Everything we know about the "promising" Coronavirus vaccine, and when will Biden call Boris?
Experts are hailing “promising” news of a Covid-19 vaccine that trials show to be 90 per cent effective. Its makers, Pfizer and BioNTech are calling it a "great day for science and humanity" but, if i...
9 Nov 20209min
‘Insane’: Republicans distance themselves from Donald Trump, London’s businesses already feeling the impact of lockdown
A growing number of Republicans are distancing themselves from President Donald Trump, who has doubled down on claims of voter corruption in the US election. Representative Adam Kinzinger, a Republica...
6 Nov 202014min
US Election: Biden's Senate battle, and could London exit lockdown early?
Joe Biden is inching ever closer to the White House, but will his ambitions be dead on arrival if the Republicans hold the Senate? Our US correspondent, David Gardner, says the Democrat's going to str...
5 Nov 202013min
US Election late edition: Why Donald Trump is a 'danger to democracy'
Donald Trump's vowing to go to the Supreme Court as the US election hangs on just a handful of key states. Our editorial column says the move's "without legal standing" and "saying the quiet part out ...
4 Nov 20208min
US Election early edition: Trump claims "victory", Biden says "keep the faith"
In this special early edition of the Leader podcast, we speak to the Evening Standard's Michael Howie who's been checking the results of a unique US election. With votes still being counted, there is ...
4 Nov 20206min
Is it really over for Donald Trump? A US election special
America is going to the ballot box, with predictions Donald Trump's time in the White House is over. In this special programme, we're joined by Evening Standard columnist and senior editor of the Econ...
3 Nov 202014min
How do we exit Lockdown 2? And Johnny Depp loses "wife beater" libel case
After another warning from the Speaker about the number of leaks coming out of the government, Boris Johnson told MPs why England has to go back into lockdown. The Prime Minister insisted the plans ar...
2 Nov 202012min
Councils could face ‘unprecedented rise’ in London’s rough sleepers, and, could Donald Trump be the first big political casualty of the pandemic?
Councils and charities today warned they could be facing an "unprecedented rise" in rough sleeping numbers over the winter as furlough ends and town halls struggle with funding. Councils, who housed t...
30 Okt 202014min
