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• Nasa spacecraft attempts to make history with closest-ever approach to the sun

  24-12-2024 14:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Moving at speeds of up to 430,000mph and enduring temperature of up to 982C, Nasa Parker Solar Probe is a mission to ‘touch’ the sun.
  
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• Covent Garden: Christmas Day tragedy as car mows down pedestrians in West End

  25-12-2024 11:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Met Police say they believe the incident is linked to a nightclub altercation in the early hours of Christmas Day
  
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• Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after car hits pedestrians

  25-12-2024 11:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police said they believed the suspect was ‘involved in an altercation at a nightclub prior to getting in his car and mounting the pavement’.
  
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• In Pictures: Foam, fire and festivals – the lighter side of 2024

  25-12-2024 11:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Crazy races and fiery processions helped raise spirits through a difficult year.
  
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• Huge study of non-elite runners gives clues on best way to train for a marathon

  25-12-2024 11:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The dataset was comprised of people who had trained for the London Marathon, New York Marathon or Dublin Marathon between 2014 and 2017.
  
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• Man, 39, shot dead by armed police on Christmas Eve

  25-12-2024 09:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  West Mercia Police said officers were called to an address in Redditch, Worcestershire at around 2pm.
  
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• Zelensky blasts Putin's 'inhumane' Christmas Day attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure

  25-12-2024 09:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ukraine's air defence downed over 50 Russian missiles out of 70 launched on Wednesday morning during the Christmas Day attack
  
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• Kazakhstan plane crash: 42 dead after aircraft comes down in foggy conditions

  25-12-2024 09:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kazakhstan's emergency ministry said 42 people likely died in an Azerbaijan Airlines' plane crash
  
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• Great-grandmother has received a Christmas card from German pen pal for 76 years

  25-12-2024 09:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sylvia Perkins, 88, started writing to Lisa Kull in Germany when she was 12 years old.
  
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• Kazakhstan plane crash: Dozens feared dead after aircraft comes down in foggy conditions

  25-12-2024 08:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  A passenger plane has crashed in Kazakhstan after being rerouted due to fog, the country's emergencies ministry said.
  
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• Kazakhstan plane crash: Hope for survivors after aircraft comes down in foggy conditions

  25-12-2024 08:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  A plane has crashed in Kazakhstan after being rerouted due to fog, the country's emergencies ministry said.
  
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• Emotional Kate shares Christmas message of 'importance of empathy'

  25-12-2024 08:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Princess of Wales shared a heartfelt message as her Christmas carol concert was broadcast at the end of a year when she was treated for cancer
  
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• 'Green Christmas' to be mild and dry with no snow or frost expected – Met Office

  25-12-2024 07:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said the weather will be good for anyone travelling on Christmas Day but might not feel very festive
  
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• Two lorry drivers killed in tragic Christmas Eve crash

  25-12-2024 07:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police said the two men, both aged 51, were each driving a lorry when they collided north of Caenby Corner on Tuesday
  
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• Two lorry drivers killed in crash in Lincolnshire

  25-12-2024 01:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police said the two men, both aged 51, were each driving a lorry when they collided north of Caenby Corner on Tuesday.
  
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• ‘Green Christmas’ to be mild and dry with no snow or frost expected – Met Office

  25-12-2024 01:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said the weather will be good for anyone travelling on Christmas Day but might not feel very festive.
  
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• Who is Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell?

  25-12-2024 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mr Cottrell will take on many of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s official functions from January 6.
  
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• Church must ‘kneel in penitence’, Archbishop of York to say in Christmas sermon

  25-12-2024 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sermons were being delivered across the Church of England at a tumultuous time for the institution.
  
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• Celebrity osteopath 'trusted by Olympians' caught spying on female university students as they changed

  25-12-2024 00:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Torben Hersborg mixes with Oscar winners and counts Anna Friel and Caroline Wozniacki among celebrity clients
  
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• Farage willing to work with Lord Mandelson to secure Trump trade deal

  25-12-2024 00:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Downing Street would not be drawn on whether Sir Keir Starmer would like Lord Mandelson to work with Mr Farage.
  
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• Denmark boosts Greenland defence spending after Trump calls for US control

  24-12-2024 23:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump has repeated calls for Greenland to be sold to the US, which it has rejected
  
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• Farmers to pressure Labour MPs in fresh wave of protests over inheritance tax in New Year

  24-12-2024 22:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Farmers plan new day of action in January to pressure rural Labour MPs over inheritance tax
  
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• Christmas travel disruption for motorists and train passengers amid festive getaway

  24-12-2024 22:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  Several incidents of travel disruption has caused delays for motorists and train passengers
  
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• Santa Cruz pier collapse: Chunk of California wharf drops into ocean taking three people with it

  24-12-2024 21:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Three people were thrown into the ocean after a pier collapsed in a major storm in California that left at least one person dead.
  
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• Kate shares Christmas message 'importance of empathy' and need for each other 'at most difficult times of our lives'

  24-12-2024 21:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Princess of Wales shared a heartfelt message as her Christmas carol concert was broadcast at the end of a year when she was treated for cancer
  
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• Kate shares Christmas message of 'importance of empathy' and need for each other 'at most difficult times of our lives'

  24-12-2024 21:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Princess of Wales shares a heartfelt message as her Christmas carol concert is broadcast at the end of a year when she was treated for cancer
  
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• Princess of Wales shares Christmas message of 'love not fear' in 'most difficult times of our lives'

  24-12-2024 20:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Princess of Wales, Kate, shares a heartfelt message as her Christmas carol concert is broadcast at the end of a year when she was treated for cancer
  
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• Man arrested after dog walker killed in collision

  24-12-2024 20:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Dyfed-Powys Police said the man was detained on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and other motoring offences.
  
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• Met Office forecasts ‘green Christmas’ with no snow or frost expected in UK

  24-12-2024 19:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Met Office said Christmas Day will dawn ‘mild and cloudy’ with ‘certainly no snow expected’ anywhere in the UK.
  
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• Hundreds of tourists evacuated from Eiffel Tower after fire alarm malfunction

  24-12-2024 19:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Officials said alert was accidentally triggered and there was no fire
  
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