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• Man, 40, arrested over stabbing of journalist outside home in south London

  08-01-2025 15:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Pouria Zeraati was wounded in the leg as he approached his car in Queensmere Road, Wimbledon
  
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• Russell Brand faces court after being charged by police with driving offences

  09-01-2025 07:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  A police prosecution of Russell Brand is due to be heard by the courts today
  
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• Weather warnings in force as temperatures forecast to plummet

  09-01-2025 06:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Travel disruption to road and rail services likely on Thursday in the warning areas.
  
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• Jess Phillips faced ‘deluge of hate’ after Elon Musk grooming gangs comments

  09-01-2025 06:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mr Musk’s comments followed Labour’s decision to decline a Whitehall-led inquiry into child sexual abuse.
  
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• Ex-Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg to be sentenced for domestic abuse

  09-01-2025 03:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  He admitted abusing his estranged wife over the course of five years.
  
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• CES 2025: Pinwheel launches child-friendly smartwatch with built in AI chatbot

  09-01-2025 03:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  The firm is expanding its range of child-safe devices having launched its smartphone in the UK late last year.
  
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• Robot-guided ‘smart biopsy’ technique tested on patients in UK first

  09-01-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Medics used advanced MRI scans to identify different areas of tumours.
  
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• Rayner pledges to ‘make work pay’ in Scotland ahead of visit to Glasgow

  09-01-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Research by the UK Government found workers in central Scotland will see the biggest boost to their wages as a result of the Employment Rights Bill.
  
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• Producing food is ‘primary purpose’ of farming, Environment Secretary says

  09-01-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  A speech by Steve Reed will outline measures to boost sector profits in the wake of protests against the Government by farmers.
  
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• New weather warnings issued as temperatures set to plummet as low as minus 16C

  09-01-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Temperatures are set to drop sharply, with lows of minus 16C possible in Scotland and northern England overnight on Thursday.
  
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• Majority of students oppose Government’s decision to raise tuition fees – poll

  09-01-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  But the increase in maintenance support has made the move ‘more palatable’, a think tank has suggested.
  
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• Belfast venues to get rid of single-use plastic cups in innovative pilot

  09-01-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The rollout of reusable cups across multiple entertainment venues isthe first of its kind across Ireland or the UK.
  
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• UK plans world’s first sanctions regime tackling people smuggling gangs

  08-01-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Keir Starmer said the move would cripple the ‘illicit finance rings’ powering people smuggling operations.
  
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• Ringleaders of human trafficking gangs behind 'small boats' Channel crossings to be targeted by new sanctions

  08-01-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced the crackdown as the Government steps up action to try to reduce the number of people risking their lives in unseaworthy vessels to reach Britain
  
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• Community pays tribute to 14-year-old with ‘pure heart’ stabbed to death on bus

  08-01-2025 23:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  On Wednesday evening, around 40 mourners gathered at a local church to pay tribute to Kelyan Bokassa who was fatally attacked on a bus in Woolwich.
  
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• California wildfires: At least two killed as state of emergency declared in Los Angeles

  08-01-2025 22:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Raging California wildfires have torn through a Los Angeles suburb popular with celebrities forcing thousands to evacuate
  
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• Two lynx on the loose in Cairngorms in suspected ‘illegal release’

  08-01-2025 22:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  The public have been warned not to approach the lynx if they are seen.
  
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• Woolwich bus stabbing: Vigil held for boy, 14, stabbed to death on London double decker

  08-01-2025 22:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police called after Kelyan Bokassa stabbed on 472 bus route in Woolwich Church Road
  
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• Michelle Sadio: Arrest after woman killed in drive-by shooting outside London church

  08-01-2025 22:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  An 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder on Wednesday and remains in custody
  
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• London weather: Snow falls in capital as temperatures to plummet

  08-01-2025 21:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  Capital could be hit by up to 10cm of snow
  
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• Bach manuscript among items worth more than £45 million donated to UK museums

  08-01-2025 21:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  The acquisitions come as part of the acceptance in lieu and cultural gifts schemes.
  
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• Miscarriage of justice claim rejected as peer suspended for ‘Lord Poppadom’ slur

  08-01-2025 21:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Conservative peer Baroness Meyer has been suspended from Parliament for three weeks after breaching harassment rules.
  
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• Senior Tory calls for retrial for child serial killer Lucy Letby

  08-01-2025 21:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir David Davis said there was no ‘hard evidence’ implicating Letby and the case against her was ‘built on a poor understanding of probabilities’.
  
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• Arrest after woman killed in drive-by shooting outside church

  08-01-2025 21:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  An 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder on Wednesday and remains in custody.
  
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• Public will not have to change lives ‘radically’ for 2035 climate goal, MPs told

  08-01-2025 20:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Government climate advisers said the UK can ‘absolutely’ meet its targets for 2030 and 2035, but it currently remains off track.
  
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• EU needs to be ‘firm’ with Trump administration, says Martin

  08-01-2025 20:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Irish deputy premier Micheal Martin said the European Union needs to be ‘firm’ with the US.
  
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• Body found in Dolomites search for British hikers believed to be Sam Harris

  08-01-2025 20:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Aziz Ziriat and Mr Harris have not been seen or heard from since January 1 and they did not check in for their flight home on January 6.
  
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• Police warn Pro-Palestine march organisers to stay away from synagogue

  08-01-2025 20:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Metropolitan Police said it could impose Public Order Act conditions to stop the proposed rally.
  
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• Tories accuse Labour of 'cowardice' after MPs block national inquiry into grooming gangs

  08-01-2025 20:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  Conservative amendment rejected in Commons by 364 votes to 111
  
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• MPs reject Tory bid to launch another grooming gang inquiry

  08-01-2025 20:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  The draft legislation passed its first Commons hurdle in a vote on Wednesday following a bitter Prime Minister’s Questions.
  
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