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• London defies weather with spectacular fireworks display to ring in 2025

  01-01-2025 01:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  The display opened with the message ‘Your New Year Is Unwritten’ and ended with a message from Paddington Bear.
  
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• Whistleblower says Starmer ‘guilty as anyone’ over grooming gang failures

  04-01-2025 01:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  Maggie Oliver criticised previous inquiries into the scandal.
  
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• UK braced for heavy snow and freezing rain amid amber weather warnings

  04-01-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Stranded vehicles on the roads and delayed or cancelled rail and air travel are likely, the Met Office warned.
  
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• Reform supporters to gather in Kemi Badenoch’s constituency as ‘gloves are off’

  04-01-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage will host a Reform UK rally at Chelmsford City Racecourse.
  
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• Cornwall health services declare critical incident amid ‘significant pressure’

  03-01-2025 22:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  NHS bosses made the decision after ‘sustained’ pressure on Cornwall’s main hospital and emergency department this week.
  
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• Met Police officer faces jail after killing moped rider by careless driving in north London

  03-01-2025 22:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  PC Ian Brotherton, 32, was travelling at 47mph in a 30mph zone on Southbury Road, Enfield
  
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• Late show eases Harlequins past Newcastle

  03-01-2025 22:43 via bbc.com
  
  England fly-half Marcus Smith scores 18 points as Harlequins end a three-match Premiership winless streak with victory over Newcastle.
  
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• ‘Gloves are off’ as Reform UK sets sights on Badenoch’s constituency – Farage

  03-01-2025 22:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Tory and Reform leaders have argued over party membership figures.
  
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• Liam Payne’s ‘drug dealer’ waiter arrested over death in Argentina

  03-01-2025 22:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hotel employee Braian Nahuel Paiz denies the charges, according to his lawyer
  
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• Met officer admits causing moped rider's death

  03-01-2025 21:11 via bbc.com
  
  PC Ian Brotherton, 32, denied causing death by dangerous driving but admitted a lesser charge.
  
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• Some hospitals restrict visitors as flu cases rise

  03-01-2025 21:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has reduced visiting in hospitals due to the rising numbers of flu, Covid and other winter illnesses.
  
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• London braces for snow and freezing temperatures as amber cold-weather alert issued for weekend

  03-01-2025 20:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Snow forecast for London on Saturday as health bosses warn of risks of freezing temperatures
  
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• Mick Jagger’s goddaughter in talks as axe looms over two Covent Garden restaurants

  03-01-2025 20:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  A row erupted between Lara Boglione’s family and their landlord Shaftesbury Capital over rents
  
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• Tommy Robinson ‘not what we need’, says Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

  03-01-2025 20:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mr Farage was speaking ahead of his party’s East Midlands Conference in Leicester on Friday evening.
  
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• Midwife unknowingly worked alongside woman who delivered her for six years

  03-01-2025 20:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two Swansea midwives, Katie Wintle and Sharon Cooling, worked together for six years before discovering their special connection.
  
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• Midfielder Woodyard exits Colchester to join Sutton

  03-01-2025 19:21 via bbc.com
  
  Midfielder Alex Woodyard leaves Colchester United by mutual consent and signs for National League Sutton United.
  
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• China ‘overwhelmed’ by mystery new virus outbreak five years on from Covid

  03-01-2025 18:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Parents seen holding sick children amid long queues in paediatric hospital units
  
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• Councils, charities and public sector groups join Swinney to call for NI funding

  03-01-2025 18:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Chancellor announced the increase to employer’s national insurance contributions in the October budget.
  
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• Snow warning for London amid ‘severe’ UK amber sub-zero weather alert ...The Standard podcast

  03-01-2025 18:04 via standard.co.uk
  
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• CES 2025: What to expect at the year's biggest tech show – smart glasses, solar-powered cars and robot pandas

  03-01-2025 18:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  New Nvidia graphics cards, Samsung AI appliances, and Honda EVs are all set for the tech extravaganza in Las Vegas
  
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• London Zoo begins annual stock take with over 10,000 animals to count

  03-01-2025 17:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Armed with calculators and clipboards, zookeepers entered every enclosure this week to fulfil a licensing requirement by tallying up every mammal, bird, reptile and invertebrate
  
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• UK weather warnings explained: Met Office issues ice and snow warnings across UK

  03-01-2025 17:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Met Office has issued an amber alert for London, warning of very low overnight temperatures
  
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• Protesters hit out at housing plan in village which ‘inspired Camberwick Green’

  03-01-2025 17:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  Campaigners in Wivelsfield Green, East Sussex, say inappropriate development over the last decade has put a ‘massive strain’ on local infrastructure.
  
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• Gavin and Stacey festive special among most watched shows this century

  03-01-2025 17:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The final episode aired on Christmas Day.
  
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• When are Premium Bonds drawn?

  03-01-2025 17:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Millions of pounds in prizes are awarded every month
  
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• Knight banned for three games following red card

  03-01-2025 17:28 via bbc.com
  
  Saracens flanker Toby Knight is given a three-match ban after his red card for a high tackle during the team's defeat by Bath.
  
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• UK’s first drug consumption room to open later this month

  03-01-2025 17:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  The facility in Glasgow will allow users to take illegal substances under medical supervision.
  
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• Kiena Dawes: Trial hears of mental health struggles

  03-01-2025 17:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ryan Wellings denies the manslaughter of the vulnerable young mother.
  
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• London Zoo begins week-long annual stocktake counting more than 10,000 animals

  03-01-2025 17:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  Amongst the 400 species counted were Humboldt penguins, Asiatic lions and western lowland gorillas.
  
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• Which Labour councillors have resigned over Sir Keir Starmer's leadership and why?

  03-01-2025 17:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  A long-running row has resulted in the formation of an independent party comprising former Labour members
  
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