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• UK faced economic crash if winter fuel payment was not axed, Powell says

  01-09-2024 13:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Commons Leader says Rachel Reeves’s decision to cut the payment was a ‘difficult decision’ with ‘no alternative’.
  
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• Tourists, friends, flower girl to-be and ‘gentle giant’ father among Omagh dead

  28-01-2025 18:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  An inquiry into the bombing in 1998 also heard how a then teenager described it as their ‘final loss of innocence’.
  
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• Met Police officer who called black colleagues ‘cotton pickers’ given final warning

  28-01-2025 18:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  Pc Mia Korell was found to have committed gross misconduct in using the term ‘cotton pickers’ to describe her black colleagues
  
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• Doomsday Clock 2025: What is the new time?

  28-01-2025 18:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has announced whether the symbolic clock will move forwards or backwards
  
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• Charity concerns as NHS prepares to publish priorities for the year ahead

  28-01-2025 18:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Every year the NHS sets out key objectives for the coming year.
  
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• 10 Labour MPs offer support to proposed compensation scheme for Waspi women

  28-01-2025 18:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Bill has been tabled by SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn.
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Gatwick Express hit by delays due to landslip as disruption continues at Paddington

  28-01-2025 18:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Elizabeth line trains are severely delayed following a power failure west of Paddington station
  
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• London council declares 'funding emergency' as it applies for £37million in Government bailout cash

  28-01-2025 18:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Haringey is facing ever-growing demands due to rising costs, a growing population and ‘more than a decade of government austerity’
  
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• Rise of DeepSeek & future impact on AI industry ...Tech & Science Daily podcast

  28-01-2025 18:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  An extended edition with Dr Mark Kennedy, who leads Imperial College London’s Data Science Institute...
  
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• Police force looks to cut all of its PCSOs as Government funding ‘not enough’

  28-01-2025 18:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Essex Police said it could get rid of all 99 police community support officer roles within the force.
  
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• Downing Street defends Mandelson amid report ‘dossier’ passed to FBI

  28-01-2025 18:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  It comes as President Donald Trump is weighing up whether to approve Lord Peter Mandelson’s appointment as the UK’s new ambassador to the US.
  
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• One of three teenagers killed after car hit tree named as family pay tribute

  28-01-2025 18:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Koby Jones, 18, from Flockton, was killed in the crash near the village of West Bretton, near Wakefield, on Friday.
  
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• Single mum in race against time to get life-saving treatment abroad after five-year cancer battle

  28-01-2025 18:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ewa Kazmierczak needs to raise £34,000 for the specialist treatment at a clinic in Istanbul
  
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• Minister reminded of responsibilities after Muslim Council of Britain appearance

  28-01-2025 17:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Government has a long-standing policy of non-engagement with the Muslim Council of Britain.
  
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• Helicopter crash was ‘accident waiting to happen’, says Leicester owner’s family

  28-01-2025 17:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha’s son called the helicopter a ‘death trap’ in a statement after his father’s inquest.
  
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• US will take ‘big interest’ in Sudan conflict, says Foreign Secretary

  28-01-2025 17:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  David Lammy said he had a ‘brief conversation’ with incoming US secretary of state Marco Rubio about the conflict in the region.
  
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• Doomsday Clock 2025 announcement: What is the new time?

  28-01-2025 17:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has announced whether the symbolic clock will move forwards or backwards
  
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• Man who denies stabbing wife to death claims she ‘took her own life’

  28-01-2025 17:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Egyptian national Mohamed Samak has denied killing Joanne Samak at their home in Droitwich Spa in the early hours of July 1, 2024.
  
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• Omagh inquiry ‘allowing us to close wound that has been open for 26 years’

  28-01-2025 17:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  The sister of a young Spanish woman killed in the 1998 atrocity said it was the only support they had had in many years.
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Metropolitan and Central Line hit by delays as disruption continues at Paddington

  28-01-2025 17:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Elizabeth line trains are severely delayed following a power failure west of Paddington station
  
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• Irish Government will ‘fully’ cooperate with Omagh Bomb Inquiry – premier

  28-01-2025 17:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Simon Harris said he wanted to provide a ‘categoric assurance’ his government would ensure all requested material is supplied to the inquiry.
  
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• DeepSeek vs OpenAI: what are the differences?

  28-01-2025 17:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  DeepSeek has shaken up the AI industry, with US President Donald Trump even commenting on the Chinese-owned company
  
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• Hospital generator failure probed after Eowyn caused power cut

  28-01-2025 17:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Justice Secretary Angela Constance said an investigation was being held into what happened at Forth Valley Royal Hospital.
  
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• DeepSeek AI live - US stocks bounce back after Nvidia plunge

  28-01-2025 17:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  DeepSeek has caused shockwaves throughout the tech industry - follow for live updates
  
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• Community rallies round to support elderly and vulnerable cut off by Storm Eowyn

  28-01-2025 17:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Residents on the Eglantine Road near Lisburn have been without power for more than four days.
  
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• Legacy Act prevented ‘landing zone’ being reached for Troubles victims – Harris

  28-01-2025 17:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 2023 legislation, introduced by the Tories, halted scores of civil cases and inquests into Troubles deaths.
  
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• Elon Musk’s X announces deal with Visa to launch in-app financial services

  28-01-2025 17:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  The social media platform says it will soon allow users to add money to an X Wallet and make instant peer-to-peer payments.
  
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• Reasonable force to be used to order sentencing attendance – Justice Secretary

  28-01-2025 17:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  The law change is expected to be made in the Victims, Courts and Public Protection Bill, which will be laid in Parliament in the next few months.
  
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• Ex-Met police officer who featured in BBC documentary accused of abusing or harassing seven ex-partners

  28-01-2025 17:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ex-Detective Constable David Fall is accused of abusing or harassing seven ex-partners
  
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• TfL boss hopes to see 'Superloop 2' launched later this year

  28-01-2025 16:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  The new wave of routes will include the ‘Bakerloop’ service from Elephant and Castle down to Lewisham
  
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