The frantic covid testing surge to save London, and Dame Barbara Windsor: why the city has lost an icon
The Standard11 Dec 2020

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 says Health Secretary Matt Hancock has ordered the emergency action, which will see some of the extra 75,000 tests taking place as soon as this weekend.


And the Evening Standard's Nick Curtis explores Dame Barbara Windsor's deep connections to her home city, London. The Shoreditch-born actress has died at the of 83. Nick tells us how she started her career in the capital at a very young age, and was connected to some of its most famous, and controversial, figures. He also looks at her extraordinary career, and how the Carry On movies overshadowed her huge talent, until that legendary performance as Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders.

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