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• UK braced for more wildfires as fourth heatwave looms

  27-07-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Parts of southern England will yet again meet their heatwave criteria on Wednesday.
  
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• London council pays £6,000 to disabled woman left in inadequate home for more than two years

  30-07-2026 12:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Payout comes after Wandsworth Council criticised by ombudsman for failing to secure woman alternative accommodation
  
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• Small business confidence slumps in London despite Burnham promises

  30-07-2026 12:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  The percentage of small business owners predicting growth across the country has slumped to 24%, its lowest for 12 years
  
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• Drought, heatwaves, wildfires, deaths: the toll of UK’s extreme summer

  30-07-2026 12:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Climate change is making extremes such as heat and drought more intense and more likely.
  
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• Funeral director ‘ripped off’ vulnerable pensioners with fake funeral plans

  30-07-2026 12:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  A court has heard Robert Bush defrauded 226 people by charging them for funeral plans he was not authorised to set up, and keeping the money.
  
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• Jenrick ‘confident’ Reform followed electoral law after Cottrell donation claims

  30-07-2026 12:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Metropolitan Police are looking at whether Reform donors might have circumvented restrictions on the sources of political funding.
  
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• More migrants die trying to cross Channel to UK

  30-07-2026 12:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  The group were found dead on a boat off the coast of Dunkirk on Thursday morning.
  
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• Fact check: More than half of female prisoners sentenced for violent crimes

  30-07-2026 11:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The proportion of women sentenced to prison for non-violent crimes has fallen over the past decade.
  
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• Met Police officer invented sexual assault because she was late for work

  30-07-2026 11:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former officer from Maidstone has had her sentence doubled by the Court of Appeal after being released
  
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• London weather LIVE: Worst drought in decades grips capital and UK as wildfires rage

  30-07-2026 11:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  The risk from blazes in capital, now officially in a drought, is ‘very high’ today
  
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• BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce reap rewards from higher global defence spending

  30-07-2026 11:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  The FTSE 100 firms upgraded full-year guidance after strong first-half results.
  
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• V&A East staff to strike over 'inadequate toilet and hydration breaks'

  30-07-2026 11:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  It comes days after PCS Union announced a separate ballot for another round of industrial action
  
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• First pine marten kits spotted in Exmoor in success for reintroduction scheme

  30-07-2026 11:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Some 19 pine martens were released in Exmoor last year, following releases in Dartmoor in 2024.
  
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• They think it’s all over: Football less fun now for fans at 1966 World Cup final

  30-07-2026 10:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  Three friends who attended the 1966 final will meet up on Thursday to remember the occasion.
  
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• UK would pay heavy price for promising 3% defence goal without plan – Streeting

  30-07-2026 10:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Defence Secretary said he was committed to the overall goal and spending pledges made to Nato.
  
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• Scottish woman found dead in suitcase in Athens named

  30-07-2026 10:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Elisabeth-Jane Ross is believed to have died between five and seven days before she was found.
  
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• London weather LIVE: 'Very high' wildfires threat as capital faces 'long-lasting' drought impact

  30-07-2026 10:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  The risk from blazes in capital, now officially in a drought, is ‘very high’ today
  
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• Shell half-year earnings soar to £12.6bn on Iran war oil price volatility

  30-07-2026 10:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  The FTSE 100 giant saw underlying earnings jump to 16.75 billion US dollars (£12.55 billion) after a 9.84 billion haul in the second quarter.
  
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• 'No evidence Andy Burnham anti-London' says Sadiq Khan as new PM to reveal devolution plans

  30-07-2026 10:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Sadiq says he’s ‘very excited about the direction of travel’ amid reports Andy Burnham will give mayors a share of income tax revenue
  
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• Green Hackney mayor slammed for giving Israeli city October 7 deadline to respond to twinning move

  30-07-2026 10:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hackney Council mayor Zoe Garbett told her counterpart in Haifa that her town hall was seeking to end the twinning relationship
  
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• Donald Trump says Andy Burnham told him he will ‘open up North Sea oil’

  30-07-2026 09:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  The US president, who is a vocal supporter of fossil fuels, argues the move would make the UK ‘a wealthy country’.
  
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• Pensioner with Parkinson’s convicted in fast-track court over £3.34 car bill

  30-07-2026 09:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  The DVLA launched a criminal prosecution over a six-week period when the car had not been properly taxed.
  
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• John Travolta’s Saturday Night Fever suit could sell for £300,000 at auction

  30-07-2026 09:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The three-piece suit featured during the film’s disco competition scenes.
  
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• Properties evacuated as firefighters battle heath blaze amid heatwave

  30-07-2026 08:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  It came amid soaring temperatures across parts of the UK on Wednesday.
  
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• British Airways jet 'seconds from disaster' after stalling 4,000ft over London

  30-07-2026 08:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  The plane is said to have stalled at around 4,000ft in most serious near miss in years
  
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• Polls open for election to replace Andy Burnham as Greater Manchester mayor

  30-07-2026 08:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The by-election will be the biggest in UK history with more than two million people eligible to vote.
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Commuter rail services disrupted after person hit by train

  30-07-2026 07:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Piccadilly and Jubilee lines also face delays on Thursday morning
  
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• Sea view properties record 27% surge in value since 2019, report finds

  30-07-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The East Midlands and Yorkshire & the Humber have notched up the biggest increases for sea-view homes.
  
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• Parents set to spend average 88 hours on unintended phone scrolling over summer

  30-07-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than half of children aged eight to 16 say their parents’ phone use causes them to miss important family moments, a survey found.
  
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• Bank of England set to hold interest rates at 3.75%

  30-07-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  A number of economists have predicted another seven-to-two vote in favour of holding the current rate.
  
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