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• Conor McGregor ‘petrified’ during police interviews about alleged rape

  14-11-2024 15:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Irish MMA fighter is accused of sexually assaulting Nikita Hand in 2018.
  
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• Two men arrested on suspicion of theft of rare Peak District mineral

  14-11-2024 21:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Around 60kg of Blue John was recovered after Derbyshire Police’s Rural Crime Team searched an address in the Greater Manchester area.
  
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• Teenage girl who died on motorway after fleeing police vehicle named

  14-11-2024 21:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tamzin Hall was being taken in a police car to a custody suite when she was killed
  
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• ‘Bear attack’ on Rolls-Royce was person in costume attempting insurance scam, say police

  14-11-2024 21:03 via standard.co.uk
  Biologist who reviewed the footage for the insurance claims said it was ‘clearly a human in a bear suit’
  
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• Teenage girl who died after leaving police vehicle on motorway named

  14-11-2024 20:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tamzin Hall was being taken in a police car to a custody suite when she was killed
  
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• Girl, 17, who died on motorway after fleeing police vehicle named

  14-11-2024 20:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tamzin Hall died after fleeing a police vehicle and being struck by a car on the M5 motorway.
  
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• 'Mohamed Al Fayed's brother Salah also abused us', women say

  14-11-2024 20:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Salah Al Fayed abused women while they were employed by Harrods, victims have alleged
  
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• What is Bluesky and why are people leaving X to sign up?

  14-11-2024 20:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  The independent platform is proving to be a popular destination for people who no longer wish to be on X.
  
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• Zayn Malik reschedules Edinburgh shows ‘due to unforeseen circumstances’

  14-11-2024 19:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former One Direction member will play two dates in the city next month, instead of this month.
  
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• ‘Mohamed Al Fayed’s brother Salah also abused us’, say women

  14-11-2024 19:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The women told the BBC that Salah Fayed abused them in London, the south of France and Monaco between 1989 and 1997.
  
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• Hodge: It is a bit daft of Streeting to suggest assisted dying will cost NHS

  14-11-2024 19:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Health Secretary said he had asked his department to analyse the costs of implementing any change in the law on assisted dying.
  
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• Heathrow Express and Elizabeth line services to airport axed this weekend

  14-11-2024 19:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Passengers urged to take Piccadilly line to Heathrow instead
  
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• ‘Messy mixture of rain, sleet and snow’ forecast for parts of UK next week

  14-11-2024 19:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Temperatures in the UK have been above average in general so far this November.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra release date: The iPhone 16 Pro Max rival could be the best Android phone of 2025

  14-11-2024 19:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  Samsung’s pricey handset could be in store for a big camera upgrade and a more crowd-pleasing design
  
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• Sister of alleged Skye gunman ‘tried to save husband’s life’, court told

  14-11-2024 19:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lyn-Anne MacKinnon told the court that she saw her husband standing at the kitchen sink after allegedly being shot by her own brother.
  
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• Friend denies he is the ‘fall guy’ for Conor McGregor in rape case

  14-11-2024 18:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mr McGregor told the court on Thursday that he had not ‘colluded’ with James Lawrence following claims made by Nikita Hand.
  
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• Jo Johnson criticises past governments for legacy of poor university finances

  14-11-2024 18:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former universities minister says it was an ‘abdication of responsibility by recent governments’ to not take action sooner over fees.
  
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• Hillary Clinton praises Belfast as a city ‘quickly reinventing itself’

  14-11-2024 18:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former US secretary of state was speaking at the final day of the Global Innovation Summit 2024 at Queen’s University Belfast.
  
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• Streeting: Women treated like ‘alien species’ due to health inequalities

  14-11-2024 18:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Health Secretary also pointed to inequalities in prostate cancer diagnoses, with black men two and a half times more likely to die than white men.
  
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• ‘Inhuman’ violence against Sara Sharif ‘normalised’ by defendants, jurors told

  14-11-2024 18:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, his wife Beinash Batool, 30, and brother Faisal Malik, 29, are accused of being party to years of abuse.
  
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• Air traffic control meltdown worsened by engineer's work from home password issue

  14-11-2024 18:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than 700,000 passengers suffered disruption when flights were grounded at UK airports on August 28 last year
  
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• Death of pensioner blown over by helicopter was accident, inquest jury finds

  14-11-2024 18:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jean Langan’s inquest was heard at Devon County Hall in Exeter this week.
  
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• Overseas diplomats with immunity accused of sexual assault, indecent exposure and child cruelty

  14-11-2024 17:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Government said it ‘does not tolerate foreign diplomats or dependants breaking the law’.
  
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• Sister of boy who drowned at Smyth camp says Church should have stopped abuser

  14-11-2024 17:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Edith Nyachuru described her brother Guide, who was 16, as a ‘lovely boy’ who was a good swimmer.
  
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• Israeli airstrikes on Damascus suburb in Syria 'kill 15 and injure 16'

  14-11-2024 17:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Israeli military says strikes were targeting sites affiliated with the Islamic Jihad militant group in Syria
  
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• Hackney bleach attack: Man doused in 'bleach' at busy London market

  14-11-2024 17:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man has been arrested after victim was doused in ‘corrosive liquid’ at Broadway Market
  
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• Government should consider block on Heathrow night flights, says MP

  14-11-2024 17:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lib Dem Sarah Olney told the Commons that night flights have a ‘human cost’.
  
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• Putin troops 'disguised in Ukraine uniforms break through in battle for city before being repelled'

  14-11-2024 17:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  A Russian assault group entered the city for the first time since Moscow’s forces fled in September 2022, say Ukrainian officials
  
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• 'I was the star of the show, really' – Peter Crouch on his Agent Provocateur lingerie advert with Abbey Clancy

  14-11-2024 17:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  The footballer stars with his wife Abbey Clancy in the lingerie brand’s new Christmas campaign
  
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• Government defends farm tax changes as support for protests swells

  14-11-2024 17:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Farmers are planning a mass lobby of MPs and rally next week in Parliament.
  
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