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If this week’s rail strikes were called off, someone forgot to tell the train companies. Instead, the unions have secured seven days of chaos for the price of one.

A deployment of facial recognition cameras in London led to just a handful of arrests despite taking the biometric data of thousands of people, new figures show.According to a freedom of information request obtained by the Standard, five deployments of live facial recognition cameras in Oxford Circus from February 27,…

The campaign aims to ensure underprivileged youngsters across Dumfriesshire receive a Christmas gift

Our pick of the most exciting products, activities, art exhibitions, shows, food and hotel deals.

‘It just makes no sense to close your doors to some of the brightest people in the world,’ von Ahn told the Standard

Children celebrated after their action prevented traffic calming measures being removed at the order of mayor Lutfur Rahman

From beer halls to Indian restaurants, here’s where to cheer on the England team (or anyone else, for that matter)

CEO Jody Ford tells The Standard festive travel demand is “healthy” even before some tickets are released

The advertising watchdog ruled that three of the presenter’s social media posts promoting her book, Next and Skechers failed to clearly disclose they were ads

Officers under investigation for domestic abuse claims are working as normal

Hix, who has been a member of the club for three decades, said the position was “irresistable”