The frantic covid testing surge to save London, and Dame Barbara Windsor: why the city has lost an icon
Tens of thousands more Londoners are to be tested for Covid-19 in a bid to stem a rise in cases as the capital faces being plunged into Tier 3 restrictions. Our deputy political editor Nicholas Cecil ...
11 Joulu 20208min
Fay Maschler: 48 years as the Evening Standard's Chief Restaurant Critic
After nearly half a century, and an estimated 14,000 meals, Fay Maschler's putting down the cutlery as the Evening Standard's chief restaurant critic. She talks to our Reveller editor David Ellis abou...
10 Joulu 202012min
Brexit: is there really "a good deal to be done"? And Anne McElvoy on Nigella Lawson's love of provoking foodies
While Boris Johnson insists there's still a Brexit deal emerging, the Evening Standard's Jack Kessler looks at why the negotiations have been so hard. Geography, politics and even personalities have b...
9 Joulu 202010min
The coronavirus vaccine is here, but is London heading for Tier 3; and no mistletoe at Christmas?
Our health editor Ross Lydall's been speaking to some of the first people in London to receive the coronavirus vaccine. He tells us it's been an emotional moment for many of them, and even Health Secr...
8 Joulu 20209min
Theatrics and brinkmanship: Inside the Brexit talks, the covid card/passport row, and onboard the royal train
Our political editor Joe Murphy on the Brexit negotiations: what's real and what's just "theatre" at the roundtable in Brussels. He also discusses what's going on outside the room, with France and Ger...
7 Joulu 202011min
'Stick to the rules' this weekend or London could go into Tier 3, and the joy of theatre at Christmas
A public health chief's warning of the risk of London being plunged into Tier 3 restrictions as the squeeze on Covid-19 cases appears to be faltering. Professor Kevin Fenton, London director for Publi...
4 Joulu 20208min
The hackers trying to get covid vaccine secrets, and Shop London's Christmas discounts revealed
International organisations involved in distributing Covid-19 vaccines have been targeted by possible state-linked cyber spies, according to IBM. The US tech giant says it's uncovered a “global phishi...
3 Joulu 20208min
The 'logistical mountain' of rolling out the covid vaccine; & London unlocked: scenes from 'Wild Wednesday'
A Covid-19 jab has been approved in Britain. The UK is believed to be the first country in the world to give the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine approval and it will be available across the country from next ...
2 Joulu 20209min
