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There are growing calls for urgent action to tackle the capital’s issue with knife crime.Figures recently released from the Office for National Statistics, show a 22 per cent rise in knife crime in th...

26 Jan 202410min

How The Traitors became Britain’s most talked about TV series. The BBC has said that series 2 has broken records to become the biggest entertainment show in two years in the UK - and it’s easy to see ...

25 Jan 202412min

A much-loved LGBTQ+ venue in east London is about to close its doors for the final time.Based in the heart of Haggerston, The Glory has been a staple for the community for nine years. The place to go ...

24 Jan 202414min

The countdown is on to the London mayoral election, but with 2nd May fast approaching, is it all still to play for? Ross Lydall, the Standard’s City Hall Editor & Transport Editor, explains the key is...

23 Jan 202414min

The clean-up continues from Storm Isha after gusts of up to 99mph battered parts of the United Kingdom.A pensioner was crushed to death in Scotland by a falling tree and tens of thousands of homes wer...

22 Jan 202410min

Jared Harris (Mad Men, Chernobyl) and Joe Cole (Gangs of London, Peaky Blinders), joined The Standard Theatre Podcast, at the Young Vic to talk about their time in Harold Panter’s The Homecoming, dire...

20 Jan 202410min

Oppenheimer received 13 Bafta nominations. Will it set a new awards record? How Barbie ‘won’ at the box office. Why Bradley Cooper could be a big winner at the Baftas & Oscars. Will Saltburn secure a ...

19 Jan 202412min

Previewing our Brave New World series, in which Evgeny Lebedev delves deep into the ideas of thought leaders, scientists, and intellectuals who are shaping the future and transforming our culture. Tun...

18 Jan 202419min