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• Prop gravestone of Dickens’ character Scrooge destroyed weeks before Christmas

  25-11-2024 15:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  The gravestone, which was a prop in the 1984 film A Christmas Carol, has become a tourist attraction in Shrewsbury, where it was filmed.
  
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• Landslip which caused ‘carnage’ in Welsh town was coal tip ‘wash-out’

  25-11-2024 17:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  The local authority has told the Welsh Government the Cwmtillery landslip was a ‘singular wash-out of a former coal tip in the area’.
  
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• Handing housing portfolio back to Fianna Fail would be a ‘catastrophe’ – SF

  25-11-2024 17:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Housing spokesman Eoin O Brien said homelessness had risen by 380% since 2011.
  
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• US Embassy explosion: Man charged with planting fake IED in bomb hoax

  25-11-2024 17:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Daniel Parmenter is accused of planting a fake IED near to the embassy in Nine Elms
  
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• Fewer than 500 farms a year will be hit by inheritance tax changes, says IFS

  25-11-2024 17:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The economics think tank said tax planning would likely decrease the number of farms caught up by the tax reforms
  
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• Study finds child and adult pathology difference after traumatic brain injury

  25-11-2024 17:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Experts said further research is needed.
  
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• Assisted dying: Catholic leader wishes Justin Welby was alongside him in debate

  25-11-2024 16:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  A group of faith leaders have signed a letter opposing Kim Leadbeater’s Bill.
  
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• Police object to Chinese 'super embassy' in east London over protest fears

  25-11-2024 16:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ministers called in plans for ‘super embassy’ on site of former Royal Mint last month
  
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• Dubai's viral chocolate bar: what it is and where to buy it in London

  25-11-2024 16:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  You can even make your own version of the sweet treat by following online tutorials — including one on TikTok
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Euston trains cancelled as flooding hits West Coast Main Line

  25-11-2024 16:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Trains out of London Euston have been cancelled after Storm Bert brought flooding to parts of the network
  
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• Six children among dead as boat sinks off Greek island of Samos

  25-11-2024 16:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  A search and rescue operation remains underway
  
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• Body-in-garden trial told three-year-old died after ‘breathtaking’ cruelty

  25-11-2024 16:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  The parents of Abiyah Yasharahyalah are on trial accused of causing or allowing his death and depriving him of adequate nutrition and medical care.
  
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• Killer slit mother’s throat and told 999 she ‘begged’ him to do it, court hears

  25-11-2024 16:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  Anarlyn Jones has admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility but is accused of murder.
  
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• Primary school pupils should not have to sit ‘high-pressure’ tests – union

  25-11-2024 16:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The current curriculum and assessment system is ‘outdated and unfit’, the leader of the largest education union in the UK has said.
  
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• Brits feared to be among at least 17 missing as tourist yacht sinks in Egypt's Red Sea

  25-11-2024 16:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Sea Story had left port in Egypt near Marsa Alam on Saturday and got into difficulty on Monday morning
  
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• Reports of four missing Britons after yacht sinks off coast of Egypt

  25-11-2024 16:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Consular support is being provided to ‘a number of British nationals and their families’, the Foreign Office said.
  
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• Cheers and emotional reunions as Irish peacekeepers touch down on home soil

  25-11-2024 16:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than 200 members of the Irish Defence Forces returned home on Monday morning after six months serving with Unifil in southern Lebanon.
  
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• Overnight visitors to Wales could pay ‘tourism tax’ under Welsh Government plans

  25-11-2024 16:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Welsh Government estimated that the levy could generate up to £33 million a year if all Welsh local authorities introduce it.
  
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• Scottish Labour to force vote on winter fuel payments

  25-11-2024 16:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  The UK Government announced in the summer that winter fuel payment would no longer be universal, scuppering Scottish Government plans.
  
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• Ladbroke Grove shooting: Girl, 8, in surgery as police make arrest after gunman 'fired into car with family inside'

  25-11-2024 16:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Gunman believed to have fired directly into car that was also carrying the injured girl’s two-year-old sibling and their mother
  
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• William speaks of passion for Oman as he launches expedition

  25-11-2024 15:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prince of Wales visited Oman five years ago.
  
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• Microsoft outage hits Teams and Outlook users

  25-11-2024 15:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  The tech giant has been working to fix the issue, which has hit users across the UK
  
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• Brits feared to be among missing as tourist yacht sinks in Egypt's Red Sea

  25-11-2024 15:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Sea Story had left port in Egypt near Marsa Alam on Saturday and got into difficulty on Monday morning
  
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• Russian threats will not ‘dictate our decisions’ on Ukraine, minister tells Nato

  25-11-2024 15:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden said Russia had stepped up its cyber attacks on Ukraine and its allies over the past year.
  
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• London council apologises for overcharging mother for care after family told of £7,000 debt

  25-11-2024 15:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  Woman’s daughter raised alarm after telling Kingston Council she was not aware family had fallen into arrears of more than £7,000
  
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• Letby safeguarding chief tells inquiry she had ‘best intentions’

  25-11-2024 15:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  Alison Kelly was director of nursing at the Countess of Chester Hospital during the period when Lucy Letby attacked babies on the neonatal unit.
  
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• Girl, eight, shot as she sat in car with her parents and two-year-old sibling

  25-11-2024 15:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Her 34-year-old father has been left with potentially life-changing injuries after the double shooting in Ladbroke Grove, west London, on Sunday.
  
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• Google faces £7 billion legal claim over search engine advertising

  25-11-2024 14:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has ruled the case can move forward to trial.
  
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• Danger to life warning in place as people evacuate flooded holiday park

  25-11-2024 14:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  ‘Significant’ flooding hit Northamptonshire overnight causing an evacuation of the Billing Aquadrome.
  
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• Communities begin ‘massive clean-up’ after flooding from Storm Bert

  25-11-2024 14:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of homes were left under water, roads were turned into rivers and winds of more than 80mph were recorded across parts of the UK.
  
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