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• Tributes pour in for Britons killed in Air India plane crash

  13-06-2025 19:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two sisters in their early 20s on their way home from surprising their grandmother for her birthday are among the victims.
  
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• Britain and France commit to boots on the ground in Ukraine if peace deal reached

  06-01-2026 20:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Keir Starmer made the announcement alongside Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelensky
  
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• British troops on the ground in Ukraine should peace be reached, Number 10 says

  06-01-2026 20:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  America is set to provide security guarantees to the peacekeeping force assembled by the so-called Coalition of the Willing.
  
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• Inquiry launched into Channel Tunnel chaos which caused misery for tens of thousands of Eurostar passengers

  06-01-2026 20:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Huge disruption was caused between the UK and the continent by a power supply fault last week
  
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• Irish deputy premier says country not taking ‘soft’ approach on US

  06-01-2026 19:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ireland is not taking a ‘softly softly’ approach over US intervention in Venezuela, the Irish deputy premier has said.
  
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• Businesswoman on the run for allegedly killing girls with poisoned raspberries arrested in London

  06-01-2026 19:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 54-year-old was the subject of an international manhunt after fleeing Colombia last year
  
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• Woman charged with murder of four-year-old daughter in house fire

  06-01-2026 19:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lesma-Rose Wibier died in hospital following the blaze in Rusholme, Manchester, on March 2 last year.
  
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• RAF spy plane flies over path of oil tanker pursued by America through Atlantic

  06-01-2026 19:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Marinera has been making its way north through the Atlantic, with media reports suggesting it had avoided a naval blockade of Venezuela.
  
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• 'Cowardly, craven approach': Labour infighting erupts as MPs attack ministers over Venezuela response

  06-01-2026 18:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour backbenchers have rounded on Sir Keir Starmer and his cabinet after their refusals to criticise President Donald Trump for his military intervention in Venezuela
  
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• Constance stays as Scottish Justice Secretary, despite ministerial code breaches

  06-01-2026 17:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Angela Constance faced calls to quit after independent advisers found she inadvertently breached the ministerial code.
  
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• Mass brawl erupts outside Wetherspoons pub at busy London train station as police make ten arrests

  06-01-2026 17:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  All the arrested men have been released on bail
  
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• British Rail sale: How to get cheap train tickets from today

  06-01-2026 17:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Discover how to save up to 50% on train travel with the Great British Rail Sale happening this week
  
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• Michael Schumacher, acclaimed celebrity biographer, dies aged 75

  06-01-2026 17:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  The writer was best known for his accounts of cultural icons, including filmmaker Francis Ford Coppolla and musician Eric Clapton
  
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• Police told wrong family that teenager had been killed in deadly crash

  06-01-2026 17:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  South Yorkshire Police told the family of a 17-year-old who was badly injured in a crash in Rotherham last month that he had died.
  
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• Council declares major incident as heavy snow continues

  06-01-2026 17:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Aberdeenshire Council said there is a ‘good chance’ some rural communities will be cut off and there may be power cuts.
  
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• Traffic wardens refuse to hand out parking tickets as they go on strike in London borough

  06-01-2026 16:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  The striking wardens say they won’t hand out penalty charge notices to motorists violating parking regulations
  
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• Constance ‘inadvertently’ breached rules twice, probe finds

  06-01-2026 16:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  The investigation recommended a ‘reprove’ for Angela Constance and urged her to make a statement to Holyrood.
  
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• Fake sexualised images created through X ‘very serious’ – Irish media watchdog

  06-01-2026 16:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘It’s possible that they could end up withdrawing parts of the service,’ John Evans of the Irish media regulator said.
  
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• London Zoo celebrates bicentenary with annual stocktake

  06-01-2026 16:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  The stocktake, which lasts around a week, is a condition of the zoo’s licence.
  
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• NI’s Finance Minister publishes draft budget despite ongoing impasse over plan

  06-01-2026 16:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  The DUP rejected John O’Dowd’s spending proposals as ‘deeply flawed’.
  
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• New Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior convicted of speeding in Derbyshire

  06-01-2026 15:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 41-year-old football boss received a fine and penalty points after fog thwarted his attempt to avoid a criminal conviction
  
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• West Ham in talks to terminate Wilson's contract

  06-01-2026 15:23 via bbc.com
  West Ham are close to an agreement with striker Callum Wilson to terminate his contract at the club.
  
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• Liz Kendall calls on Musk’s X to take urgent action over ‘appalling’ deepfakes

  06-01-2026 15:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said: ‘What we have been seeing online in recent days has been absolutely appalling.’
  
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• New Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior convicted of speeding

  06-01-2026 15:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 41-year-old football boss received a fine and penalty points after fog thwarted his attempt to avoid a criminal conviction.
  
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• Kendall calls on Musk’s X to take urgent action over ‘appalling’ deepfakes

  06-01-2026 15:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said: ‘What we have been seeing online in recent days has been absolutely appalling.’
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Elizabeth line and Heathrow Express face severe disruption for the rest of the day

  06-01-2026 14:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Damage to overhead electrical wires west of London Paddington means fewer trains are able to run on all lines including to Heathrow
  
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• Birmingham bins strike reaches one-year anniversary

  06-01-2026 14:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Members of Unite walked out on January 6 last year and have been on all out strike since last March.
  
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• Police appeal after man touches himself inappropriately in front of woman on Tube

  06-01-2026 14:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  The incident happened on the District Line on a Wednesday evening in November
  
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• Constance to make statement after probe into possible code breach concludes

  06-01-2026 14:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Independent advisers to Scotland’s First Minister have now concluded an investigation into whether Angela Constance breached the ministerial code.
  
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• Scotland star Gordon McQueen’s ball-heading highlighted at inquest

  06-01-2026 14:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former international footballer died in 2023 after developing dementia.
  
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