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• Boy, 12, pleads guilty to violent disorder after disturbances in Leeds suburb

  07-01-2025 16:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  A court heard the boy was 11 years old when he took part in the Harehills disorder on July 18.
  
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• Shoppers panic as Regent Street and Savile Row evacuated amid 'controlled explosions'

  08-01-2025 15:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  People in Savile Row, an upscale area of Mayfair, were evacuated on Wednesday as police carried out a controlled explosion
  
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• Starmer says Mohamed Al Fayed sex abuse claims ‘never crossed’ his desk as DPP

  08-01-2025 15:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister was asked why he ‘declined to instigate a prosecution for rape’ against the former owner of luxury department store Harrods.
  
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• Family of man shot dead by police on Christmas Eve ‘demand justice’

  08-01-2025 15:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Marcus Meade, 39, was hit in the chest by a single bullet fired by a West Mercia Police firearms officer after a five-and-a-half-hour standoff.
  
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• Rupert Lowe dubbed ‘future leader’ as he calls for block on quantitative easing

  08-01-2025 15:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  As he walked to present his proposals, the Reform UK MP was jokingly dubbed ‘future leader’ by another MP in the chamber.
  
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• Kate set to celebrate 43rd birthday at home with her family

  08-01-2025 15:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  The princess is expected to return to foreign travel this year after a ‘brutal’ 2024 which saw her face a cancer diagnosis and chemotherapy treatment.
  
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• California wildfires: state of emergency declared in Los Angeles ...Tech and Science Daily podcast

  08-01-2025 15:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  Plus, why HMPV is not another Covid-19 pandemic
  
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• Woolwich bus stabbing: Mum’s heartbreak as son ‘groomed by gangs’ stabbed to death on London double decker

  08-01-2025 15:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police called after Kelyan Bokassa stabbed on 472 bus route in Woolwich Church Road
  
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• Rapper found guilty over gun gesture video reposted on X by Tommy Robinson

  08-01-2025 15:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Omar Abdirizak was granted bail after being convicted of a Communications Act offence over a video in which he said ‘Look at the artillery we’ve got’.
  
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• Mother says murdered son, 14, was ‘groomed’ by gangs

  08-01-2025 15:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kelyan Bokassa was stabbed to death on a bus in Woolwich, south-east London, on Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Woolwich bus stabbing: Mum's heartbreak as son ‘groomed by gangs’ stabbed to death on London double decker

  08-01-2025 15:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police called after Kelyan Bokassa stabbed on 472 bus route in Woolwich Church Road
  
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• How to turn off Apple Intelligence as AI spouts fake news and hogs up more storage

  08-01-2025 14:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  Fed up of Apple’s AI? Find out how to disable it completely or switch off specific functions
  
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• Eurostar trains should stop in Kent as UK seeks to repair Brexit damage, says Keir Starmer

  08-01-2025 14:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  Eurostar is also being urged to cut ticket prices as the cost of using the HS1 high speed line is reduced
  
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• Donald Trump's day-one US presidency agenda: immigration, pardons and more

  08-01-2025 14:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  The US president-elect has reportedly vowed to take action on at least 59 different issues
  
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• Donald Trump's key policies: from abortion and climate change to the economy

  08-01-2025 14:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  From mass deportations to foreign wars and tariffs, the impact of a second Donald Trump presidency will be felt in all aspects of American life and across the globe
  
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• Inquest opening into death of Liam Payne confirms star died from ‘polytrauma’

  08-01-2025 14:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  The ex-One Direction singer died at a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 16.
  
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• Flu peak yet to come, top doctor warns as hospitals under pressure

  08-01-2025 14:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  It comes amid a number of NHS trusts declaring critical incidents.
  
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• Prolific thief jailed for £250,000 crimewave of burglaries at London's West End shops

  08-01-2025 14:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Michael Daulat used bricks to smash into luxury boutiques
  
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• Political party funding rules may be reformed amid Musk interest, Starmer says

  08-01-2025 14:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey called for changes amid the US businessman’s continued interest in British politics and support for Reform UK.
  
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• Blood test shows promising results in detecting cancer early, study says

  08-01-2025 14:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  The so-called liquid biopsy analyses DNA in the blood to detect subtle signs of cancer.
  
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• Rollout of public EV chargers slows

  08-01-2025 14:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Department for Transport figures show as of January 1 there were 73,334 public electric vehicle charging devices.
  
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• Tube adverts for Islamic investment platform showing burning US and euro banknotes banned by regulator

  08-01-2025 14:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Advertising Standards Authority ruled that the burning of the US dollar and euro banknotes would have caused serious offence to some people
  
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• Woolwich bus stabbing: Mum says schoolboy, 14, knifed to death on London double decker ‘groomed by gangs’

  08-01-2025 14:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police called after Kelyan Bokassa stabbed on 472 bus route in Woolwich Church Road
  
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• UK Republicans ‘optimistic’ ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration

  08-01-2025 14:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  The head of a Republican group in the UK said optimism and expectations are ‘really high’ ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
  
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• OPINION - The London Question: Will the Silvertown tunnel be bad for London?

  08-01-2025 14:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  You read it here first: Sir Sadiq Khan will be very busy on Monday April 7.
  
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• Stepmother of Sara Sharif given 'easy prison job' as she serves 33-year life sentence

  08-01-2025 14:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Beinash Batool was sentenced to 33 years behind bars for her role in the death of Sara Sharif
  
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• Swinney voices concern at Meta changes and will ‘keep considering’ use of X

  08-01-2025 14:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Facebook and Instagram will move away from using third-party fact checkers to flag misleading content.
  
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• Piers Morgan leaves News UK to focus on 'Uncensored' YouTube channel

  08-01-2025 14:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Piers Morgan is hoping to grow the channel among US audiences
  
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• Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch clash over grooming gangs scandal in first Prime Minister's Questions of 2025

  08-01-2025 14:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Victims want action today, the Prime Minister said, as the Tory leader repeated demands for a national inquiry into rape gangs
  
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• Starmer set for Commons showdown over call for grooming gangs inquiry

  08-01-2025 14:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  MPs will vote on Tory leader Kemi Badenoch’s call for a full inquiry into sexual abuse by organised gangs.
  
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