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• Spotify Wrapped 2024 is out. Here's how to see your playlist

  04-12-2024 18:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  It is finally here. Make sure your app is up to date for your annual round-up of your listening habits
  
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• McFly star Danny Jones crowned king of the jungle on I’m A Celebrity

  08-12-2024 23:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  TV personality Coleen Rooney came in second place.
  
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• State should adopt ‘test and learn’ approach from start-ups – Pat McFadden

  08-12-2024 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Senior Cabinet minister Pat McFadden will announce plans to ‘test and learn’ new ideas within Government borrowed from the world of big tech.
  
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• Donald Trump urges Vladimir Putin reaches immediate ceasefire with Ukraine

  08-12-2024 23:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday pushed Russian leader Vladimir Putin to act to reach an immediate ceasefire with Ukraine, describing it as part of his active efforts as president-elect to end the war despite being weeks from taking office.
  
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• Assad flees Syria as Sir Keir Starmer welcomes end to ‘barbaric’ regime while Damascus celebrates

  08-12-2024 21:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  Syrian dictator fled capital on a plane and has been granted asylum in Russia
  
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• Man recalls ‘devastating’ moment Storm Darragh ripped son’s pre-school apart

  08-12-2024 21:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Brett Stones, 45, looked on in horror as the roof of the Cylch Meithrin in New Quay, Ceredigion, detached and blew away on Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Donald Trump 'will deport all illegal immigrants' as US president - but could protect child migrants

  08-12-2024 19:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Republican expected to take executive action on first day in office
  
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• Donald Trump states aim to deport all illegal immigrants as US president - but could protect child migrants

  08-12-2024 19:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  Republican expected to take executive action on first day in office
  
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• Around 55,000 properties in Ireland without power following Storm Darragh

  08-12-2024 18:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Almost 400,000 customers were without electricity at the peak of the storm.
  
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• Tens of thousands still without power in Storm Darragh aftermath

  08-12-2024 18:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Storm Darragh brought gusts of 93mph to some parts of the country on Saturday, with millions warned to stay indoors.
  
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• Police launch fresh appeal for information on schoolgirl murder 40 years ago

  08-12-2024 17:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Lisa Hession’s body was found on December 8 1984 after she was sexually assaulted and strangled in an alleyway near her home.
  
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• New York police release new images of suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare boss Brian Thompson

  08-12-2024 17:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  Thompson, 50, was shot dead as he walked to the company’s annual investor conference at the Hilton in Midtown
  
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• Enfield: Boy racing banned in north London after dangerous 'car cruise' events linked to deaths and injury

  08-12-2024 17:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  Enfield is being plagued by groups of boy racers performing dangerous stunts in Aston Martins and Mercedes, police said
  
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• Many light candles in ‘pitch black’ after power cut lasts more than 24 hours

  08-12-2024 17:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  About 200,000 customers remained without power as of 9am on Sunday
  
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• Hundreds of thousands still without power in Storm Darragh aftermath

  08-12-2024 17:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Storm Darragh brought gusts of 93mph to some parts of the country on Saturday, with millions warned to stay indoors.
  
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• Man dies following late night 'disturbance' in Acton as large Met Police presence remains

  08-12-2024 17:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Number of others injured as heavy police presence remains in central avenue
  
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• Government has ‘dragged its feet’ on tackling antisemitism, campaigners claim

  08-12-2024 16:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than 30,000 people marched on the issue through central London, the Campaign Against Antisemitism said.
  
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• Sailors on Royal Navy destroyer home for Christmas after six-month mission

  08-12-2024 16:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  HMS Duncan was deployed to the Red Sea amid Houthi rebel attacks but was ordered to stay in the Mediterranean as conflict escalated.
  
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• Fianna Fail ‘looking down their nose’ at 400,000 Sinn Fein voters

  08-12-2024 16:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein president Mary-Lou McDonald said her party is the only one that Fianna Fail has not spoken to in terms of a new Irish coalition government.
  
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• Antonio has surgery on lower limb fracture after crash

  08-12-2024 16:15 via bbc.com
  
  West Ham striker Michail Antonio has surgery on a lower limb fracture, the club announces.
  
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• UK welcomes fall of Assad’s ‘barbaric regime’, says Starmer amid calls for peace

  08-12-2024 16:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister called for peace and stability following the lightning offensive which led to Bashar Assad’s overthrow.
  
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• London weather LIVE: Capital battered by strong winds as over 160 Heathrow flights cancelled amid Storm Darragh travel chaos

  08-12-2024 15:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  London escaped the storm's full force but still saw gusts of up to 49mph
  
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• The Prince of Wales helps serve Christmas lunch at homeless shelter

  08-12-2024 15:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  William first visited The Passage homelessness charity more than 30 years ago with his late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales.
  
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• Man dead and others thought injured in west London

  08-12-2024 14:54 via bbc.com
  
  The police force says a large crime scene is in place including a number of road closures.
  
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• Assad has fled Syria, Russia confirms, as rebels seize Damascus

  08-12-2024 14:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Syrian dictator fled Syrian capital on a plane as rebels entered Damascus and prepared for transition of government
  
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• Party talks to intensify in bid to agree new Irish coalition government

  08-12-2024 14:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Fianna Fail was the clear winner of the recent poll, securing 48 of the Dail’s 174 seats, ahead of Sinn Fein on 39 and Fine Gael on 38.
  
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• Rayner ‘knows people impatient for change’ amid fall in support for Labour

  08-12-2024 13:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Deputy Prime Minister pointed to ‘significant challenges’ faced by the Government since the election.
  
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• Harshita Brella’s husband got himself back in her life after arrest, sister says

  08-12-2024 13:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 24-year-old was found dead in the boot of a car last month and an international manhunt is under way for her husband Pankaj Lamba.
  
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• Eastern Avenue crash: Pedestrian killed after being struck by car on major east London road

  08-12-2024 13:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  The car collided with the pedestrian in her sixties, other vehicles and a building on Saturday afternoon
  
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• Rayner: Labour’s planning overhaul won’t see removal of local democratic power

  08-12-2024 12:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary wants to speed up planning applications, with some potentially avoiding scrutiny by local councillors.
  
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