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• Ticket-holder scoops £5.2m National Lottery jackpot

  16-04-2025 22:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  It is the second jackpot win in April after another player pocketed £7.3 million earlier this month.
  
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• Long-term drought could cause ‘profound change’ in Amazon rainforest – study

  15-05-2025 11:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Researchers believe climate change may cause the death of large trees and reduce the area’s ability to act as a carbon sink.
  
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• Minister resolute on benefit cuts amid threats of Labour rebellion

  15-05-2025 10:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Some 100 Labour MPs are reported to have signed a letter urging ministers to scale back welfare cuts.
  
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• Field Day festival hit with growing boycott as artists pull out in solidarity with Palestine

  15-05-2025 10:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  An open letter encouraging the London festival to sever its ties with investment firm KRR has 200 signatories, including Massive Attack and Brian Eno
  
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• Online gambling firm Spreadex fined £2m for social responsibility failings

  15-05-2025 10:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Gambling Commission said the firm did not appropriately engage with a customer who hit a daily deposit limit of £3,340 12 times in 14 days.
  
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• Tap water bacteria: Warning lifted but what happened and what were the consequences?

  15-05-2025 10:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  A ‘boil order’ was issued to parts of the UK this week
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Minor delays on Bakerloo line and Elizabeth line

  15-05-2025 10:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Lioness and District line are facing severe delays on Thursday morning
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Minor delays on Bakerloo line, good service on all other lines

  15-05-2025 10:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Lioness and District line are facing severe delays on Thursday morning
  
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• Social media sites failing to protect girls from harm at every stage, NSPCC says

  15-05-2025 10:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The children’s charity has published new research on what it says are the dangers women and girls face online.
  
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• Chauffeur 'stole luggage from David Lammy' in row over ski trip fare

  15-05-2025 10:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Foreign Secretary has vehemently denied any wrongdoing, insisting that the ‘fare was paid in full’
  
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• Unite members accept 8% NHS pay deal

  15-05-2025 10:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  The deal includes a measure to ensure pay rises remain at least 1% above inflation.
  
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• 'We’ll make you better off,' says Labour as Keir Starmer hails UK 0.7% GDP growth as fastest in G7

  15-05-2025 09:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  The economy in the UK grew faster than in the US, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada
  
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• The Orwell Prize: London Standard's David Cohen shortlisted for shining spotlight on homelessness

  15-05-2025 09:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Judges for The Orwell Prize said they were “highly impressed by David’s dedicated commitment and the well-researched focus on timely challenges”
  
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• Robert Walls: Aussie Rules legend dies using voluntary assisted dying laws

  15-05-2025 09:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  Walls was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer in 2023
  
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• 'We’ll make you better off,' says Treasury minister Emma Reynolds as UK 0.7% GDP growth fastest in G7

  15-05-2025 09:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  The economy in the UK grew faster than in the US, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada
  
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• Search for mother of three abandoned babies narrows to 400 homes in east London

  15-05-2025 09:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  The three siblings, Harry, Roman and Elsa, were abandoned within a few miles of each other in east London in 2017, 2019 and 2024
  
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• Take on Apple and Google to boost UK economy, think tank says

  15-05-2025 09:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Institute for Public Policy Research has said tackling big tech monopolies could help boost the UK economy.
  
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• Diddy trial: Ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura paid $20 million to drop physical and sexual abuse claims

  15-05-2025 09:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Here’s a rundown of the case against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs after three days of his sex trafficking trial
  
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• 'We’ll make you feel better off,' says Treasury minister Emma Reynolds as 0.7% GDP growth fastest in G7

  15-05-2025 09:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  The economy in the UK grew faster than in the US, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada
  
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• Lammy: Russia sending ‘low-level’ officials to Ukraine talks as Putin stays away

  15-05-2025 09:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  Foreign Secretary David Lammy said Nato allies would ‘stand by Ukraine’.
  
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• Economy shoots ahead at faster than expected 0.7% in first quarter

  15-05-2025 08:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  But spurt is likely to prove short lived, as taxes, bills and tariffs all kicked in during April
  
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• Putin's 'slap in the face' as Russian leader stays away from Ukraine peace talks in Istanbul

  15-05-2025 08:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Estonia’s foreign minister says Putin sending a low-level delegation to Turkey for talks on Ukraine war is ‘like a slap in the face’
  
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• Mike Lynch's superyacht sank in 'extreme winds', says report

  15-05-2025 08:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily on August 19 last year
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Lioness line part suspended and severe delays on the District line

  15-05-2025 08:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Lioness and District line are facing severe delays on Thursday morning
  
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• French chauffeur 'stole luggage from David Lammy' in row over ski trip fare

  15-05-2025 08:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Foreign Secretary has vehemently denied any wrongdoing, insisting that the ‘fare was paid in full’
  
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• UK economy grows at fastest quarterly rate in a year in boost for Reeves

  15-05-2025 08:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.7% between January and March, the Office for National Statistics said.
  
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• UK economy grew by a faster than expected 0.7% in first three months of the year

  15-05-2025 08:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  But spurt is likely to prove short lived, as taxes, bills and tariffs all kicked in during April
  
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• More inmates to be released early to cut prison overcrowding as jails set to be full by November

  15-05-2025 08:09 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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• Sadiq Khan: Let boroughs charge more than double council tax - London Evening Standard

  15-05-2025 08:08
  Sadiq Khan: Let boroughs charge more than double council tax  London Evening Standard
  
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• Valeria Marquez: Mexican beauty influencer shot dead during TikTok livestream

  15-05-2025 08:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Valeria Marquez, 23,was killed in the beauty salon where she worked in the city of Zapopan
  
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