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September 16, 2024
Keir Starmer pledges to make Holocaust lessons mandatory for all children
The Prime Minister said studying the Holocaust would become a ‘critical, vital part’ of the curriculum.
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September 16, 2024
‘Scandal’ that 5.3m children missed dental check-ups
The deputy Lib Dem leader called for an emergency dental registration scheme for children.
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September 16, 2024
Foreign Office to push for global energy transition, says Lammy
The Foreign Secretary will say Labour is ‘firing the starting gun’ on its pledge to create a global clean power alliance.
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September 16, 2024
Ed Davey to say Lib Dems must ‘repay’ trust given to party by voters
The Liberal Democrat leader will pledge to ‘finish the job’ of defeating the Conservatives.
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September 16, 2024
‘Scandal’ that 5.3 million children missed dental check-ups
The deputy Lib Dem leader called for an emergency dental registration scheme for children.
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September 16, 2024
Girl, 16, in hospital after being hit by a police car on way to call in London
Roads near Bow Tube station remain closed, police said
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September 16, 2024
Tributes to mother found dead with two children ‘who were her absolute world’
Nicholas Prosper, 18, has been charged with murder and firearm offences
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September 16, 2024
Zoo pleads with public for help after world's largest rodent escapes
Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World in Shropshire said the last sighting of Cinnamon was on Saturday evening
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September 16, 2024
Risk of not meeting Casement deadline for Euros ‘was just too high’
It emerged on Friday that the Government will not fund the redevelopment of the derelict GAA stadium in west Belfast in time for Euros.
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September 16, 2024
Meta to begin training AI on public posts from UK Facebook and Instagram users
The scheme will see public posts from UK adults posted to the platforms used to train the firm’s AI models, unless users opt out.
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September 16, 2024
Family pay tribute to woman and two teenagers found dead in Luton flat
The bodies of Juliana Prosper, 48, Giselle Prosper, 13, and Kyle Prosper, 16, were found at a flat in Leabank on Friday.
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September 16, 2024
Booker Prize judge hails ‘wonderful surprise’ of five women among shortlist
Sara Collins said the ‘tremendous’ books written by the five women ‘rose to the top on merit’.
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September 16, 2024
'Sick' messages from Huw Edwards to teen revealed as disgraced newsreader avoids jail
Edwards, 63, got a suspended sentence for accessing indecent images of children as young as seven on Monday
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September 16, 2024
Mother of baby boy murdered by Lucy Letby demands face-to-face apology
She said her family had ‘endured years of anxiety and stress’ from the initial arrest of Letby to her convictions.
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September 16, 2024
Junior doctors accept Government pay deal in end for strikes
Offer brings to an end 18-month dispute which saw 11 separate strikes
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September 16, 2024
Mother of baby boy murdered by Lucy Letby demands face-to-face apology
She said her family had ‘endured years of anxiety and stress’ from the initial arrest of Letby to her convictions.
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September 16, 2024
Booker Prize 2024 shortlist features five female authors
This year’s Booker Prize shortlist has been announced.
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September 16, 2024
Lib Dems want to ‘play part’ in clearing last government’s ‘mess’
The conference in Brighton is the party’s first since they won 72 MPs at the general election in July.
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September 16, 2024
Junior doctors in England vote to accept Government pay offer
The BMA’s junior doctors committee in England has accepted the Government’s pay offer, with 66% of junior doctors voting in favour of the de...
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September 16, 2024
Starmer will keep taking gifts from Labour peer amid row over clothes donations
The Tories have demanded a full investigation into the Starmers’ links with Lord Alli.
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September 16, 2024
Daisy Cooper says it was ‘very personal decision’ to share health story
The Liberal Democrat deputy leader said she ‘sobbed’ as she faced the prospect of having to give up work due to Crohn’s disease.
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September 16, 2024
First image of Titan wreck on ocean floor as tragic final message from sub revealed
The US Coast Guard is holding a long-awaited hearing on the deadly disaster
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September 16, 2024
Scans show changes in brain during pregnancy
The findings show that some parts of the human brain may shrink in size during pregnancy, but become better connected.
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September 16, 2024
ICRIR has the necessary teeth to probe Sean Brown murder
The Government has refused to order a public inquiry into the killing of the GAA official in 1997.
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September 16, 2024
How many days until Christmas?
The countdown to the year’s most festive period has begun
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September 16, 2024
Will UK adopt Italy-Albania style asylum scheme? ...The Standard podcast
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September 16, 2024
Suspect in court on gun charges after ‘attempted Trump assassination’
Joe Biden says the US Secret Service ‘needs more help’ as Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, appears in Florida courtroom
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September 16, 2024
Harry Pitman murder-accused tells court he had knife because he was ‘paranoid’
The victim, 16, was fatally stabbed in the neck with what was described as a hunting knife after a scuffle as he waited to watch fireworks i...
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September 16, 2024
'Crohn’s disease almost killed me', Lib Dem deputy leader says
Daisy Cooper’s weight plummeted to just seven stone and she was given just four days to live unless she had major surgery
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September 16, 2024
Risk of not meeting Casement deadline for Euros ‘was just too high’
It emerged on Friday that the Government will not fund the redevelopment of the derelict GAA stadium in west Belfast in time for Euros.
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September 16, 2024
AirPods update lets you answer and reject calls by moving your head
Handle calls without touching your iPhone or even speaking, with this new trick for Apple’s wireless earbuds
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September 16, 2024
Standard nominated for hat-trick of awards by London Press Club
The Standard is in the running for prestigious awards with winners to be announced in October
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September 16, 2024
Pro boxer jailed for part in rioting outside hotel housing asylum seekers
Luke Crowcroft, 30, was part of a mob which attacked a police van during the disorder at the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham on August 4.
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September 16, 2024
The downfall of former BBC newsreader Huw Edwards: A timeline of events
Edwards was handed six months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, after he pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children.
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September 16, 2024
Lib Dem deputy leader talks about being told she had ‘just four days to live’
Daisy Cooper was speaking at the party’s autumn conference in Brighton.
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September 16, 2024
Putin orders expansion of army by 180,000 to 1.5m soldiers as Ukraine war rages on
The Kremlin said they hoped the new combat troops would be volunteers
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September 16, 2024
End-of-life care demand for dementia patients set to surge, study warns
Researchers called for the Government to ‘act now’.
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September 16, 2024
Nato should ‘put Ukraine in best possible position’ – Starmer on Storm Shadow
The Prime Minister met US President Joe Biden in Washington on Friday for talks on giving Ukraine permission to use long-range missiles.
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September 16, 2024
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September 16, 2024
NHS ‘critical’ in October budget, says Davey on rural break from conference
The Liberal Democrats vowed to reform social care during the 2024 general election campaign.
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September 16, 2024
Who is Lord Alli, the Life Peer and prominent Labour donor?
From access into No 10 to covering the costs of Victoria Starmer’s personal shopper and wardrobe, Lord Waheed Alli’s political career has ha...
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September 16, 2024
UK showed ‘great interest’ in Italy-Albania migrant deal, Giorgia Meloni says
Sir Keir Starmer meanwhile claimed his Government had made a return to ‘British pragmatism’ on migration.
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September 16, 2024
UK orders 150,000 mpox vaccine doses ahead of 'likely' discovery of new strain
Jab to be offered to eligible groups over the coming months
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September 16, 2024
Government orders more mpox jabs as officials prepare for new strain
There have been no cases of clade I mpox in the UK.
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September 16, 2024
Harry Pitman murder-accused tells court he had knife because he was ‘paranoid’
The victim, 16, was fatally stabbed in the neck with what was described as a hunting knife after a scuffle as he waited to watch fireworks i...
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September 16, 2024
Harland and Wolff to go into administration
The firm said between 50-60 immediate redundancies are expected but said that staff employed at its four shipyards are not affected.
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September 16, 2024
Man admits causing death of teenagers after car ploughed into pedestrians
Dhiya Al Maamoury, 56, changed his pleas to guilty on the day he was due to face a trial for causing death by dangerous driving of two teena...
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September 16, 2024
Plan to increase magistrates’ powers ‘will worsen prisons overcrowding crisis’
The Criminal Bar Association branded the idea ‘a knee-jerk reaction’ and called on the Government to work with lawyers to find a ‘sensible a...
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September 16, 2024
New attack on Donald Trump, same old response - but it won't help him much
Ex-president’s attempts to profit from the golf course assassination attempt look unlikely to pay off
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September 16, 2024