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• World Braille Day 2023: What is braille and how does it work?

  04-01-2023 07:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Louis Braille, inventor of the tactile alphabet, is honoured each year for devising the system
  
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• Public invited to have their say on reintroduction of lynx to Highlands

  06-01-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  A group of rewilding charities say reintroducing the wild felines could bring significant benefits to the region.
  
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• ‘Disruptive’ snow and rain could hit parts of England this week, forecasters say

  06-01-2026 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Met Office said that even parts of the south may see some snow on higher ground on Thursday and Friday.
  
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• Forecasters warn of more heavy snow across swathes of northern Scotland

  06-01-2026 00:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Met Office has issued yellow warnings of snow and ice for the whole of Scotland on Tuesday.
  
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• Two UK high street chains go into administration as thousands of jobs are put at risk

  05-01-2026 23:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  The two high street stores have been put into administration after facing significant financial difficulties
  
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• Second man arrested following shooting on south London street

  05-01-2026 22:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  A 30-year old man was shot on Bexleyheath Broadway on Sunday morning
  
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• Maduro appears in New York court as deposed Venezuelan leader says he is 'a prisoner of war'

  05-01-2026 21:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  The captured Venezuelan dictator told a judge ‘I am a decent man’
  
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• Revealed: Shocking extent of London’s hygiene poverty crisis

  05-01-2026 21:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  According to data, around three out of ten women in the Greater London area have had to choose between buying enough food or hygiene products amid the cost-of-living crisis
  
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• MPs join protesters calling for release of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro

  05-01-2026 21:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn and Richard Burgon were among those gathered outside Downing Street.
  
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• Maduro appears in New York court as deposed leader says he is 'still the president of Venezuela'

  05-01-2026 21:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  The captured Venezuelan dictator told a judge ‘I am a decent man’
  
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• Cyclist shares CCTV footage of her brutal Lime bike accident as warning to riders jumping red lights

  05-01-2026 21:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Gabby Stonkute hopes that by sharing the footage of her crash she will discourage other cyclists from making ‘reckless’ decisions
  
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• Cooper says she raised international law with Rubio over Venezuela

  05-01-2026 20:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper addressed the Commons after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro entered a not guilty plea in court in New York.
  
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• Maduro appears in New York court as Venezuela's deposed leader says he was 'kidnapped by US'

  05-01-2026 20:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  The captured Venezuelan dictator told a judge ‘I am a decent man’
  
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• Starmer admits pubs will ‘struggle’ after Chancellor’s tax raid as over 360 shut for good last year

  05-01-2026 20:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Bars, clubs, restaurants, hotels and music venues are among the businesses facing much higher bills as part of double whammy tax raids
  
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• London and commuter town councils bid to be part of £200m scheme to build homes for asylum seekers

  05-01-2026 19:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  The proposals have sparked controversy, particularly in areas with high-cost housing and where thousands of people are on waiting lists for social properties
  
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• Claire’s and The Original Factory Shop collapse into administration

  05-01-2026 19:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  It will mean 1,355 employees in the UK and Ireland at 154 Claire’s shops will be put at risk, and 1,220 staff across 140 TOFS’ stores.
  
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• Huge blaze at north London golf club is tackled by 60 firefighters

  05-01-2026 18:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  An entire building at the club near Waltham Abbey caught fire on Monday afternoon
  
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• Maduro appears in New York court as Venezuela's deposed leader pleads not guilty to drug charges

  05-01-2026 18:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  The captured Venezuelan dictator told a judge ‘I am a decent man’
  
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• Migrants arrive in UK for first time this year after Channel crossing

  05-01-2026 18:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Pictures show people disembarking a Border Force boat in Dover on Monday, becoming the first to arrive in 2026 amid a cold spell of weather.
  
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• Prax Lindsey oil refinery to stop standalone operations after Phillips 66 sale

  05-01-2026 17:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Phillips 66 said it had decided to not restart standalone refinery operations at the Lindsey site because it was not ‘viable in current form’.
  
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• Did the US and Donald Trump break international law in Venezuela?

  05-01-2026 17:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  The US detention of Venezuela's President Maduro raises concerns over legality and international law
  
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• Jesy Nelson reveals her twins may never walk, but what is spinal muscular atrophy?

  05-01-2026 17:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jesy Nelson reveals her twin daughters have been diagnosed with SMA, a severe muscular disorder
  
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• JD Vance’s home attacked as US Vice President says ‘crazy person tried to hammer in windows’

  05-01-2026 17:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man has been taken into custody following the attack at the property in Cincinnati, Ohio
  
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• Why the New Year return to work contained better news than usual for rail commuters

  05-01-2026 17:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Welcome change for rail passengers at the start of the year
  
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• Ambassador hails ‘historic’ inauguration of Palestinian embassy in London

  05-01-2026 17:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  Husam Zomlot hailed the upgrading of Palestine’s mission in Hammersmith.
  
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• Fresh weather warnings issued as snow cancels flights and shuts schools

  05-01-2026 17:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Temperatures dropped to minus 10.9C at Shap in Cumbria overnight, and 52cm of snow was recorded by the Met Office at Tomintoul in Banffshire.
  
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• Evidence to be heard next week in paramotor crash fatal accident inquiry

  05-01-2026 17:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Amber Eames, who was involved in a previous project with ‘human swan’ Sacha Dench, will give evidence next week.
  
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• Why does Donald Trump want to buy Greenland?

  05-01-2026 17:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump has again floated the idea of US control of Greenland - but why do the US want it, and why are Denmark and Greenland pushing back?
  
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• Food prices in supermarkets to fall as UK moves closer to Single Market to undo Brexit harm, says Starmer

  05-01-2026 16:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister toughened Labour’s stance on closer ties with the European Union as his party faces a hammering in May elections
  
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• 90-year-old central London restaurant where diners included the Beatles faces losing licence

  05-01-2026 16:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police want 90-year-old Elysée, which Prince Philip is also said to have visited, to have its licence revoked due to ‘multiple breaches’ of public safety rules
  
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