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• Thailand launches airstrikes against Cambodia as border clashes reignite

  08-12-2025 08:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  At least one Thai soldier has been killed and eight others wounded, while three civilians in Cambodia have been seriously injured, according to reports
  
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• Murder investigation launched after boy, 15, stabbed to death in north London

  09-12-2025 19:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  The boy was tragically killed in Islington on Tuesday afternoon
  
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• Member of British armed forces killed in Ukraine in 'tragic accident'

  09-12-2025 19:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The man died after watching his Ukrainian counterparts test a new defensive capability away from the front lines, the MoD said
  
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• Sir Keir Starmer leads tributes to armed forces member killed in Ukraine

  09-12-2025 19:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  The man died as he watched the testing of a new defensive capability, according to the Ministry of Defence.
  
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• Yvette Cooper counters Trump criticism of Khan and praises Europe’s ‘strength’

  09-12-2025 18:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Foreign Secretary defended Sir Sadiq Khan’s record in City Hall after the president branded him a ‘disaster’ and a ‘disgusting mayor’.
  
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• Strong winds and rain from Storm Bram cause disruption across the UK

  09-12-2025 18:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Met Office issued yellow and amber weather warnings on Tuesday.
  
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• UK member of the armed forces killed in Ukraine in ‘tragic accident’

  09-12-2025 18:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Defence Secretary John Healey revealed his ‘devastation’ over the death.
  
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• US citizens flocking to London from Trump's America says Sadiq Khan in hitback at US president's latest attack

  09-12-2025 18:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘He’s doing a terrible job’: Donald Trump launches fresh verbal attack on London Mayor Sadiq Khan
  
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• William pays tribute after conservationist Iain Douglas-Hamilton dies aged 83

  09-12-2025 18:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mr Douglas-Hamilton spent six decades studying and campaigning to protect African elephants.
  
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• Vigilante black belt takes down 'sex attacker' in London street weeks after tackling Tube pickpocket suspect

  09-12-2025 18:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ivan Skoko, 29, uses martial arts skills to take fighting crime in ‘out of control’ London into his own hands
  
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• Storm Bram: ‘Very dangerous’ winds cause travel disruption and power outages

  09-12-2025 18:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Gusts of up to 119kmh (74mph) were recorded amid general wind speeds of up to 78kmh (48.5mph) at 1pm at the weather station at Sherkin Island.
  
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• ‘Hold Israel accountable,’ detained Irish citizens tell committee

  09-12-2025 18:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘If another country had kidnapped Irish citizens, what would we have done?’ the committee was asked.
  
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• Tories demand sacking of NHS Fife chief executive after Sandie Peggie tribunal

  09-12-2025 17:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Scottish Conservatives challenged Holyrood Health Secretary Neil Gray to dismiss NHS Fife chief executive Carol Potter.
  
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• Liverpool man charged with racially abusing footballer Antoine Semenyo

  09-12-2025 17:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mark Mogan, 47, will appear at Liverpool Magistrates Court on December 22.
  
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• Camilla meets victim-survivors of economic abuse

  09-12-2025 17:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Queen hosted a reception at Clarence House involving the Surviving Economic Abuse charity.
  
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• Kenova report reveals Stakeknife was taken on holiday while wanted by police

  09-12-2025 17:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  It also details how the Army’s agent in the IRA was handed tens of thousands of pounds.
  
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• Trains suspended and ferries cancelled in Scotland as Storm Bram sweeps in

  09-12-2025 17:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Weather warnings are in place across the country.
  
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• London borough named in top five most peaceful places to live in England

  09-12-2025 17:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Area of London is among the country’s most zen-inducing, survey finds
  
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• Failure to name Stakeknife ‘slightly ludicrous’, Justice Minister says

  09-12-2025 16:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn insisted that identifying agents risks ‘jeopardising’ national security,
  
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• Christmas 2025: Forget this yuletide tradition as reindeer hate this one thing

  09-12-2025 16:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  You may need to rethink that midnight snack on Christmas Eve
  
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• Did Thatcher know about Stakeknife? asks sister of murdered man

  09-12-2025 16:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Moira Todd’s brother Eugene Simons was disappeared by Stakeknife’s unit in the Provisional IRA in 1981.
  
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• Former children’s commissioner vows to ‘follow evidence’ in grooming gangs probe

  09-12-2025 16:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  Baroness Anne Longfield will lead the inquiry over three years with a budget of £65 million, the Home Secretary announced on Tuesday.
  
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• Claudia Winkleman ‘speechless at ‘enormous honour’ of being made an MBE

  09-12-2025 16:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Strictly Come Dancing presenter and The Traitors host attended an investiture ceremony with the King at Windsor Castle.
  
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• Tesco locks up fan favourite chocolate bar in security boxes due to persistent thievery

  09-12-2025 16:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Stores have seen a steep increase in shoplifting
  
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• Engineer fighting for his life after falling from British Airways jet at Heathrow

  09-12-2025 16:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  The engineer was rushed to a London hospital by paramedics
  
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• Pensioner killed after wild monkey attacks him in his home

  09-12-2025 16:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  The pig-tailed macaque had been roaming the village aggressively before the fatal attack.
  
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• King jokes former chancellor should ‘keep trying’ to make Britain ‘great again’

  09-12-2025 16:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Jeremy Hunt told the King of his plans to write a book on how to ‘make Britain great again’ when he was knighted at Windsor Castle on Tuesday.
  
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• Everything you need to know about the 'super flu' sweeping the nation

  09-12-2025 16:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  What is the new flu strain, and what are the best ways of avoiding catching it?
  
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• William celebrates 20 years as Centrepoint’s ‘proud’ patron with cake

  09-12-2025 15:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Diana, Princess of Wales first introduced the prince, when a young schoolboy, to the issue of rough sleepers.
  
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• Cause of caravan fire that killed man and his daughter, 10, unknown – inquest

  09-12-2025 15:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lee Baker and his daughter Esme were enjoying a weekend away together when their caravan caught fire near Skegness.
  
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