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• What time is today's solar eclipse in London - and how can you safely watch it?

  12-08-2026 07:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Around 90% of the sun will be covered by the moon in the most complete solar eclipse since 1999. Here’s everything you need to know
  
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• Fire near Wembley Stadium seen for miles across London and triggers major transport disruption

  28-08-2026 21:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  125 firefighters battle huge blaze at waste facility that sent massive plumes of smoke into sky and sparked Tube and train chaos
  
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• Geese frontman humours damp crowd as they brave heavy rain at Reading Festival

  28-08-2026 21:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  The US musician referenced the wet weather as he took to the stage at the festival.
  
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• UK deploys rapid response team to Nepal to support Britons affected by floods

  28-08-2026 20:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  The safety and welfare of British nationals is the Government’s “top priority”, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said.
  
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• Nashville Airport to be renamed in honour of Dolly Parton

  28-08-2026 20:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 9-5 singer lived in Tennessee her whole life
  
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• Claudia Winkleman fronts Bayeux Tapestry trailer as new tickets announced

  28-08-2026 20:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The British Museum has announced that a new wave of tickets will go on sale next month.
  
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• Burnham Irish unity remarks were not a mistake, Sir Chris Bryant says

  28-08-2026 20:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The NI Secretary said both he and the Prime Minister are committed to the Good Friday Agreement.
  
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• Seven more arrested in organised crime crackdown after deadly A66 crash

  28-08-2026 19:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  It brings the total number of people arrested to 24.
  
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• Seven charged over Trump Turnberry damage face ‘terrorism connection’ accusation

  28-08-2026 18:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump’s five-star hotel and golf resort was graffitied in March last year.
  
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• Westminster Council accuses Sadiq Khan of flouting environmental rules over pedestrianisation of Oxford Street

  28-08-2026 18:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Westminster town hall has written to the Government demanding that TfL carry out a full environmental impact assessment ahead of the scheme going ahead
  
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• Russia not seeking direct confrontation with Nato – Western officials

  28-08-2026 18:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Senior figures in Moscow have recently accused Ukraine’s allies, including the UK, of ‘playing with fire’.
  
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• Detectives not linking A66 crash which killed two policemen to fatal house fire

  28-08-2026 17:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Extra police officers have been drafted in to support officers after a series of recent incidents in the Middlesbrough and County Durham area.
  
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• London protests: Everything we know about anti-Islam UKIP protest and counter demo in Edgware Road on Saturday

  28-08-2026 17:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  The anti-Islam protest has been organised by UKIP’s Nick Tenconi and will be met with a counter protest from Stand Up to Racism
  
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• Prime Minister Andy Burnham to abstain in assisted dying vote next month

  28-08-2026 16:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Bill will return to the House of Commons on September 11 to be debated and voted on by MPs.
  
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• Neasden fire LIVE: Huge blaze near Wembley Stadium sparks Tube and rail chaos as smoke billows across sky

  28-08-2026 16:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Huge plume of smoke visible from miles around as 125 firefighters battle major blaze
  
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• Fianna Fáil minister ‘categorically’ disagrees with Burnham on unity poll

  28-08-2026 16:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  Niamh Smyth, Minister of State for Trade Promotion, said a poll on a ‘reunited Ireland’ is not off the table.
  
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• 'Acid attack' in Ladbroke Grove: Two victims rushed to hospital in emergency response by Hazmat paramedics

  28-08-2026 16:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Ambulance Service sent a Hazardous Area Response Team after the attack near Ladbroke Grove Tube station
  
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• Arsonists plead guilty to attack on Jewish ambulances in Golders Green

  28-08-2026 15:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Four men plead guilty at the Old Bailey to destroying four Jewish community ambulances in an arson attack
  
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• Torching cars at A66 crash vigil ‘completely unacceptable’, say police

  28-08-2026 15:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Durham Constabulary officers were called to a field in the Haswell area of the county shortly after 5.30pm on Thursday.
  
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• Neasden fire LIVE: Firefighters battle huge blaze near Wembley Stadium as smoke fills sky and Tube line shut

  28-08-2026 15:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Huge plume of smoke visible from miles around as blaze at waste facility sparks London Underground chaos
  
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• Guilty pleas over arson attack on Jewish community ambulances

  28-08-2026 15:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  The charge relates to the attack on ambulances in Golders Green, north London, in the early hours of March 23.
  
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• Fact check: Benefits spending and elephant floods video

  28-08-2026 15:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Round-up of fact checks from the last few days compiled by Full Fact.
  
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• Notting Hill Carnival boss praises safety record as police deploy 7,000 officers

  28-08-2026 15:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Chief executive Matthew Phillip said the annual street parade’s safety record is ‘very good’.
  
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• Sandie Peggie’s legal team claims tribunal applied ‘wrong legal analysis’

  28-08-2026 15:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  The nurse took action against NHS Fife after sharing a changing room with transgender medic Dr Beth Upton in 2023.
  
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• Trump must be pressed to hand over interceptor designs to Ukraine, Brown says

  28-08-2026 15:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former prime minister warned Ukraine is facing its ‘worst winter’ since the conflict began in 2022.
  
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• Notting Hill Carnival: 330 people banned from festival in massive police operation to stop violence

  28-08-2026 14:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  A suspected robbery gang in London was also raided as it may have been plotting to target the world-famous carnival
  
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• Rescue efforts after Nepal flash floods at critical stage, Chinese officials say

  28-08-2026 14:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than 30 British nationals are among hundreds of people missing since Wednesday’s disaster.
  
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• Gatwick passengers turned away from restaurants as airport hit by second water outage in a month

  28-08-2026 14:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Flights at the London airport are not currently being affected by the issue
  
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• Hundreds of migrants cross Channel after hiatus

  28-08-2026 14:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Dinghies were arriving in British waters late into the night.
  
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• Sir Ed Davey’s attempt to give blood scuppered by summer holiday to France

  28-08-2026 14:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Liberal Democrat leader was set to donate blood on Friday, but was told it could not go ahead after filling in the paperwork.
  
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