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• Landslip which caused ‘carnage’ in Welsh town was coal tip ‘wash-out’

  25-11-2024 17:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  The local authority has told the Welsh Government the Cwmtillery landslip was a ‘singular wash-out of a former coal tip in the area’.
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Full list of Euston rail cancellations as flooding hits evening rush hour

  25-11-2024 19:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Trains out of London Euston have been cancelled after Storm Bert brought flooding to parts of the network
  
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• Man jailed for life for murdering 22-year-old Keelen Wong on busy Brixton street

  25-11-2024 19:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘There are no joy or winners in this scenario, only levels of loss’, said Keelen’s father
  
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• Why has Earth's axis tilted by 31.5 inches and what does it mean?

  25-11-2024 19:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Due to climate change, humans have taken actions which have caused the Earth to tilt east on its axis
  
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• Succession star backs calls for Scotland to become first ‘rewilding nation’

  25-11-2024 19:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Brian Cox is urging Scots to support the Rewilding Nation Charter, which demands action for ‘nature recovery’ in 30% of the country’s land and seas.
  
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• Deadly Storm Bert: floods aftermath & future planning ...The Standard podcast

  25-11-2024 18:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Plus! Can Sadiq Khan make Oxford Street great again?
  
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• NHS would be more worried about resilience than funding in the event of pandemic

  25-11-2024 18:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  The NHS England boss said the service would worry about the ability of the workforce to ‘step up again’ in such challenging circumstances.
  
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• John Prescott ‘got a reception like Beatlemania’, Prime Minister says in tribute

  25-11-2024 18:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle led tributes to Lord Prescott, who died last week, calling him a ‘towering figure in the Labour movement and in this House’.
  
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• Starmer rules out re-running general election as petition passes 2.3million signatures

  25-11-2024 18:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  A petition on Parliament’s website calling for another election has now been signed by more than 2,300,000 people
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Full list of Euston rail cancellations as floods hit evening rush hour

  25-11-2024 18:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Trains out of London Euston have been cancelled after Storm Bert brought flooding to parts of the network
  
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• Restaurant calorie labelling ‘sees no meaningful decrease in consumption’

  25-11-2024 18:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Government introduced mandatory calorie labelling in England for businesses that serve food in 2022 as part of its national obesity strategy.
  
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• St Andrew’s Day 2024: Why is it celebrated and do Scots get a day off?

  25-11-2024 18:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Every year, Scots celebrate the patron saint of Scotland St Andrew. But what's the day all about and is it a bank holiday?
  
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• Alan Shearer rules himself out of hosting Match Of The Day

  25-11-2024 18:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  The BBC announced this month that Lineker will leave the football highlights show at the end of the season.
  
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• Simon Harris says ‘all to play for’ in election despite Fine Gael polling slide

  25-11-2024 17:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Taoiseach said he hoped voters would not judge him on the basis of a criticised encounter with a disability care worker in Co Cork.
  
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• Where are the personal stash locations in Stalker 2? All storage boxes revealed

  25-11-2024 17:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Instead of discarding or selling that item you love, you can store it in your very own bottomless trunk
  
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• Ceasefire deal to end fighting between Israel and Hezbollah could be reached 'within days'

  25-11-2024 17:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Israeli ambassador to Washington has said ‘we are close to a deal’ between Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah
  
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• Chelsea residents raise fears over future of last remaining Post Office on King's Road

  25-11-2024 17:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Chelsea and Fulham MP Ben Coleman says there is ‘genuine incredulity at the threat to the only Post Office left in the street’
  
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• Slowthai rape trial jury sworn in with musician joined at court by wife

  25-11-2024 17:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tyron Frampton arrived at Oxford Crown Court for the first day of his trial accompanied by his wife.
  
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• New asylum hotels ‘massive incentive’ for small boat crossings, ministers warned

  25-11-2024 17:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Last week Home Office minister Dame Angela Eagle said that asylum hotel use had risen since Labour entered government.
  
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• Ed Sheeran's love-hate relationship with London: from homelessness to £8.25m office block purchase

  25-11-2024 17:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  The singing superstar has expanded his £70m investment portfolio with a prime Soho purchase — but his relationship with London has not always been so favourable
  
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• Handing housing portfolio back to Fianna Fail would be a ‘catastrophe’ – SF

  25-11-2024 17:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Housing spokesman Eoin O Brien said homelessness had risen by 380% since 2011.
  
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• US Embassy explosion: Man charged with planting fake IED in bomb hoax

  25-11-2024 17:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Daniel Parmenter is accused of planting a fake IED near to the embassy in Nine Elms
  
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• Fewer than 500 farms a year will be hit by inheritance tax changes, says IFS

  25-11-2024 17:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The economics think tank said tax planning would likely decrease the number of farms caught up by the tax reforms
  
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• Study finds child and adult pathology difference after traumatic brain injury

  25-11-2024 17:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Experts said further research is needed.
  
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• Assisted dying: Catholic leader wishes Justin Welby was alongside him in debate

  25-11-2024 16:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  A group of faith leaders have signed a letter opposing Kim Leadbeater’s Bill.
  
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• Police object to Chinese 'super embassy' in east London over protest fears

  25-11-2024 16:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ministers called in plans for ‘super embassy’ on site of former Royal Mint last month
  
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• Dubai's viral chocolate bar: what it is and where to buy it in London

  25-11-2024 16:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  You can even make your own version of the sweet treat by following online tutorials — including one on TikTok
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Euston trains cancelled as flooding hits West Coast Main Line

  25-11-2024 16:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Trains out of London Euston have been cancelled after Storm Bert brought flooding to parts of the network
  
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• Six children among dead as boat sinks off Greek island of Samos

  25-11-2024 16:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  A search and rescue operation remains underway
  
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• Body-in-garden trial told three-year-old died after ‘breathtaking’ cruelty

  25-11-2024 16:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  The parents of Abiyah Yasharahyalah are on trial accused of causing or allowing his death and depriving him of adequate nutrition and medical care.
  
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