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• Are WFH Fridays here to stay? Sadiq Khan's £24m cheap fares plan to lure Londoners back to the office 'flops'

  08-01-2025 12:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Now London mayor suggests offering free coffees to passengers after scrapping of peak fares made ‘no difference’ to Friday commutes
  
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• Nanoleaf joins beauty sector with LED face mask set to offer more bang for your buck

  09-01-2025 12:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nanoleaf’s LED face mask undercuts much of the competition and will be out in February
  
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• Shamima Begum won't come back to UK, insists David Lammy, after US says Britain should take back IS terrorists

  09-01-2025 12:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Supreme Court has ruled that former Bethnal Green schoolgirl Shamima Begum, 24, will not be allowed to challenge the decision to revoke her British citizenship
  
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• Sadiq Khan: help me 'take on the Nimbys' to get my £4bn affordable housing plan back on track

  09-01-2025 12:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mayor to use Mansion House speech to call for more housing money from Government
  
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• Patients in chairs ‘day and night’ and physio gym turned into ward, say doctors

  09-01-2025 12:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Royal College of Physicians has published accounts from doctors on the front line talking about the crisis in NHS hospitals.
  
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• CES 2025: HDMI 2.2 raises the bar with next-gen lip sync and greater bandwidth

  09-01-2025 12:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Most of us don’t have to worry about HDMI 2.2, but it opens up new frontiers of living room gaming
  
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• Snow and heavy winds bring travel disruption with airport runways shut

  09-01-2025 12:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Large parts of the UK continue to face yellow weather warnings for snow and ice on Thursday, with another ‘very cold night’ expected.
  
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• Ministers looking at ‘pipeline of schemes’ to run HS2 north of Birmingham

  09-01-2025 12:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  MPs heard the Conservatives ‘mothballed’ part of the scheme after scrapping plans to build a high-speed line between Birmingham and Manchester.
  
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• Rugby star Stuart Hogg given payback order and supervision for domestic abuse

  09-01-2025 12:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 32-year-old admitted domestic abuse against his estranged wife over the course of five years.
  
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• New breast cancer drug given green light for NHS use

  09-01-2025 12:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Breast Cancer Now said olaparib will be an ‘valuable alternative’ for patients with a certain type of secondary breast cancer.
  
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• Family of John George in a ‘living nightmare’ as body found in Spain

  09-01-2025 12:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police in Spain have been given another 72 hours to question a 32-year-old man they arrested earlier this week.
  
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• Liz Truss sends Starmer cease and desist letter over claims she crashed economy

  09-01-2025 12:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  The letter claims that suggestions she ‘crashed’ the economy are ‘false and misleading’.
  
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• Ex-Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg given payback order for domestic abuse

  09-01-2025 11:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 32-year-old admitted abusing his estranged wife when he faced court in November.
  
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• Teenager charged with attempted murder after Woolwich college stabbing

  09-01-2025 11:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  O’Quaine Simpson is accused of trying to murder an 18-year-old college student
  
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• Roadside saliva testing could increase drug-driving charges, Tory MP says

  09-01-2025 11:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Andrew Snowden argued the number of people being charged with drug-driving could be increased with the use of new technology.
  
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• 'No evidence' Vladimir Putin wants peace deal to end Ukraine war, says Foreign Secretary David Lammy

  09-01-2025 11:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Cabinet minister also suggested that Donald Trump’s timetable for a peace deal was slipping towards Easter
  
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• Temperatures drop to minus 7.5C in Ireland with weather warnings still in place

  09-01-2025 11:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  The lowest temperature was recorded in Mullingar in central Ireland.
  
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• Russell Brand handed fines for speeding offences but avoids driving ban

  09-01-2025 11:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  Russell Brand was not in court as a lawyer pleaded guilty on his behalf
  
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• Boohoo accuses Frasers of bid to ‘destabilise’ firm at second investor vote

  09-01-2025 11:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  Frasers has called for Mahmud Kamani to be axed from Boohoo’s board at a general meeting set up for January 21.
  
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• Flu cases rise as pressure mounts on NHS hospitals

  09-01-2025 11:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  NHS leaders have warned that the peak of the flu cycle has not yet hit, with February and March potentially worse for the health service.
  
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• Ex-Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg sentenced for domestic abuse

  09-01-2025 11:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 32-year-old admitted abusing his ex-wife Gillian when he faced court in November.
  
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• Trump talk can be 'destabilising,' says Lammy after US president elect didn't rule out invading Greenland

  09-01-2025 11:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  But the Foreign Secretary played down the prospect of a conflict between Trump’s America and Europe over Greenland
  
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• When will TikTok be banned in the United States?

  09-01-2025 11:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Arguments will be presented before the Supreme Court just 10 days before Donald Trump enters his second term as President
  
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• Prince William pays tribute to Kate's 'remarkable strength' in past year as she celebrates her 43rd birthday

  09-01-2025 11:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prince of Wales issued the written message on social media to mark his wife’s birthday after a turbulent year which saw Kate diagnosed with cancer
  
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• William in heartfelt birthday message to ‘most incredible wife and mother’ Kate

  09-01-2025 11:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  The prince issued rare written words expressing his love for the princess on the day she turned 43 after her cancer diagnosis last year.
  
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• London Vincent Van Gogh exhibition to open through the night due to demand

  09-01-2025 11:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The display has already become the third most popular paid exhibition in the London attraction’s history.
  
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• 'No evidence' Vladimir Putin wants peace deal to end his Ukraine war, says Foreign Secretary David Lammy

  09-01-2025 10:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Cabinet minister also suggested that Donald Trump’s timetable for a peace deal was slipping towards Easter
  
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• Birthday wishes for Kate from royal family as princess turns 43

  09-01-2025 10:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Princess of Wales will be marking the occasion at home with her husband and children on Thursday.
  
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• Shamima Begum ‘not coming back to UK’, says Lammy following Trump ally’s call

  09-01-2025 10:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Foreign Secretary David Lammy said: ‘We will not be bringing her back to the UK. We’re really clear about that.’
  
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• Donald Trump’s rhetoric can be ‘destabilising’, David Lammy suggests

  09-01-2025 10:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mr Lammy told the BBC that he believes Mr Trump’scomments earlier in the week about Greenland come from his concerns about US economic security.
  
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