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• Withheld MI5 material connected to teenager ‘not cause for concern’

  10-01-2025 16:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  Rhianan Rudd, 16, was found dead in May 2022, a year after she had been charged with terrorism offences.
  
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• City Hall Tories demand Sadiq Khan set up grooming gang inquiry

  10-01-2025 20:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  The mayor’s team has in turn criticised the ‘woeful failure of the last Government’ to implement Alexis Jay’s inquiry recommendations
  
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• London Tories walk out of City Hall meeting in protest over 'left-wing wokery'

  10-01-2025 20:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  The protest came after the Green Party’s Zack Polanski refused to agree to host an all-male panel discussion
  
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• Most grooming gang offences carried out by white men, police chiefs say

  10-01-2025 20:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk has used his platform X to wage an online campaign against the government over the issue of grooming gangs.
  
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• Letting lynx loose in Highlands was ‘highly irresponsible’, conservationist says

  10-01-2025 19:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two more of the large wildcats have been spotted roaming the Highlands.
  
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• Three teenagers arrested after 17-year-old fatally stabbed near bus station

  10-01-2025 19:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Thomas Taylor, 17, was attacked by a group of males at 5.50pm on Wednesday in Bedford, police said.
  
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• Search for second Briton missing in the Dolomites called off for the day

  10-01-2025 19:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  The body of Sam Harris, 35, was found in the Passo di Conca area on Wednesday, rescuers said.
  
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• What did Joe Biden achieve and where did he fail as president?

  10-01-2025 18:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  As Donald Trump readies to take over at the White House, what does his predecessor’s score sheet look like?
  
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• UK announces sanctions against figures close to Venezuelan president Maduro

  10-01-2025 18:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  It comes as Mr Maduro was sworn in for a third term as president on Friday.
  
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• The best of CES 2025: The biggest and wildest announcements from the annual tech show

  10-01-2025 18:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  AI-boosted gaming chips, solar-powered cars and PS5 games you could smell were among the highlights at this year’s event
  
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• Inside the postcode war ripping south London apart as Kelyan Bokassa, 14, fatally stabbed on a bus

  10-01-2025 18:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police fear further serious youth violence after a teenager was killed in Woolwich on Tuesday afternoon
  
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• Captured lynx had been tamed and are used to humans, says expert

  10-01-2025 18:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  RZSS chief executive David Field said the animals do not have the skills to survive in the wild.
  
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• £2.15bn claim over helicopter crash that killed former Leicester City owner

  10-01-2025 18:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Khun Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others were killed when the aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from the club’s King Power Stadium.
  
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• Inside the postcode war ripping south London apart as Kelyan Bokassa, 14, fatally stabbed on the bus

  10-01-2025 18:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police fear further serious youth violence after Kelyan Bokassa was stabbed to death in Woolwich
  
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• Donald Trump avoids jail time or fines in hush-money trial

  10-01-2025 18:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sentence places judgment of guilt on Mr Trump’s record
  
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• UK and US sanction two Russian oil firms

  10-01-2025 18:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  The latest sanctions come after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer discussed the Ukraine conflict with French President Emmanuel Macron over dinner.
  
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• Warning London temperatures could drop to -6C for coldest night of winter as parts of UK face -20C freeze

  10-01-2025 17:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  Friday night is expected to be coldest of winter across UK, with capital seeing lows of -6C
  
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• The weird and wonderful gadgets of CES 2025

  10-01-2025 17:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  The annual technology show has been serving up its usual range of strange and interesting new gadgets.
  
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• Scottish police working with Hungarian officers in search for missing sisters

  10-01-2025 17:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, who are part of a set of triplets, went missing in Aberdeen in the early hours of Tuesday.
  
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• Moment furious resident challenges governor of California over wildfires response

  10-01-2025 17:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  Angry local offers to ‘fill up the hydrants myself’ in plea to Governor for help
  
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• Police cleared of wrongdoing after dangerous dogs shot dead on Poplar footpath

  10-01-2025 17:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Louie Turnbull was given a suspended prison sentence over the dog attack in Poplar
  
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• Warning London temperature set to drop to -6C on coldest night of winter as parts of UK face -20C freeze

  10-01-2025 17:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Friday night is expected to be coldest of winter across UK, with capital seeing lows of -6C
  
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• Met inspector dismissed without notice over racist and sexist message chat

  10-01-2025 17:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Inspector Charles Ehikioya had said the claims were fabricated or falsely attributed to him because of his position.
  
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• Difficult childhood and autism no excuse for ‘frenzied’ murder, jury told

  10-01-2025 17:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hassan Sentamu, 18, is accused of fatally stabbing Elianne Andam, 15, in Croydon, south London, on September 27 2023.
  
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• Homecoming for family of Belfast man found dead in Spain

  10-01-2025 17:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  John George, 37, had been on holiday in Alicante when he went missing.
  
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• I grieved for Salmond four or five years ago, says Sturgeon

  10-01-2025 17:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  The pair once formed one of the most successful political partnerships in UK history.
  
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• Elon Musk is opponent of free speech, says Davey

  10-01-2025 17:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Tesla chief executive has been engaged in a series of rows with British politicians over the past week.
  
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• Tulip Siddiq: Her despotic aunt, controversial properties and serious questions over her future in government

  10-01-2025 16:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  We’ve all been there — a much-loved (if rather overbearing) relative is in the neighbourhood and you just have to catch up. That, in her telling, explains Tulip Siddiq’s presence in Moscow in 2013.
  
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• Warning London temperature set to drop to -6C in coldest night of winter as parts of UK face -20C freeze

  10-01-2025 16:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  Friday night is expected to be coldest of winter across UK, with capital seeing lows of -6C
  
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• Londoners won't have to foot £150m bill to pedestrianise Oxford Street, vows Sir Sadiq Khan

  10-01-2025 16:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mayor’s new budget due next week could see his share of council tax bills hit £500
  
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