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• Third of Britons say Harry and Meghan should not move back to UK

  20-08-2026 18:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  In a major U-turn, Harry and Meghan are set to return from the US later this month to live in a non-royal residence outside of London.
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Major disruption on Stansted Airport trains as King's Cross delays ease

  20-08-2026 19:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two separate incidents involving people being hit by trains are causing disruption to rail services in and out of London
  
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• Fare evasion could be costing TfL a staggering £211million a year - £20million more than previously reported

  20-08-2026 19:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  Officials have revealed that they incorporate a 10 per cent reduction on the estimated value of the amount lost to fare evaders
  
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• Items belonging Diana, Princess of Wales and Mark Twain headed to auction

  20-08-2026 19:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Several star-studded lots will go under the hammer later this year.
  
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• Harry and Meghan should not move back to UK, say a third of Britons

  20-08-2026 19:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Just 21% of Britons surveyed said they in were in favour of the Sussexes relocating from the US back to England
  
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• Missing teenage siblings believed to have driven from their London home in family car found

  20-08-2026 19:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mukarma, 16, and Muhammed, 14, disappeared from an address in Hayes on Monday morning, along with a family member’s car
  
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• KFC opens 'Coq au Vin' wine bar in east London

  20-08-2026 19:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The four-day pop-up, called Coq au Vin, will be held at Kachette Annex
  
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• Plans unveiled for huge data centre by the Thames in London

  20-08-2026 18:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  Luxembourg-based real estate business Tyburn RWC Limited wants to build the 100,000sqm data development in southeast London
  
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• Charlton sign Wrexham keeper Okonkwo on loan

  20-08-2026 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Charlton Athletic sign goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo on a season-long loan from Wrexham.
  
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• Social housing tenants facing homelessness after London council 'blunder' saw homes sold for private rent

  20-08-2026 18:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Social housing tenants living in a block of flats in central London are facing homelessness because a council “blunder” has seen them sold off for private rent.
  
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• Teacher accused of having sex with two teenage pupils says ‘I was just friendly’

  20-08-2026 18:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sally-Anne Bowen is alleged to have had sexual relationships with two teenage boys in the late 1980s, when she was in her mid-20s.
  
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• Barnet sign midfielder Reeves on loan

  20-08-2026 17:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Barnet sign AFC Wimbledon midfielder Jake Reeves on a season-long loan.
  
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• Absolutely no way I abused children, ex-snooker star Graeme Dott tells trial

  20-08-2026 17:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 49-year-old denies lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour towards two children in the 90s and between 2006 and 2010.
  
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• Bromley's Charles sidelined by serious knee injury

  20-08-2026 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bromley midfielder Ashley Charles faces a long spell on the sidelines after suffering a serious knee injury.
  
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• Man charged with failing to disclose information after synagogue attack

  20-08-2026 17:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Iraqi national Hekmat Omar Ali Hakim has been remanded in custody to appear before Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
  
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• Pictured: Man found shot dead in car in east London as murder probe continues

  20-08-2026 17:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police name Masum Miah, 42, as victim of fatal shooting in Newham on Tuesday
  
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• Pictured: Man found shot dead in car in east London after murder probe launched

  20-08-2026 17:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police name Masum Miah, 42, as victim of fatal shooting in Newham on Tuesday
  
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• London paramedics 'first' to use underwater drones

  20-08-2026 17:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The London Ambulance Service uses three underwater drones for search-and-rescue operations.
  
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• Swinney defends US trip costs

  20-08-2026 17:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  The First Minister made the trip in June as the Scotland men’s national football team took part in its first World Cup in 28 years.
  
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• Reform leader in Scotland had cancer diagnosed on day of Holyrood election

  20-08-2026 17:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Malcolm Offord said he had surgery to remove his prostate last week.
  
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• Appeal to find missing teenage siblings believed to have driven from their London home in family car

  20-08-2026 16:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mukarma, 16, and Muhammed, 14, disappeared from an address in Hayes on Monday morning, along with a family member’s car
  
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• Coleen Rooney and Luisa Zissman share pride over their children’s GCSE results

  20-08-2026 16:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Rooney shared a photo of herself alongside her eldest son Kai, who sat his exams this year and said he had landed a place in sixth form.
  
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• School 'deeply saddened' by death of London family in sea off Shoreham

  20-08-2026 16:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls in Ealing pays tribute to Sara El-Khawas, 14, and her family who died.
  
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• Return could backfire if Harry and Meghan fail to learn from mistakes – PR guru

  20-08-2026 16:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Crisis expert Mark Borkowski suggested the royal family will not want the Sussexes ‘back in the camp’.
  
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• Young people who do not pass GCSE English and maths face ‘blockage’, Powell says

  20-08-2026 15:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  The proportion of GCSE entries awarded top grades rose on last year, figures show.
  
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• Most Londoners don't want Mayor Sadiq Khan to seek fourth term, new poll shows

  20-08-2026 15:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  In a blow to Sadiq Khan, the YouGov survey found 55% of Londoners think the capital has become a worse place to live since he was first elected 10 year ago
  
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• Met Office appears to rule out September heatwave for London in new long-range forecast

  20-08-2026 15:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Met Office long-range forecast predicts ‘rather unsettled’ start to autumn
  
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• London teacher accused of sex with pupils ‘acted like Sabrina Carpenter video’

  20-08-2026 15:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sally-Anne Bowen is accused of indecently assaulting two boys at a school in north London
  
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• Fact check: Proposed vision checks, prison places and smear test safety claims

  20-08-2026 15:21 via standard.co.uk
  Round-up of fact checks from the last few days compiled by Full Fact.
  
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• Met Office appears to rule out September heatwave in London in new long-range forecast

  20-08-2026 15:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Met Office long-range forecast predicts ‘rather unsettled’ start to autumn
  
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