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• Violent rapist on the run after being wrongly released from London prison

  10-06-2026 11:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Bernadin Dedic, 48, fled the UK on the Eurostar to return to his native Bosnia and has refused to face justice
  
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• Heathrow plane 'lightning strike' emergency as American Airlines flight to US does U-turn

  11-06-2026 09:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The flight returned to the capital after the pilots squawked an emergency code while over Manchester airspace
  
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• Heathrow sees passenger numbers fall despite record day for May

  11-06-2026 09:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  The west London airport said 7.1 million passengers passed through its four terminals in May, down 1.2% year-on-year.
  
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• Heathrow flight to US forced to turn back to London after 'lightning strike'

  11-06-2026 09:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  The flight returned to the capital after the pilots squawked an emergency code while over Manchester airspace
  
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• Twelve police officers injured in second night of unrest in Northern Ireland

  11-06-2026 09:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sixteen arrests were made in the disorder following Monday’s stabbing attack, Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn said.
  
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• Phone thefts halve in central London as Apple joins police crackdown to make stolen handsets 'unusuable bricks'

  11-06-2026 09:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Scotland Yard say adverts on Snapchat offer children as much as £380 to steal a single iPhone, with a bonus of £100 for stealing 10
  
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• Ryanair investigated over charging parents to sit with their children on flights

  11-06-2026 08:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Watchdog the Competition and Markets Authority said it will determine whether the practice is ‘in line with consumer law’.
  
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• Italian restaurants drive London to victory over Rome and New York in Time Out Best Cities for Food

  11-06-2026 08:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  A staggering 96% of Londoners hailed eating out in the capital as ‘good’ or ‘amazing,’ according to the new culinary survey
  
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• Woman allowed to wander Parliament at night 'after locking herself in toilet cubicle at end of tour'

  11-06-2026 08:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Parliamentary officials have begun a probe into the security lapse while a police investigation is also under way
  
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• World’s best hotels of 2026 revealed: one London retreat selected in the top ten

  11-06-2026 08:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Royal Lancaster is London’s only entry in the top ten, coming in as the number four hotel in the world
  
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• Revealed: London's worst cycling accident hotspots as serious injuries soar in Hackney, Newham and other boroughs

  11-06-2026 08:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  The figures come as Transport for London was accused of trying to ‘cover up’ an increase in cycling casualties in the capital
  
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• Met Police and Apple team up to tackle phone theft in crusade to make stolen handsets 'unusuable bricks'

  11-06-2026 08:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police say adverts on Snapchat offer children as much as £380 to steal a single iPhone, with a bonus of £100 for stealing 10
  
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• Inside London’s great affordable homes betrayal

  11-06-2026 07:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  At new developments, targets are routinely being slashed for property Londoners can actually afford
  
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• London renting crisis: Average monthly rents rise above £2,200 - how fast are they growing in your borough?

  11-06-2026 07:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Demand for homes to rent is rising in the capital bucking a national trend - check the average rent now for your area
  
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• Revealed: How the number of serious cycling injuries is rising in Hackney, Newham and other London boroughs

  11-06-2026 07:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The figures come as Transport for London was accused of trying to ‘cover up’ an increase in cycling casualties in the capital
  
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• Do not use your anger to create chaos, pleads sister of murdered MP

  11-06-2026 07:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour MP Kim Leadbeater said it was not right to ‘vilify an entire community or an entire group of people who might not look like you do’.
  
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• Sole survivor of Air India crash calls for transparency and answers 12 months on

  11-06-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed into a medical college shortly after taking off at Ahmedabad Airport in June last year.
  
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• Northern Ireland suffers second night of unrest as rioters attack police

  11-06-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police were pelted with bricks and petrol bombs by balaclava-clad rioters in Co Antrim.
  
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• London renting crisis: Growing scramble for homes sends average monthly rents above £2,200

  11-06-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Demand for homes to rent is rising in the capital bucking a national trend - check the average rent now for your area
  
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• Family of Belfast stabbing victim ‘disgusted’ at scenes of rioting

  11-06-2026 00:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  Stephen Ogilvie’s family has said they don’t want what happened to their loved one to be used to divide people.
  
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• Riot police fire water cannon at protesters as second night of Belfast disorder erupts

  10-06-2026 23:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Reports of petrol bombs being thrown at police in latest unrest following Belfast knife attack
  
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• Arrest after two police officers ‘savagely targeted’ with petrol bomb

  10-06-2026 22:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  An 18-year-old man was arrested following the incident during disorder in Carrickfergus on Tuesday night.
  
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• Terrifying moment child clings to window ledge above London high street shop before dramatic rescue

  10-06-2026 22:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Child plunges into arms of man and police officer below in heart-stopping moment as crowd watches on
  
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• Police deploy water cannon on rioters in latest disorder after Belfast stabbing

  10-06-2026 22:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Disturbances have been reported on the outskirts of Belfast and in Londonderry but at a lower level than Tuesday night.
  
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• Met Police face cuts after Sadiq Khan blocks Palantir AI tech deal

  10-06-2026 21:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley warns of potential cuts to frontline police services amid row over AI deal
  
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• Toby Carvery and council end legal dispute over felling of ancient oak in north London park

  10-06-2026 20:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  The restaurant chain’s owners apologise and agree to fund 1,000 new trees after cutting down of 500-year-old tree sparked outrage
  
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• Trump takes credit after ex-Cameron aide makes run-off for California governor

  10-06-2026 20:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  The US president said pressure he exerted on ‘cheating dogs’ saw Steve Hilton progress in the race for the top West Coast job.
  
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• MSPs vote down Labour calls for Murrell inquiry at Holyrood

  10-06-2026 19:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Scottish Labour’s Anas Sarwar said the crimes committed by Nicola Sturgeon’s ex-husband amounted to ‘the greatest political scandal since devolution’.
  
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• Alleged smiling assassin pretended to shoot armed police with hands, court told

  10-06-2026 19:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, is on trial at the Old Bailey.
  
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• Shocking moment 'shoplifting gang' attack staff at north London supermarket

  10-06-2026 19:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Footage shared online show the group kicking and throwing punches at workers at a Lidl supermarket in Finsbury Park
  
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