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• Government 'confident' British Steel furnaces will stay on amid China row

  14-04-2025 21:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Deputy Prime Minister insisted that the North Lincolnshire site was ‘crucial’ to the industry in the UK
  
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• Phone thief tackled by Beadle after being caught with blind woman’s phone jailed

  25-04-2025 16:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  A ceremonial Beadle was hailed for the dramatic takedown in the City of London.
  
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• Dean of Westminster says stories are being told to ‘deepen our divisions’

  25-04-2025 16:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle’s comments were made as he officiated at Westminster Abbey’s annual service commemorating Anzac Day.
  
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• Immigration no ‘quick-fix’ for aging population, says Bowie

  25-04-2025 16:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  The shadow Scottish secretary described high immigration north of the border as a ‘pyramid scheme response’ to an aging population.
  
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• Laurence Fox denies sharing upskirting photo of TV star

  25-04-2025 15:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  The actor-turned-politician is alleged to have shared a compromising image in a tweet posted in April 2024 of TV star Narinder Kaur on social media.
  
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• Laurence Fox pleads not guilty over 'intimate' photo of broadcaster Narinder Kaur

  25-04-2025 15:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Laurence Fox has signalled his intention to fight the charges
  
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• M&S pauses all online orders after cyber attack

  25-04-2025 15:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  The historic retailer said it is ‘working extremely hard to restart online and app shopping’ and apologised again for disruption to shoppers.
  
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• Fact check: Reform UK’s council election claim, Pope Francis and St George’s Day

  25-04-2025 15:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.
  
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• M&S suspends online orders as cyber attack causes further chaos for shoppers

  25-04-2025 15:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  Disruption deepens as supermarket giant halts taking orders on both its website and app
  
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• Running makes children more confident, say inspiring London Marathon teachers

  25-04-2025 15:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  Fourteen Team TCS Teachers who have inspired their students to run are taking part in the TCS London Marathon on Sunday.
  
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• World leaders arriving for Pope’s funeral as 150,000 mourners pay respects

  25-04-2025 15:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  The coffin will be closed on Friday evening ahead of Saturday’s requiem mass.
  
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• Put down your phone! Why boredom can be powerful for our brains

  25-04-2025 15:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Can boredom boost creativity? We asked experts about the most misunderstood of feelings
  
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• Two more London primaries to shut this summer as school closure crisis deepens

  25-04-2025 15:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Falling pupil numbers and funding cuts are ‘jeopardising the quality of education’ for the capital’s children, council chief warns
  
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• Headteacher who attacked deputy due to ‘overwhelming sexual jealousy’ jailed

  25-04-2025 15:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Anthony John Felton, 54, was sentenced to two years and four months after attacking his deputy Richard Pyke, 51.
  
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• UK ‘will not be defined by the past’ amid speculation on EU youth visa scheme

  25-04-2025 15:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Government has faced pressure from backbench MPs to agree a youth mobility scheme.
  
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• Jodie Marsh blasts ‘trolls’ as she appeals against animal licence refusal

  25-04-2025 15:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  The media personality said online trolls are behind much of the criticism of her animal sanctuary in Lindsell near Braintree.
  
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• O’Neill praises Pope’s commitment to peace as she confirms funeral attendance

  25-04-2025 15:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Sinn Fein vice president has cut short a family holiday to attend Pope Francis’s funeral in Rome.
  
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• Pope Francis funeral LIVE: World leaders and thousands of mourners gather in Rome for historic service

  25-04-2025 14:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  World leaders including US President Donald Trump, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will be in attendance
  
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• Woman ‘felt frozen’ after alleged rape by former Britain’s Got Talent contestant

  25-04-2025 14:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Andrew Johnston, 30, denies two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.
  
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• Intel staff and families ‘extremely concerned’ at possible job losses – minister

  25-04-2025 14:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The US tech firm’s European manufacturing base has been in Leixlip since 1989.
  
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• Ex-doorman murdered estranged wife after stalking and threats, court hears

  25-04-2025 14:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Paul Antony Butler, 53, stabbed university lecturer Claire Chick, 48, in a frenzied attack outside her home in Plymouth in January this year.
  
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• Trial dates set for former mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson and co-defendants

  25-04-2025 14:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  Anderson appeared at Preston Crown Court with other defendants, including former politician Derek Hatton.
  
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• Cyclists who kill pedestrians could face life in prison under new UK law

  25-04-2025 14:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Currently, reckless cyclists face a maximum two-year sentence under Victorian-era laws dating back to the 1860s
  
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• Teen killer who stabbed to death 15-year-old Deshaun James-Tuitt in London park jailed for life

  25-04-2025 14:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Deshaun James-Tuitt died after being stabbed once in Highbury Fields
  
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• London Marathon: Runners with heart or lung issues warned pollution will be higher than normal

  25-04-2025 14:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Dry and sunny conditions are expected for the thousands taking part in the race
  
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• Three men jailed for over 100 years after plot to murder cagefighter who took part in £54m Securitas robbery

  25-04-2025 14:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Brothers Louis Ahearne, 36, and Stewart Ahearne, 46, were sentenced at the Old Bailey alongside Daniel Kelly, 46
  
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• All options ‘remain on the table’ for Ukraine – Downing Street

  25-04-2025 14:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Downing Street has said that all options “remain on the table” when it comes to support for Ukraine in the event of a peace deal.A Number 10 spokesman said on Friday that “advanced coalition of the willing planning is developing at pace” and “all options remain on the table” when it comes to supporting Kyiv.The Times newspaper reported on Friday that the UK is likely to abandon plans to send troops to Ukraine as risks are considered to be too high, however Num
  
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• Three men jailed for plotting to murder cagefighter who took part in £54m Securitas robbery

  25-04-2025 13:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Brothers Louis Ahearne, 36, and Stewart Ahearne, 46, were sentenced at the Old Bailey alongside Daniel Kelly, 46
  
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• Teenager sentenced to life for murder of 15-year-old Deshaun James-Tuitt

  25-04-2025 13:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Youth handed minimum 15-year term for fatal knife attack in north London as judge says public watched victim die in the street
  
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• Three men jailed for plotting to murder £54m Securitas robber

  25-04-2025 13:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  Brothers Louis Ahearne, 36, and Stewart Ahearne, 46, were sentenced at the Old Bailey alongside Daniel Kelly, 46.
  
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