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• Train ‘sped up after acknowledging red signal’ before Bedford crash – report

  01-10-2026 14:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  The driver was killed while more than 160 passengers were injured and 102 were taken to hospital.
  
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• Who was Damilola Taylor? BBC documentary 'sheds fresh light' on killing of London boy

  05-10-2026 13:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Damilola: The Untold Story promises to shed ‘fresh light’ on the killing of ten-year-old Damilola Taylor
  
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• Swinney has ‘nothing to explain’ over accusations of misleading Holyrood

  05-10-2026 13:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  The First Minister was accused of misleading Holyrood on the UK Government’s pension reforms.
  
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• Manslaughter charges dropped against mother and brother of fire death teenager

  05-10-2026 12:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Danielle Johnson and Louis Casson had been due to go on trial on Monday over the death of Leah Casson in North Shields.
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Power cut knocks out station as Tube suspension woe continues

  05-10-2026 12:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  Trains were unable to stop at Essex Road Station as power cut hits thousands of addresses
  
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• Two east London men arrested in Barbados over 'plot to smuggle more than $1 million of cocaine'

  05-10-2026 12:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The two men were arrested by Barbados Police after allegedly being found with 46kg of cocaine
  
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• DUP challenged to ensure consequences for ‘First Minister of lawlessness’

  05-10-2026 12:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  TUV leader Jim Allister said the DUP ‘put Sinn Féin into government’.
  
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• House where Sir Paul McCartney learned to play guitar as a child up for auction

  05-10-2026 12:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  The address is the former home of Sir Paul’s childhood friend Ian James.
  
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• Tories plan ‘bonfire’ of red tape in bid to speed up development – Griffith

  05-10-2026 12:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  The reforms have been labelled as the ‘the most ambitious deregulation project in a generation’.
  
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• BT rescues TalkTalk from collapse amid worries over national security threat

  05-10-2026 12:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy intervened on Monday, invoking aPublic Interest Intervention Notice and ordering a speedy CMA probe.
  
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• Electricity outage LIVE: Power cut hits huge swathe of London - see full list of affected postcodes

  05-10-2026 11:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  A power cut has hit a large swathe of London with thousands of buildings impacted.
  
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• ‘Bring it on’, Bowie tells Scottish Government over nuclear power

  05-10-2026 11:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Scottish Government under the SNP has used devolved planning laws to block nuclear power developments.
  
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• Met Office issues November weather forecast as London braces for 'Godzilla' El Niño and polar vortex impact

  05-10-2026 11:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  Londoners have been told to expect above average temperatures into November as a ‘Godzilla’ El Niño develops
  
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• Two men dead after attempting small boat English Channel crossing

  05-10-2026 10:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two women were also injured as the migrants attempted to leave the French coast at Berck.
  
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• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor sues police over Epstein-related search warrants

  05-10-2026 10:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  A private High Court hearing is taking place on Thursday
  
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• 'Get out your jumpers and jackets,' Londoners told as temperature to plunge this week

  05-10-2026 10:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Met Office is advising that temperatures could drop by almost 10C later in the week in the capital
  
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• Lidl’s UK sales boosted by Deluxe range and pulling in more shoppers

  05-10-2026 10:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  The British arm of the German discounter reported revenues of £13 billion for the year to the end of February.
  
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• Ex-Labour MP enters Holborn and St Pancras by-election battle by backing Polanski

  05-10-2026 10:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Emma Dent Coad said that residents should be looking for somebody to stand up for them on housing policy
  
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• Almost half of people in hygiene poverty have gone without toilet roll – survey

  05-10-2026 10:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hygiene poverty was defined as being unable to afford basic hygiene products such as soap, shampoo, deodorant, nappies or washing-up liquid.
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Victoria line suspension hits commuters as train fault closes lines

  05-10-2026 10:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  No Victoria line trains were running between Brixton and Victoria due to the fault at the south London stop
  
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• Who voted for Green 'Zionism is racism' motion? Controversial move splits party

  05-10-2026 09:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Four of the five elected Green MPs publicly said they did not support the Greens4Palestines’ motion
  
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• Batman takes over London: Bank transformed into snowy Gotham City as sequel films in capital

  05-10-2026 09:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Caped Crusader looks to be saving lives one film set at a time as Gotham returns to London
  
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• Andrew taking legal action against Thames Valley Police over search warrants

  05-10-2026 09:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  A hearing in the claim will take place on Thursday.
  
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• Chief rabbi condemns Green anti-Zionist motion as ‘poisonous antisemitism’

  05-10-2026 09:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Ephraim Mirvis said the motion labelling Zionism, the support for a Jewish homeland, as racist was ‘a threat to British Jews’.
  
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• US bombers withdrawn from RAF Fairford after new threats against base – report

  05-10-2026 08:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  The planes were sent back to their home bases.
  
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• Protesters clash with police and flares set off as migrants arrive in Gosport on RNLI boats

  05-10-2026 08:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Protesters gathered Gosport amid reports that authorities were preparing for the arrival of a boat
  
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• Zack Polanski banned from Israel after Green Party backs 'Zionism is racism' motion

  05-10-2026 07:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  Delegates voted 56% in favour of the controversial motion, despite opposition from several senior figures within the party
  
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• US withdraws B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford after suspected terror plot

  05-10-2026 07:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Aircraft monitoring sites showed B-1 bombers flying out of RAF Fairford on Sunday
  
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• Migrants head to Kent for processing after protesters gathered in Gosport

  05-10-2026 04:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  A number of people were seen arriving at a marina in Gosport, having been transported aboard two RNLI boats late on Sunday evening.
  
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• Whisky to be aged in space for first time in university satellite project

  05-10-2026 03:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Engineers in Scotland and Japan are planning to put Scotch on a rocket in 2028.
  
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