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• Teachers in England vote to reject Government offer of 2.8% pay rise

  11-04-2025 19:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Overall, 93.7% of NEU members who responded to the preliminary ballot voted to reject the Government’s recommendation of a 2.8% pay rise.
  
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• TfL reveals why it shunned social media warning to passengers about Tube power cut chaos

  14-05-2025 17:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Passenger watchdog says more could have been done to warn passengers after thousands were stranded on Underground and Elizabeth line
  
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• Nothing can ‘put right’ infected blood delay damage, minister says

  14-05-2025 17:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than 30,000 people in the UK were infected with viruses, including HIV and hepatitis C, after receiving contaminated blood.
  
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• Police inform family of man missing since December after body found in reservoir near Heathrow Airport

  14-05-2025 17:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Glen Godfrey was last seen on Staines Moor in December 2024, sparking a major search operation
  
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• Police given more time to quiz arson suspect over fires at Keir Starmer-linked properties in north London

  14-05-2025 17:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister told Parliament the incidents were ‘an attack on all of us’
  
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• Gary Lineker apology on Instagram post: ‘That image does not reflect my views’

  14-05-2025 17:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  A statement added: ‘I very much regret these references.’
  
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• Cunard photo exhibition appeal prompts memories of shipping line

  14-05-2025 17:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Former staff and guests came forward after a call to track down people in the pictures.
  
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• Sleeping in tent with new baby ‘not reasonable parenting decision’, court told

  14-05-2025 17:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Baby Victoria died from hypothermia or was smothered while co-sleeping in a ‘flimsy’ tent with Constance Marten and Mark Gordon, it is alleged.
  
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• Justice Secretary announces ‘record prison expansion’ to tackle overcrowding

  14-05-2025 17:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ms Mahmood also announced a shake-up of prison recall measures.
  
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• London travel news LIVE: M25 partially reopens after huge crash closes motorway for hours

  14-05-2025 17:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Three lanes of the M25 will remain closed overnight after a lorry crash caused oil, diesel and waste to spread across the motorway
  
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• Gary Lineker apologises amid growing calls for BBC to sack presenter over 'antisemitic' social media post

  14-05-2025 17:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  Now-deleted footage on Lineker’s Instagram story has sparked fury among Jewish groups
  
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• UK prisons on verge of collapse as jail places set to run out in November, says Justice Secretary

  14-05-2025 17:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Three new prisons will be built and new recall measures will be introduced in a bid to manage the jail population
  
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• M25 reopens after 12-hour closure as waste lorry overturns in crash

  14-05-2025 17:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  The closure affected thousands of vehicles heading to or from locations such as Heathrow and Gatwick airports.
  
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• Cyprus dangles £21,000 tax break to lure London-based expats back home

  14-05-2025 17:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Cypriot president Nikos Christodoulides will address more than 600 people gathered in Searcy’s at The Gherkin to announce the scheme
  
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• Theatre exposes historic timber floor dubbed ‘dry equivalent of the Mary Rose’

  14-05-2025 16:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  St George’s Guildhall identified 15th century floorboards believed to have once been trodden by Shakespeare.
  
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• Value of club culture not recognised in UK, says committee chairwoman

  14-05-2025 16:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Dame Caroline said music is ‘our global superpower as a nation’.
  
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• Care workers to strike for first time in decade in dispute over pay

  14-05-2025 16:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Unison said a walkout over five days in different regions will begin in East Renfrewshire on May 29.
  
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• Foreign Office denies David Lammy refused to pay £600 fare to French taxi driver

  14-05-2025 16:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Foreign Office says the fare was paid in full and that Mr Lammy and his wife are named as victims in this matter.
  
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• Gaza crisis worsening says Starmer, as minister admits UK response not enough

  14-05-2025 16:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer was heckled by Labour MPs who urged further sanctions against Israel.
  
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• Lighter may have been dropped deliberately at scene of fatal fire, jury told

  14-05-2025 16:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jurors trying Stoke-on-Trent men Daniel Tatters and Dale Francis, who deny murdering Akashdeep Singh, will retire to consider verdicts on Thursday.
  
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• Nazi-worshipping extremists guilty of planning terror attacks

  14-05-2025 16:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  A nine-week long trial heard how the group idolised Hitler and the Nazis.
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Huge section of M25 still shut as rush hour approaches

  14-05-2025 16:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Oil, diesel and waste was spread across the motorway after two lorries crashed into each over
  
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• Eurovision favourites KAJ were ‘really nervous’ before making final

  14-05-2025 15:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  The trio, representing Sweden, qualified for the last stage of the song contest in Tuesday’s semi-final in Basel, Switzerland.
  
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• BBC reporter tells court she took ‘utmost care’ with Gerry Adams allegation

  14-05-2025 15:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mr Adams is suing the BBC over what he has called a ‘grievous smear’ that alleged he sanctioned the killing of a former Sinn Fein official.
  
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• PMQs: Starmer tells senior MP she's 'talking rubbish' in angry clash over his 'island of strangers' immigration claim

  14-05-2025 15:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  PM snapped back at Plaid Cymru Westminster leader Liz Saville Roberts as she tried to call out his controversial language
  
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• What is the Assisted Dying Bill? Controversial new law backed by Scottish MPs

  14-05-2025 15:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Scottish parliament held its third vote over the assisted dying bill
  
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• Family pays tribute to ‘proud Irishman’ fatally injured while running errands

  14-05-2025 15:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  John Mackey, 87, died in hospital two days after suffering head injuries in north London on May 6.
  
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• Murder accused cut dressing gown belt so he could hold dead wife, court hears

  14-05-2025 15:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Richard Satchwell told detectives investigating the murder of his wife, Tina Satchwell, that he wanted her arms around him after she died.
  
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• Thames Water boss issues water restrictions warning amid drought risk

  14-05-2025 15:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Thames Water has warned its 16 million customers there is potential for water restrictions if the weather stays dry
  
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• Camilla unveils foundation stone for new Westminster Abbey building

  14-05-2025 15:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Sacristy will house a state-of-the-art welcome, security and ticketing facilities.
  
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