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• When will the mild London weather end? Temperatures to tumble within days

  13-10-2026 11:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Warm weather has once again enveloped London - but it’s not going to last
  
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• Employees were not sacked in revenge against union, says Rockstar chief

  15-10-2026 17:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Robert Spampinato, the GTA VI developer’s vice presider for HR, said the suggestion was ‘preposterous’.
  
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• Leave homes empty for a year and we will double your council tax, east London borough warns

  15-10-2026 17:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  The council said the move was to encourage owners to sell vacant properties
  
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• Another London borough seeks Government permission to significantly hike council tax

  15-10-2026 17:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Barnet town hall is latest London borough in talks with the Government over permission to exceed the 5% limit council tax bills can usually be raised by each year
  
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• Russell Brand accuser ‘being silenced and couldn’t fight back’

  15-10-2026 17:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Brand, now 51, is accused of forcing himself on the woman after meeting her at a cabaret show at the 1999 Labour Party conference.
  
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• Serving Police Scotland officer convicted of rape and sexual offences

  15-10-2026 17:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  Carmichael John Williamson, 32, was found guilty of four charges at the High Court in Edinburgh on Thursday.
  
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• New NHS guidance confirms exclusion of trans women patients from female wards

  15-10-2026 16:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  The new guidance for hospitals and staff comes 18 months after the Supreme Court ruling on biological sex.
  
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• Scotland not hanging around for PM to fix ‘broken, Brexit Britain’, says Doogan

  15-10-2026 16:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  SNP Westminster leader Dave Doogan criticised the Prime Minister in his speech to the SNP conference in Aberdeen.
  
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• UK lacked ‘moral courage’ to stand up to Russia before 2022, ex-MI5 chief says

  15-10-2026 16:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lord Jonathan Evans the UK could have intervened to deter Russia earlier, but chose not to because it was easier to accept Russian money in London.
  
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• Prince Charles cinema saved from potential closure

  15-10-2026 16:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The cinema had faced an uncertain future, but has now signed a 25-year lease with its landlord.
  
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• Families demand answers over Vincent Chan complaint

  15-10-2026 16:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The prolific sex offender was jailed for 18 years in February after admitting 56 sexual offences against children.
  
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• Poundland drafts in new directors as sale talks intensify

  15-10-2026 16:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Poundland has appointed Andrew Kirkpatrick, Stephen Welch and Dominic Young as directors.
  
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• Driver injured as train hits buffers derailing at major London station

  15-10-2026 16:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  Some of the train’s wheels came off the track at Liverpool Street Station
  
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• What is Russell Brand accused of? The prosecution case against comedian as London trial gets underway

  15-10-2026 16:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  The comedian and actor denies rape, sexual assault and indecent assault allegations involving four women
  
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• London's mobile data demand outstrips capacity

  15-10-2026 16:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Every area tested had slower network response times than the regulator Ofcom's target.
  
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• Scottish Government considering face covering exclusion zones, says Neil Gray

  15-10-2026 16:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Government is considering an initiative to ban face coverings after taking inspiration from an initiative in Nottingham.
  
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• Mapped: The London boroughs where children miss the most school

  15-10-2026 16:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  A north London borough has the worst truancy rate in London. Interactive map shows how bad the problem is where you live
  
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• Harry and Meghan have emotional reunion with their Grenfell ‘ladies’

  15-10-2026 16:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited a Nottingham-based food poverty action group.
  
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• Ex-DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson given 15-year sentence for sex offences

  15-10-2026 16:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former political leader showed no emotion in the dock of Newry Crown Court as sentence as passed.
  
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• AFC Wimbledon identify preferred investor

  15-10-2026 15:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  AFC Wimbledon say a preferred investor has been identified in their long-standing attempt to raise new capital.
  
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• DUP says former leader Donaldson ‘deserves every day’ of 15-year sentence

  15-10-2026 15:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Party leader Gavin Robinson has commissioned what he described as an ‘unprecedented’ review into the former leader’s behaviour.
  
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• No emotion as judge describes Donaldson’s ‘catastrophic descent into disgrace’

  15-10-2026 15:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former DUP leader wore a suit and tie as he was sentenced.
  
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• Arsenal's injured Caldentey out for up to 10 weeks

  15-10-2026 15:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Arsenal midfielder Mariona Caldentey is set to miss about two months of Women's Super League action because of a hamstring injury.
  
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• Gilmore urges Harlequins to continue improvement

  15-10-2026 15:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Harlequins head coach Jason Gilmore urges his team to continue their recent improvement as they look to recover from a woeful start to the season.
  
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• Former Rockstar Games staff hold rally outside employment tribunal

  15-10-2026 15:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  One ex-employee said being sacked over the phone while they were off sick ‘felt like a knife in my heart’.
  
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• Elizabeth Line compensation payouts soar in delay misery for London commuters

  15-10-2026 15:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Delay payments rose 55% across rail network during spring and summer
  
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• Barack Obama leaves Glasgow after speaking at arena show

  15-10-2026 15:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former US president waved to a small crowd as he departed his hotel in central Glasgow.
  
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• Man rushed to hospital with 'life changing' head injury following assault at London tourist hotspot

  15-10-2026 14:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Large police cordon at Leicester Square after incident that saw man in his 40s taken to major trauma centre
  
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• Warning new help to buy scheme will 'lock out millions in London and the south east'

  15-10-2026 14:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Questions have been raised over whether the scheme’s eligibility thresholds reflect London’s higher house prices
  
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• Russell Brand told woman ‘it’s fun, it’s normal’ as he raped her, court hears

  15-10-2026 14:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  The comedian, who denies the charges, is accused of attacking the woman in 1999 in a Bournemouth hotel.
  
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