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• Sir Keir Starmer to outline Labour’s six 'first steps' if it wins the general election

  16-05-2024 07:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour leader will set out party’s offer to voters in launch event at potential electoral battleground in Essex
  
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• 'Death by dangerous cycling' offence backed by MPs with offenders facing up to 14 years in jail

  16-05-2024 07:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  MPs voted in favour of an amendment to create new offences, including ‘causing death by dangerous cycling’
  
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• Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico 'not in life-threatening situation' after being shot several times

  16-05-2024 07:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Deputy prime minister Tomas Taraba tells the BBC: ‘I guess in the end he will survive. He's not in a life threatening situation at this moment’
  
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• William to attend celebration of efforts to tackle antimicrobial resistance

  16-05-2024 03:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Prince of Wales will deliver a short speech at the event.
  
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• Parents join calls for maternity review at hospital trust after baby’s death

  16-05-2024 03:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  A hospital investigation found medics missed at least six opportunities to have intervened to save their daughter Esme.
  
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• Google boss ‘cautiously optimistic’ about protecting elections from deepfakes

  16-05-2024 03:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sundar Pichai also said AI regulation would be needed, but should strike a balance to protect innovation.
  
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• Sir Keir Starmer to launch Labour’s key election doorstep offer to voters

  16-05-2024 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Labour leader will set out six ‘first steps’ the party would take if it were to win power at the general election.
  
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• Scientists prove that plunging regions exist around black holes in space

  16-05-2024 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Albert Einstein’s theory states that it is impossible for particles to safely follow circular orbits when close to a black hole.
  
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• Schools to be told not to teach sex education to children under nine

  16-05-2024 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  The Department for Education will publish draft revised guidance on relationships, sex and health education on Thursday.
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle meet Save the Children staff in Nigeria

  16-05-2024 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Duke and Duchess attended event after invitation from global ambassador Misan Harriman
  
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• Parachute re-enactment and flypasts to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day

  16-05-2024 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Major commemorative events will be held in Portsmouth and Normandy on June 5 and 6.
  
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• New weapon being developed to blast drones out of sky with radio waves, says MoD

  16-05-2024 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  With an estimated cost of 10p per radio wave shot, the technology is also being billed as a cost-effective alternative to traditional missiles.
  
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• Lord Cameron set for Brussels talks on Gibraltar and Northern Ireland

  16-05-2024 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Concerns about Gibraltar’s relationship with the EU remain unresolved.
  
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• Greatest Hits Radio overtakes BBC Radio 1 in listening figures

  16-05-2024 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Local radio stations on the BBC have continued to decline amid planned cuts
  
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• Body clock could determine best time for blood pressure medication, study shows

  16-05-2024 01:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Research has revealed a person’s chronotype – the time they wake up and go to sleep – can impact how they interact with their medication.
  
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• Researchers warn climate change is likely to aggravate brain conditions

  16-05-2024 00:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Scientists say they expect the scale of the potential effects of climate change on neurological diseases to be substantial.
  
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• BMA chairman condemns ‘terrible way’ whistleblowing is regarded in NHS

  16-05-2024 00:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Professor Phil Banfield said doctors who raise issues are ‘often met with hostility and risk losing their careers’.
  
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• Man arrested in terrorism probe after ‘suspicious substances’ found in village

  15-05-2024 23:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  A 31-year-old man from Bedfordshire was arrested on Wednesday after ‘a number suspicious substances’ were found at a residential address.
  
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• Solicitor General seeks approval to challenge ruling over climate protester

  15-05-2024 23:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  A judge ruled in April that the Solicitor General could not take legal action against Trudi Warner for her protest outside a Crown Court.
  
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• Joe Biden and Donald Trump agree to two televised presidential debates

  15-05-2024 22:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Presidential debates to take place on June 27 and September 10
  
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• Minutes reveal bitter Executive clash between Foster and Mallon – Covid inquiry

  15-05-2024 22:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  The handwritten notes from the meeting were published on the website of the Covid-19 Inquiry on Wednesday evening.
  
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• Cyclists who kill could face up to 14 years in prison under proposed law change

  15-05-2024 22:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  MPs voted in favour of an amendment to create new offences, including ‘causing death by dangerous cycling’
  
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• Junior doctors and Government enter ‘mediated talks’ in bid to end pay dispute

  15-05-2024 22:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Strikes by junior doctors have caused disruption to the NHS in England for more than a year.
  
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• Deliveroo rider transports food on penny farthing bicycle in west London

  15-05-2024 21:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  Delivery driver pictured using mode of transport popularised in 19th Century
  
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• Slovakia's prime minister Robert Fico shot five times in 'politically motivated' and 'heinous' crime

  15-05-2024 21:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  'Saddest moment' in Slovakia's history as prime minister shot in 'attack on democracy', minister says
  
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• Footage released of moment mother hurled through air from fairground ride

  15-05-2024 21:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Khadra Ali spent weeks in a coma and four months in hospital after she was ejected from the Xcelerator at the Funderpark funfair in west London.
  
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• Higgins and McDonald attend Palestinian women’s team match in Dublin

  15-05-2024 21:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Thousands attended the match at Dalymount Park which had been sold out for several days in advance.
  
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• Russian offensive is ‘wake-up call’ for civilised countries – Grant Shapps

  15-05-2024 21:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Defence Secretary said an ‘attention deficit’ had seen Western nations distracted from the war in Ukraine.
  
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• ‘Death by dangerous cycling’ offence backed by Commons

  15-05-2024 20:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  MPs voted in favour of an amendment to create new offences, including ‘causing death by dangerous cycling’.
  
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• Slovakia's prime minister Robert Fico shot five times and in surgery after 'politically motivated crime'

  15-05-2024 20:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  Minister warns Robert Fico is in ‘extraordinarily serious’ condition after 3.5 hours in surgery
  
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