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• 'Opening Pandora's Box': Volodymyr criticises German chancellor's call with Vladimir Putin

  16-11-2024 11:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Concerns around continued support for Ukraine have intensified since Donald Trump won the US election
  
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• SNP ruling body proposes cutting HQ staff

  16-11-2024 14:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  A consultation on the changes has been opened for staff.
  
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• MP Susan Murray may stay in Scotland if Donald Trump addresses UK Parliament

  16-11-2024 14:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle had already invited Mr Trump to give an address.
  
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• London MPs demand housing managing firm boss explains 'poor' service to leaseholders

  16-11-2024 13:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  London MPs have demanded the boss of England's largest housing managing firm explain the alleged "poor" service it provides to some leaseholders while “aggressively” increasing charges.
  
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• Mum and daughter found dead months after last being seen when Met Police warnings were ignored

  16-11-2024 13:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: The 83-year-old mother and her daughter, 56, were failed by care services which may have led to ‘the death of one or both of the women’
  
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• Unhealthy food is costing UK more than £260bn per year, report says

  16-11-2024 12:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  The study by the Food Farming and Countryside Commission looked at the cost of healthcare, welfare and productivity issues related to what we eat.
  
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• Farmers protest outside Welsh Labour conference as Starmer defends Budget

  16-11-2024 12:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister praised the election of 27 MPs in July, making Wales a ‘Tory-free zone’.
  
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• 'Abhorrent' British man who led global paedophile ring jailed for 20 years for sick crimes

  16-11-2024 12:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Thomas Govan arrested in Australia after Met police led international investigation to smash peadophile network
  
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• Second World War veteran, 99, to travel 4,400 miles to UK over pension freeze

  16-11-2024 12:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  Anne Puckridge, who lives in Canada, is among nearly half a million UK state pensioners whose pensions have been frozen.
  
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• US The Voice winner Sundance Head expected to pull through after being shot and airlifted to hospital

  16-11-2024 12:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  Singer, who came to fame on American Idol, set to recover says wife in update
  
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• Donald Trump names Karoline Leavitt as youngest ever White House press secretary

  16-11-2024 11:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 27-year-old worked on Trump's election campaign and is currently a spokesperson for his transition into the Oval Office
  
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• England's Lioness footballers make Tube announcements on historic day for WSL

  16-11-2024 11:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  Alex Greenwood, Bethany England, Lotte Wubben-Moy and Lucy Bronze to be heard
  
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• England's Lioness footballers to make Tube announcements on historic day for WSL

  16-11-2024 11:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Alex Greenwood, Bethany England, Lotte Wubben-Moy and Lucy Bronze to be heard
  
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• Paul Mescal speaks out on viral Saoirse Ronan clip: She hit the nail on the head

  16-11-2024 11:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  They appeared on The Graham Norton Show, where Ronan interjected on women’s safety.
  
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• Donald Trump advisor warns UK to prioritise US above 'socialist' European Union if it wants trade deal

  16-11-2024 09:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  Britain urged to align with America as president elect threatens global trade war
  
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• Police probe of journalist Allison Pearson over social media post ‘absolutely wrong’, says Kemi Badenoch

  16-11-2024 09:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kemi Badenoch said people should not be reporting others to the police ‘because they don’t like something’
  
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• 138-year-old boxing club in east London that trains people for free faces closure over massive rent increase

  16-11-2024 09:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Broad Street Amateur Boxing Club in Shadwell is the sole surviving club set up by a charity to help young people
  
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• Rail infrastructure workers in London stage 24-hour strike, but passengers told it won't affect services

  16-11-2024 08:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  The RMT says the industrial action will affect infrastructure repairs and maintenance on the Elizabeth Line rather than hit services
  
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• One-year-old boy dies at Great Ormond Street hospital after High Court rules life support should stop

  16-11-2024 08:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ayden Braqi died after a legal battle over his treatment after his mother asked for her son who ‘still smiles’ to be kept alive
  
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• Former MP describes ‘enormous guilt’ over Westminster honeypot scandal in first TV interview

  16-11-2024 07:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘It’s a source of great shame that my time in Parliament ended in this way,’ former MP William Wragg tells the BBC
  
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• Town centre ‘Man Van’ prostate cancer checks boost diagnosis – research

  16-11-2024 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  A ‘Man Van’ mobile testing unit was sent to target at-risk groups in London, working with local hospitals and community leaders to drive awareness.
  
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• Udderly ridiculous! Firefighters rescue pregnant cow from Rutland swimming pool

  15-11-2024 23:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service joked that the heifer had ‘checked herself in for a spa day’.
  
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• Starmer to laud ‘path of change’ in Wales in first Welsh Labour conference as PM

  15-11-2024 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour won 27 out of 32 Parliamentary seats in Wales in the general election, wiping out the Conservatives.
  
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• Police visit to journalist over social media post ‘absolutely wrong’ – Badenoch

  15-11-2024 23:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kemi Badenoch said people should not be reporting others to the police ‘because they don’t like something’.
  
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• Man charged with murder after man dies at property in Cornwall

  15-11-2024 23:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Officers were called to reports of a man seriously injured at a property in Bosmeor Park, Illogan, at around 4.20am on Tuesday.
  
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• Malcolm X’s daughters sue CIA and FBI alleging involvement in civil rights leader's death

  15-11-2024 23:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Malcolm X’s family allege US government agencies played role in civil rights leader’s assassination in 1965
  
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• Club closed after security guard charged with rape

  15-11-2024 22:49 via bbc.com
  
  The popular London club has been closed on public safety grounds, say police.
  
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• More than 100 seek compensation over norovirus outbreak on P&O cruise to Canary Islands

  15-11-2024 21:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  115 holidaymakers have brought a legal claim over virus outbreak on cruise to Canary Islands
  
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• Taoiseach says history should not be rewritten over Government’s record

  15-11-2024 21:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  It comes after Fianna Fail justice spokesman Jim O’Callaghan said the Justice Ministry needs ‘new political control and direction’.
  
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• Rag’n’Bone Man left honeymoon early to perform on BBC’s Children In Need

  15-11-2024 21:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  The singer, who performed an acoustic version of Put A Little Hurt On Me, reportedly got married in West Sussex over the weekend.
  
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