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• Why are users commenting ‘Nice Try Diddy’ under Instagram ads?

  15-01-2025 10:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  You may have seen a surge in Nice Try Diddy comments under social media advertisements in the last couple of months
  
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• No plans in pipeline for trainee gas engineer to stop work after £7.5m Lotto win

  15-01-2025 14:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  Apprentice James Clarkson, 20, scooped the jackpot in the first January draw.
  
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• Captain Tom's family 'slash price of £2.25m mansion and wipe his name from listing'

  15-01-2025 14:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Captain Tom’s family appear to have removed any mention of the late centenarian from the property listing
  
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• ChatGPT users can now give it tasks to do in the future

  15-01-2025 14:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  OpenAI said the new feature aimed to make the chatbot more of a helpful companion.
  
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• Joe Biden bids farewell to Oval Office days before Donald Trump becomes president

  15-01-2025 14:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Joe Biden will address the nation from the Oval Office for a final time on Wednesday
  
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• King launches 35th anniversary celebrations for his charity

  15-01-2025 14:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Rod Stewart and his wife Penny Lancaster are the The King’s Foundation’s newest celebrity ambassadors.
  
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• Linda Nolan: Pop star whose life spanned decades of dancing and showbusiness

  15-01-2025 14:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  The singer rose to fame with her sisters in the 1970s.
  
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• Let bereaved grieve in peace, says Swinney after plea from Salmond’s widow

  15-01-2025 14:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Moira Salmond has said recent criticism of her late husband Alex is causing distress for herself and the family.
  
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• Michelle Sadio: Teenager charged with murder of woman shot dead outside church in Brent

  15-01-2025 13:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Michelle Sadio, 44, was fatally shot on December 14
  
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• PMQs LIVE: Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch clash after Tulip Siddiq's resignation and inflation fall

  15-01-2025 13:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  PM faces questions over Tulip Siddiq’s resignation as Treasury minister
  
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• Council tax: Will Sir Sadiq Khan break £500 barrier with latest mayoral demand on Londoners?

  15-01-2025 13:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mayor’s share of council tax helps to fund the Metropolitan police, London fire brigade, TfL and City Hall
  
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• Three arrested after 14-year-old Kelyan Bokassa stabbed to death on bus in Woolwich

  15-01-2025 13:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  A 15-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy were arrested on suspicion of murder while a 44-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender
  
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• Singer Linda Nolan dies ‘surrounded by devoted family’ after cancer fight

  15-01-2025 13:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Irish star was part of the family group The Nolans, which also included Coleen, Maureen, Bernie, Denise and Anne.
  
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• ‘No ceiling’ to what school leaders can pay teachers under reforms – Phillipson

  15-01-2025 13:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  It comes amid fears that academies would lose existing freedoms which allow them to offer higher salaries to staff.
  
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• Mauritius to continue negotiations with UK over Chagos Islands handover

  15-01-2025 13:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Mauritian government said its commitment to resolve the dispute over sovereignty was ‘unshaken’.
  
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• Two teenagers arrested over murder of 14-year-old boy on bus

  15-01-2025 13:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kelyan Bokassa was fatally stabbed in Woolwich, south-east London on January 7.
  
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• Three arrested after 14-year-old boy stabbed to death on bus in Woolwich

  15-01-2025 13:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two teenagers and a 44-year-old woman have been arrested after 14-year-old Kelyan Bokassa was stabbed to death on a bus in Woolwich.
  
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• Met Police fights High Court battle for right to sack 'rogue' officers

  15-01-2025 13:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  A police officer with past allegations of rape is challenging the Met Police’s attempts to sack him
  
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• Leicester City owner ‘may have survived helicopter crash if fire had not flared’

  15-01-2025 13:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was killed with four others when his helicopter crashed outside the King Power Stadium.
  
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• BBC confirm new Match of the Day presenters ahead of Gary Lineker exit

  15-01-2025 13:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kelly Cates, Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan will share responsibilities
  
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• Trial date set for pair charged with fraud after funeral directors police probe

  15-01-2025 13:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Richard Elkin and Hayley Bell deny charges including preventing lawful burial of a dead body.
  
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• Swinney seeks to speed up action to scrap two-child cap in Scotland

  15-01-2025 13:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  The First Minister said if the system can be in place sooner, ‘the first payments will be made in this coming year’.
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Euston chaos after person hit by train in Milton Keynes

  15-01-2025 12:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  Rail services in and out of London Euston are suffering major disruption after a person was hit by a train in Milton Keynes.
  
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• Switch 2 leak hints at exciting new way to connect with players as Nintendo teases big reveal

  15-01-2025 12:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  The feature may signal how Nintendo is getting ready for a wave of third-party games, including Call of Duty
  
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• Washing-up liquid warning: why UK shoppers are urged to switch to refillable options in 2025

  15-01-2025 12:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Eco-friendly cleaning product brand Ecover highlights ‘horrifying’ impact of millions of plastic bottles entering the ocean annually
  
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• Bootle: Two-year-old boy dies after 'medical episode' at nursery sparking police investigation

  15-01-2025 12:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  The child was taken from the Early Learners Day Nursery in Bootle to hospital where he was sadly pronounced dead
  
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• London travel news LIVE: Euston chaos after person hit by train at Milton Keynes Central

  15-01-2025 12:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  Rail services in and out of London Euston are suffering major disruption after a person was hit by a train in Milton Keynes.
  
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• William made patron of College of Paramedics

  15-01-2025 12:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prince of Wales is a former air ambulance helicopter pilot.
  
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• Elon Musk sued by US markets regulator over Twitter stake disclosure

  15-01-2025 12:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  The US Securities and Exchange Commission said the billionaire failed to properly disclose the stake he had in Twitter before he bought the site.
  
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• UK is ‘mid-negotiation’ with Mauritius on Chagos Islands deal

  15-01-2025 12:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Both countries have said they have made ‘good progress’ on a revised agreement.
  
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