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• Two charged after second night of disorder following Belfast knife attack

  11-06-2026 13:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Twelve police officers were injured and 16 arrests were made following unrest on Wednesday evening.
  
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• West London mum 'sexually assaulted by man in temporary accommodation'

  13-07-2026 19:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kelly Butler, 38, says the man tried to grab and kiss her in the Chiswick Travelodge
  
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• Blunt-force trauma caused death of mother and children in home

  13-07-2026 19:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Triple murder suspect Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma has been remanded in custody after appearing at Johannesburg Magistrates’ Court.
  
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• Ministers consider bank holiday if England wins World Cup

  13-07-2026 19:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  The most likely date for the national day off is understood to be Friday, July 24
  
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• London’s last barbecue-friendly parks announce bans amid 'extreme' wildfire threat

  13-07-2026 19:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  A London Council has been forced to ‘close its barbecue season’ as the London Fire Brigade upgrade the risk of wildfires in the capital
  
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• Ann Widdecombe murder suspect ‘not known to anti-terror Prevent programme’

  13-07-2026 18:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Counter-terrorism police are now leading the investigation into the former Conservative minister’s death after they said new evidence came to light.
  
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• Two more blazes tear through London outdoor spaces amid 'extreme' wildfires warning

  13-07-2026 18:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Gardens and area of grassland destroyed as hot weather increases risk of serious fires in London
  
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• Trump move to levy 20% toll on Strait of Hormuz shipping ‘economic extortion’

  13-07-2026 18:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  The US president sparked outrage as he claimed charging a fee is a ‘matter of fairness’ to cover the cost of providing security.
  
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• UK joins 90 billion euro EU loan to Ukraine

  13-07-2026 17:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  The loan is intended to help cover Kyiv’s most urgent defence and budgetary needs in 2026 and 2027.
  
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• Women in politics ‘experience challenges’ in security, Jenny Gilruth says

  13-07-2026 17:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Scottish Deputy First Minister spoke on the issue in the wake of former Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe’s death.
  
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• Trump says US will levy 20% toll for safe passage through Strait of Hormuz

  13-07-2026 17:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Insisting that the vital waterway is ‘open’, the president also says the blockade of Iranian ports will be reimposed.
  
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• Exclusive: Full scale of Walthamstow fire devastation revealed as blaze guts home and destroys gardens

  13-07-2026 17:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Footage and images from the scene in east London show destruction caused by blaze with home, gardens and outbuildings lost
  
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• Heatwave fuels 19 wildfires across UK as more health warnings issued

  13-07-2026 17:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Emergency services are currently dealing with 19 wildfire incidents in England and Wales as the Met Office forecasts highs of 33C.
  
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• Fact check: Widely shared video of Nigel Farage is from 2024 general election

  13-07-2026 17:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mr Farage’s clothes in the clip are different from those he wore when paying tribute to Ann Widdecombe.
  
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• Wildfire alert: Create firebreaks around gardens to protect your homes, Londoners told

  13-07-2026 17:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Cut back long grass, shrubs and trees, fire chiefs advise as capital hit by unprecedented heatwaves and major blazes
  
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• Trump says US will charge ships for safe passage through Strait of Hormuz

  13-07-2026 17:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Insisting that the vital waterway is ‘open’, the president also says the blockade of Iranian ports will be reimposed.
  
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• Intel’s five billion-euro investment not an ‘outlier’, says Taoiseach

  13-07-2026 16:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Micheál Martin spoke to the media as the chip company announced the capital investment project in Co Kildare.
  
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• MP 'groped women at London's Groucho club', court hears

  13-07-2026 16:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Patrick Spencer, the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, is accused of drunkenly coming up behind the women and putting his arms around them
  
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• Orange Order chief says Northern Ireland should not be left in ‘European limbo’

  13-07-2026 16:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Harold Henning called for the region to be ‘respected as a truly integral part of the United Kingdom’ after Brexit.
  
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• Man pleads guilty to the murder of his mother in Newham

  13-07-2026 16:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Richard Clayton admitted strangling his mother in their east London home
  
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• Police appeal for further victims as senior London church figure guilty of historic sexual offences

  13-07-2026 16:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police believe church deacon John Grant, 77, may have preyed on other victims after sexual assaults on young men while working in north London
  
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• Three found dead in family home in Ballymena

  13-07-2026 16:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police said they are investigating the circumstances.
  
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• Orange Order urges ‘PM in waiting’ Burnham to address ‘challenges to the Union’

  13-07-2026 16:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Grand Secretary Mervyn Gibson criticised Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn as ‘so inactive and aloof, he has almost been invisible’.
  
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• Republic activists stage Andrew protest inside Buckingham Palace

  13-07-2026 15:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  Andrew was stripped of his titles last October by his brother, the King.
  
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• Mother whose son was critically ill with MenB urges young to get vaccine

  13-07-2026 15:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The vaccination programme was announced by UK authorities last month.
  
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• Twelve arrested after ‘credible’ right-wing terror threat against Islamic event

  13-07-2026 15:49 via standard.co.uk
  
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• Police hunt laughing man who sexually assaulted woman at west London Tube station

  13-07-2026 15:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  The man repeatedly sexually assaulted a woman in a subway at Hanger Lane station before fleeing into the station while laughing
  
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• Campaigner ‘over the moon’ as Hillsborough Law set to clear Commons

  13-07-2026 15:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  Downing Street said the legislation was ready to return to Parliament after addressing concerns about its impact on spies.
  
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• Ann Widdecombe murder probe: Counter-terror police take over investigation in dramatic twist

  13-07-2026 14:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  28-year-old man held on suspicion of murder is re-arrested on suspicion of terror offence
  
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• Sam Neill remembered as ‘key force’ behind Peaky Blinders after his death at 78

  13-07-2026 14:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Northern Ireland-born New Zealand actor played Major Chester Campbell in the first two seasons of Peaky Blinders.
  
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