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• Two people seriously injured after train with 150 on board derails

  13-08-2026 20:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  The incident happened near Lewes railway station on Thursday afternoon and involved a Southern Rail train.
  
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• Former University of Cambridge professor Jason Arday found dead

  14-08-2026 22:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Emergency services were called to Daley Thompson Way, in Battersea, where the academic lived, on Friday.
  
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• Andy Burnham sends heatwave wildfire mobile phone alerts to millions of Londoners as city frazzles in 34C

  14-08-2026 22:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  The capital sizzled with highs of 34.3 on Friday, the day after the mercury hit 38.1C in Kew Gardens
  
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• Second London train derails in 24 hours causing travel chaos

  14-08-2026 22:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  A Greater Anglia train derailed near Wickford in Essex on Friday afternoon, in the second derailment on the UK rail network in 24 hours.
  
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• Andy Burnham sends heatwave wildfire mobile phone alerts to millions of Londoners as city frazzled in 34C

  14-08-2026 21:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  The capital sizzled with highs of 34.3 on Friday, the day after the mercury hit 38.1C in Kew Gardens
  
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• Police hunt for suspects after Arsenal store damaged in late night raid

  14-08-2026 20:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police believe the Highbury store was targeted between 3.30am and 4.30am on Friday
  
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• Asbestos and sinkhole found in south London library

  14-08-2026 20:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  The south London authority closed Shortlands Library at 110 Shortlands Road in January for safety reasons after cracks were found in one of the library’s rear walls
  
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• Emergency alert sent to mobile phones with wildfire warning after UK blazes

  14-08-2026 20:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Government sent the alert on Friday evening, which began appearing on mobile devices from 7pm.
  
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• Fire tears through east London park as 90 firefighters tackle blaze

  14-08-2026 19:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Fourteen fire engines and around 90 firefighters are responding to the blaze in Hornchurch Country Park
  
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• London council rejects funding bid to keep Hammersmith Bridge open to pedestrians

  14-08-2026 19:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Wandsworth Council wrote to Hammersmith and Fulham Council stating it could not support the bid for essential repairs to the bridge as it fell short of what residents and businesses wanted to see
  
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• Probe into two train derailments to ‘look at all possible causes and factors’

  14-08-2026 19:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  A second train derailed 24 hours after two passengers were seriously injured when a Southern Rail service came off the tracks in East Sussex.
  
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• Reality TV star Stephen Bear jailed for breach after taunting police from Brazil

  14-08-2026 18:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Celebrity Big Brother 2016 winner admitted he had failed to comply with notification requirements for the sex offenders’ register.
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Liverpool Street trains cancelled as second train derails in 24 hours

  14-08-2026 16:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  Dozens of London bus routes are affected by today’s strike
  
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• Government issues temporary ban on sale of disposable BBQs over wildfire risk

  14-08-2026 16:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  The ban on disposable BBQs applies to those sold both in stores and online
  
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• Burnham issues warning to smokers as disposable barbecues ban comes into force

  14-08-2026 16:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister said the ban – which applies to Wales, Scotland and England – would be in place ‘until further notice’.
  
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• Huge wildfire in West Midlands destroys 19 homes on UK’s hottest day of year

  14-08-2026 16:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Crews are still working to tackle the blaze in Stourbridge.
  
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• Second train derails day after two passengers badly hurt in East Sussex

  14-08-2026 16:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  A Greater Anglia train derailed at 2.12pm on Friday south of Wickford railway station in Essex, British Transport Police said.
  
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• Second train derails in 24 hours as emergency services race to scene

  14-08-2026 16:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  A Greater Anglia train has derailed near Wickford in Essex, it has been reported.
  
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• Second train derails 24 hours after two passengers badly hurt in East Sussex

  14-08-2026 16:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  A Greater Anglia train derailed on Friday near Wickford in Essex, the Press Association understands.
  
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• London bakes in 34C: Is this the final heatwave of the year?

  14-08-2026 16:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Temperatures are set to fall this weekend after the hottest day of the year on Thursday - but will heatwave conditions return?
  
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• Health visitor leaders plan industrial action in job evaluation dispute

  14-08-2026 16:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  RCN Scotland, Unison and Unite gave formal written notice of the action to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde on Friday.
  
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• Flooding could follow wildfires across the UK, Andy Burnham warns

  14-08-2026 16:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister was speaking as he visited the scene of a fire in Stourbridge in the West Midlands, where residents were forced to evacuate.
  
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• 150 people evacuated from Wembley hotel after huge blaze erupts

  14-08-2026 15:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Six fire engines and 40 firefighters raced to the hotel on Empire Way, Wembley
  
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• Two arrested after West Midlands fire damages four homes

  14-08-2026 15:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The fire, which has now been brought under control, affected four homes and a number of gardens, police said.
  
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• Burnham sets out package of measures to respond to devastating wildfires

  14-08-2026 15:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister set out an emergency package of measures as parts of Britain continued to burn.
  
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• Two arrested on suspicion of arson following huge fire in Stoke

  14-08-2026 15:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  Four homes were affected by the blaze, alongside a number of gardens, Staffordshire Police said
  
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• Two seriously injured in train derailment not in life-threatening condition

  14-08-2026 14:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  The incident occurred near Lewes, East Sussex, on Thursday afternoon.
  
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• London to bake in 34C today: Is this the final heatwave of the year?

  14-08-2026 14:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Temperatures are set to fall this weekend after the hottest day of the year on Thursday - but will heatwave conditions return?
  
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• Two inmates charged with attempted murder after Sara Sharif’s father attacked

  14-08-2026 14:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Crown Prosecution Service said Steven Sansom and Adam Watson are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on August 26.
  
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• Confidence in Parole Board undermined by decision on mother’s killer, says woman

  14-08-2026 14:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Catherine Razzell’s mother Linda was murdered by her father Glyn in 2002.
  
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