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• London Vincent Van Gogh exhibition to open through the night due to demand

  09-01-2025 11:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The display has already become the third most popular paid exhibition in the London attraction’s history.
  
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• LAS saw record number of 999 calls for serious injuries in December

  09-01-2025 22:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Paramedics facing ‘extraordinarily challenging’ winter period as respiratory viruses surge
  
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• LA wildfires approach Hollywood sign as 180,000 evacuated and celebrity homes destroyed

  09-01-2025 22:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mandy Moore, Cary Elwes and Paris Hilton are among the stars who have lost homes in wildfires
  
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• LAS reported record number of 999 calls for serious injuries in December

  09-01-2025 22:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Paramedics facing ‘extraordinarily challenging’ winter period as respiratory viruses surge
  
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• Starmer talks about Ukraine over dinner with Macron

  09-01-2025 21:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mr Macron said the meeting was a great opportunity to discuss EU-UK relations and ‘the main crisis’ in Ukraine.
  
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• Safety messaging is vital for Sadiq Khan's 'swimmable rivers' plan, City Hall warned

  09-01-2025 21:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Swimming in the Thames anywhere east of Putney Bridge is prohibited due to strong tides and other dangers
  
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• Rush hour chaos at Blackhorse Road station as TfL announces escalator will not be fixed for six months

  09-01-2025 21:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Commuters facing rush hour chaos as Blackhorse Road station's escalator won't be fixed until late June
  
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• Sussexes urge people to help friends evacuated due to Los Angeles fires

  09-01-2025 20:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Five people have died and thousands have left their properties.
  
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• Police block pro-Palestine protest from gathering close to London synagogue

  09-01-2025 20:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Met said it had ‘reflected on the views of local community and business representatives’.
  
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• Cold snap continues as temperatures set to drop during coming days

  09-01-2025 20:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  Weather warnings for ice are in place across parts of the UK until Friday morning.
  
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• UK visas: Applications from abroad drop 43% as fast-track AI work permits proposed

  09-01-2025 19:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  The number of people applying for visas to work and study in the UK fell by nearly 400,000
  
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• Met Police blocks plans for Pro-Palestine march near BBC as it will take place close to synagogue

  09-01-2025 19:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Force have used Public Order Act powers to prevent the Palestine Solidarity Campaign demonstration
  
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• Jess Phillips says ‘action needed’ to combat grooming gangs

  09-01-2025 19:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  The minister argued there was a lack of ‘fundamental change on the ground’ when the Tories were in power.
  
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• Burglars who ripped cash machine off Home Bargains shop with stolen JCB jailed

  09-01-2025 19:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Shane Hadderton, 36, Marvin Usher, 33, and Deividas Fiodorovas, 36, were all sentenced on Thursday at Chelmsford Crown Court.
  
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• Reasons behind two controversial Johnson peerages revealed after 18-month battle

  09-01-2025 19:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge and Lord Kempsell were appointed to the House of Lords in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list.
  
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• Stevenage's Thompson makes Bromley loan permanent

  09-01-2025 19:05 via bbc.com
  
  Stevenage midfielder Ben Thompson joins Bromley on a permanent transfer after spending the first half of the season on loan at Hayes Lane.
  
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• Met investigate how bus driven after pensioner dies

  09-01-2025 18:53 via bbc.com
  
  Detectives are investigating whether the driving of the route 13 bus had any impact on how she died.
  
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• Council leaders call for Government to ‘wake up’ to floods after major incident

  09-01-2025 18:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  A letter signed by Leicestershire council leaders has asked for funding after severe flooding hit the county.
  
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• Tamworth bar makes free beer for life offer to encourage FA Cup heroics

  09-01-2025 18:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Bar manager Jason Pegg admits the fun pledge to reward a winning goalscorer is a ‘big ask’ but says anything is possible in football.
  
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• Donald Trump's most bizarre and rambling quotes

  09-01-2025 18:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  From calling Elon Musk a ‘new star’ to congratulating his running mate JD Vance, Donald Trump has had quite a bit to say
  
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• Rayner: I’d meet with Musk to challenge him on factually incorrect attacks

  09-01-2025 18:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Deputy Prime Minister suggested the billionaire should be ‘correcting the record as soon as possible’ over information shared on his X platform.
  
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• Musk trying to ‘inflame racial tensions’ with post on boy’s murder – Yousaf

  09-01-2025 18:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kriss Donald was abducted and killed in a racist attack by an Asian gang in 2004.
  
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• Bad weather hampers search for missing British hiker

  09-01-2025 18:32 via bbc.com
  
  Search efforts for a second missing British hiker in the Dolomites have been temporarily suspended.
  
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• Man who waited 12 hours in A&E after coughing up blood says NHS is ‘out of time’

  09-01-2025 18:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Anthony Goldcrown was among 200 people waiting to be seen by NHS staff at Barnet Hospital on Monday evening.
  
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• Predatory behaviour in Parliament ‘dangerous as Savile having keys to Broadmoor’

  09-01-2025 18:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jo White called for disclosure and barring service (DBS) checks before members of the Commons and Lords take their seats.
  
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• Rupert Lowe's journey from football boss to controversial Reform UK MP

  09-01-2025 18:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  The controversial politician was one of five Reform MPs elected at the July 2024 general election
  
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• YMCA closure protested by Village People flash mob

  09-01-2025 18:18 via bbc.com
  
  The world's first YMCA, in central London, is due to close in February after being sold.
  
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• Andy Burnham backs ‘limited’ new child grooming inquiry

  09-01-2025 18:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Mayor of Greater Manchester signalled he was supportive of calls for a new nationwide investigation into the historical child sexual abuse.
  
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• Major justice reforms needed to stop court backlog rising, MPs told

  09-01-2025 18:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Court listings are running into 2027, with prosecutors warning victims face wait times of between two and five years before a case goes to trial.
  
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• How to watch the Xbox Developer Direct 2025 showcase and what to expect

  09-01-2025 18:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Doom: The Dark Ages and South of Midnight will lead the event, but a mystery game could steal the show
  
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