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• December 2024 benefit and pension payment dates: what to expect this month

  25-11-2024 11:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  With inflation rising and household bills hitting all-time highs, here is an overview of the financial support available to many this December
  
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• What is today's Google Doodle and why is it celebrating the World Chess Championship?

  25-11-2024 12:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Today’s Doodle is celebrating a game of strategy - but why?
  
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• Davina McCall says she is ‘on the mend’ and ‘really lucky’ in thank you post

  25-11-2024 12:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  McCall posted the video herself after her partner Michael Douglas had been keeping followers updated on her account.
  
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• What will happen with the petition calling for another general election, as nearly 2 million sign it?

  25-11-2024 12:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The petition has even grabbed the attention of Tesla and X owner Elon Musk
  
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• ITV shares surge on reported takeover interest

  25-11-2024 12:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  It is understood that CVC is joining forces with a European broadcaster to consider a bid for parts or all of ITV.
  
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• ‘My baby’s been shot!’: Screams heard after girl, 8, hurt in double shooting in Ladbroke Grove

  25-11-2024 12:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Distraught woman shouts: ‘My baby, my baby’s been shot’ as police cordon off Southern Row in west London
  
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• Barclays drops court battle over 2008 Qatari deals to ‘draw line under’ issue

  25-11-2024 12:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  The bank had been due to challenge the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) decision in the Upper Tribunal court in London this week.
  
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• Barbara Taylor Bradford had ‘elegance, poise and steely determination’

  25-11-2024 12:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  The novelist died aged 91 on Sunday.
  
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• Government launches ‘new and improved’ task force to cut aviation emissions

  25-11-2024 12:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  Transport Secretary Louise Haigh pledged to work with industry to make the UK ‘a global leader in sustainable travel’.
  
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• Welsh Government announces changes to controversial farming payment scheme

  25-11-2024 12:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Farmers will no longer be asked to have a minimum of 10% tree cover on their land.
  
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• Barbara Taylor Bradford, the ‘grand dame of blockbusters’, dies aged 91

  25-11-2024 12:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  The author published her acclaimed novel A Woman Of Substance in 1979.
  
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• Barbara Taylor Bradford, one of UK's most successful novelists, dies aged 91

  25-11-2024 12:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  She wrote a total of 40 novels during her hugely successful career
  
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• Man accused of fatally attacking talented chef Mussie Imnetu denies murder

  25-11-2024 11:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Omar Wilson is accused of killing chef Mussie Imnetu by punching him repeatedly in the head
  
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• Man accused of fatally attacking chef near Notting Hill Carnival denies murder

  25-11-2024 11:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Omar Wilson appeared at the Old Bailey on Monday in connection with the death of Mussie Imnetu in August.
  
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• Storm Bert: photos reveal brutal impact as Met Office warnings remain for UK

  25-11-2024 11:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of people in the UK are experiencing delays and disruption after a weekend of heavy wind and rain
  
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• The £5bn-a-year tax timebomb that’s set to devastate London hospitality

  25-11-2024 11:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  A survey of 400 business owners across all sectors found that almost 60 per cent have put hiring plans on hold as a result of the NI rise.
  
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• Girl, 8, seriously hurt in double shooting in west London

  25-11-2024 11:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  A 34-year-old man was also injured in the ‘appalling incident’ in Southern Row, Ladbroke Grove, on Sunday.
  
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• ‘My baby’s been shot!’: Screams heard after girl, 8, hurt in double shooting in west London

  25-11-2024 11:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Distraught mother shouts: ‘My baby, my baby’s been shot’ as police cordon off Southern Row, Ladbroke Grove
  
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• More London bus stops fitted with CCTV in bid to improve safety for women and girls

  25-11-2024 11:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  New locations include Brent, Croydon, Hackney, Lambeth, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest and Westminster
  
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• Natural Resources Wales to review Storm Bert weather warnings

  25-11-2024 10:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  A major incident was declared in the Rhondda Cynon Taf region on Sunday, with up to 300 properties in the area affected by flooding from the storm.
  
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• DHL cargo plane crash: At least one person dead as aircraft comes down in Lithuania hitting house near airport

  25-11-2024 10:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lithuanian officials said they could not rule out terrorism at this stage but that there was no indication this was the case
  
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• 'My baby's been shot!': Screams heard after girl, 8, caught in house shooting crossfire in west London

  25-11-2024 10:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  Woman heard shouting: ‘My baby, my baby’s been shot’ as police cordon off West Row, Ladbroke Grove
  
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• Ministers following own ‘moral code’ on assisted dying vote – Jess Phillips

  25-11-2024 10:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Home Office minister Jess Phillips defended her colleague Shabana Mahmood, who made clear she would vote against the Bill in a strongly worded letter.
  
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• Keir Starmer reiterates plans for spiking to become specific offence

  25-11-2024 10:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister laid out plans for staff to be trained in relation to spiking and spotting predatory behaviour.
  
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• Thousands of bar staff to be trained to spot drink spiking

  25-11-2024 09:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Government says it is committed to halving violence against women and girls in the next decade.
  
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• Sadiq Khan details his plan to build 6,000 rent-controlled homes for 'everyday heroes'

  25-11-2024 09:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  Londoners with household incomes of less than £67,000 per year would be eligible for the homes, with rent increases potentially pegged to wage rises
  
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• OPINION - Donald Trump good for the planet? You better believe it

  25-11-2024 09:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  With RFK Jr at his side, nature could benefit from an unlikely dynamic duo
  
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• Major transport disruption and flood warnings continue from Storm Bert

  25-11-2024 08:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Several rail operators have cancelled services on Monday while more than 180 flood warnings remain in place.
  
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• Storm Bert latest LIVE: Major disruption to travel and more than 200 flood warnings in place as full impact emerges

  25-11-2024 08:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than 200 flood warnings remain in place while five men are now confirmed to have died during Storm Bert
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Stansted airport and Paddington 'do not travel' warnings after Storm Bert

  25-11-2024 08:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Do not travel warnings issued on Stansted
  
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