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• Drew Barrymore reveals she does not buy Christmas presents for children but is ‘happy to be Scrooge’

  25-12-2022 17:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hollywood star says she would prefer to spend quality time with children
  
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• Starmer: Diplomatic contact with Syria needed so ‘what comes next is better’

  19-12-2024 18:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  UK officials met with HTS leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly known as Mohammed al-Golani, in Damascus earlier this week.
  
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• PM says he would not change a thing despite bruising first five months in power

  19-12-2024 18:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Keir Starmer acknowledged his Government had done ‘tough stuff’ since coming to office in July.
  
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• Prime Minister warns Donald Trump against UK tariffs in first Liaison Committee grilling

  19-12-2024 18:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Keir Starmer said he was ‘alive to the danger of tariffs’ and stressed the importance of avoiding them to maintain strong trade relations with the US
  
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• Driver jailed over death of ‘talented footballer’ at car meet

  19-12-2024 18:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mason Hodgson, 23, from Morley, Leeds, was driving his black Audi S3 at the unregulated event in Warrington when the collision occurred.
  
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• UK must avoid Trump’s tariffs, says Starmer

  19-12-2024 17:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump has threatened to impose wide-ranging tariffs on the first day of his second term as US president.
  
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• Starmer backs changes to nature protection rules to boost building

  19-12-2024 17:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Keir Starmer said some of the measures imposed to protect nature ‘don’t make a lot of sense’.
  
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• Quadruple amputee ‘indebted’ to a donor for second time after kidney transplant

  19-12-2024 17:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Cor Hutton had both hands and legs amputated after developing sepsis in 2013.
  
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• Police release last known photographs of missing schoolboy Kyran Durnin

  19-12-2024 17:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kyran, who will be eight years old if he is still alive, has not been seen since May 2022 when he was six.
  
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• Israeli embassy removes flag in Dublin ahead of closure

  19-12-2024 17:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Israel said at the weekend it was closing its embassy in Dublin with Israel’s foreign minister accusing Ireland of ‘antisemitic rhetoric’.
  
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• Prison teacher took codeine to jail for inmate she was having relationship with

  19-12-2024 17:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kelsey Calvert was spared jail after pleading guilty to misconduct in a public office while she was employed at HMP Holme House in Stockton-on-Tees.
  
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• Four in hospital after roof of double-decker bus ripped off in bridge collision

  19-12-2024 17:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  The incident occurred in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, on Thursday afternoon.
  
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• How long is the waiting list for a driving test in London?

  19-12-2024 17:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  The pandemic had a big part to play for the large backlog of driving tests
  
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• Met Office issues weekend weather warnings as holiday drivers hit the roads

  19-12-2024 17:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Yellow wind warnings have been released for the weekend with rain and disruptive winds expected, the Met Office said.
  
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• Computer scientist behind false Bitcoin founder claim sentenced for contempt

  19-12-2024 17:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  Dr Craig Wright was given a suspended sentence after being found to have committed a ‘flagrant’ breach of a High Court order.
  
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• Stormont ministers agree to put draft budget out for public consultation

  19-12-2024 17:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ministers were unanimous in green-lighting the public feedback exercise.
  
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• Starmer defends farm tax in face of questions from senior MPs

  19-12-2024 17:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Keir Starmer was questioned about the impact of the inheritance tax change during a Liaison Committee appearance.
  
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• Four teenage killers detained for life for murdering innocent boys in Bristol

  19-12-2024 17:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mrs Justice May described how Max Dixon and Mason Rist had been attacked where they lived.
  
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• Kyle Clifford: Crossbow triple murder suspect also charged with rape

  19-12-2024 17:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kyle Clifford denies murder of racing commentator John Hunt’s wife and two of his children
  
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• London politics LIVE: Keir Starmer warns Donald Trump against UK tariffs in first Liaison Committee grilling

  19-12-2024 17:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Questions on growth, the economy, public services and national security are on the agenda for Sir Keir Starmer
  
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• Senior doctor ‘saw son receiving inadequate care’ at hospital where she works

  19-12-2024 17:05 via standard.co.uk
  William Hewes died aged 22 at Homerton Hospital in January last year.
  
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• Man accused of driving girlfriend to suicide denies hitting her, jury hears

  19-12-2024 17:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ryan Wellings denies the manslaughter of Kiena Dawes.
  
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• Ex-firearms and royal protection officer guilty of revenge porn probe misconduct

  19-12-2024 16:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mark Cranfield broke down in the dock after being warned that he is likely to be jailed when he returns to court in February.
  
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• Senior anti-terror detective ‘unconvinced’ views of extremists change with time

  19-12-2024 16:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  It comes after Alan Edward, 55, was jailed for 10 years after being convicted of 14 charges, including four terrorism offences.
  
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• London fraudsters who used 'SIM farm' to con £220K from victims in banking scam jailed

  19-12-2024 16:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  The fraudsters used texts and calls to scam victims of thousands of pounds
  
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• Double-decker bus crashes into railway bridge

  19-12-2024 16:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  It is not yet known if anyone was injured in the incident in Kilmarnock, East Ayshire.
  
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• AI tech giants should not be subsidised by British creatives, Starmer signals

  19-12-2024 16:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister was grilled about proposals to regulate artificial intelligence’s (AI) impact on copyright as he faced questions from senior MPs.
  
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• British contact with banned Syrian rebel group risks legitimising them – Tories

  19-12-2024 16:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Conservative shadow minister Wendy Morton told MPs British officials meeting with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) could help it solidify its position.
  
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• Fact check: Local elections could be postponed as councils are restructured

  19-12-2024 16:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Proposed local government reform could lead to councils merging into larger organisations, and local elections might be postponed in the meanwhile.
  
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• Jail for ‘idiot’ Hamas supporter who threatened Prime Minister with knife emoji

  19-12-2024 16:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mohammed Nafees Ahmed advocated ‘jihad’ and antisemitic violence in the UK and abroad and failed to heed warnings by his wife to stop.
  
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