Labour’s Westminster takeover makes history
Something unusual happened across London in the early hours of Friday.Three of the capital’s flagship, long-held Conservative councils were seized by Labour in the UK local elections.Wandsworth went r...
6 Maj 20228min
Should Shell’s oil mega-profits fund struggling families?
Shell has announced a shock jump in its profits - nearly triple what it was last year, which has sparked calls for a windfall tax on oil and gas giants to help families struggling with the cost-of-liv...
5 Maj 20229min
Crossrail opening date finally announced
The long-awaited £19 billion Elizabeth Line will start running through central London later this month.Despite falling years behind schedule and going billions of pounds over budget, Transport for Lon...
4 Maj 20227min
Kim K’s Met Gala dress and the ‘Airbnb for fashion’ boom
As celebrities glammed up for New York’s Met Gala, there was a stand-out star - Marilyn Monroe’s 1962 dress with six thousand crystals, which is worth nearly $5 million and was given a new lease of li...
3 Maj 20227min
Downton Abbey is back
Fans of the Crawleys, it’s the moment you’ve been waiting for, ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ is officially out in UK cinemas. The second film of the franchise sees the aristocratic family go on a grand j...
29 Apr 20228min
Could Russia’s gas shutdown hit British bank balances?
As Russian energy giant Gazprom suspends gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria, the Standard’s Consumer Business Editor Jonathan Prynn discusses whether there will be knock-on effects for UK homes.Also,...
28 Apr 20227min
Holidaymakers’ passport backlog hell - what’s the solution?
Her Majesty’s Passport Office is suffering huge delays following Brexit and the pandemic.Now amid the cost-of-living squeeze, the prime minister is threatening to privatise the service if bosses can’t...
27 Apr 20226min
What Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover could mean
Twitter has a new boss… none other than the richest man on the planet, Elon Musk.With the $44 billion takeover confirmed, it has many people concerned about the ethical issues involved with a man of M...
26 Apr 20228min
