London’s NHS Nightingale opens: ‘a shining light' in these dark times
London’s newest hospital, NHS Nightingale opened today after a heroic nine-day build. The field hospital, housed in London’s Excel Centre, will be the world’s largest critical care unit.NHS Nightingal...
3 Apr 20209min
Record deaths in a day - NOW will UK fix the testing fiasco? Plus, how coronavirus ‘could end rough sleeping’
As NHS England announces a record 561 deaths with coronavirus in a single day, the government faces relentless pressure to fix its testing ‘fiasco’. On Thursday the UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock an...
2 Apr 202017min
NHS London's ‘hour of need': how a ‘civilian army’ is rising up to help
London’s National Health Service has reached its “hour of need”. Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, has issued an appeal to businesses and organisations across the capital to lend vehicles, hotel rooms,...
1 Apr 202012min
Why liberty and the law still matter, warning over coronavirus 'divine protection kit' , and how to join an online choir
The Metropolitan police have made hundreds of arrests after raiding homes of criminals in self-isolation. The Evening Standard's crime correspondent Anthony France tells the Leader: Coronavirus Daily ...
31 Mar 202018min
More testing is vital - but it’s not a silver bullet for coronavirus. Plus, is stockpiling coming to an end?
Why are countries like Germany able to test more people for coronavirus than the UK? Here, around 10,000 a day are being carried out, but over there it's around 500,000 a week. We speak to professor o...
30 Mar 202018min
The Leader: Coronavirus Daily - trailer
The Evening Standard is with you through this coronavirus crisis. That's why we're re-focusing our daily podcast to bring you the best news, analysis and advice on the latest developments - to help yo...
30 Mar 202030s
Boris Johnson tests positive for Covid-19, and the Evening Standard launches campaign to feed London's vulnerable
Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, has tested positive for Covid-19. He announced the news himself via a personal video message on his twitter account. The PM explained that he was suffering f...
27 Mar 202015min
Doctors already struggling to cope with coronavirus ’tsunami’ as government introduces fines for distancing rule-breakers.
Can London's hospitals cope with what doctors are calling a 'tsunami' of coronavirus cases? The Evening Standard's Jonathan Prynn has been speaking to medical workers who talk of exhaustion, stress an...
26 Mar 202016min
