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• Police investigating those who may have ‘enabled’ Al Fayed to prey on women

  27-11-2024 23:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Met said 90 additional alleged victims have contacted the force, in addition to 21 who had already made reports to police.
  
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• Rantzen urges MPs ‘to be honest’ about religious opposition to assisted dying

  27-11-2024 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The broadcaster, who is terminally ill, has been a strong advocate for changing the law to allow dying adults to take their own lives.
  
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• Met Police investigate five suspects who ‘enabled’ Mohamed Al Fayed to rape dozens of women

  27-11-2024 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Harrods owner Al Fayed’s crimes took place between 1977 and 2014 and victims included a girl, 13
  
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• Lib Dem leader Ed Davey launches Christmas number one bid with charity single

  27-11-2024 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Ed has teamed up with Bath Philharmonia’s Young Carers’ Choir to release Love Is Enough.
  
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• Red-hot London Knights face stiff test to keep win streak going - The London Free Press

  27-11-2024 23:28
  Red-hot London Knights face stiff test to keep win streak going  The London Free Press
  
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• Teenage photographer Liz Hatton who 'inspired' Kate and William dies aged 17 after cancer battle

  27-11-2024 23:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  The young cancer patient began a photography bucket list appeal in January after being diagnosed with an aggressive and rare form of the disease.
  
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• Teenage photographer Liz Hatton who was hugged by Kate dies aged 17

  27-11-2024 22:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  The young cancer patient began a photography bucket list appeal in January after being diagnosed with an aggressive and rare form of the disease.
  
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• Google needs ‘right conditions’ to build more AI infrastructure in UK

  27-11-2024 22:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  Debbie Weinstein, the company’s UK and Ireland managing director, said Google was ‘engaged actively’ with the Government on the topic of AI.
  
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• London Overground's £6.3million rebrand goes live: Passengers deliver their verdict

  27-11-2024 22:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Liberty, Lioness, Mildmay, Suffragette, Weaver and Windrush lines now make up the London Overground
  
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• Major poll puts Ireland’s lead parties near neck-and-neck

  27-11-2024 22:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  The General Election will be held on Friday.
  
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• Seventh person arrested as part of probe into banned Kurdistan terror group

  27-11-2024 21:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 31-year-old was arrested as part of an investigation into the banned Kurdistan Workers Party, known as the PKK, police said
  
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• Two historic London food markets, hundreds of years old, to permanently close - Fox Business

  27-11-2024 21:48
  Two historic London food markets, hundreds of years old, to permanently close  Fox Business
  
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• Tax rise for North Sea oil and gas could ‘kill goose that lays the golden egg’

  27-11-2024 21:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘We recognise that oil and gas will continue to have a role in the energy mix during the transition,’ a Treasury minister said.
  
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• Orient confirm Graham's 'serious knee injury'

  27-11-2024 20:51 via bbc.com
  
  Leyton Orient confirm winger Jordan Graham ruptured the patella tendon in his left knee during Tuesday's 2-0 loss to Huddersfield Town.
  
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• One of London's new 'tram buses' involved in crash on launch day

  27-11-2024 20:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  The vehicle reportedly collided with a car driven by the wife of a Bromley councillor in Orpington
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Rail disruption carries into evening after flooding hits network

  27-11-2024 20:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  London’s roads and railways have been hit by flooding as Storm Conall struck, and various stations evacuated
  
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• Harris dismisses ‘project fear’ approach to Sinn Fein

  27-11-2024 20:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Irish voters head to the polls on Friday.
  
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• Kemi Badenoch signals leaving ECHR on the table in new Tory approach to immigration

  27-11-2024 20:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Conservative leader said her party would review ‘every policy, treaty and part of our legal framework’ as it sets out a new immigration approach
  
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• Starmer urged to intervene in bid to free Alaa Abd El-Fattah from Egyptian jail

  27-11-2024 20:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Laila Soueif, Mr El-Fattah’s mother, is 58 days into a hunger strike and urged ministers to help free her son.
  
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• Butchers tell of 'nightmare' as Smithfield market set to close after 900 years

  27-11-2024 20:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  Traders referred to the changes as a ‘nightmare’
  
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• ‘I will be gracious’ to Donald Trump, says Foreign Secretary

  27-11-2024 19:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  David Lammy insisted the US would remain committed to Nato despite Donald Trump’s comments about the alliance.
  
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• Watchdog ‘appalled’ by use of restraint on autistic children at London school - The Guardian

  27-11-2024 19:33
  Watchdog ‘appalled’ by use of restraint on autistic children at London school  The Guardian
  
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• Flood-hit residents and businesses ‘lose everything’ after Storm Bert havoc

  27-11-2024 19:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  The third storm of the season, Storm Conall, followed just days after Storm Bert left hundreds of homes flooded and saw winds of more than 80mph.
  
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• 'Numerous bomb threats' made against Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees, says FBI

  27-11-2024 19:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  The FBI has said it is investigating '”numerous bomb threats” and “swatting” incidents that have targeted figures nominated to join Donald Trump’s administration.
  
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• Google launches the London AI Campus - The Keyword

  27-11-2024 19:15
  Google launches the London AI Campus  The Keyword
  
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• No need to mourn exit of Just Eat Takeaway from London Stock Exchange - The Guardian

  27-11-2024 19:12
  No need to mourn exit of Just Eat Takeaway from London Stock Exchange  The Guardian
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Rush-hour chaos as floods disrupt trains and severe delays hit TfL services

  27-11-2024 19:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  London’s roads and railways have been hit by flooding as Storm Conall struck, and various stations evacuated
  
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• Criminal Cases Review Commission under fire as Government seeks to remove boss

  27-11-2024 19:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Legal charity Appeal criticised the body’s failure to publicly acknowledge the move after failings in the Andrew Malkinson case.
  
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• People injured after car collides with hospital building

  27-11-2024 19:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Officers were called to the grounds of Torbay Hospital, Torquay, at 10.50am on Wednesday.
  
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• Dame Barbara Hepworth sculpture worth £3.5 million at risk of leaving UK

  27-11-2024 19:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  The wooden painted sculpture, made in the 1940s, has been exhibited at the Tate galleries.
  
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• Police searching for missing Network Rail worker, 26, last seen at King's Cross five days ago

  27-11-2024 19:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Renee Baafi-Owusu was last seen by colleagues at King’s Cross on Friday afternoon
  
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• VAT changes for private schools could impact children’s mental health – Tory MP

  27-11-2024 19:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Dr Luke Evans argued that the tax change will lead to children moving school during term time and called for funding to support their welfare.
  
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• Save on Trips to London, Madrid, and More with British Airways’ Black Friday Sale — When to Book By - Travel + Leisure

  27-11-2024 18:48
  Save on Trips to London, Madrid, and More with British Airways’ Black Friday Sale — When to Book By  Travel + Leisure
  
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• 'Planets aligning' for Bakerloo line extension to Lewisham and Hayes, as new campaign launches

  27-11-2024 18:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Backing from London’s business community is crucial for making the project ‘unstoppable’, a senior TfL official has said
  
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• Starmer and Lammy ‘absolutely clear’ no cash reparations, says Foreign Secretary

  27-11-2024 18:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  The comments come just weeks after the issue dominated the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa.
  
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• Badenoch signals leaving ECHR on the table in new Tory approach to immigration

  27-11-2024 18:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Conservative leader said her party would review ‘every policy, treaty and part of our legal framework’ as it sets out a new immigration approach.
  
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• Sophie offers support to Yazidi genocide survivor as she pays tribute to bravery

  27-11-2024 18:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  The duchess visited The Women Who Beat Isis travelling photography exhibition which focuses on the strength and courage of the survivors.
  
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• Starmer encourages young people to get involved in AI ‘revolution’

  27-11-2024 18:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister visited Google’s new AI Campus in his constituency of Holborn and St Pancras during its launch on Tuesday.
  
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• Conor McGregor's fiance lashes out at his accuser after he was found liable for sexual assault

  27-11-2024 18:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  A jury found that the mixed martial arts fighter sexually assaulted Nikita Hand in a Dublin hotel in December 2018
  
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• Expats and Britons with family in Lebanon express relief at ceasefire

  27-11-2024 18:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Professor Ahmed Hankir, whose elderly parents were displaced due to the war, said the couple were planning to return home to the south of the country.
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Rail disruption carries into evening rush hour after floods hit network

  27-11-2024 18:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  London’s roads and railways have been hit by flooding as Storm Conall struck, and various stations evacuated
  
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• What is Claude AI? The new (virtual) assistant who can plan your holidays and fix your computer

  27-11-2024 18:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The latest chatbot to hit the market is Anthropic’s response to ChatGPT: a sleeker, more elegant assistant named Claude who could lay claim to a moral compass. With Amazon announcing last week that it’s invested an extra $4bn in the company, our writer takes a look
  
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• Claude AI: The new (virtual) assistant who can plan your holidays and code a website

  27-11-2024 18:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The latest chatbot to hit the market is Anthropic’s response to ChatGPT: a sleeker, more elegant assistant named Claude who could even lay claim to a moral compass
  
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• Green behaviour change is not about telling people what to do – climate advisers

  27-11-2024 17:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Around 10% of emissions cuts needed for 2035 climate targets come from diet and travel changes – but it is about making it ‘easy’, experts said.
  
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• Fact check: Image of statue resembling Jimmy Savile was generated by AI

  27-11-2024 17:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Synthetic picture does not show a real statue and was never intended to resemble children’s author Roald Dahl.
  
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• Arla Foods Bovaer animal feed trial: what is it, who is involved and what are the concerns?

  27-11-2024 17:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  In partnership with major UK supermarkets, Arla’s trial could reduce the methane emissions from cows by nearly 30 per cent
  
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• Donald Trump appointees and nominees 'targeted in violent threats to their lives'

  27-11-2024 17:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Trump’s transition team says incidents ranged from bomb threats to ‘swatting’
  
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• 3 Immersive Art Experiences In Amsterdam And London From Squidsoup, The Spirit Of Amsterdam And V&A - Forbes

  27-11-2024 17:52
  3 Immersive Art Experiences In Amsterdam And London From Squidsoup, The Spirit Of Amsterdam And V&A  Forbes
  
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• Starmer and Reeves row back from ‘no more borrowing or taxes’ pledge

  27-11-2024 17:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Chancellor and the Prime Minister said it was not possible to write five years of budgets in advance.
  
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• Convicted double killer found guilty of murdering his neighbour

  27-11-2024 17:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Brian Whitelock was convicted of murdering his retired horsewoman neighbour Wendy Buckland.
  
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