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• Tories ‘got it wrong’ when they backed 2045 net zero target, Findlay says

  14-06-2025 15:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Scottish Conservatives had previoulsy supported the target of Scotland reaching net zero by 2045, but will now seek to ‘scrap’ it.
  
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• Sinn Fein accused of ‘misinformation’ around funding for teachers’ pay

  19-12-2025 12:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Education Minister Paul Givan also said he can give a pay increase of up to 4% for teachers.
  
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• Boy, 15, appears in court charged with murdering nine-year-old Aria Thorpe in Somerset

  19-12-2025 12:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  Teenager will face trial next year over murder of ‘fun-loving’ schoolgirl
  
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• Bishop Richard Moth named new leader of Catholics in England and Wales

  19-12-2025 12:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  He is the 12th Archbishop of Westminster, replacing Cardinal Vincent Nichols.
  
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• New police probe into ‘murder’ of Cambridge graduate who fell to death at Pete Doherty party

  19-12-2025 12:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mark Blanco’s grieving mother Sheila believes her son was beaten up and thrown off a balcony in Whitechapel, east London
  
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• Fury as millions of voters could see elections delayed for another year as government plans hit setback

  19-12-2025 11:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ministers have written to 63 councils scheduled to hold elections in May 2026
  
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• Heathrow taxis plaguing local communities hit with blitz of 6,250 parking fines

  19-12-2025 10:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hillingdon Council imposed a Public Spaces Protection Order to stop taxis and private hire vehicles waiting in local streets before picking up customers from the airport
  
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• Suspect ‍in ‌mass shooting at Brown University found dead after six-day manhunt

  19-12-2025 10:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Claudio Neves Valente, 48, was discovered on Thursday evening at a storage facility in New Hampshire
  
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• Daughter charged with murder after mother found dead in east London

  19-12-2025 10:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lorna Nightingale, 70, disappeared from Lowestoft in Suffolk in February
  
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• Mad Friday 2025 LIVE: UK faces major travel chaos - follow for latest updates across road, trains and planes

  19-12-2025 10:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  We bring you all the latest travel updates as the UK braces for significant travel disruptions on Mad Friday 2025, one the busiest travel days of the year
  
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• Foreign Office was hacked, admits minister amid speculation it was cyber attack by China

  19-12-2025 09:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tens of thousands of confidential documents and data were accessed in the hack, it is claimed
  
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• Ministers ‘pretty confident’ visa details not compromised in Foreign Office hack

  19-12-2025 09:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Business minister Sir Chris Bryant refused to say whether a Chinese-linked group was responsible for the cyber attack.
  
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• Fury over 'paltry' sentence for killer who beat father to death after queue-jumping row in Sainsbury's

  19-12-2025 09:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Demiesh Williams, 30, was jailed for just five years for the fatal assault on Andrew Clark, 43, in Beckenham, south London
  
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• Retail sales dip unexpectedly in November as Black Friday fizzles

  19-12-2025 08:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Office for National Statistics said the total volume of retail sales is estimated to have fallen by 0.1% in November.
  
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• Government borrowing higher than expected after winter fuel payments U-turn

  19-12-2025 08:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Official figures showed borrowing stood at £11.7 billion last month, the lowest level for November since 2021.
  
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• Burglar who stole builders' tools told by judge 'watch YouTube not porn' as he is spared prison

  19-12-2025 08:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Recorder Samantha Presland made the unusual recommendation as she spared the tool thief a jail sentence
  
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• New images from Jeffrey Epstein's estate released as files deadline looms

  19-12-2025 08:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  The images include shocking Lolita messages written on women’s bodies
  
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• Zelensky welcomes £78.8bn EU backing for Ukraine

  19-12-2025 07:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  The loan avoids the EU having to use frozen Russian assets.
  
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• Stalker facing sentence after targeting Myleene Klass with ‘unhinged’ mail

  19-12-2025 03:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Paranoid schizophrenic Peter Windsor, from Birmingham, has been told he faces a custodial sentence or a hospital order.
  
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• Australia unveils national gun buyback scheme in wake of Bondi terror attack

  19-12-2025 03:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  Fifteen people died and dozens more were injured when gunmen opened fire on a crowd of more than 1,000 celebrating Hanukkah.
  
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• Rare specimens collected by naturalist Gerald Durrell donated to museum

  19-12-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The donation of more than 550 specimens and samples is now available for scientific research.
  
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• Black holes to be shown in action in first 3D movies created using AI

  19-12-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Experts in black hole astronomy and artificial intelligence will combine for the project at Heriot-Watt University.
  
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• Police investigate anti-Semitic hate crimes after menorahs damaged in west London

  18-12-2025 22:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Officers were called to reports of suspected vandalism in Notting Hill and Holland Park
  
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• Plans show £60m ‘gap’ in Reform council’s budget even with council tax increase

  18-12-2025 22:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kent County Council was won by Reform at local elections in May, when their candidates promised to cut council spending and keep taxes low.
  
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• Hundreds of new homes in Chelsea neighbourhood are given green light

  18-12-2025 21:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  The development includes 2,577sqm of open space including a green community square and a promenade along a nearby creek
  
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• New images from Jeffrey Epstein's estate are released

  18-12-2025 20:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  The images include shocking Lolita messages written on women’s bodies
  
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• How support for Labour crumbled in Britain in 2025 with Rachel Reeves' popularity plunging

  18-12-2025 19:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Backing for the Tories also fell, went up slightly for Reform UK, was unchanged for the Liberal Democrats while the biggest gainers this year were the Greens
  
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• Sinn Fein urges Starmer to intervene in case of pro-Palestine hunger strikers

  18-12-2025 19:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  The hunger strike began in early November in protest at being held in custody while awaiting trial.
  
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• Major London council set for £19 million overspend

  18-12-2025 19:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Borough mayor Lutfur Rahman told his cabinet: ‘you can’t live on handouts’
  
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• Images from Epstein’s estate published on eve of expected full files release

  18-12-2025 19:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  A total of 68 images were posted online by democrats from the US House Oversight Committee.
  
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