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• Nintendo Switch 2 games revealed and their release dates

  03-04-2025 11:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Well over 50 games have been announced for Nintendo Switch 2, with more expected to come
  
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• Dagenham fire: Black smoke seen across London after scrap metal and cars catch fire at industrial estate

  06-04-2025 16:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters are attending a fire at the site on Beamway in Dagenham
  
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• 'Nearest thing to hell': British man held by Taliban with wife describes horrific conditions in Afghan jail

  06-04-2025 16:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 76, were captured by the terrorist group while returning to their home in central Afghanistan
  
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• Izaiah Smith: Boy, 15, who died while swimming in Beckenham Place Park named as heartbroken friends pay tribute

  06-04-2025 15:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  Officers and paramedics were called to Beckenham Place Park in Lewisham shortly on Friday
  
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• In Pictures: Runners take in the sights during landmarks half marathon

  06-04-2025 15:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  The London Landmarks Half Marathon is the only race with a route through both the City of London and City of Westminster.
  
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• Father and 10-year-old daughter named as victims of caravan fire

  06-04-2025 15:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Officers were called to the caravan fire at Goldenbeach Holiday Park in Roman Bank, Ingoldmells, shortly after 3.50am on Saturday.
  
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• Izaiah Smit: Boy, 15, who died while swimming in Beckenham Place Park named as heartbroken friends pay tribute

  06-04-2025 15:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Officers and paramedics were called to Beckenham Place Park in Lewisham shortly on Friday
  
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• Two teenagers arrested on suspicion of murder after boy, 17, stabbed to death in Shepherd's Bush

  06-04-2025 14:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police said two 16-year-old boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder after the incident in west London.
  
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• Lammy and Badenoch escalate row over MPs denied entry to Israel

  06-04-2025 14:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Foreign Secretary criticised the Tory leader for ‘cheerleading another country for detaining and deporting two British MPs’.
  
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• Two teenagers arrested on suspicion of murder after boy, 17, stabbed to death

  06-04-2025 14:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police said two 16-year-old boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder after the incident in west London.
  
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• 1940s bombshell found in garden turned into beer cooler after spoiling barbecue

  06-04-2025 14:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ross Miller said he plans to polish the 25lb-shell after explosives experts handed it to him as a souvenir.
  
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• Member of Parliament 'under investigation' after allegation of sexual assault at Soho's Groucho Club

  06-04-2025 14:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  The male politician was interviewed under caution over the alleged attack at the private members’ club in August 2023
  
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• Boy, 15, who died after getting into difficulty in London park lake is named

  06-04-2025 13:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Metropolitan Police named the teenager, who got into difficulty in a lake in Beckenham Place Park, as Izaiah Smith.
  
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• Brianna Ghey’s mother considers parent of her daughter’s killer ‘a friend’

  06-04-2025 13:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Esther Ghey revealed the bond between her and Emma Jenkinson, whose daughter Scarlett fatally stabbed Brianna in 2023.
  
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• David Lammy accuses Kemi Badenoch of ‘cheerleading’ for Israel over Labour MPs

  06-04-2025 13:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Conservative leader is facing a backlash after her comments about Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed being denied entry to Israel.
  
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• Man shot dead in town in ‘truly shocking incident’, police say

  06-04-2025 13:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police said the man’s family have been informed and are being supported by specially trained officers.
  
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• Tube drivers reject TfL four-day week offer as threat of strikes grows

  06-04-2025 12:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Members of the RMT union voted against the plans, claiming an extra day off could ‘significantly impact’ the working lives of staff
  
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• Virginia Giuffre breaks silence after alarming health scare and reveals truth behind ‘four days to live’ post

  06-04-2025 12:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Giuffre’s condition is said to have worsened after a bus crash in rural Western Australia on March 24
  
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• 'She meant everything to us': Family pay tribute to Aalia Mahomed, 20, killed in The Strand crash

  06-04-2025 12:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Aalia has been described as ‘bright’, ‘positive in spirit’ and a ‘social butterfly’ — someone who always made time for her friends and family
  
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• Cyclist, 81, dies after ‘hit and run’ involving car

  06-04-2025 12:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  The fatal crash happened on the A57 in Todwick, near Rotherham, on Friday.
  
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• Labour ‘right’ to suspend MP arrested on suspicion of rape, says minister

  06-04-2025 11:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The party confirmed on Saturday night that it had suspended the 65-year-old MP for North East Somerset and Hanham.
  
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• Two MPs ‘astounded’ to be denied entry to Israel returning to UK, minister says

  06-04-2025 11:34 via standard.co.uk
  Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed have said that they are ‘astounded’ by the decision.
  
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• Iran’s president fires deputy for taking holiday to Antarctica

  06-04-2025 10:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Shahram Dabiri was removed from his post after photos emerged showing him and his wife posing in front of a Dutch expedition vessel bound for the icy continent
  
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• First new road crossing east of Tower Bridge since 1991 opens on Monday

  06-04-2025 10:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Silvertown Tunnel will connect Silvertown with Greenwich Peninsula, running under the River Thames.
  
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• Revealed: Russian sensors suspected of 'spying' on Britain’s nuclear submarines found in UK waters

  06-04-2025 09:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Royal Navy finds washed-up devices amid fears of secret Kremlin sabotage campaign
  
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• Labour MPs denied entry to Israel ‘astounded’ by refusal

  06-04-2025 09:47 via standard.co.uk
  Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang have said it is ‘vital’ that parliamentarians are able to ‘witness first-hand’ the situation on the ground in Palestine.
  
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• Families learn healthy recipes using a slow cooker

  06-04-2025 09:06 via bbc.com
  
  Sutton Council has been providing free lessons in an effort to tackle food poverty in the area.
  
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• Council debates tradition of prayer in meetings

  06-04-2025 09:06 via bbc.com
  
  Christian groups criticise the possibility that prayers could be axed from council meetings.
  
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• Traffic cone man eyes London Marathon world record

  06-04-2025 09:05 via bbc.com
  
  Michael Wiggins is making the record attempt to raise money for research into prostate cancer.
  
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• Selfridges sparks fury over £55 T-shirt 'mocking' the jobless

  06-04-2025 09:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Outraged politicians demanded the T-shirt be withdrawn from sale
  
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