strap attached to the back of a car and dragged down a country road as three teenage suspects fled the scene of a burglary
  
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• Dockless e-bike operators in City of London face fines of up to £10,000 unless they meet new rules

  22-07-2026 11:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lime, Forest and Voi will be expected to comply with rules relating to parking allocations and enforcement or risk being penalised
  
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• Glasgow ‘ready’ to host Commonwealth Games, says John Swinney

  22-07-2026 11:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  The First Minister spoke ahead of the sporting tournament getting underway in Scotland’s largest city later this week.
  
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• Where inflation eased in June – and where it accelerated

  22-07-2026 11:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Coffee, soft drinks, rice, meat and tea were among items that saw a slowing of inflation last month.
  
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• Happy 13th birthday George! William and Kate share new photo of eldest son as he becomes a teenager

  22-07-2026 11:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  The prince was pictured smiling at Kensington Palace in a portrait taken after last month’s Trooping the Colour
  
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• Plans to double capacity at UK’s largest onshore windfarm with taller turbines

  22-07-2026 11:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Scottish Power intends to ‘repower’ the Whitelee windfarm in East Renfrewshire.
  
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• Ireland ‘ready to support’ closer UK-EU ties under Burnham, says deputy premier

  22-07-2026 11:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  Simon Harris said the Prime Minister ‘knows Ireland well, and Ireland knows him well’.
  
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• Sarwar appointment is ‘terrible look’ for PM Burnham, John Swinney says

  22-07-2026 11:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Scottish First Minister spoke out after it emerged Anas Sarwar is to quit as Scottish Labour leader to join the UK Government.
  
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• Probe into mental health trust that treated Calocane welcomed by victim’s mother

  22-07-2026 11:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Northumbria Police is looking at matters relating to the care and treatment of Valdo Calocane by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
  
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• George hits his teens: New photo shared as prince celebrates 13th birthday

  22-07-2026 10:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  The prince was pictured smiling at Kensington Palace in a portrait taken after last month’s Trooping the Colour.
  
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• Andy Burnham pours cold water on hopes of increasing £12,570 income tax allowance threshold

  22-07-2026 10:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  After becoming Prime Minister, Mr Burnham had said he was looking at possible changes to income tax
  
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• Andy Burnham pours cold water on hopes of raising £12,570 income tax allowance threshold

  22-07-2026 10:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  After becoming Prime Minister, Mr Burnham had said he was looking at possible changes to income tax
  
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• Burnham reintroduces £2 bus fare cap reversing Starmer increase

  22-07-2026 10:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister said ‘no-one should be priced out’ of using public transport.
  
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• Andy Burnham told: Don't hammer Londoners with £800 rise in homes tax

  22-07-2026 10:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  The new Prime Minister has previously backed a new property tax which could land London with an extra £7.5 billion bill
  
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• Bloomsbury set for payout from £1.1 billion Anthropic US copyright settlement

  22-07-2026 10:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  The settlement is said to be the largest known copyright payout in US history.
  
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• Andy Burnham latest LIVE: Prime Minister backs down on tax-free allowance rise as £2 bus fares cap announced

  22-07-2026 10:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Single bus fares across England will be capped at £2 from January
  
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• Two of Pc Andrew Harper’s killers may be eligible for early release

  22-07-2026 10:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 28-year-old sustained fatal injuries while responding to a quad bike theft in Sulhamstead, Berkshire, in August 2019.
  
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• Kelly Osbourne mourns father Ozzy a year after death: ‘I ache every single day’

  22-07-2026 09:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  The singer, known as the Prince of Darkness, died aged 76 in July last year.
  
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• Andy Burnham warned not to hit Londoners with £800 rise in tax on homes

  22-07-2026 09:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  The new Prime Minister has previously backed a new property tax which could land London with an extra £7.5 billion bill
  
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• Dubai property giant unveils £2.5 billion vision to transform east London waterfront

  22-07-2026 08:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  The ‘Thameside West’ development will reshape a 47-acre site at the western end of the Royal Docks in Silvertown
  
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• Humanitarian worker in London hospital after potential exposure to Ebola virus

  22-07-2026 08:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  The humanitarian worker was medically evacuated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the UK
  
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• Andy Burnham's Government: Who are all the ministers appointed by the new PM?

  22-07-2026 08:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Who are the new Ministers of State in Andy Burnham’s Government?
  
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• ‘Noise before chaos’ lives with passenger partially sucked out of Ryanair plane

  22-07-2026 07:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Fellow passengers held on to Ljubisa Karovic and pulled him back in, although he remembers very little of the incident.
  
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• Andy Burnham latest LIVE: New cost-of-living boost as polling shows Labour drawing level with Reform UK

  22-07-2026 07:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  Single bus fares across England will be capped at £2 from January
  
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• Burnham announces £2 bus fare cap from January

  22-07-2026 07:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  The move will partly be funded through changes to international climate finance schemes.
  
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