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• Thug threatened passengers on board train before attacking man at London station

  23-09-2026 16:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The attack took place at around 10pm on August 30 at Hackney Downs station
  
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• High blood pressure: Only half of people ‘treated by GP have it under control’

  24-09-2026 00:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Other evidence suggests even when patients have high blood pressure in an NHS Health Check in their GP surgery, they are not prescribed drugs.
  
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• Hillingdon councillor says 'racist tropes' in AI images shared by Tories crossed a line

  23-09-2026 23:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hillingdon councillor Sital Punja said the use of her image in AI generated pictures crossed a line
  
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• Rubio concerned Ukraine war could spread as Russia harries UK and allies

  23-09-2026 23:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Kremlin has been accused of waging a covert campaign against countries supportive of Kyiv, fuelling escalation fears.
  
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• Tories would ban long-term benefit claimants from buying alcohol and cigarettes

  23-09-2026 23:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says the welfare system is currently ‘unfair to others’
  
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• Burnham: Labour conference will show it is ‘time for Britain to believe again’

  23-09-2026 23:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham will deliver his first Labour conference leader’s speech next week as delegates gather in Liverpool.
  
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• CCTV image released after man punched at Hackney Downs station

  23-09-2026 22:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  The incident took place at Hackney Downs station on August 30
  
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• Falklands row escalates as UK accuses Argentina of ‘unacceptable’ harassment

  23-09-2026 21:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  The actions of the Buenos Aires regime ‘is not the behaviour we expect of a democracy’, say British diplomats at UN
  
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• Failure to stop two migrant boats in two days ‘not acceptable’, says Home Secretary

  23-09-2026 20:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Shabana Mahmood has ordered an urgent review by the Border Security Command after its failure to intercept two migrant boats in two days
  
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• Poison seller ‘robbed victims of chance to recover from struggles’, court hears

  23-09-2026 20:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kenneth Law has admitted aiding the suicide of 14 victims in Canada and is believed to have played a role in many more deaths.
  
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• Reform-linked think tank calls for abolition of state pension

  23-09-2026 20:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Centre for a Better Britain’s (CFABB) also proposed £75 billion of tax cuts, predominantly for the wealthy
  
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• 'World's most famous jazz club' to finally open in Covent Garden this week following licensing approval

  23-09-2026 19:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Blue Note London, an offshoot of the legendary New York jazz club, will open for the first time on Thursday with a performance from Grammy Award-winning pianist Robert Jasper
  
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• Mother and three children killed in house fire were ‘loved beyond measure’

  23-09-2026 19:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  The family said they were ‘devastated’ by their loss.
  
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• Andy Burnham received Everton directors’ lounge tickets worth £677

  23-09-2026 19:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  The gift was revealed in the latest MPs’ register of interests.
  
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• London pub shutting for £350,000 revamp and name change wants drinking licence extended to car park

  23-09-2026 18:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Fox and Hounds in Surbiton will shut in the coming days before welcoming punters back in November under a new moniker
  
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• £1m Ponzi scheme mastermind's gang posed as TV characters and faked offices in Canary Wharf and the Gherkin

  23-09-2026 18:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  James Gillingham’s ‘brokers’ posed as characters including Harvey Specter from US legal drama Suits as they cold-called people into handing over their savings
  
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• ‘Exceptionally warm’ weather forecast for next couple of days

  23-09-2026 18:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Met Office said there were emerging signals for increasingly wet and windy weather next week.
  
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• Social media companies unable to say how many times dangerous videos watched

  23-09-2026 18:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  The hosting of dangerous content on social media platforms has come under increased scrutiny following multiple high-profile crashes.
  
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• Three men charged with murder of man shot dead in Newham

  23-09-2026 18:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Masum Miah, 42, was shot dead inside a car on St Bartholomew’s Road in Newham on August 18
  
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• Failure to stop two migrant boats in two days ‘not acceptable’ – Home Secretary

  23-09-2026 18:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Shabana Mahmood has ordered an urgent review by the Border Security Command.
  
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• Young mother dies nine months after brain tumour diagnosis

  23-09-2026 17:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  The family of Kim Borthwick, 36, from Glasgow, announced on Tuesday night she had ‘slipped away peacefully’.
  
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• Visually impaired homeless man wins payout after having to eat takeaways for a year during hotel stay

  23-09-2026 17:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  Westminster City Council has been ordered to pay almost £4,000 in compensation
  
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• Senior judge Sir John O’Hara to lead review of Parades Commission

  23-09-2026 17:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  It comes after criticism of the body which takes decisions over parades in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Dolly Parton's free children's book scheme expands to 10 London boroughs - is your area one of them?

  23-09-2026 17:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Around 157,000 children across the capital are now eligible to receive free books from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
  
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• Seize ice cream vans in anti-terror clean-up of London's most iconic tourism hotspot, say Tories

  23-09-2026 17:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Shadow Transport Secretary Richard Holden is calling for a clampdown on illegally parked ice cream vans, pedicabs and conmen doing three-cup tricks on Westminster Bridge
  
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• ‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ plant death bloom begins at Kew Gardens

  23-09-2026 17:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Experts believe the agave montana planted around two decades ago is blooming as a result of climate change.
  
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• Chagos handover deal ‘can’t go ahead’ without US support, says Streeting

  23-09-2026 16:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  The deal would see the UK make payments to Mauritius for continued access to the Diego Garcia military base.
  
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• Harry warns about AI as he jokes it ‘got into my speech’ after tech glitch

  23-09-2026 16:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  The duke told the Clinton Global Initiative ‘we do not have years for what comes next’ – but his speech was cut short due to technical problems .
  
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• Drumcree decision ‘opportunity to gain confidence of unionist community’

  23-09-2026 16:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Gavin Robinson was speaking as the body considers an application for the Orange Order to complete its route along the Garvaghy Road.
  
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• Labour minister blames Tories for huge council tax hikes set to hit Londoners: 'They decimated funding'

  23-09-2026 16:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Local government funding was ‘completely decimated’ under the Tories, says Education Secretary Lucy Powell
  
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