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• British taxpayers foot £100k private jet bill for asylum-seeking sex offender’s emergency surgery

  30-03-2025 18:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Foreign Office says Labour “inherited a deeply troubling situation” from the previous Tory government
  
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• US stock market plunges after Trump tariffs with S&P 500 losing nearly 4%

  03-04-2025 17:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  The S&P 500 was on track for its worst day since September 2022
  
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• Trump ordered to pay more than £625,000 costs over sex dossier legal claim

  03-04-2025 17:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  The US president unsuccessfully sued Orbis Business Intelligence over allegations included in the so-called Steele dossier.
  
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• Pensioner ‘delighted’ after hawk that attacked him is finally caught

  03-04-2025 17:33 via standard.co.uk
  Jim Hewitt, 75, was left soaked in blood when the bird swooped on him during a trip to the shop
  
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• Dodds: No action taken over social media’s influence on Southport riots

  03-04-2025 17:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour former minister Anneliese Dodds warned ‘there are many other canaries choking down the coal mine’.
  
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• School pupils punished with detention for arriving late after TfL changes bus routes

  03-04-2025 17:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Deputy head says reduced timetable leaves up to 50 pupils waiting for a bus
  
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• American tourist arrested for sailing to remote island and giving can of Coke to world's most isolated tribe

  03-04-2025 17:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  The man was detained in India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
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• Mother's appeal to find suspect in murder of schoolboy, 16, in Pimlico 12 years on from brutal killing

  03-04-2025 17:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hani Hicham Abou El Kheir was killed in January 2013 after being attacked with meat cleavers and knives while walking through a Pimlico estate
  
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• Crime ring convicted of trying to sell sheep's heads and lamb testicles to unsuspecting shoppers in London

  03-04-2025 17:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nearly two tonnes of animal by-products were uncovered by Southwark Council at a property in Walworth in September 2020
  
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• Eljamel inquiry chairman will ‘listen to those whose voices have not been heard’

  03-04-2025 16:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lord Weir is chairing a public inquiry into former Dundee-based neurosurgeon Sam Eljamel who left dozens of patients with life-changing injuries.
  
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• Fears of local government financial collapse ‘pessimistic’, says top civil servant

  03-04-2025 16:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Local Government Association said councils in England were facing a funding gap of more than £8 billion by 2028/29.
  
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• Sadiq Khan sparks anger from Israeli Embassy as they accuse him of citing 'Hamas propaganda'

  03-04-2025 16:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mayor’s video acknowledges Muslim Londoners’ anguish over the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza, as Israel claims figures are unreliable
  
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• Nintendo Switch 2 comes under fire as gamers call for boycott over high prices

  03-04-2025 16:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  By snubbing the new console, fans are hoping Nintendo will slash the price like it did with another faltering device back in 2011
  
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• ‘We got bored of real life’ – UK women ready for pioneering row across Pacific

  03-04-2025 16:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Miriam Payne and Jess Rowe will aim to row from Peru to Australia.
  
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• Gang boss DNA found on toothbrush at prison governor’s flat, jury hears

  03-04-2025 16:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hugo Boss flip flops also had DNA of ‘Breaking Bad’ drug dealer Anthony Saunderson found at Kerri Pegg’s home
  
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• Swinney pays tribute to hero uncle who won posthumous Victoria Cross in war

  03-04-2025 16:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  The First Minister said it was important to remember the sacrifices of the past while war rages on in parts of the world today.
  
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• Lammy accuses Putin of ‘dragging out’ Ukraine peace talks

  03-04-2025 16:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Foreign Secretary said Nato allies should put more economic pressure on Russia.
  
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• Motorcyclist jailed for causing death of young researcher by dangerous driving

  03-04-2025 16:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Christopher Allen, 61, collided with Adeline Stuart-Watt, 33, as she was crossing a road in Essex on foot having dismounted her bicycle, police said.
  
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• Storm Nuria red alert for Brit holidaymakers – is your getaway affected?

  03-04-2025 16:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  British holidaymakers are on high alert as Storm Nuria triggers red warnings across popular destinations. Find out if your travel plans are affected
  
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• What does the UK trade with the US and how will the tariffs impact that?

  03-04-2025 16:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  The latest tariffs from the Trump administration have sent shockwaves across the world
  
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• Union to ballot workers at beleaguered Dundee University on strike action

  03-04-2025 16:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  The university has been struggling with a £35 million deficit.
  
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• US tariffs on world-wide scale could create recessionary trends, Taoiseach says

  03-04-2025 15:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  Micheal Martin said he is concerned about the impact on investments and jobs in Ireland, the EU and across the world.
  
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• Trial of former Russian minister ‘not about Vladimir Putin’, jurors told

  03-04-2025 15:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Dmitrii Ovsiannikov is facing seven counts of circumventing sanctions in the UK.
  
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• Man who drove wrong way on M6 would have been charged over four deaths – inquest

  03-04-2025 15:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  RAF pilot Richard Woods, 40, killed a family in a head-on collision near Tebay, Cumbria, last October.
  
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• Crowds arrive for opening day of Aintree

  03-04-2025 15:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than 150,000 people are due to attend the three-day race meet.
  
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• Wheel that fell off plane risked landing in ‘urban area’, investigation finds

  03-04-2025 15:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  The missing wheel was only noticed after the plane landed at Belfast City Airport on October 31 2023.
  
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• Luton airport expansion given green light by Government despite advice to reject plan

  03-04-2025 15:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Luton was the UK’s fifth busiest airport last year, with 16.9 million passengers travelling on 132,000 flights
  
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• Gary Lineker says he ‘always wanted to go into media’ as he reveals new podcast

  03-04-2025 15:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  The broadcaster and former footballer said he ‘hated training’ and never foresaw a career in coaching.
  
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• Britain braces for Trump trade war as list of US products that could be hit with retaliatory tariffs is released

  03-04-2025 15:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds says: ‘We will seek the views of UK stakeholders...on products that could potentially be included in any UK tariff response’
  
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• Swinney pays tribute to hero uncle who won posthumous Victoria Cross in WW2

  03-04-2025 15:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  The First Minister said it was important to remember the sacrifices of the past while war rages on in parts of the world today.
  
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