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• London landmarks brought to life with over 50 million Lego bricks - The Associated Press

  26-03-2025 23:01
  London landmarks brought to life with over 50 million Lego bricks  The Associated Press
  
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• Comedian Paul Currie brings High Court libel claim against Soho Theatre after blazing antisemitism row

  03-04-2025 13:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Comic was at the centre of astorm after reportedly getting into an altercation with an audience member
  
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• Winter virus levels remain higher than usual despite warm weather

  03-04-2025 13:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  The NHS has published its final weekly snapshot of the performance of hospitals in England this season.
  
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• Nearly half of Britons feel more stressed than they did six months ago amid growing cost of living pressures

  03-04-2025 13:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  The cost-of-living crisis has been identified as the leading source of stress by survey participants, with 43 percent reporting that it has exacerbated existing issues
  
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• No ‘dedicated lookout’ on North Sea crash vessels, investigators say

  03-04-2025 13:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Portuguese registered container ship Solong hit US tanker Stena Immaculate on March 10.
  
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• Police hope DNA advances will crack case of baby found dead at lake 30 years ago

  03-04-2025 13:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  The child, who was named ‘Baby April’, was found in Ashford, Kent, on April 3 1995.
  
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• Co-op sees profits surge but cautions over rising costs

  03-04-2025 13:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  The member-owned mutual reported pre-tax profits of £161 million in 2024, up from £28 million in 2023.
  
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• Boy, seven, killed in huge blast caused by criminals making cannabis gummies

  03-04-2025 13:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Reece Galbraith, 33, has admitted the manslaughters of Archie York, who was asleep upstairs, and his friend Jason Laws in an explosion in Newcastle
  
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• London Gatwick makes major change to 100ml liquid rules in time for Easter holidays getaway

  03-04-2025 13:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  The ‘positive change’ for airport passengers is thanks to the installation of new computed tomography (CT) 3D scanning machines
  
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• M5 closure: Motorway shut after body found on carriageway

  03-04-2025 12:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  A section of one of Britain’s busiest motorways is shut after a body was found on the carriageway, police said.
  
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• Everything you need to know about the potential pedestrianisation of Oxford Street

  03-04-2025 12:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan wants to make Oxford Street ‘a world-class, accessible, clean avenue’
  
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• Government failure to order public inquiry into Sean Brown murder ‘cannot stand’

  03-04-2025 12:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  The GAA official was murdered in 1997 by loyalists.
  
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• Storm warning for popular Brit holiday destination: Is your Easter holiday at risk?

  03-04-2025 12:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  A storm warning has been issued for major British holiday destinations, raising concerns over Easter holiday plans
  
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• Two men arrested over suspected links to Hezbollah amid Met terrorism probe

  03-04-2025 12:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  The men were arrested at separate addresses in London.
  
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• Nintendo shakes up game pricing with £75 Mario Kart World

  03-04-2025 12:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nintendo is collecting coins to go faster with Mario Kart World. Our coins.
  
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• London weather: Capital to be hotter than Ibiza and Crete on Friday as Met Office predicts warmest day of year

  03-04-2025 12:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  Met Office forecaster Alex Deakin says Friday temperatures could reach a high of 23C in southern England
  
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• Government AI plans depend on ‘more remuneration’ for creatives, says minister

  03-04-2025 12:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  Culture minister Sir Chris Bryant told MPs the UK is a ‘content superpower’ as he defended Government plans on AI and copyright law.
  
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• MP: Charities supporting gambling addicts at risk of closure without funding

  03-04-2025 12:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said the Government is ‘working hard’ to resolve any gaps in funding.
  
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• Fire crews battle blazes across UK as ‘extreme’ wildfire risk remains

  03-04-2025 12:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service warned a ‘very high to extreme’ risk of wildfire remains in place across Scotland until Monday.
  
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• Man admits manslaughter after ‘drugs lab’ explosion kills child and man

  03-04-2025 12:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Reece Galbraith, 33, changed his plea to guilty at Newcastle Crown Court following the huge blast in Benwell, Newcastle, in October.
  
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• Trump’s tariffs will ‘clearly have economic impact’ in UK – Starmer

  03-04-2025 12:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer gathered business chiefs in No 10 for talks after Donald Trump announced sweeping global tariffs.
  
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• Four Greenpeace activists arrested after climbing Foreign Office building

  03-04-2025 12:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  The protesters unfurled a banner as they suspended themselves from columns on the King Charles Street Archway in Westminster.
  
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• New images show moment of North Sea crash as investigation finds neither ship had 'dedicated lookout'

  03-04-2025 12:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Solong crashed into Stena Immaculate on March 10 about 12 miles off the coast of East Yorkshire.
  
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• Police name pedestrian hit by car as murder investigation continues

  03-04-2025 12:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  Essex Police said that 50-year-old Jeremy Heath, from Ladyshot in Harlow, has been charged with murder.
  
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• Union calls on Government to intervene in bin strike

  03-04-2025 12:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  Members of Unite in Birmingham launched an all-out strike last month in a dispute over pay and jobs.
  
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• Services sector strengthens as firms ‘find their feet’ after tax hikes – survey

  03-04-2025 12:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  The survey incorporates the responses of hundreds of companies across the UK’s services sector.
  
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• Legacy body carrying out 50 investigations into 96 deaths

  03-04-2025 12:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The ICRIR was created by the controversial Legacy Act which halted scores of civil cases and inquests into Troubles deaths.
  
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• London major trauma patients given pioneering mental health support in new NHS project

  03-04-2025 11:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Headteacher Sali Goodrich is among those to benefit from the pilot after she broke her pelvis in a ‘freak’ horseriding accident
  
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• Met Police under fire over ‘discriminatory’ use of facial recognition cameras in London

  03-04-2025 11:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Data shows the technology has been deployed mostly in boroughs with a higher-than-average Black population
  
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• Visibility was ‘patchy’ when container ship hit oil tanker, investigators say

  03-04-2025 11:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  Solong crashed into Stena Immaculate on March 10 about 12 miles off the coast of East Yorkshire.
  
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