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• It makes sense to make winter fuel payment change, says Sir Keir Starmer

  22-11-2024 14:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Chancellor Rachel Reeves limited access to the benefit, worth up to £300, in a cost-saving measure, as she sought to repair the nation’s finances.
  
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• Conor McGregor to appeal after woman who said he raped her wins civil claim

  22-11-2024 20:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nikita Hand, who accused the sportsman of raping her in a Dublin hotel in December 2018, won her claim against him for damages.
  
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• Inside Court 24: How the case against Conor McGregor played out

  22-11-2024 20:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nikita Hand won her civil rape case against the MMA fighter at the High Court in Dublin on Friday.
  
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• Stars arrive at the 2024 Royal Variety Performance after Queen pulls out

  22-11-2024 19:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  The King is scheduled to attend the show at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Friday.
  
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• London affordable house-building plummets 88 per cent in a year, with some boroughs starting just one each

  22-11-2024 19:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  The collapse in affordable homes started in London in the last financial year compares with a 39 per cent fall across England as a whole
  
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• Charity puts up £50,000 reward for information to solve 1994 taxi driver murder

  22-11-2024 19:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ethsham Ul-Haq Ghafoor, aged 26, was found dead in his taxi on Lambley Lane Playing Fields in Gedling, Nottinghamshire.
  
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• Keir Starmer warned elderly people ‘going to die’ as he is confronted on radio show over winter fuel cuts

  22-11-2024 19:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  In a BBC interview, Keir Starmer heard from a concerned listener who will struggle to stay warm due to Winter Fuel Payment cuts
  
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• Gordon Brown declares opposition to assisted dying law

  22-11-2024 19:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former prime minister called instead for better end-of-life care.
  
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• Gatwick Airport LIVE: Police release two held after 'suspicious package' alert as South Terminal reopens

  22-11-2024 19:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two detained by police after incident were later allowed to continue with their journeys as flights continue to be disrupted
  
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• Nikita Hand wins civil case against MMA fighter Conor McGregor

  22-11-2024 19:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  The total amount of damages awarded to Ms Hand by the jury was 248,603.60 euro.
  
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• Relief for family of Ian Ogle as three found guilty of his murder

  22-11-2024 19:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  His daughter Toni Johnston said it is unfair that victims have to wait so long in Northern Ireland for a trial.
  
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• Woman who accused Conor McGregor of rape wins civil case and is awarded nearly €250,000 in damages

  22-11-2024 18:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  A jury found that the mixed martial arts fighter assaulted Nikita Hand in a Dublin hotel in December 2018
  
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• Safety warning after carbon monoxide emergency calls rise 37% in a year in London

  22-11-2024 18:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Gas emergency service say rise in calls could be linked to people not getting boilers serviced
  
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• Chemistry expert on methanol poisoning after sixth Laos ‘tainted shots’ death ...The Standard podcast

  22-11-2024 18:55 via standard.co.uk
  Plus, capital’s busiest rail stations revealed & future of Liverpool Street
  
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• Woman who accused Conor McGregor of rape wins civil case and is awarded nearly 250,000 euros in damages

  22-11-2024 18:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  A jury found that the mixed martial arts fighter assaulted Nikita Hand in a Dublin hotel in December 2018
  
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• Woman wins MMA fighter Conor McGregor civil rape case and is awarded nearly 250,000 euros in damages

  22-11-2024 18:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  A civil jury in Ireland has found that mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor sexually assaulted a woman in a hotel penthouse .
  
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• Nikita Hand wins civil rape case against MMA fighter Conor McGregor

  22-11-2024 18:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  The total amount of damages awarded to Ms Hand by the jury was 248,603.60 euro.
  
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• How do you get Fortnite Kicks and how much do they cost?

  22-11-2024 18:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Get your Kicks at the Epic Store
  
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• Three men found guilty of murder of Ian Ogle in Belfast in 2019

  22-11-2024 17:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mr Ogle was beaten and stabbed 11 times yards from his Cluan Place home in the east of the city.
  
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• Fact check: Labour pledges on asylum hotels and likely AI images of Mike Tyson

  22-11-2024 17:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Round up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.
  
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• Police hunt pickaxe-wielding gang after north London burglaries

  22-11-2024 17:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  The gang first targeted a home in Sheldon Avenue at 6pm before raiding another property in Winnington Road
  
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• Gatwick Airport LIVE: South Terminal reopens after 'suspicious package' alert but flights still disrupted

  22-11-2024 17:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  National Rail says trains won’t be stopping at Gatwick until 4pm at the earliest
  
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• In Pictures: Balmoral blanketed in snow as Scotland faces worst of the cold snap

  22-11-2024 17:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than 54 schools shut in the Highland Council region on Friday because of the snow and at least 27 more closed in Aberdeenshire.
  
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• Heart attack postpones death by dangerous driving sentencing of woman, 70

  22-11-2024 17:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Bridget Carole Curtis, of Begelly, was to be sentenced on Friday at Swansea Crown Court for causing the death by dangerous driving of a baby.
  
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• Donald Trump granted permission to seek dismissal of hush money case

  22-11-2024 17:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Trump’s lawyers had asked judge to throw out the case ‘in order to facilitate the orderly transition of executive power’ as president-elect enters White House
  
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• ‘It’s been absolute chaos’: Airline passengers disrupted by Gatwick alert

  22-11-2024 17:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  Travellers were unable to check in for more than four hours due to the incident.
  
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• Man found guilty of murdering toddler who was found dead in locked bathroom

  22-11-2024 17:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Scott Jeff was convicted of killing Isabella Wheildon after a seven-week trial at Ipswich Crown Court.
  
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• Trafalgar Square's Christmas tree chopped down in Oslo and on its way to London

  22-11-2024 17:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Christmas tree from Norway will be sent to London’s Trafalgar Square in decades-old tradition
  
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• Homebase’s £5m tax rebate delay revealed as 74 stores go up for sale

  22-11-2024 16:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  The stricken firm has set a deadline of the end of next week for potential buyers to snap up its remaining shops in the UK and Ireland
  
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• Minister opens new office ‘critical’ to Aukus submarine programme

  22-11-2024 16:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Maria Eagle also said the Government does not foresee any capability gaps as it retires older Royal Navy vessels.
  
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