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• Plumb done in London; Lightning coach moving on - Gameday London

  30-08-2024 23:26
  Plumb done in London; Lightning coach moving on  Gameday London
  
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• Brazilian Supreme Court justice orders immediate suspension of Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter

  30-08-2024 22:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  A top Brazilian judge has ordered the suspension of the social media giant, formerly called Twitter,
  
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• Oasis issue warning as presale tickets relisted for thousands of pounds

  30-08-2024 22:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  The band have warned against people attempting to resell tickets unless it is via Ticketmaster or Twickets.
  
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• London Unveils Design for the City's First Memorial to Victims of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade - Smithsonian Magazine

  30-08-2024 21:48
  London Unveils Design for the City's First Memorial to Victims of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade  Smithsonian Magazine
  
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• Government 'allocates £340million' towards 'life cost' of Grenfell site

  30-08-2024 21:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Families 'staggered' and 'amazed' over leaked document showing cost of managing Grenfell site 'safely'
  
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• Pune Porsche crash: Son's dream of studying in London unfulfilled, says deceased's father - Deccan Herald

  30-08-2024 21:30
  Pune Porsche crash: Son's dream of studying in London unfulfilled, says deceased's father  Deccan Herald
  
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• Jodie Comer Spotted Out for Dinner with Younger Brother Charlie in London - Just Jared

  30-08-2024 21:02
  Jodie Comer Spotted Out for Dinner with Younger Brother Charlie in London  Just Jared
  
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• Workers Find Mysterious Letter Hidden Inside a Concrete Column at London's National Gallery - Smithsonian Magazine

  30-08-2024 20:37
  Workers Find Mysterious Letter Hidden Inside a Concrete Column at London's National Gallery  Smithsonian Magazine
  
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• Police find 12 people in back of lorry after ‘terrified’ 999 call

  30-08-2024 20:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police said a ‘terrified man’ dialled 999 last week ‘reporting he was in the back of a lorry with 11 other people’.
  
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• Independence not ‘settled will of the Scottish people’, leading academic says

  30-08-2024 19:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Professor Nicola McEwen was speaking at a fringe event at the SNP conference in Edinburgh.
  
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• Government to end badger cull within five years in ‘watershed moment’

  30-08-2024 19:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  A new strategy is being introduced to eradicate bovine tuberculosis.
  
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• Oldbury: Boy, 13, stabbed to death inside his own home, police chief says

  30-08-2024 19:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  Murder investigation ongoing as police appeal for witnesses
  
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• Civil service appointments watchdog to audit Labour-era hires

  30-08-2024 19:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Civil Service Commission has asked for information to ‘inform a short, independent review’ of new Whitehall recruits.
  
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• Plashet Park: Boy, 16, charged with murder after fight erupts and man stabbed

  30-08-2024 19:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Imran Maroof, 20, died at the park in east London on July 27
  
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• Forbes warns of moves if tax increased

  30-08-2024 19:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  The deputy First Minister was speaking at a fringe event at the SNP conference in Edinburgh.
  
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• Swinney’s constituency ‘first target’ as school and waste staff reject pay offer

  30-08-2024 19:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  GMB members accepted the offer earlier on Friday, however Unison says it is not good enough, and Unite the Union is yet to make an announcement.
  
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• Pensioner, 82, fined £150 after she fed ducks in south west London

  30-08-2024 18:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Woman was allegedly followed home by two council staff members
  
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• Labour donor named in alleged cronyism row advises Chancellor on Treasury summit

  30-08-2024 18:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  According to the Electoral Commission, former credit card company executive Ian Corfield has donated more than £20,000 to Labour since 2015.
  
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• Johnny Fisher: Briton headlines London contest with Rhiannon Dixon-Terri Harper on undercard - BBC.com

  30-08-2024 18:37
  Johnny Fisher: Briton headlines London contest with Rhiannon Dixon-Terri Harper on undercard  BBC.com
  
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• Thunderstorms to hit UK this weekend with possible weather warnings

  30-08-2024 18:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘Thundery downpours’ are likely in eastern parts of the UK on Sunday with rain, hail and gusty winds, the Met Office said.
  
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• Nesbitt makes plea for unity as he is set to be UUP leader for second time

  30-08-2024 18:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  The health minister made a plea to party colleagues not to wash their dirty linen in public.
  
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• John Vane: London Fiction - Oliver Twist - onlondon.co.uk

  30-08-2024 18:18
  John Vane: London Fiction - Oliver Twist  onlondon.co.uk
  
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• 13-year-old boy was fatally stabbed inside his own home, police chief says

  30-08-2024 18:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  The boy died inside a house on Lovett Avenue, Oldbury, on Thursday afternoon despite efforts from paramedics.
  
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• Strikes suspended as college lecturers ‘overwhelmingly’ accept pay offer

  30-08-2024 17:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  The union says the dispute could have been settled earlier if it was treated with more ‘urgency’.
  
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• Move to end universal winter fuel payments for pensioners to be extended to NI

  30-08-2024 17:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Stormont ministers have written to the PM expressing concerns over means testing the payments.
  
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• Former broadcaster set to make history with second turn as UUP leader

  30-08-2024 17:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mike Nesbitt is the only nomination to succeed Doug Beattie as the next leader of the Ulster Unionist Party.
  
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• Mike Nesbitt to become Ulster Unionist leader for second time

  30-08-2024 17:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Stormont’s health minister was the only declared candidate to replace Doug Beattie as UUP leader.
  
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• Here Are Some Tips To Help You Get Tickets To The Oasis Reunion Tour In London - Secret London

  30-08-2024 17:34
  Here Are Some Tips To Help You Get Tickets To The Oasis Reunion Tour In London  Secret London
  
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• Retired vicar and wife named as pedestrians killed in Anglesey crash

  30-08-2024 17:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 81-year-old male driver of an Audi A8 was also pronounced dead at the scene
  
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• The 10 best new London theatre openings in September 2024 - Time Out London

  30-08-2024 17:25
  The 10 best new London theatre openings in September 2024  Time Out London
  
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• Kamala Harris says she would appoint a Republican to her cabinet if she won election

  30-08-2024 17:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Joe Biden does not have any Republicans in his inner circle but Harris might change that
  
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• Watch: Deputy PM Angela Rayner raves in Ibiza superclub in front of cheering crowd

  30-08-2024 17:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  The politician was spotted dancing alongside DJ Fisher in Hï Ibiza
  
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• Scots must take independence decision out of Westminster’s hands, says Brown

  30-08-2024 16:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The SNP’s depute leader told the party conference that the ‘sovereign people of Scotland’ were ‘supreme over the UK Supreme Court’.
  
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• Eton College tells parents fees likely to rise by 20% over Labour’s VAT plan

  30-08-2024 16:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The private boys’ school said fees will rise in January, although all those on bursaries will be unaffected.
  
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• Football Manager 2024 is free on the Epic Games Store next week

  30-08-2024 16:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  The tactical footy simulation will be available alongside Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts
  
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• Retired vicar and wife named as pedestrians killed in crash

  30-08-2024 16:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 81-year-old male driver of an Audi A8 was also pronounced dead at the scene.
  
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• Fact check: Second-hand smoke is dangerous

  30-08-2024 16:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  US and UK health bodies say that passive smoking is harmful to health.
  
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• Owner of culled alpaca Geronimo demands answers from new Labour Government

  30-08-2024 15:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  Helen Macdonald wants an urgent meeting with new ministers on the third anniversary of the culling.
  
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• Oasis ticket prices: Reunion tour cost for London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Dublin dates - Official Charts Company

  30-08-2024 15:52
  Oasis ticket prices: Reunion tour cost for London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Dublin dates  Official Charts Company
  
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• London Lions will honor Sam Dekker’s contract but he might play on loan - Eurohoops

  30-08-2024 15:50
  London Lions will honor Sam Dekker’s contract but he might play on loan  Eurohoops
  
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• Dead pigeons found in hospital years before action taken, inquiry told

  30-08-2024 15:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Scottish Hospitals Inquiry is investigating the construction of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus in Glasgow.
  
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• Chilling video shows Houthi rebels blowing up tanker threatening huge Red Sea oil spill

  30-08-2024 15:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  United Nations has warned any oil spill from the tanker could devastate the coral reefs and wildlife around the Red Sea
  
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• Climate activists at Windsor camp deny plans to storm town’s castle

  30-08-2024 15:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  One protester said she thought the King would ‘probably be here’ and ‘up for doing some camping’ if he could.
  
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• Drug dealer jailed after international police crack encrypted phones of gangsters

  30-08-2024 15:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Rourke Lorenzo David was operating a large scale drug operation in Woodford Green
  
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• England fan handed three-year banning order after ‘serious assault’ at Euros

  30-08-2024 15:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Josh Waugh, of Redcar, Cleveland, was at the England v Serbia match on June 16 in Gelsenkirchen.
  
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• Nuclear industry worker jailed after laughing during Southport disorder

  30-08-2024 15:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Gavin Pinder, 47, has been jailed for two years and four months.
  
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• Former Gordon Ramsay chef battles 'catastrophic injuries' after Notting Hill Carnival attack as man appears in court

  30-08-2024 15:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Dubai chef Mussie Imnetu remains in hospital after the attack on Monday
  
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• Oasis announce all pre-sale ticket codes for reunion gigs have been allocated

  30-08-2024 15:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Those who have not been selected for pre-sale access will join the masses on Saturday morning in the hope of landing a ticket.
  
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• Priti Patel says she would get Tories back to government as party leader

  30-08-2024 15:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former home secretary said she could lead the Conservative Party back to government and that the Tories could win the next general election.
  
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• Climate activists at Windsor camp have ‘no plans’ to storm town’s castle

  30-08-2024 14:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  One protester said she thought the King would ‘probably be here’ and ‘up for doing some camping’ if he could.
  
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