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• Trump comments on Irish unity show debate is ‘very much alive’: Michelle O’Neill

  14-09-2026 12:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  The leaders of Sinn Fein, SNP and Plaid Cymru signed a joint memorandum of understanding at a meeting in Cardiff.
  
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• Reform pledge immigration spot checks and £10k fines at Irish border

  18-09-2026 13:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  The party says it will bring in immigration officers to carry out checks of buses and trains crossing between north and south.
  
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• More than £80,000 donated to fundraising page to help family of Noah Woods

  18-09-2026 12:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  The body of the three-year-old was found in Brantham, Suffolk, following a search after he became separated from a relative.
  
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• Prince Harry breaks silence on return to UK amid royal dramas: 'It's been eventful'

  18-09-2026 12:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘The last two weeks have been… it’s been eventful’ - Prince Harry
  
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• Diana’s ‘revenge dress’ showed her ‘taking back the narrative’ – fashion expert

  18-09-2026 12:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Morgane Halimi, global head of handbags and fashion at Sotheby’s, said the dress was Diana’s way of saying ‘I’m here, and I stand for myself.’
  
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• Burnham vows to ‘deepen relationship’ with EU as he hosts Ireland’s Martin

  18-09-2026 11:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Taoiseach Micheál Martin became the first international leader to visit No 10 North for talks with Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
  
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• Coroner rejects anonymity requests for three witnesses in Sara Sharif inquest

  18-09-2026 11:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Three Surrey County Council staff have had anonymity applications rejected by a senior coroner
  
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• Fact check: Vacancy numbers are at a five-year low

  18-09-2026 11:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  The number of job vacancies fell in the three months to August according to ONS figures.
  
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• 20 women unnecessarily had breasts removed and others suffered serious harm

  18-09-2026 11:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Of 539 cases reviewed by an NHS trust so far, 59 have resulted in moderate harm, 19 in severe harm and one patient has died.
  
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• Police launch crackdown on luxury luggage thieves at major London stations

  18-09-2026 10:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  BTP and London St Pancras Highspeed are doing more to tackle the issue after a series of prominent thefts
  
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• Committee of MPs to scrutinise UK’s ‘dismal record’ in Eurovision

  18-09-2026 10:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Digital, Media and Sport Committee will hold a state of play inquiry into the selection of the UK’s entry.
  
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• Sisters of 'Putney Pusher' suspect tell of moment police in 'armed vests' raided home to arrest him

  18-09-2026 10:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘My brother woke up to a large handful of police officers wearing armed vests with a film crew on the doorstep from the media,’ say his sisters
  
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• Sway Dasafo death: Award-winning London rapper dies age 44 as KSI leads tributes to 'true legend'

  18-09-2026 10:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  The rapper had faced health issues several years before, revealing he had been diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma in 2010
  
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• Jagtar Singh Johal granted bail in India, family of detained Scot says

  18-09-2026 10:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 39-year-old was arrested in 2017 over alleged terrorism offences.
  
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• Putney Pusher: Police minister says up to Met to explain investigation after suspect's death

  18-09-2026 09:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  The family of Nicholas Brandram blame Scotland Yard for his death
  
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• Two more men arrested in connection with death in West Lothian

  18-09-2026 09:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  William Watson, 35, died at the scene in Armadale on Saturday.
  
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• NHS: 20 women had unnecessary mastectomies, while others suffered harm

  18-09-2026 09:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Of 514 cases reviewed by a trust so far, 315 patients have been found to have suffered harm, including 77 who suffered significant harm.
  
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• Wandsworth council tax row: Kemi Badenoch instructs lawyers to challenge cuts to Tory-run London council

  18-09-2026 08:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘I think it is outrageous that Wandsworth Council is having to put up council tax. But they’re not doing it because they want to’ - Kemi Badenoch
  
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• Seven bombshell claims from Earl Spencer memoir as he says 'Charles giddily elated after Diana's death'

  18-09-2026 08:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  String of allegations about Charles and Diana’s marriage emerge from Earl Spencer’s book, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister
  
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• London university overtakes Oxford and Cambridge for first time in new league table

  18-09-2026 08:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  London’s universities ranked as Oxford and Cambridge are out of the top three for only the second time
  
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• Millwall v West Ham: Police handed special power as hundreds of cops to flood south London amid fan violence fears

  18-09-2026 07:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mounted police and dog units will be part of a major public order operation
  
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• Millwall v West Ham: Police handed special power as riot officers to flood south London amid fan violence fears

  18-09-2026 07:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mounted police and dog units will be part of a major public order operation
  
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• Mother's remains found following London wildfire seven years after she vanished

  18-09-2026 07:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police make murder arrest after remains of missing Southampton mother Joanne Sheen unearthed by wildfire in Feltham
  
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• London travel news LIVE: King's Cross train cancellations as electricity supply failure sparks chaos

  18-09-2026 07:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Great Northern, LNER, Lumo and Thameslink trains are among those disrupted on Friday morning
  
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• Millie Bobby Brown shares new family photo after welcoming second child

  18-09-2026 04:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Stranger Things actress and her husband Jake Bongiovi shared the photo on Instagram with the caption: ‘Hi little guy!’
  
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• Tate brothers’ lawyers plan judicial review of UK extradition bid

  18-09-2026 04:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Andrew and Tristan Tate’s UK lawyers argue separate criminal charges in Romania should be dealt with first.
  
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• Unionists will not tolerate egos scuppering 2027 election opportunity – Robinson

  18-09-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Gavin Robinson said he had met UUP Jon Burrows and sees to TUV leader Jim Allister regularly.
  
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• PM meeting an opportunity to inject momentum into partnership – Taoiseach

  18-09-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham will host Micheál Martin at No 10 North on Friday.
  
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• King set for third day of controversy as ‘war of words’ rumbles on

  18-09-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  A book by Earl Spencer is being serialised in the Daily Mail and has made claims about the then-prince Charles’s response to Diana’s death.
  
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• I will never be disrespectful to those who want to use Irish, says Robinson

  18-09-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Gavin Robinson said he has ‘Cúpla focal’ which means knowing a ‘few words’ in Irish but said he has issues with its ‘politicisation’.
  
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