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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Reform MP dubbed ‘criminal in our midst’ in violence against women debate

  09-01-2025 18:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Conservative Ben Obese-Jecty called for a ban on people convicted of violence against women from running for Parliament, referring to James McMurdock.
  
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• Letby attacks could have been spotted earlier if ‘dots joined up’ – Jeremy Hunt

  09-01-2025 18:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  The former health secretary apologised to the victims’ families at the Thirlwall Inquiry into Lucy Letby’s crimes.
  
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• Met officer in court charged with assault of man at Whipps Cross hospital

  09-01-2025 17:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  PC Rajan Solanki is alleged to have used excessive force on patient who was mentally unwell
  
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• Two-child cap not the only lever we have to tackle poverty, says Rayner

  09-01-2025 17:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Deputy Prime Minister was speaking in Glasgow on Thursday.
  
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• Couple who joined protest outside hotel housing asylum seekers jailed

  09-01-2025 17:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Colin Stonehouse, 36, and David Kirkbride, 28, joined a crowd of protesters who caused damage to a hotel housing asylum seekers in Staffordshire.
  
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• Fact check: How many children have been the victims of grooming gangs?

  09-01-2025 17:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  Full Fact has found a widely-shared estimate that a million children have been victims is not reliable, but the true total remains unclear.
  
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• Brompton e-bike part is 'being used to build drones for UK military', reveals London bike boss

  09-01-2025 17:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Cyclists are waiting months for new £3,499 bikes because parts are needed for Army hardware used in Ukraine
  
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• MP says she received rape threats and describes herself as ‘survivor of abuse’

  09-01-2025 17:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sorcha Eastwood said a member of the public ‘came up and said they wanted to rape me’.
  
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• ‘We need to hold our nerve’ amid Trump presidency, says Irish deputy premier

  09-01-2025 17:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tanaiste Micheal Martin said Ireland needed to take ‘one step at a time’ in relation to the incoming US administration.
  
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• ‘Popular’ teenager stabbed to death near bus stop in Bedford town centre

  09-01-2025 17:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Thomas Taylor, 17, was attacked by a group of males on Wednesday evening, police said.
  
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• Police appeal as woman, 78, dies after collapsing on bus in Finchley

  09-01-2025 17:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  A 78-year-old woman collapsed on a bus in Finchley on December 28
  
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• End of cold snap ‘in sight’ in Ireland

  09-01-2025 17:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Temperatures are expected to climb from the low of minus 7C recorded in the early hours of Thursday.
  
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• Family of murdered banker meet First Minister two decades after shooting

  09-01-2025 16:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Veronica Wilson spoke to John Swinney about the unsolved killing of her husband Alistair at their home in Nairn in 2004.
  
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• Police catch motorist driving ‘Ace Ventura-style’ because of snow on windscreen

  09-01-2025 16:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Merseyside Police said this is ‘simply not acceptable’ and has reported the driver.
  
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• Police probe driving of London bus after passenger dies following cardiac arrest

  09-01-2025 16:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Detectives are investigating whether the driving of the bus had any impact on what happened to the woman.
  
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• Police hunt man who hurled antisemitic abuse at man at Liverpool Street station

  09-01-2025 16:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police want to speak to this man over antisemitic assault on Elizabeth Line platform
  
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• London charity given official warning over fundraising for IDF soldier

  09-01-2025 16:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Some £2,280 was raised after a fundraising page was set up in October 2023.
  
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• Car blown up by police in bomb scare near Regent Street ‘was left with charger plugged in for week’

  09-01-2025 16:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Traffic wardens continue to slap further parking tickets on the £15,000 Audi abandoned at least a week ago
  
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