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• Catholics mourn ‘compassionate and merciful’ Pope after death aged 88

  21-04-2025 20:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  A special mass was held at Westminster Cathedral on Easter Monday in Francis’s memory.
  
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• Jazmel Patterson-Low death: Detectives offer £20,000 reward for information on young man's fatal shooting

  14-05-2025 10:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 26-year-old was tragically killed after a gunman burst open fire at a south London estate last year
  
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• British teenager faces years in 'hellhole' jail in Georgia after being arrested ‘for smuggling cannabis’

  14-05-2025 10:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Bella May Culley, 18, who reportedly vanished while on holiday in Thailand, allegedly carried 13 kilos of drugs into Eastern Europe
  
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• Exercise helps maintain vitamin D levels in winter without supplements – study

  14-05-2025 10:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  Regular, moderate-intensity exercise helps maintain crucial vitamin D levels during the darker months – even without weight loss or supplements.
  
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• Assisted dying Bill ‘devalues human life’, says top Bishop

  14-05-2025 10:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  The legislation was backed at stage one in Holyrood on Tuesday.
  
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• Done in 60 seconds: Phone thief caught by undercover cops a minute after snatching handset in central London

  14-05-2025 10:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  The theft took place near to London Bridge, on Tuesday
  
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• Carney: Canadians not impressed by second UK state visit for Trump

  14-05-2025 10:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  PM Mark Carney said the invitation ‘cut across’ messages his government is trying to send in response to US threats against Canada’s sovereignty.
  
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• Co-op to re-stock empty shelves as it recovers from major hack

  14-05-2025 10:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The group said it was getting its online systems back on track in a ‘safe and controlled manner’.
  
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• Farage to grill Starmer at PMQs as No10 forced to deny 'island of strangers' echoes of Enoch Powell

  14-05-2025 09:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister has been hit with a backlash including from London MPs for his controversial language
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Section of M25 closes during rush hour following waste lorry crash

  14-05-2025 09:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  A section of the M25 motorway is closed because of a crash involving two lorries
  
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• Diddy trial: Key moments so far as rapper's ex Cassie Ventura tells court of alleged abuse

  14-05-2025 09:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Here’s a rundown of the case against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs after two days of his sex trafficking trial
  
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• Campaigners say women deserve better as they seek to decriminalise abortion

  14-05-2025 09:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  A new amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill is being brought by Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi.
  
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• Canadians unimpressed by UK state visit invite to Donald Trump, says PM Mark Carney

  14-05-2025 08:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Canada’s newly-elected Prime Minister said the invitation ‘cut across clear messages’
  
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• Burberry to axe up to 1,700 jobs after falling into loss on luxury slump

  14-05-2025 08:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Burberrysaid it had suffered a “challenging first half” and warned of a “difficult macroeconomic backdrop.”
  
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• M25 partially closed after waste lorry overturns in collision

  14-05-2025 08:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  National Highways said the road will be closed throughout the Wednesday morning peak period anti-clockwise between junctions 6 and 5.
  
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• Menendez brothers eligible for parole as judge reduces life sentences

  14-05-2025 08:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Los Angeles County judge reduces brothers' sentences from life without parole to 50 years to life
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Severe delays on multiple TfL lines during rush hour

  14-05-2025 08:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  An earlier signal failure at Gunnersbury has caused severe delays on parts of the District line and Mildmay lines
  
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• Man to be sentenced over cannabis lab explosion which killed friend and child

  14-05-2025 08:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Reece Galbraith has admitted manslaughter following the blast in Benwell, Newcastle, in October.
  
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• Canary Wharf student rooms skyscraper gets go-ahead as City Hall overrules council

  14-05-2025 07:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Deputy mayor says project will help tackle housing crisis and boost economic growth, months after Tower Hamlets Council refused scheme
  
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• London boroughs should be allowed to charge more than double council tax, says Sadiq Khan

  14-05-2025 07:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Mayor of London suggested he wanted local councils in the capital to have more powers to ensure second and empty homes are in use
  
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• Leadbeater praises MSPs’ assisted dying vote amid warning Bill is ‘inadequate’

  14-05-2025 07:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kim Leadbeater said she is ‘pleased’ that MSPs backed the general principles of assisted dying as psychiatrists raised ‘serious concerns’ over Bill.
  
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• Thousands of civil servants to be moved out of London as 11 Government offices in capital set to close

  14-05-2025 07:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  Some 12,000 civil service jobs will be moved out of London and 11 Government office buildings shut
  
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• Boarded up and derelict: pictures show lack of progress in bringing London's old City Hall back to life

  14-05-2025 07:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Former home of mayor and London Assembly empty for almost four years
  
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• ‘Silent’ pro-Palestinian protest set for streets of Basel during Eurovision

  14-05-2025 03:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Organisers are in ‘close contact’ with Celine Dion amid speculation she would make a stage return during the final on Saturday.
  
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• Man sentenced for cannabis plant explosion which killed friend and boy, seven

  14-05-2025 03:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Reece Galbraith has admitted manslaughter following the blast in Benwell, Newcastle, in October.
  
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• Leadbeater lauds MSPs’ assisted dying vote amid warning Bill is ‘inadequate’

  14-05-2025 02:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kim Leadbeater said she is ‘pleased’ that MSPs backed the general principles of assisted dying as psychiatrists raised ‘serious concerns’ over Bill.
  
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• Watchdog’s investment body findings prompt concern over UK research ‘leadership’

  14-05-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The National Audit Office identified problems at UK Research and Innovation, an arm’s length body considered key to Government priorities.
  
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• Rape victims should have free access to court transcripts, says MP

  14-05-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Olney said some victims of rape and sexual assault had been charged up to £22,000 for the transcripts.
  
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• Police continue to probe fires at homes linked to PM as man remains in custody

  14-05-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Counter-terrorism officers are working ‘at pace’ to establish the cause of the fires and ‘any potential motivation’, Scotland Yard said.
  
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• Call for Government to ‘recognise and support’ electronic music and club culture

  14-05-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Dame Caroline Dinenage will call for support at an event at London’s Drumsheds venue.
  
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