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• UK economy contracts for second month running in October

  12-12-2025 08:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Office for National Statistics said gross domestic product (GDP) fell 0.1% in October, following a 0.1% decline in September.
  
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• Two people dead in house fire after explosion in garden – police

  13-12-2025 13:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police and firefighters attended the scene.
  
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• London protests LIVE: Police brace as Tommy Robinson supporters to gather for 'Unite the Kingdom' march in Whitehall

  13-12-2025 13:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  The protest is set to begin in the north end of Whitehall from 3pm
  
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• Channel crossings begin on Saturday after longest pause in seven years

  13-12-2025 12:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Before the weekend, no vessels had reached the English coast for 28 days, according to Home Office figures.
  
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• Labour must unite behind Starmer or risk losses to Reform, deputy leader says

  13-12-2025 12:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lucy Powell’s intervention comes after weeks dominated by speculation about a challenge to the Prime Minister’s leadership.
  
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• Newham councillors approve huge 7,000-home development in east London

  13-12-2025 12:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Plans for a huge 7,000-home development in Silvertown have been approved by councillors in Newham.
  
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• Met chief calls on retailers to do more as staff accused of helping shoplifters

  13-12-2025 11:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Mark Rowley said there was evidence of store employees tipping off thieves about when it was safe to strike
  
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• Mice-infested cheese shop in south London is hit with a £75,000 fine after inspectors found droppings and nibbled ham

  13-12-2025 11:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  A kilogram of ham had been gnawed by mice and contaminated with droppings
  
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• Autistic teenager in 'extreme distress' over criminal conviction for not insuring unused moped

  13-12-2025 11:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  The boy’s mother told the court she is “deeply disappointed” at his treatment
  
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• Lionel Messi's India tour begins with mayhem as angry fans throw objects onto pitch

  13-12-2025 11:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  The chief minister of West Bengal state has ordered a probe into the chaos that unfolded at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata
  
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• BMA accuses Streeting of ‘scaremongering’ about NHS as strike looms

  13-12-2025 10:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  The doctors’ union claimed the Health Secretary had acted in a ‘cruel and calculated’ way and described the Government’s offer as ‘poor.’
  
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• Schoolgirl, 11, fighting for life after being hit by car in south London

  13-12-2025 09:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  The driver of the car was arrested and taken into custody where he remains
  
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• 'It's so close to Christmas': East London siblings face eviction from family home after mother dies of cancer

  13-12-2025 09:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  The family say they are being asked to leave the flat they grew up in just months after their mother died of cancer
  
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• Autistic teenager convicted in fast-track court for not insuring moped he had not used

  13-12-2025 09:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The boy’s mother told the court she is “deeply disappointed” at his treatment
  
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• South London teacher who had sex with former pupil barred from profession

  13-12-2025 08:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  A teacher who was found to have repeatedly had sex with one of her former pupils has been banned from the profession.
  
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• London crowned UK’s kindest city at Christmas, study finds

  13-12-2025 08:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nearly half of Londoners say they are more inclined to perform random acts of kindness during the festive season, putting the capital ahead of Liverpool and Manchester
  
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• Piccadilly line upgrade 'to blow £3billion budget' as passengers told not to expect new trains for a year

  13-12-2025 08:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  TfL chiefs warn of ‘major challenge’ integrating new high-tech trains with ‘extremely old infrastructure’
  
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• What a 6-metre sea-level rise would do to London's most iconic landmarks, as imagined by AI

  13-12-2025 05:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  These haunting images visualise London where climate change has raised the Thames by six metres, transforming the city’s historic heart into a serene, yet catastrophic, new Venice
  
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• Sir Billy Connolly battling Parkinson’s incredibly bravely – Martin Compston

  13-12-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The actor is co-hosting the Hoolie In The Hydro on Saturday dedicated to the Big Yin.
  
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• King shares 'good news' that his cancer treatment will be reduced

  12-12-2025 21:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Charles credited the success to early diagnosis, successful care and following ‘doctors’ orders’
  
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• Woman charged with murder following death of 70-year-old in east London

  12-12-2025 21:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Emma Nightingale, 36, of Blackhorse Road was charged with murder
  
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• Q&A: King’s latest update on his cancer as he delivers message to nation

  12-12-2025 21:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  Charles was diagnosed with cancer early in 2024 but has announced the ‘good news’ that his schedule of treatment is being reduced in the New Year.
  
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• King’s cancer journey: From diagnosis to new update on health

  12-12-2025 21:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  Charles was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 75 in 2024 – less than a year and a half into his reign.
  
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• Police appeal after woman, 80, left in critical condition by collision in west London

  12-12-2025 21:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  A 20-year-old man has been arrested and is assisting the police with their investigation
  
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• Charles announces ‘good news’ of reduction in his cancer treatment

  12-12-2025 21:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  The King’s cancer diagnosis was announced on February 6 last year and he postponed all public-facing engagements for almost three months.
  
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• Female paramedic punched in face by drunk man outside London pub

  12-12-2025 20:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Emily Jackson, 31, was physically and verbally attacked by a man she was trying to treat
  
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• Man, 18, 'could have gone blind' if not rescued by restaurant staff after random 'bleach attack'

  12-12-2025 19:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Quick-thinking staff at Caribbean Classic in Chessington stepped in to help the terrified group
  
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• Two men jailed over fatal attack at south London Wetherspoons pub

  12-12-2025 19:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Charlie Prodromou, 63, was described as ‘a real family man’ and leaves behind three children and five grandchildren
  
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• Starmer: Doctors’ strikes as NHS battles flu ‘epidemic’ would be ‘beyond belief’

  12-12-2025 19:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister said a good deal was on the table.
  
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• Trump, Andrew and Richard Branson among famous faces in newly released Epstein pictures

  12-12-2025 19:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  A new set of photos of the disgraced financier have been released by the US House Oversight Committee
  
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