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No plans for England tourism tax, No 10 insists, after claims Rayner backed one trib.al/A25MNN5

standardnews's tweet card. The Deputy Prime Minister has reportedly been pushing for councils to be allowed to introduce a tax on tourism in their areas.

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Happy Valley star Sarah Lancashire to be honoured at Windsor Castle standard.co.uk/news/uk/sarah-…

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Brewdog to close 10 pubs, including Camden and Shoreditch sites standard.co.uk/going-out/bars…

standardnews's tweet card. The brewer has increasingly come under fire in recent years, and now is closing a number of signature sites

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Rayner: Time spent online and immigration having ‘profound impact’ on society trib.al/TtFEWQM

standardnews's tweet card. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner told Cabinet colleagues immigration and increasing time spent online are having a ‘profound impact on society’.

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Nine-year-old girl ‘shot in planned assassination of rival gang members’ trib.al/opLZ28o

standardnews's tweet card. Schoolgirl eating dinner with her family hit in drive-by shooting ordered by Tottenham Turks against Hackney Turks , court told

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Nine-year-old girl ‘shot in planned assassination of rival gang members’ in Dalston standard.co.uk/news/london/da…

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State pension age to be reviewed as workers 'not saving enough for retirement' standard.co.uk/business/money…

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Bus driver arrested after collision with aqueduct trib.al/ublinbO

standardnews's tweet card. Three people were seriously injured when the vehicle’s roof was ripped off in the crash in Eccles, Greater Manchester Police said.

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Celebrity osteopath jailed for secretly recording thousands of women standard.co.uk/news/crime/cel…

standardnews's tweet card. Torben Hersborg has been dubbed one of London’s most prolific voyeurs

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New tool can identify children who are likely to become obese in adulthood standard.co.uk/news/health/ob…

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CCTV image released by police shows man boarding bus smiling after killing wife trib.al/s6gxueb

standardnews's tweet card. Habibur Masum was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 28 years for murdering Kulsuma Akter.

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Officials urge those who left school without lifesaving vaccine to get protected standard.co.uk/news/health/hp…

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When is the next solar eclipse? standard.co.uk/news/world/sol…

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Husband who killed wife in knife attack as she pushed pram jailed for life trib.al/Sxsjoo1

standardnews's tweet card. Habibur Masum tracked Kulsuma Akter to a women’s refuge and attacked her in broad daylight.

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Thousands of people with debilitating hayfever to benefit from new drug standard.co.uk/news/health/ni…

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George giggles with Charlotte and Louis in behind-the-scenes 12th birthday video trib.al/l2v8oLg

standardnews's tweet card. The prince – one year away from becoming a teenager – was filmed in the Norfolk countryside while posing for a birthday photoshoot.

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Patients sought for new NHS trial for brain cancer after man sees tumour vanish standard.co.uk/news/health/ma…

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Smuggler crammed 21 migrants into small luxury yacht and tried to sneak them into UK standard.co.uk/news/politics/…

standardnews's tweet card. Albanian national Bleda Bega was captaining the 23ft vessel when it was intercepted in the English Channel en route to Newquay

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Number of households in England in temporary accommodation hits new record high trib.al/sMTA3QC

standardnews's tweet card. Some 2,300 households with children had been living in B&Bs for more than six weeks as of March 31.

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Pictured: Young cousin of William and Harry found dead 'with firearm nearby' standard.co.uk/news/uk/prince…

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