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• Thick fog sparks travel chaos at London airports as disruptions continue

  29-12-2024 09:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  The UK’s main air traffic control provider said temporary air restrictions will continue at some airports.
  
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• London’s New Year 2025 fireworks go ahead despite bad weather hitting UK events

  01-01-2025 04:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  City Hall’s display - believed to be costing around £2million - went ahead as Big Ben’s bongs sounded at midnight
  
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• London defies weather with spectacular fireworks display to ring in 2025

  01-01-2025 01:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  The display opened with the message ‘Your New Year Is Unwritten’ and ended with a message from Paddington Bear.
  
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• UK braces for strong winds and heavy rain on New Year’s Day

  01-01-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Met Office weather warnings are in place across parts of England, Wales and Scotland on January 1.
  
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• ‘Troubling’ rise in people admitted to hospital due to lack of vitamins

  01-01-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Conditions such as iron deficiency can cause heart failure if left untreated.
  
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• Smartwatch technology could help people quit smoking, study finds

  01-01-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The research, by the University of Bristol, was completed by 18 participants.
  
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• Post Office needs to be taken out of Horizon redress scheme, MP says

  01-01-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Just £499 million of the budgeted £1.8 billion has been paid out so far.
  
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• Political leaders eye ‘buzz’ and ‘big opportunity’ in new year messages

  01-01-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Sir Ed Davey have delivered their key messages for 2025.
  
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• Megrahi release not discussed by cabinet ahead of decision, papers show

  01-01-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The man convicted over the Lockerbie bombing was released in 2009 on compassionate grounds.
  
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• Lower-carbon jet fuel mandate comes into force

  01-01-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sustainable aviation fuel must make up at least 2% of all jet fuel used in flights taking off from UK airports in 2025.
  
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• Lamborghini Essenza was supercar auction site’s most expensive sale of 2024

  01-01-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Collecting Cars said the green Essenza SCV12 was bought by a collector in Europe from a private owner in the Middle East for £1.45 million.
  
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• History-making events top chart of decade’s biggest TV audiences so far

  01-01-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The highest-rated broadcast on a single channel is England’s Euro 2020 semi-final victory over Denmark.
  
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• Ex-diplomat and man who wants to become father among Traitors contestants

  01-01-2025 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The show will test the new contestants’ trust, as well as their skills in detection and backstabbing – with the chance of winning up to £120,000.
  
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• Hogmanay tourists having to quickly find alternatives to cancelled fireworks

  31-12-2024 23:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  One disappointed tourist said they tried to get tickets back to London because the fireworks were still happening there.
  
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• Starmer: 2025 a chance to rediscover the great nation that we are

  31-12-2024 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister has delivered his first new year’s message since entering Downing Street.
  
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• Keir Starmer vows to 'fight for change' in 2025 to win back trust of voters after Labour government poll slump

  31-12-2024 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister stressed that 2025 would be a ‘year of rebuilding’
  
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• Heavy rain to lash parts of UK to kick off 2025 as New Year fireworks axed

  31-12-2024 23:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  An amber warning for heavy rain has been put in place across parts of North-West England until 9am on New Year’s Day.
  
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• Pupils will ‘pay price’ for new tax on private school fees, Tories warn Reeves

  31-12-2024 23:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  The long-standing VAT exemption for private schools ends on New Year’s Day.
  
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• London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks to go ahead as Edinburgh, Blackpool and Newcastle axe events

  31-12-2024 22:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  No plans to cancel capital’s display believed to be costing around £2million, say City Halll
  
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• London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks event to go ahead as Edinburgh, Blackpool and Newcastle axe events

  31-12-2024 21:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  It is thought there are no plans to cancel London’s New Year Fireworks - believed to be costing around £2million - but officials are watching the forecast closely
  
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• Tory criticism of knighthood not the last I will receive, Sir Sadiq Khan says

  31-12-2024 20:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  Shadow home secretary Chris Philp accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of ‘rewarding the failing Sadiq Khan’.
  
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• London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks event to go ahead amid weather concerns

  31-12-2024 20:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Much of the country faces heavy rain and strong winds.
  
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• Man and woman found dead at property in seaside town

  31-12-2024 20:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police officers found two bodies when they attended a property in Anthony’s Avenue, Poole, Dorset, on Tuesday morning.
  
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• New Year 2025 LIVE: India celebrates New Year with spectacular fireworks as bad weather hits UK celebrations

  31-12-2024 19:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  New Zealand and Australia have already rung in 2025 with a stunning light show in Auckland
  
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• Three stolen puppies found but four still missing, police say

  31-12-2024 18:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  A 28-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of burglary have been released on bail.
  
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• New Year 2025 LIVE: Hong Kong celebrates New Year with spectacular fireworks as bad weather hits UK celebrations

  31-12-2024 18:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  New Zealand and Australia have already rung in 2025 with a stunning light show in Auckland
  
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• Man who ran 366 marathons in 2024 ‘overwhelmed by joy and gratitude’

  31-12-2024 18:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  James Cooper, 37, began his challenge on January 1 and has since run more than 9,500 miles.
  
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• Parts of UK could enjoy Northern Lights on New Year’s Eve, says Met Office

  31-12-2024 18:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Areas of Scotland could have the ‘best chance’ of seeing the phenomenon also known as the aurora borealis.
  
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• Black woman who sued Heathrow for £1 million after being 'strip searched' has race discrimination claim thrown out

  31-12-2024 18:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  A black woman who attempted to sue Heathrow Airport has had her case thrown out after claiming that she was strip-searched “because of her race”.
  
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• Johnnie Walker’s wife says she is ‘proud’ of his career after his death at 79

  31-12-2024 17:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  The DJ’s death was announced by Sounds Of The 70s presenter Bob Harris.
  
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