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• Canal network’s ‘ecological footprint’ mapping shows its value for nature

  06-01-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Canal & River Trust publishes report on the impact historic canals have on people, nature and places.
  
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• Minister defends Reeves’ China trip after warrants issued for UK-based activists

  07-01-2025 16:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  The UK ‘must sometimes be involved’ with countries whose values ‘may not completely align with ours’, Foreign Office minister Catherine West has said.
  
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• London weather: Capital braced for snow as winter weather causes chaos across UK

  07-01-2025 16:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  A snow warning is in place for much of south London on Wednesday amid cold temperatures
  
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• Teenager’s killers tracked by GPS on ankle tag, court told

  07-01-2025 16:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tyler Donnelly was fatally stabbed in the neck in Feltham, west London.
  
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• Driver led police on high-speed pursuit through West End after panic attack over becoming a father

  07-01-2025 16:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jonathan Nelson claimed he drove away from police after suffering a panic attack about becoming a father
  
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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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• US citizens and millions of other non-Europeans to need £10 digital permit to visit Britain without a visa

  07-01-2025 16:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Home Office is extending the Electronic Travel Authorisation system to far more countries from Wednesday
  
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• People warned of ‘invisible hazards’ amid Orange-level low temperature alerts

  07-01-2025 16:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Several Status Orange alerts are expected in most counties over the next two nights.
  
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• Leading psychologist graded child abuse ring member ‘medium risk’, court told

  07-01-2025 16:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Iain Owens is due to be sentenced with six co-accused later this month.
  
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• MP suggests Israeli ambassador should face expulsion amid war in Gaza

  07-01-2025 16:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  John McDonnell called for isolation both economically and militarily for Israel.
  
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• Footage released of shop robbery as police appeal for witnesses

  07-01-2025 16:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Gwent Police officers are working to identify the two people involved in the incident in Newport.
  
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• McDonald pays tribute to ‘patriot’ Ted Howell during funeral service

  07-01-2025 16:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 78-year-old, who was credited with being a key backroom figure in Sinn Fein, died last week.
  
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• Five teenage boys charged after '50 phones' stolen from Brent Cross Apple Store

  07-01-2025 16:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Five teenagers, aged between 14 and 18, have been charged and will appear in court on Tuesday
  
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• NI tourism risks return to pre-peace deal patterns due to ETA, warns minister

  07-01-2025 16:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  Conor Murphy has urged the UK government to offer an exemption to international visitors travelling across the Irish border into Northern Ireland.
  
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• Apple iOS 18.2.1 update: everything you need to know about the latest iPhone release

  07-01-2025 15:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  Apple says its latest update is recommended for all users - but is it worth downloading?
  
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• London people traffickers jailed after attempting to smuggle Indian migrants into UK

  07-01-2025 15:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Shafaz Khan, from Feltham, and Choudhry Rashied, from Southall, hid four people behind a stack of dirty tyres in the back of a hire van
  
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• Fact check: Home Office memo advised police how to deal with vulnerable children

  07-01-2025 15:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Home Office circular did not contain the quote, or sentiments, that online users have attributed to it.
  
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• How to do a self assessment tax return as 31 January deadline approaches

  07-01-2025 15:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  There’s not long to go until your latest self assessment has to be filed
  
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• Government should be ‘ashamed’ of policies on Gaza, former cabinet minister says

  07-01-2025 15:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Conservative MP Kit Malthouse suggested Foreign Office ministers should resign and said that policies are arguably underpinned by ‘inherent racism’.
  
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• HMPV outbreak: UK experts call for more information on virus in China as London scientists play down risk

  07-01-2025 15:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Experts say human metapneumovirus presents low risk to public and is part of common collection of winter viruses
  
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• Inquests open into deaths of elderly couple found in their Dorset home

  07-01-2025 15:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Michael Newton died of hanging while a cause of death for his wife, Heather, has not been confirmed, the inquest heard.
  
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• Meta ends fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in favour of community notes

  07-01-2025 15:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mark Zuckerberg admitted the move will mean more ‘bad stuff’ on his social media platforms, which are used by billions of people.
  
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• Government considers making ketamine a class A drug after record use recorded

  07-01-2025 15:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  Policing minister Dame Diana Johnson will write to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs asking whether its classification should be changed.
  
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• Elon Musk's most controversial tweets of the last few weeks

  07-01-2025 14:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  European leaders are starting to push back against lurid claims made by the tech billionaire turned No 1 Trump supporter
  
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• Hospitals declare critical incidents amid 'sustained pressure’ from flu and respiratory illnesses

  07-01-2025 14:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Patients who require non-urgent care have been asked to ‘consider other options’ such as NHS 111 or contacting their GP
  
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• Minister defends 88,000 new homes target for London a year as housebuilding slows in blow to Government

  07-01-2025 14:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  The new Labour government has made delivering 1.5 million new homes in five years a key priority
  
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• Downing Street asks ICC to ‘deliver on own rules’ over Afghanistan boycott calls

  07-01-2025 14:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The terms of ICC membership have been directly breached by the abolition of women’s sport in Afghanistan.
  
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• Two bodies discovered in JetBlue passenger plane after it lands in Florida

  07-01-2025 14:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two dead bodies have been found in the wheel well of a JetBlue aircraft flying from New York to Florida
  
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• Mother marks 100 days of hunger strike in bid to free jailed son

  07-01-2025 14:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has spent most of the past decade in prison because of his criticism of Egypt’s rulers.
  
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• Met Police officers accused of lying at inquest of mentally ill man who died after being restrained

  07-01-2025 14:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kevin Clarke died after ‘inappropriate’ restraint from Metropolitan Police officers
  
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