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• Beirut: Hezbollah walkie talkies explode in fresh Lebanon blasts ‘killing nine and injuring more than 300’

  18-09-2024 18:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lebanon's health ministry says over 300 were wounded by exploding electronic devices across country including in capital Beirut
  
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• Thousands participate in Palestinian solidarity march in Dublin

  09-11-2024 16:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  The activists expressed anger at the Government’s failure to pass legislation designed to restrict trade with Israeli settlements in Palestine.
  
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• Farage says he would be ‘useful as an interlocutor’ with Trump

  09-11-2024 15:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Foreign Secretary David Lammy has been previously very critical of Donald Trump.
  
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• 17 people treated in hospital after buses collide in Manchester

  09-11-2024 15:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The crash occurred near the junction of Rochdale Road and Livesey Street at 8.34am on Saturday.
  
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• In Pictures: Colourful procession for 696th Lord Mayor’s Show in City of London

  09-11-2024 14:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The event saw more than 7,000 people and 250 horses take to the streets of the capital.
  
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• Thousands cheer on 696th Lord Mayor of London at annual show

  09-11-2024 14:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  The show dates to the 13th century and is the first official engagement of a new Lord Mayor of London.
  
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• Seventeen people rushed to hospital following horror crash involving two double-decker buses in Manchester

  09-11-2024 14:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Seventeen people have been taken to hospital following a crash involving two double-decker buses in Manchester.
  
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• Queen to miss Remembrance weekend events as she recovers from chest infection

  09-11-2024 14:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Camilla has a chest infection and is said to be disappointed not to be able to attend the Festival of Remembrance and the Cenotaph service.
  
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• British girl, 15, fighting for her life after paraglider crash-landed on her in Turkey

  09-11-2024 14:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lily Nichol, from Durham, was having lunch when the freak accident occurred on the final day of her vacation
  
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• Stuart Hogg's estranged wife breaks silence after rugby player admits domestic abuse

  09-11-2024 14:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Scottish player to be sentenced later this year after admitting abuse
  
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• Queen to miss Remembrance weekend events to ensure recovery and protect others

  09-11-2024 13:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  Camilla has a chest infection and is said to be disappointed not to be able to attend the Festival of Remembrance and the Cenotaph service.
  
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• Farmers plan splinter rally over Budget amid concern NFU event too small

  09-11-2024 13:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  The NFU said there were ‘legal issues’ preventing its members turning up in large numbers on the streets of Westminster.
  
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• Lord Mayor's Show 2024: Thousands pack London streets for historic parade as capital grinds to a halt

  09-11-2024 13:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  City comes to a halt to mark ceremony for new Lord Mayor of London
  
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• Police appeal over identity of three males after girl, 14, sexually assaulted

  09-11-2024 13:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  The incident occurred in an alley off Chatsworth Road, Harehills, in Leeds, in the early hours of Wednesday, West Yorkshire Police said.
  
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• NHS must be weaned off ‘more, more, more’ culture, warns Alan Milburn

  09-11-2024 12:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former health secretary has been appointed to a senior Department of Health and Social Care position by Wes Streeting.
  
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• Hunt for three men after girl, 14, sexually assaulted in Leeds alleyway

  09-11-2024 12:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  Schoolgirl being supported by officers as hunt for group continues
  
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• Brothers who shot and stabbed men in Brent ambush jailed for 69 years

  09-11-2024 12:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jahni and Jahmarley Thomas handed 35 and 34-year sentences for attempted double murder in northwest London ambush
  
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• Prince Andrew 'pays £3m to stay at Royal Lodge despite King’s calls to move out'

  09-11-2024 11:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Questions raised over Duke’s finances as he secures deal to remain in Windsor estate despite cut to royal allowance
  
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• All you need to know about Liverpool Street station’s ‘gothic cathedral’ rebuild for 150m passengers

  09-11-2024 10:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Britain’s busiest train station could be transformed by 2032 - but only if office block gets go-ahead
  
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• WPC Yvonne Fletcher among 8 London police and firefighters who died in line of duty honoured with new emblem

  09-11-2024 10:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  The new emblem is to commemorate members of the emergency services and other public servants
  
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• Ben Wallace says ‘momentum has dropped back’ on Ukraine

  09-11-2024 10:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Earlier this week, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said allies must ‘step up’ support for Ukraine as he met President Volodymyr Zelensky.
  
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• Kingston Council criticised for failing to help woman fleeing domestic abuse with housing

  09-11-2024 10:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Watchdog finds council delayed support for five months, leaving woman at risk and in distress
  
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• Iran denies involvement in plot to assassinate Donald Trump as US charges operative

  09-11-2024 09:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Iran dismisses accusations as US court reveals details of alleged assassination plan
  
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• Jamie Oliver faces backlash in Australia over fantasy novel's Indigenous depiction

  09-11-2024 09:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Calls grow to ban Oliver’s children’s book as critics say it trivialises Indigenous culture and painful histories
  
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• Government drops official concerns about council’s four-day week

  09-11-2024 09:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Conservative ministers had issued South Cambridgeshire District Council with a series of Best Value Notices throughout 2023 and 2024.
  
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• Father of stabbed QPR footballer Kiyan Prince to deliver powerful half-time speech at Leeds game

  09-11-2024 08:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Yorkshire side is asking both sets of supporters to welcome Dr Mark Prince out onto the pitch
  
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• Elon Musk joins call with Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky

  09-11-2024 07:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tesla owner speaks for 25 minutes with US president election and Ukrainian premier
  
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• Iraq 'to pass law' allowing girls as young as nine to marry while stripping women of other rights

  09-11-2024 06:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Amendment set to end freedoms given to women under Law 188
  
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• Officer who shot Jean Charles de Menezes was convinced ‘we were going to die’

  09-11-2024 03:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  The police marksman has spoken publicly about the shooting for the first time in a Channel 4 documentary.
  
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• Scots who died in the line of duty honoured with Elizabeth Emblem

  09-11-2024 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Firefighters and police officers are among the first recipients of the award, the civilian equivalent of the Elizabeth Cross.
  
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