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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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• 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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• 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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• Heaven nightclub closed after security guard charged with rape

  15-11-2024 21:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  A member of security staff was arrested and has been charged with rape, the Metropolitan Police said.
  
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• Davina McCall is recovering but ‘utterly exhausted’ after brain tumour surgery

  15-11-2024 20:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  The surgeon described her surgery as ‘textbook’, McCall’s partner Michael Douglas said.
  
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• Grandmother and disabled son died in horror house fire caused by Whirlpool dryer fault, inquest finds

  15-11-2024 19:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Champagauri Bhatt and Dipak Bhatt, 66, were killed in blaze caused by Whirlpool dryer fault, inquest finds
  
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• Newcastle United star Joelinton makes plea to burglars after break-in

  15-11-2024 19:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Premier League midfielder posted on his Instagram and made a plea that his home is ‘respected as a safe space’ for his family.
  
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• Market stabbing victim was warm and kind - family

  15-11-2024 19:33 via bbc.com
  
  Hilkiah McLeggan was a hard-working man who worked on past his retirement, his family said.
  
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• Artist recreates scenes of Norwegian Arctic in Dartmoor barn

  15-11-2024 19:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Emily Powell’s exhibition, Arktisk, fills the barn on the edge of Dartmoor with giant landscapes.
  
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• Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby was ‘right to resign’, his son says

  15-11-2024 19:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said that his decision to step down was in the best interests of the Church.
  
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• Military horse injured after bolting through London returns to service

  15-11-2024 19:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Vida was one of five horses spooked by rubble being dropped through a plastic tunnel while on an exercise in Belgravia on April 24.
  
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• Heaven nightclub shut after bouncer charged with raping drunk woman who had been turned away

  15-11-2024 18:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The world famous gay club had its alcohol licence suspended for 28 days following an emergency hearing at Westminster council on Friday
  
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• Gang of ‘animals’ facing life sentences for murdering two boys with machetes

  15-11-2024 18:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, died from stab wounds after being chased by four armed teenagers on January 27 this year in Bristol
  
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• Starmer defends inheritance tax changes as row with farmers ramps up

  15-11-2024 18:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he knows some farmers are ‘anxious’ about the changes but insisted most would not be affected.
  
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• Hillary Clinton: Focus on how people look is barrier to electing woman president

  15-11-2024 18:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mrs Clinton spoke at a women in leadership event at Queen’s University Belfast.
  
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• Dog owner spared jail over ‘horrific’ mauling of 11-year-old girl caught on CCTV

  15-11-2024 18:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Farhat Ajaz, who served 25 years of a life term imposed when he was a teenager, walked free from Birmingham Crown Court with a suspended sentence.
  
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• Family pay tribute to ‘warm, kind and generous’ south London stabbing victim

  15-11-2024 18:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hilkiah McLeggan, from Southwark, died at the scene after reports of a number of people being stabbed in Walworth on Sunday.
  
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• Heaven nightclub shut immediately after bouncer charged with raping drunk woman near venue

  15-11-2024 18:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  The world famous gay club had its alcohol licence suspended for 28 days following an emergency hearing at Westminster council on Friday
  
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• Wrongly jailed Andrew Malkinson still waiting for compensation, lawyer says

  15-11-2024 18:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  Andrew Malkinson, 58, was jailed in 2004 until his conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal in July last year.
  
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• Boy dies after High Court rules life support stops

  15-11-2024 18:03 via bbc.com
  
  One-year-old Ayden Braqi dies at Great Ormond Street Hospital "with his family around him".
  
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• Satirical newspaper The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars with the backing of Sandy Hook families

  15-11-2024 17:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Alex Jones was ordered to pay more than $1bn in damages to families of the victims, for claiming the massacre was a hoax
  
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• Cause of death revealed after dozens of swans and other birds die in London canal

  15-11-2024 17:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Concerning number of swans, geese, and other wild birds have been found dead in the Grand Union Canal in recent weeks
  
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